Topic: Ukraine/Russia — Neutral reports only
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[2026-09-17 18:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: President Donald Trump can now impose tariffs of up to 100% on countries purchasing oil from Russia, putting China and India squarely in the crosshairs.
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[2026-09-17 18:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: In a rare development, Belarus - which forms a 'Union State' with Russia, has received partial US sanctions relief after it agreed to free 25 political prisoners.
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[2026-09-17 18:00 UTC+10:00] [Photography] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: View image in fullscreenHotel Skampa, Elbasan, AlbaniaDesigned in 1970 by Valentina Pistoli (1928-93), Albania’s first female architect, the Hotel Skampa was part of the state-run Turizmi hotel network. Pistoli was one of Albania’s most renowned architects, known for many landmark projects, including the Hotel Tirana and the Palace of Culture in Durrës.ShareView image in fullscreenHotel Cosmos, Moscow, RussiaThis original interior shows the design of the rooms at the time of the hotel’s opening in 1979.
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[2026-09-17 17:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a sweeping sanctions and tariff bill intended to increase economic pressure on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, sending the bill to U.S. President Donald Trump to sign into law more than a year after the late Senator Lindsey Graham first introduced it.
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[2026-09-17 17:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: In Odesa, a drone attack after midday killed one man and set garages ablaze, damaging nearby homes and cars. A second strike later hit a 19-storey apartment building, injuring three people, including a child. Footage from the State Emergency Service showed firefighters tackling burning debris and working around damaged buildings.
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[2026-09-17 16:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian barrage of missiles and drones targeting Ukraine’s capital injured at least 16 people overnight and into Thursday morning, local authorities said.
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[2026-09-17 16:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The move shows how military ties have expanded beyond weapons and troops into labour and industrial production, the report says
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[2026-09-17 16:37 UTC+10:00] [Russia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The move shows how military ties have expanded beyond weapons and troops into labour and industrial production, the report says
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[2026-09-17 16:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El presidente de Rusia, Vladímir Putin, asiste a un acto ante la Tumba del Soldado Desconocido junto a los muros del Kremlin, en Moscú, el 22 de junio de 2026, para conmemorar el 85to aniversario de la invasión de la Alemania nazi de la Unión Soviética durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial.
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[2026-09-17 15:25 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-09-17 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Low expectations that Russia's election will bring peace closer, Steve Rosenberg reports
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[2026-09-17 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Russian President Vladimir Putin is bracing for a wartime reckoning as the Kremlin prepares to hold its first parliamentary election since the country's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in early 2022.
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[2026-09-17 14:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The crew of a Turkish cargo ship hit by Ukrainian drones has filed a complaint against Kiev with the International Criminal Court (ICC) over the attack, which killed one sailor and injured two others, lawyers said on Wednesday. The plaintiffs include 12 crew members, the family of the deceased sailor and the ship’s owner.
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[2026-09-17 14:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at a research facility in Koltsovo near Novosibirsk, Russia, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026. (Gavriil Grigorov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)
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[2026-09-17 14:07 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: WASHINGTON (AP) -- The House on Wednesday passed a broad package of sanctions targeting Russian officials and key pillars of its economy as lawmakers look to deprive President Vladimir Putin of the financial resources needed to wage the war against Ukraine.
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[2026-09-17 14:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Russians are to elect members of the lower house, the State Duma. They also will cast ballots in local elections. Balloting will be spread over three days in a bid to boost turnout among the 111 million eligible voters, which includes, for the first time, Ukraine’s territories taken by Russia since 2022.
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[2026-09-17 11:21 UTC+10:00] [Ukraine] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Maj Gen Anton Grunis was praised by Vladimir Putin for purported capture of Kostiantynivka; UK names intel officer who died in Ukraine road crash. What we know on day 1,667
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[2026-09-17 10:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United States House of Representatives has passed a bipartisan sanctions bill targeting Russia over its continued war in Ukraine.
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[2026-09-17 10:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened to impose tariffs on the European Union or halt trade with the bloc entirely if it proceeds with its plan to make Canada its first-ever "associate member."
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[2026-09-17 10:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has again responded to allegations of European officials that Moscow seeks to expand the war beyond Ukraine.
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[2026-09-17 10:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The Washington Capitals ice hockey team has deflected criticism of star Alex Ovechkin’s appearance in a campaign video for Russian President Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party.
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[2026-09-17 10:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Analysts say a Ukraine trip will be an ‘excellent opportunity’ for Takaichi to show her mettle, despite concerns about chilly Russia ties
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[2026-09-17 10:00 UTC+10:00] [Ukraine] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Analysts say a Ukraine trip will be an ‘excellent opportunity’ for Takaichi to show her mettle, despite concerns about chilly Russia ties
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[2026-09-17 08:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-09-17 08:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US House of Representatives has passed a bill authorizing President Donald Trump to place tariffs on countries that purchase Russian energy and impose tougher sanctions on Moscow over the Ukraine conflict.
