Topic: Ukraine/Russia — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-03 05:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks with Egypt’s foreign minister, Badr Abdelatty, focusing on the war in the Middle East and economic cooperation.
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[2026-04-03 03:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Russian President Vladimir Putin called for intensified political and diplomatic efforts to end the war on Iran during a phone call with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
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[2026-04-03 02:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MOSCOW — Russia plans to send a second oil tanker to Cuba, the country’s Energy Minister Sergei Tsivilyov said on Thursday.
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[2026-04-03 02:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Russia’s government on Thursday expanded a gasoline export ban to apply to producers, coming as Ukraine ramps up its attacks against refineries and oil terminals across the country in a bid to deprive the Kremlin of windfalls from surging oil prices.
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[2026-04-03 02:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Russian-flagged oil tanker Anatoly Kolodkin approaches Matanzas in Matanzas, Cuba, Tuesday, March 31, 2026.. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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[2026-04-03 02:23 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Duran
Snippet: Switch to the dark mode that's kinder on your eyes at night time.
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[2026-04-03 01:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: A “grain and energy hub” could be established in Egypt as part of a joint initiative with Russia, President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday.
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[2026-04-03 01:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: MOSCOW (AP) — A German artist who created carnival displays mocking Russian President Vladimir Putin was sentenced in absentia on Thursday to 8 1/2 years in prison by a court In Moscow.
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[2026-04-03 01:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Hello and welcome to Regions Calling, your guide to news beyond the Russian capital from The Moscow Times.
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[2026-04-03 01:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has lashed out at NATO and key European leaders, deepening tensions within the bloc over the war against Iran. According to the Financial Times, Washington has also threatened to curb weapons supplies to Ukraine to pressure European countries into involvement in the war in the Middle East.
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[2026-04-03 01:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has lashed out at NATO and key European leaders, deepening tensions within the bloc over the war against Iran. According to the Financial Times, Washington has also threatened to curb weapons supplies to Ukraine to pressure European countries into involvement in the war in the Middle East.
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[2026-04-03 01:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: In this image made from video provided by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Tuesday, March 31, 2026, Russian soldiers fire a grenade launcher towards Ukrainian positions on an undisclosed location in Ukraine. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)
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[2026-04-03 01:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Civilians close to Russia’s border with Ukraine are being told to avoid wearing camouflage and driving in vehicles marked with army symbols, as it could make them look like military targets amid near-daily Ukrainian drone attacks.
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[2026-04-03 01:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: En esta foto proporcionada por RIA Novosti, el presidente de Burkina Faso, Ibrahim Traoré, llega al Gran Palacio del Kremlin en Moscú, Rusia, el 10 de mayo de 2025. (Stanislav Krasilnikov/RIA Novosti vía AP, archivo)
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[2026-04-02 23:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: This is a locator map for Libya with its capital, Tripoli. (AP Photo)
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[2026-04-02 23:30 UTC+10:00] [Philippines] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: States like China and Russia that can provide energy, industrial inputs, strategic reassurance or room for manoeuvre are gaining weight
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[2026-04-02 23:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: The father of Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said Thursday that he had a “brief but memorable” meeting with President Vladimir Putin.
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[2026-04-02 23:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: The father of Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said Thursday that he had a “brief but memorable” meeting with President Vladimir Putin.
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[2026-04-02 22:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Opened in 1987, Armenia’s Republican Centre of Speleotherapy has, for decades, welcomed patients with respiratory illnesses into tunnels carved deep into rock salt, where the mineral‑rich underground air is believed to help ease conditions such as asthma and bronchitis. Once treating more than 300 people a year, the 4,000‑square‑metre facility now reportedly sees only around 50 patients annually after losing state funding in 2019–2020, leaving its future in doubt.
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[2026-04-02 21:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Gazprom said Thursday that Ukraine had again attacked a compressor station linked to the TurkStream gas pipeline, which runs under the Black Sea and carries natural gas to Europe through Turkey.
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[2026-04-02 21:21 UTC+10:00] [Europe] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Poland’s prime minister says prospect of an energy crisis in Europe and Viktor Orbán’s moves to block support for Ukraine also play into Russia’s hands
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[2026-04-02 20:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom said late Wednesday that it will carry out a final evacuation of its employees from Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power in the coming days, while a group of “volunteers” will remain at the facility to ensure that it remains operational.
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[2026-04-02 19:00 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Battlefield outcomes are connected by the sharing of weapons and intelligence as well as the damage to the global economy
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[2026-04-02 18:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Armenia cannot be both a member of the European Union and the Russian-led Eurasian Economic Union, President Vladimir Putin told Armenia's Prime Minister on Wednesday.
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[2026-04-02 18:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Armenia cannot be both a member of the European Union and the Russian-led Eurasian Economic Union, President Vladimir Putin told Armenia's Prime Minister on Wednesday.
