Topic: Ukraine/Russia — Neutral reports only
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-15 01:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — The House Oversight Committee is launching a probe into four companies profiting from apparent “birth tourism” to the US, in which expectant mothers — many from China and Russia — may be committing visa fraud to obtain American citizenship for their babies.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-15 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Soon on the heels of the successful 3-day and US-backed 'V-Day' ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine, Russian forces have unleashed several days of drone and missile barrages on Ukrainian cities, especially the capital. It seems the Kremlin is bent on 'payback' for several weeks of effective Ukrainian long-range drone attacks which have badly damaged several Russian oil refineries and energy sites.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-15 00:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: The European Union is a “direct participant” of Russia’s war in Ukraine and therefore cannot serve as a good-faith mediator between the two countries, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Thursday.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-14 23:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: State Duma lawmaker Yana Lantratova was elected as Russia’s next human rights commissioner on Thursday, a choice that could potentially complicate future prisoner exchanges with Ukraine given accusations that she has been involved in the alleged forced transfer of Ukrainian children.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-14 22:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A former Russian spy has detailed the stomach-churning way he narrowly escaped President Vladimir Putin’s death squad — by hiding inside a dead cow’s carcass.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-14 21:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: At least five people have been killed, including a 12-year-old girl, after Russia launched a massive wave of drone and missile strikes against Ukraine overnight, officials have said.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-14 20:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Latvian Prime Minister Evika Silina has resigned following a political crisis over Russia-bound Ukrainian drones straying into Latvian territory.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-14 20:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Russia launched a barrage of missiles and drones targeting Ukraine’s capital Kyiv, killing at least three people and wounding 40 others, Ukrainian authorities have said.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-14 20:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Russia is establishing a "full-fledged partnership" with Afghanistan's ruling Taliban and is encouraging other countries in the region to expand cooperation with Kabul, a senior Russian security official was quoted on Thursday as saying.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-14 20:13 UTC+10:00] [Ukraine] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Scale of attacks prompts warnings that Moscow is trying to overwhelm air defence systems
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-14 20:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Moscow is building “pragmatic” and “full-fledged” relations with the Taliban government in Afghanistan, Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu said Thursday at a regional security gathering.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-14 19:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Kyiv bears brunt of heavy two-day aerial attack, days after Putin said that he thought the Ukraine war was coming to an end
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-14 19:10 UTC+10:00] [Andriy Yermak] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Kyiv bears brunt of heavy two-day aerial attack, days after Putin said that he thought the Ukraine war was coming to an end
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-14 19:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar, centre, attends the first, out-of-town cabinet meeting of the new Tisza government flanked by Balint Ruff, Head of the Prime Minister’s Office, and Foreign Minister Anita Orban, right, in the Opusztaszer National Historical Memorial Park in Opusztaszer, Hungary, Wednesday, May 13, 2026. (Robert Hegedus/MTI via AP)
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-14 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: In a speech to lawmakers laced with all the pomp that accompanies the ceremonial opening of Parliament, the king said the U.K.'s economic, energy and national security would be tested as it deals with the fallout from the wars in Iran and Ukraine. The question is whether Prime Minister Keir Starmer will be around to implement the measures in the speech and, even if he remains in post, whether he will have the authority to push his proposals through.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-14 18:59 UTC+10:00] [Europe] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Evika Siliņa said she was frustrated by the response to the incident and late alerts for the population
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-14 17:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: One person has been killed and dozens wounded after Russia launched a massive wave of strikes against Ukraine overnight, officials have said.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-14 17:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Explosions were reported across six districts of the city from around 3 a.m., while air raid sirens sounded for several hours. In the Darnytsia district, a multistorey residential building partially collapsed after being hit, trapping residents beneath the rubble. Ukraine’s Emergency Service said at least 27 people were rescued. Damage was also reported in the Dnieper, Obolon and Holosiivskyi districts, where homes, vehicles and civilian infrastructure were hit.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-14 16:00 UTC+10:00] [Venice Biennale 2026] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: View image in fullscreenThe 61st Venice Biennale has involved participants from 99 countries staging public exhibitions. This image shows Security Guarantees by Ukrainian artist Zhanna Kadyrova, which greets people as they enter into the Venice Biennale’s Giardini site. The ‘Origami Deer’ is a concrete sculpture evacuated from Pokrovsk, in Ukraine’s Donetsk Oblast, in 2024 before the Russian forces took control of the city as part of the continuing conflict.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-14 16:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Andrew Korybko,
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-14 15:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: India’s Foreign Minister S.Jaishankar, right, shakes hands with Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov as he arrives for a two-day BRICS nations meeting in New Delhi, India, Thursday, May 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-14 14:24 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Russia fired at least 800 drones in a massive daytime barrage on about 20 regions of Ukraine on Wednesday, killing at least six people and wounding dozens, including children, in one of the longest attacks by Moscow in the 4-year-old war, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-14 14:00 UTC+10:00] [Budget] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: In the first hours of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, it was commercial satellites that showed the world what was happening inside the battle zone — filling the gap from a lack of sovereign space assets. These privately-owned and operated systems were, and still are, critical to Ukraine’s defense providing high-resolution imagery to track troop movements, damage and logistics.