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[2026-09-17 08:41 UTC+10:00] [Trump tariffs] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Act divides Democrats and Republicans, with some saying it gives president power that could be turned against US allies
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[2026-09-17 07:58 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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[2026-09-17 03:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: In something that sounds straight from the plot of "Homeland" or the more recent CIA thriller "Lioness", the Trump administration has charged multiple members of Russia's intelligence services with running a "global assassination network" that targeted Kremlin critics.
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[2026-09-17 03:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The member of the UK armed forces who died in a road traffic accident in Ukraine last week has been named as Major Paul Wilks.
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[2026-09-17 03:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Irina Strelnikova, director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Arctic Studies at the Higher School of Economics in Moscow
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[2026-09-17 03:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Irina Strelnikova, director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Arctic Studies at the Higher School of Economics in Moscow
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[2026-09-17 03:10 UTC+10:00] [Americas] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: BRUSSELS ― Ursula von der Leyen used a major speech on Wednesday to pitch Europe as the leader of a group of like-minded countries that want to hold their own against rival powers such as Russia and China.
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[2026-09-17 03:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The U.S Capitol is photographed Monday, Sept. 14, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)
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[2026-09-17 01:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The U.S. House is expected to pass a Russia sanctions bill introduced over a year ago by the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., on Wednesday afternoon, sending it to President Donald Trump's desk.
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[2026-09-17 01:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: A bear killed a 66-year-old woman in the Siberian region of Krasnoyarsk, law enforcement authorities said Wednesday, marking the latest fatal encounter amid a reported rise in bear attacks across Russia this year.
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[2026-09-17 00:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: A drone that was shot down by a NATO fighter jet in the skies above Lithuania for the first time was likely directed at Ukraine and veered off course, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda said Wednesday.
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[2026-09-17 00:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Russia would make short work of European nations if they decided to attack it, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said.
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[2026-09-17 00:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Coco Gauff, of the United States, celebrates winning a match against Mirra Andreeva, of Russia, during the quarterfinal round of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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[2026-09-16 22:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The EU has banned a former aide to Vladimir Zelensky from entering the European Parliament. Yulia Mendel, who was Zelensky’s top communications liason from 2019 to 2021 and has been a consistent critic of her former boss, had been invited to speak on the same day Ursula von der Leyen delivered her state of the union speech.
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[2026-09-16 22:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Russia’s Defense Ministry said Wednesday that Defense Minister Andrei Belousov awarded a ship captain for his “skillful and decisive actions” after firing signal flares at a Danish military helicopter in the Baltic Sea earlier this week.
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[2026-09-16 22:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has accused Russia of plotting to murder Ukrainian allies in the US and Europe.
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[2026-09-16 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 16 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has sent around 100,000 workers abroad, mostly to China and Russia, with some involved in manufacturing military drones at Russian factories in violation of U.N. sanctions, an international monitoring report showed Wednesday.
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[2026-09-16 21:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Ukraine war spillover into NATO 'eastern flank' members' airspace is now becoming a weekly reality, which presents added pressure and dangers which could potentially lead up to a major Russia-Western military confrontation. Lead NATO powers like Germany have of late also alleged Russian intelligence 'sabotage' campaigns involving drones near aviation hubs in central Europe.
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[2026-09-16 21:29 UTC+10:00] [US news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The action is likely the last House vote on issue ahead of the midterm elections
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[2026-09-16 19:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Ukrainian officials say that a Russian drone strike on a bus near the front line in southern Ukraine has killed at least five people and injured seven others.
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[2026-09-16 18:42 UTC+10:00] [Airports] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: U.S. prosecutors have charged five people allegedly working for Russian intelligence with conspiracy to finance terrorism and, in three cases, conspiracy to commit murder for hire.
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[2026-09-16 18:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Russia's foreign ministry has issued key warnings to Western officials and nations on Tuesday. The ministry's spokesperson Maria Zakharova addressed recent provocative actions and signaling among NATO allies, which could lead to more nuclear saber-rattling.
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[2026-09-16 18:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: SINGAPORE — Ukraine's sanctions envoy said Russia could be forced to retreat from the war within six months if its oil revenues are halved, as he pressed governments across Asia to shut down loopholes letting Russian tankers and weapons components slip through the region undetected.
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[2026-09-16 17:59 UTC+10:00] [EU State of the Union] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Wednesday said she would propose a new security forum for EU and like-minded leaders in response to escalating Russian hybrid attacks and fraying transatlantic relations.
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[2026-09-16 17:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A Russian-Canadian national has been sentenced to a seven-year jail term for treason in Russia, Interfax news agency reported on Wednesday.
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