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[2026-04-02 18:42 UTC+10:00] [Russian State Hydrometeorological University] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Students are being offered attractive packages to sign up, with the prospect of ending their contracts after one year
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[2026-04-02 16:41 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia, holds the world's largest collection of paintings among its 3 million objects but remains largely out of reach for most international travelers at the moment.
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[2026-04-02 15:30 UTC+10:00] [International Olympic Committee] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Sports minister and National Olympic Committee have compiled evidence of ‘systematic violations’ in climbing and its governing federation
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[2026-04-02 13:07 UTC+10:00] [Ukraine] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Ukrainian president says ceasefire could show diplomacy works, while Russia dismisses statement as ‘PR stunt’. What we know on day 1,499
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[2026-04-02 07:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Visiting Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Andrey Rudenko yesterday expressed hope that Sri Lanka and Russia would be able to arrive at an arrangement towards long-term energy supplies from his country.
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[2026-04-02 06:55 UTC+10:00] [Kyiv] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: A small sliver of land in the area has remained beyond Moscow’s reach since 2022, and Kyiv denies that the situation has changed
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[2026-04-02 06:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan greet each other during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, April 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov, Pool)
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[2026-04-02 06:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump plans to lambast Nato in his address at the White House on Wednesday night local time, in the latest sign that the US-Israeli war on Iran is causing fissures in the West's premier alliance.
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[2026-04-02 04:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Murad Sadygzade, President of the Middle East Studies Center, Visiting Lecturer, HSE University (Moscow).
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[2026-04-02 03:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: KYI — Russian fired hundreds of drones at Ukraine overnight and during the day on Wednesday, killing at least five people and destroying a postal terminal, Ukrainian officials said.
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[2026-04-02 03:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By RT newsroom, a team of multi-lingual journalists with over a decade of experience in Russian and international reporting, delivering original research and insights often missing from mainstream coverage
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[2026-04-02 03:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By RT newsroom, a team of multi-lingual journalists with over a decade of experience in Russian and international reporting, delivering original research and insights often missing from mainstream coverage
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[2026-04-02 02:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Russia says it will continue to provide assistance to Cuba, a day after a Russian-flagged tanker provided the island nation with its first shipment of crude oil in three months.
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[2026-04-02 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-04-02 01:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: In this image made from video provided by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Tuesday, March 31, 2026, Russian soldiers prepare to fire a grenade launcher towards Ukrainian positions on an undisclosed location in Ukraine. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)
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[2026-04-02 00:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Russia’s Ministry of Defence says its forces have taken full control of the Luhansk region in eastern Ukraine, suggesting they have wrested control of an area that had remained beyond their grasp since the beginning of their 2022 invasion.
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[2026-04-02 00:29 UTC+10:00] [UK news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: View image in fullscreenKathmandu, NepalNepalese people of the Tamang community visit the Boudhanath Stupa to observe the Temal festival. Thousands of devotees from across the country gathered at the Unesco world heritage site to pay homage to departed loved onesPhotograph: Narendra Shrestha/EPAShareView image in fullscreenBataan province, PhilippinesChildren play along the shore as the Panamanian-flagged Tiger Wings, left, carrying crude oil from Russia, is moored off the Petron oil refinery in LimayPhotograph: Ezra Acayan/Getty ImagesShareView image in fullscreenBeirut, Lebanon A ball
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[2026-04-01 23:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: The United States has lifted sanctions on three Russian cargo vessels, including two container ships operated by FESCO, the U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) said Tuesday.
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[2026-04-01 23:30 UTC+10:00] [Russia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Resistance to a war started without European consent makes clear the alliance’s limits. The US can’t count on Nato support for a war in Asia
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[2026-04-01 22:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Russia’s Defense Ministry said Wednesday that its forces have established full control over eastern Ukraine’s Luhansk region, marking the third time that Russia has made such a claim since launching its full-scale invasion in February 2022.
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[2026-04-01 21:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Russians on Wednesday lost the ability to top up their Apple ID accounts using mobile phone billing following reports that authorities in Moscow are trying to pressure the U.S. tech company to return Russian apps to its online store.
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[2026-04-01 20:46 UTC+10:00] [Europe] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: With most eyes still on the Middle East, and growing US frustrations with European Nato allies' over their decisions to deny the use of their bases for offensive operations in Iran, there is often much less focus on Ukraine.
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[2026-04-01 19:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Fyodor Lukyanov, the editor-in-chief of Russia in Global Affairs, chairman of the Presidium of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy, and research director of the Valdai International Discussion Club.
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[2026-04-01 16:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian military plane crashed in annexed Crimea, killing six crew and 23 passengers on board, Russian news agencies reported in the early hours of Wednesday, citing the country’s Defense Ministry.
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[2026-04-01 13:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MOSCOW, Russia — A Russian Antonov-26 military plane crashed while flying over the Crimean peninsula, killing 29 people, the TASS news agency reported Wednesday, quoting Russia's defence ministry.
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