Topic: Ukraine/Russia — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-19 02:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: President Vladimir Putin will arrive in Beijing on Tuesday for a two-day state visit, accompanied by an entourage of cabinet ministers and the chief executives of Russia’s largest state-owned and private corporations.
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[2026-05-19 02:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Belarus said the exercise was not aimed against any other country and did not pose security threats in the region
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[2026-05-19 02:31 UTC+10:00] [Alexander Lukashenko] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Belarus said the exercise was not aimed against any other country and did not pose security threats in the region
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[2026-05-19 02:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: When the former head of the late Alexei Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) was let go from his job last fall, he was light on details of the situation. But in a tell-all interview last week, he made some shocking claims.
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[2026-05-19 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Just 24 hours before Presidents Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping are set to meet for their planned summit in Beijing, soon on the heels of Trump's visit, and a geopolitical wrench may have just been thrown into the works.
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[2026-05-19 01:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: From left, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and Russian President Vladimir Putin attend the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Saturday, May 9, 2026, during celebrations of the 81st anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany during the World War II. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov, Pool)
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[2026-05-19 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing says both sides will advance ties, while the Kremlin says Power of Siberia 2 gas pipeline to be discussed in ‘great detail’
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[2026-05-19 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Air Force One] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing says both sides will advance ties, while the Kremlin says Power of Siberia 2 gas pipeline to be discussed in ‘great detail’
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[2026-05-19 00:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The Russian Defense Ministry (MoD) announced Monday that its forces executed a massive missile and drone barrage across Ukraine, which is clearly the expected big retaliatory response following Ukraine's large-scale drone wave attack on Moscow over the weekend.
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[2026-05-19 00:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Equatorial Guinea’s Foreign Minister Simeon Oyono Esono Angue met Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Moscow on Monday, where the two discussed defence cooperation and Russia’s role in Africa.
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[2026-05-18 23:52 UTC+10:00] [Defense] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Russia and Belarus practiced deploying tactical nuclear weapons on Monday, just one day after Ukraine carried out its biggest drone attack on Moscow.
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[2026-05-18 22:46 UTC+10:00] [Air defense] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: KYIV — Ukraine hit Russia with more than 1,300 drones over the weekend, penetrating Moscow’s heavy air defenses and successfully hitting targets in and around the capital.
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[2026-05-18 22:30 UTC+10:00] [South China Morning Post] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Expo in Harbin highlights expanding economic ties amid rising geopolitical and trade uncertainties
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[2026-05-18 22:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Expo in Harbin highlights expanding economic ties amid rising geopolitical and trade uncertainties
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[2026-05-18 21:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: En esta fotografía, facilitada por los Servicios de Emergencia de Ucrania el lunes 18 de mayo de 2026, dos bomberos apagan el incendio de un edificio residencial destruido tras un ataque ruso en Dnipro, Ucrania. (Servicio de Emergencia de Ucrania vía AP)
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[2026-05-18 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Russia and Belarus launched joint military exercises on Monday to practice the combat deployment of tactical nuclear weapons, marking the first such drills since Moscow deployed its Oreshnik hypersonic ballistic missile system to Belarusian territory.
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[2026-05-18 20:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Russian drones have hit two ships in the Black Sea approaching ports in Ukraine’s Odesa region, including a Chinese-owned cargo vessel, one day before Russian President Vladimir Putin heads to Beijing to meet Xi Jinping.
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[2026-05-18 20:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha speaks with the media as she arrives for a meeting of EU foreign ministers at the European Council building in Brussels, Monday, May 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Marius Burgelman)
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[2026-05-18 20:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-05-18 20:00 UTC+10:00] [Renewable energy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Energy security comes from using local, renewable resources to power, heat and cool communities, as Ukraine is doing
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[2026-05-18 19:58 UTC+10:00] [Enlargement] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Kyiv and Budapest have agreed to hold talks regarding the rights of Hungarian minorities in Ukraine, Hungary’s foreign minister announced Monday in an upbeat sign for Ukraine’s EU membership bid.
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[2026-05-18 19:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina kisses the trophy after winning against United States’ Coco Gauff at the end of the women’s final match at the Italian Open tennis tournament in Rome, Saturday, May 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
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[2026-05-18 19:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-05-18 19:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics and Government] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: A mural reading “the powerhouse of the Russian world” in the city of Vologda, Russia, in February. Credit...
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[2026-05-18 18:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Services on Monday, May 18, 2026, a residential building is seen damaged after a Russian strike on Dnipro, Ukraine. (Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP)
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[2026-05-18 18:00 UTC+10:00] [Ukraine] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Ukrainian president says Europe must ‘have a strong voice and presence’ amid search for candidate who could lead any talks with Putin
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[2026-05-18 17:34 UTC+10:00] [Latest] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Duran
Snippet: Switch to the dark mode that's kinder on your eyes at night time.
