Topic: Ukraine/Russia — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-06 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Seoul’s security agreement with Ottawa is also a ‘hedge’ against a transactional Washington, an analyst said
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[2026-03-06 16:44 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: US claims temporary waiver won’t provide ‘significant financial benefit’ to Moscow; IDF strikes Lebanon after mass evacuation; Trump wants say in choosing Iran’s next leader. What we know on day seven
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[2026-03-06 16:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The US has asked Ukraine for help defending Gulf allies against Iranian drones, according to President Volodymyr Zelensky.
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[2026-03-06 15:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: After slapping 25% “penalty” tariffs on India for buying Russian crude — revoked last month — the U.S. on Thursday issued a 30-day waiver to New Delhi for purchasing crude from Moscow as the Iran war risks energy supply shocks globally.
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[2026-03-06 15:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: After slapping 25% "penalty" tariffs on India for buying Russian crude — revoked last month — the U.S. on Thursday issued a 30-day waiver to New Delhi for purchasing crude from Moscow as the Iran war upends global supplies.
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[2026-03-06 13:14 UTC+10:00] [Russia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: US president again suggests Zelenskyy needs to compromise; Ukraine president says US is seeking its drone expertise for the Middle East. What we know on day 1,472
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[2026-03-06 13:11 UTC+10:00] [Yanis Varoufakis] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The economist, author and politician Yanis Varoufakis speaks to political editor Tom McIlroy about his blunt assessment about the ability of the global economic system to address the biggest challenges of the 21st century. They also discuss Europe’s failures in Russia’s war on Ukraine, the candid admissions of Donald Trump on the reality of climate change and how AI has changed the relationship between individuals and capital.
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[2026-03-06 12:36 UTC+10:00] [Ukraine] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Ukrainian president orders equipment and expertise to be provided to US in return to diplomatic support against Russia, saying ‘we help to defend from war those who help us’
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[2026-03-06 12:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Ukraine’s Yulianna Tunytska, Olena Stetskiv, Oleksandra Mokh, Nazarii Kachmar, Ihor Hoi and Andriy Mandziy kneel down during the luge relay competition at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
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[2026-03-06 10:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: While the exchange is a reunion for some, others desperately wait for news of missing relatives. (AP: Efrem Lukatsky)
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[2026-03-06 10:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Since 2022, the Albanese government has introduced a series of measures to try to combat high power bills. (ABC Western Qld: Grace Nakamura)
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[2026-03-06 10:00 UTC+10:00] [El Salvador] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Several countries to skip ceremony in Verona in protest against decision to let Russian, Belarusian athletes compete under their flags
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[2026-03-06 07:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A cleric leads a group of volunteers in prayer next to a police facility struck during the U.S.–Israeli military campaign in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, March 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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[2026-03-06 06:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Iran did not carry out the drone attacks on Azerbaijan and may itself be the target of a broader provocation campaign by the “Zionist regime,” Tehran’s ambassador to Russia, Kazem Jalali, has said.
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[2026-03-06 06:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Ukraine and Russia have freed 200 prisoners of war (POWs) each, officials from the two countries said, as efforts to reach a deal to end their four-year conflict appear to have stalled.
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[2026-03-06 06:36 UTC+10:00] [Ukraine War] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-03-06 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Russia can support Asian countries having strong dependence on imports from Qatar by its potential termination of liquefied natural gas (LNG) supplies to Europe, Sergey Kaufman from Finam told TASS.
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[2026-03-06 05:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: KYIV — The United States has asked Ukraine to share its battlefield expertise in countering Iranian-made drones, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Thursday.
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[2026-03-06 05:47 UTC+10:00] [Iranian drone attacks] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: After years of Russian strikes, Kyiv has developed a range of cheap and effective interceptors for dealing with the Iranian-designed Shaheds
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[2026-03-06 05:24 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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[2026-03-06 05:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Citizens of China, Iran, and Russia made close to 30,000 trips to sensitive American research facilities during the Biden administration, new data show.
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[2026-03-06 04:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump on Thursday described Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy as the obstacle to a deal with Russia, whose leader Vladimir Putin he insisted was cooperative.
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[2026-03-06 03:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addresses the audience during a session at the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
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[2026-03-06 03:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Security cooperation was the focus of the recent meeting between Presidents Faustin-Archange Touadéra and Vladimir Putin.
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[2026-03-06 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-03-06 02:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Hello and welcome to Regions Calling, your guide to developments beyond the Russian capital from The Moscow Times.