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-14 12:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrives at the Bucharest B9 summit held at the Cotroceni Presidential Palace in Bucharest, Romania, Wednesday, May 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-14 12:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has urged member states to devote 0.25% of their GDP to aid for Ukraine, Politico Europe reported on Tuesday, citing diplomatic sources.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-14 12:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte has urged member states to devote 0.25% of their GDP to aid for Ukraine, Politico Europe reported on Tuesday, citing diplomatic sources.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-14 11:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Ukrainian capital Kyiv came under a massive Russian attack early on Thursday, with explosions heard in the city, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on the Telegram messaging app.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-14 09:28 UTC+10:00] [Ukraine] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Péter Magyar says his government has summoned Russian ambassador over drone attack near Hungary’s border to ask when Vladimir Putin plans ‘to finally end this bloody war’. What we know on day 1,541
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-14 08:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: In this photo provided by Ukraine’s 65th Mechanized Brigade press service, recruits practice military skills at a training ground near the frontline in the Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, Wednesday, April 29, 2026. (Andriy Andriyenko/Ukraine’s 65th Mechanized Brigade via AP)
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-14 07:33 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Property News: Australia's most expensive streets, and how much it costs to live in them.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-14 07:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: North Korea’s nuclear reality and the overlapping interests of the US, China and Russia make tension reduction a prerequisite
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-14 07:30 UTC+10:00] [North Korea] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: North Korea’s nuclear reality and the overlapping interests of the US, China and Russia make tension reduction a prerequisite
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-14 06:30 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: A new tendency is emerging in Washington that portrays North Korea as a strategic winner. The war in Ukraine, intensifying US-China rivalry and expanding military cooperation between Pyongyang and Moscow have all contributed to the perception that North Korea has gained strategic momentum. A growing number of analysts argue that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has taken advantage of the geopolitical upheavals and successfully repositioned his country.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-14 06:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — The House will have to take up a major security package for war-torn Ukraine after enough Republicans joined Democrats to give the needed 218 signatures to force a vote.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-14 05:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: A draft UN Security Council resolution that demands Iran reopen the Strait of Hormuz has the backing of nearly two thirds of the world’s countries, but still faces resistance from veto holders Russia and China.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-14 03:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin replaced the governors of two regions bordering Ukraine hit by Kyiv's retaliatory attacks -- Bryansk and Belgorod — on Wednesday, the Kremlin said.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-14 03:11 UTC+10:00] [Courts] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: KYIV — Russia's parliament approved a bill that allows President Vladimir Putin to order the invasion of foreign countries during a session on Wednesday.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-14 03:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Russia has placed British former Defence Minister Ben Wallace on a wanted list in connection with an unspecified criminal investigation, according to the Russian Interior Ministry’s database cited by state media.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-14 02:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: President Vladimir Putin replaced the governors of the Bryansk and Belgorod regions on Wednesday, installing a military general and a former official in occupied Ukraine to lead the two border regions.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-14 02:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: President Vladimir Putin replaced the governors of the Bryansk and Belgorod regions on Wednesday, installing a military general and a former official in occupied Ukraine to lead the two border regions.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-14 02:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: At least six people have been killed and dozens injured in “one of the longest, massive Russian attacks against Ukraine”, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, despite renewed claims from the Russian and United States presidents that the war may be nearing an end.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-14 02:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-14 02:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Former Ukrainian president’s chief of staff, Andrii Yermak, right, is seen during a court hearing in a city court room in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, May 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Dan Bashakov)
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-14 01:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Russia’s Interior Ministry has issued an arrest warrant for former British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace on charges of “justifying terrorism,” the exiled news outlet Mediazona reported Wednesday.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-14 00:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Russia has tested a new intercontinental ballistic missile as part of its efforts to modernise its nuclear forces, and President Vladimir Putin has hailed the launch just days after his claim that the fighting in Ukraine is nearing an end.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-14 00:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: The European Union’s imports of Russian liquefied natural gas climbed to their highest levels since early 2022 in the first quarter of this year, according to a report by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA).
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-13 23:58 UTC+10:00] [Far right] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: BERLIN — A top adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin has invited politicians from the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party to an economic forum in June in an illustration of how the Kremlin is cultivating ties with Germany’s far right.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-13 23:07 UTC+10:00] [Ukraine] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Moscow and Kyiv trade long-range attacks after brief truce and Donald Trump’s assertion war could end soon
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-13 22:14 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk said Wednesday the principle of non-refoulement applies to two North Korean prisoners of war (POWs) captured by Ukrainian forces amid the Russia-Ukraine war.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-13 22:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Andriy Yermak, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s former chief of staff and close aide, is now at the centre of the country’s biggest corruption investigation since Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022.
--------------------------------------------------------------------