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[2026-05-18 15:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: AP News
Snippet: New Zealand’s players celebrate after Chris Wood scored during their Confederations Cup Group A soccer match against Mexico in Sochi, Russia, June 21, 2017. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)
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[2026-05-18 13:52 UTC+10:00] [China] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: China’s deep relationship with Russia remains a continuing cause for concern in the west, particularly since Moscow launched its invasion of Ukraine
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[2026-05-18 13:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Experts say the plans reflect awareness of drone and other types of hi-tech warfare amid the Russia-Ukraine and Iran conflicts
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[2026-05-18 13:37 UTC+10:00] [Korea Institute for National Unification] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Experts say the plans reflect awareness of drone and other types of hi-tech warfare amid the Russia-Ukraine and Iran conflicts
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[2026-05-18 12:00 UTC+10:00] [Customs] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: LÜBECK, Germany — The police and customs officers had been waiting for hours. Parked outside the Radisson Blu Senator Hotel in the northern German city of Lübeck, they sat in silence, engines off, watching the entrance.
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[2026-05-18 11:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Russian envoy Mikhail Ulyanov suggested that Iran consider appointing a special envoy to Russia similar to the arrangement Tehran recently established with China.
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[2026-05-18 11:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Hello, this is Hui Jie writing to you from Singapore. Welcome to another edition of CNBC's Daily Open.
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[2026-05-18 10:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Cuba has acquired more than 300 military drones from Russia and Iran and discussed possible attacks on US assets in the region, Axios claimed on Sunday, citing classified intelligence reports.
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[2026-05-18 10:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla has accused the US of fabricating a pretext for a potential invasion following an Axios report claiming that the island had acquired attack drones from Russia and Iran.
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[2026-05-18 10:26 UTC+10:00] [Ukraine] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Kyiv says electronics factory for weapon parts and oil pumping station among targets; Zelenskyy claims Ukraine outstripping Russia on battlefield. What we know on day 1,545
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[2026-05-18 09:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: After 225 days stuck in a front-line foxhole, the Ukrainian infantryman's muscles were so weak he could barely walk.
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[2026-05-18 08:12 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: LIVE, FREE and EXCLUSIVE
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[2026-05-18 07:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The EU has been filling its underground gas storage facilities at record-low rates for three consecutive days this week, Russia’s state-owned giant Gazprom has said, citing figures by the Gas Infrastructure Europe (GIE) association.
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[2026-05-18 07:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The EU has been filling its underground gas storage facilities at record-low rates for three consecutive days this week, Russia’s state-owned Gazprom has said, citing figures by the Gas Infrastructure Europe (GIE) association.
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[2026-05-18 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 18 (Yonhap) -- More than 20,000 Ukrainian children have been deported or forcibly separated from their families amid the prolonged Russia-Ukraine war, envoys from the European Union (EU), Canada and Ukraine to South Korea said, calling on the international community to join hands to address "large-scale and systematic" violations of children's human rights.
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[2026-05-18 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 18 (Yonhap) -- The following is the full text of an editorial jointly written by Ambassador of the European Union to South Korea Ugo Astuto, Ambassador of Canada to South Korea Philippe Lafortune and Charge d'Affaires ad interim of Ukraine to South Korea Andrii Vieshkin, calling on the international community to ensure the return of Ukrainian children deported or forcibly separated from their families.
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[2026-05-18 06:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Google co-founder Sergey Brin said recently that he fled socialism in the Russia with his family in 1979 and does not want California to end up in the same place.
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[2026-05-18 05:55 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-05-18 05:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The Russian capital has just suffered possibly its single biggest and deadliest Ukrainian drone attack of the war - and certainly the largest attack wave on Moscow in the last year. It ironically comes exactly a week after President Zelensky signed on to a three day Russian 'Victory Day' ceasefire at the behest of President Trump.
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[2026-05-18 05:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Cuba has more than 300 military drones and has discussed using them to attack the southernmost point of the US's continental territory, the US base in Guantanamo Bay, and American ships in the Caribbean, Axios reported on Sunday, citing US intelligence.
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[2026-05-18 03:23 UTC+10:00] [Latest] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Duran
Snippet: Switch to the dark mode that's kinder on your eyes at night time.
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[2026-05-18 02:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: An EU proposal to drastically cut its steel import quota in response to global overcapacity and the shrinking of local manufacturing will hurt Kiev, Ukrainian manufacturers and officials have told the Financial Times.
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[2026-05-18 02:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: An EU proposal to drastically cut its steel import quota in response to global overcapacity and the shrinking of local manufacturing will hurt Kiev, Ukrainian manufacturers and officials have told the Financial Times.
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