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[2026-03-06 02:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: In 1946, Winston Churchill’s Fulton Speech symbolically marked the beginning of the Cold War between the Western world and the Soviet Union. Since then, relations between Russia and the West have been fraught with tension. In recent years, this culminated in a strong and almost existential antagonism.
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[2026-03-06 01:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: A judge in Moscow sentenced manosphere blogger Arsen Markaryan to 4.5 years in prison on Thursday after he was found guilty of “rehabilitating” nazism.
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[2026-03-06 00:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The EU is unlikely to extend its temporary protection scheme for Ukrainian immigrants beyond its current expiry date, the bloc’s special envoy, Ylva Johansson, has indicated.
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[2026-03-06 00:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The EU is unlikely to extend its temporary protection scheme for Ukrainian immigrants beyond its current expiry date, the bloc’s special envoy, Ylva Johansson, has indicated.
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[2026-03-06 00:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Utah children’s grief author Kouri Richins had asked her secret handyman lover if he’d ever killed anyone — just days after she allegedly slipped her hubby a fatal dose of fentanyl, according to testimony.
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[2026-03-05 23:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A woman whose relative joined the Russian army to fight in Ukraine weeps during a protest calling for their repatriation in Nairobi, Kenya, Thursday, March 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
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[2026-03-05 23:14 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Moscow and Kyiv will each release a total of 500 prisoners of war over Thursday and Friday, Russia's top negotiator said, with the Russian defense ministry saying the first 200 on each side had already been swapped.
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[2026-03-05 22:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Tarik Cyril Amar, a historian from Germany working at Koç University, Istanbul, on Russia, Ukraine, and Eastern Europe, the history of World War II, the cultural Cold War, and the politics of memory
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[2026-03-05 22:46 UTC+10:00] [Turkey] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Azerbaijan and Iran already have tense relations over Baku’s growing economic, energy and military ties to Turkey and Israel
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[2026-03-05 22:32 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The United States and its allies in the Middle East are seeking Ukraine’s expertise in countering Iran’s Shahed drones, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
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[2026-03-05 21:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: At least two Russian oil tankers that were initially expected to dock in East Asia have changed course to India, Bloomberg reported on Thursday, signaling that authorities in New Delhi may be looking to renew crude shipments from Russia despite tariff threats from the Trump administration.
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[2026-03-05 21:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Russia says Iran has not asked Moscow for military assistance since the United States and Israel began striking the country last week.
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[2026-03-05 20:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A Ukrainian soldier of the 48th separate brigade launches a reconnaissance drone in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrii Marienko)
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[2026-03-05 19:00 UTC+10:00] [Roma, Gypsies and Travellers] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: With many lacking official documentation or unable to speak Ukrainian, the families of men killed in action are struggling to get the compensation they are owed
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[2026-03-05 15:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Recent wars have elevated the smallest machines into strategic actors. In Ukraine and the Middle East, inexpensive drones now stalk armor, spot artillery and decide battles before generals react. Speed, not scale, has become decisive.
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[2026-03-05 14:50 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: With the United States focused on its conflict with Iran, Ukraine could face a critical shortage of US air defense missiles at a time when Russia shows no signs of easing its campaign of striking Ukrainian cities.
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[2026-03-05 13:46 UTC+10:00] [Ukraine] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The Arctic Metagaz had been carrying 61,000 tonnes of liquefied natural gas when it exploded; Ukrainian drones reported to have hit southern Russia. What we know on day 1,471
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[2026-03-05 11:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-03-05 09:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: In an era when nuclear deterrence is no longer an abstract theory and the relationship between the US and Russia increasingly resembles a game without rules, it is important to hear the opinion of people who know the political systems of both countries inside out.
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[2026-03-05 09:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: In an era when nuclear deterrence is no longer an abstract theory and the relationship between the US and Russia increasingly resembles a game without rules, it is important to hear the opinion of people who know the political systems of both countries inside out.
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[2026-03-05 08:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: A Russian tanker carrying liquefied natural gas (LNG) has sunk in the Mediterranean between Libya and Malta, as Moscow accused Ukraine of attacking the vessel.
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[2026-03-05 07:44 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The leader says the chaos triggered by the Iran crisis has led to the emergence of other buyers willing to pay top dollar for fuel
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[2026-03-05 07:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Hungary is ready to block all EU decisions that are important to Ukraine in response to Kiev’s “oil blockade” of supplies from Russia, Prime Minister Viktor Orban has warned.
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[2026-03-05 06:51 UTC+10:00] [Russia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The Arctic Metagaz burst into flames before sinking after what the Russian president described as a terrorist attack
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