Topic: US Politics — Neutral reports only
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[2026-08-17 08:07 UTC+10:00] [Jared Kushner] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Trump’s son-in-law and envoy held rare meeting with Hamas chief in Egypt in push for progress on ceasefire
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[2026-08-17 08:01 UTC+10:00] [ASIA PACIFIC] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: U.S. President Donald Trump said he was scaling back “costly” and “inappropriate” joint military exercises with South Korea scheduled to start Monday.
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[2026-08-17 07:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-17 07:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: WASHINGTON (AP) — El presidente estadounidense Donald Trump le ordenó el domingo al Pentágono reducir los ejercicios militares conjuntos con Corea del Sur, después de que, según afirmó, ese país se negó a ayudar a desnuclearizar a Irán.
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[2026-08-17 07:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump gestures as he boards Air Force One at Morristown Airport, Sunday, Aug. 16, 2026, in Morristown, N.J. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
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[2026-08-17 07:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Russia has historically protected itself across several fronts by maintaining buffer states along the borders it shared with threatening powers. These states didn’t necessarily have to like Russia, much less become its allies, but their usefulness lay in causing even greater problems for Russia’s potential adversaries.
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[2026-08-17 07:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Timofey Bordachev, Program Director of the Valdai Club
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[2026-08-17 07:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: President Donald Trump has said the US will "substantially reduce" joint military exercises with South Korea, citing his "very good relationship" with North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un.
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[2026-08-17 07:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Trump said in a post on Truth Social that he is "Very happy to see that Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan have recently, and finally, signed the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement."
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[2026-08-17 07:14 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Published 17 August 2026 7:14am
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[2026-08-17 06:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Judging the US Attorney on a single case ‘is not fair’, Blanche said after Trump criticised the way she handled a vandalism allegation
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[2026-08-17 06:55 UTC+10:00] [vandalism] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Judging the US Attorney on a single case ‘is not fair’, Blanche said after Trump criticised the way she handled a vandalism allegation
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[2026-08-17 06:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El receptor de los Mets de Nueva York, Luis Torrens (13), observa su jonrón durante la cuarta entrada de un partido de béisbol contra los Nacionales de Washington, el domingo 16 de agosto de 2026, en Nueva York. (Foto AP/Heather Khalifa)
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[2026-08-17 06:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El logotipo de la BBC puede apreciarse el 12 de noviembre de 2025, en su sede en Londres. (AP Foto/Kin Cheung, archivo)
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[2026-08-17 06:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: New York Mets’ Luis Torrens (13) watches his home run during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Washington Nationals, Sunday, Aug. 16, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)
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[2026-08-17 06:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-17 05:58 UTC+10:00] [Trump administration] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Outgoing Louisiana senator Bill Cassidy, a medical doctor, voted to confirm anti-vaccine activist RFK Jr as health secretary before speaking out
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[2026-08-17 05:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The UN estimates that about 1.9 million people - 90% of Gaza's population - have been displaced since the war started
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[2026-08-17 05:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Sunday that Tehran and Muscat were working to establish a temporary maritime route through the Strait of Hormuz, while stressing that the talks were separate from any decision on reopening the strategic waterway.
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[2026-08-17 05:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Hamas said on Sunday that it had asked the US-backed "Board of Peace" to "compel" Israel to accept a peace plan for Gaza after its leader met with US President Donald Trump's envoy Jared Kushner in Egypt.
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[2026-08-17 05:42 UTC+10:00] [Israel-Gaza War (2023- )] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law and close adviser, met with Hamas leaders in Egypt on Sunday, a Hamas official and another official briefed on the meetings said. The talks were part of a diplomatic push to advance Mr. Trump’s plan for the future of Gaza.
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[2026-08-17 05:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Hamas leaders have met in Egypt with US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and Middle East envoy Jared Kushner, who is seeking to push a Gaza plan rejected by Israel.
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[2026-08-17 04:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-17 04:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Eight countries are accusing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of jeopardising the Gaza Peace Plan pushed by US President Donald Trump. (Reuters: Jonathan Ernst)
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[2026-08-17 04:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-17 04:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-17 04:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The UAE joined seven other Arab and Islamic nations in condemning Israel for rejecting renewed efforts to implement US President Donald Trump’s peace plan for Gaza, as his son-in-law and envoy Jared Kushner held talks with Hamas in Egypt on Sunday to help push it through.
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[2026-08-17 04:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Israeli PM Netanyahu last week rejected the US-backed 15-point plan in a rare public show of defiance against the Trump administration
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[2026-08-17 04:14 UTC+10:00] [Nickolay Mladenov] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Israeli PM Netanyahu last week rejected the US-backed 15-point plan in a rare public show of defiance against the Trump administration
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[2026-08-17 03:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El quarterback de los Commanders de Washington, Marcus Mariota (8), se retira del campo durante la primera mitad de un partido de fútbol americano de pretemporada de la NFL contra los Dolphins de Miami, el viernes 14 de agosto de 2026, en Landover, Maryland. (Foto AP/Nick Wass)
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[2026-08-17 03:39 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: August 17, 2026 03:39 | News
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[2026-08-17 03:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Hamas leaders met on Sunday in Egypt with President Donald Trump's son-in-law and envoy Jared Kushner, who is seeking to push a Gaza plan rejected by Israel, sources with knowledge of the talks told AFP.
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[2026-08-17 02:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A crane lifts a concrete slab to clear the way for rescuers searching through the rubble three days after an earthquake hit Pereira, Colombia, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Brandon Pinto)
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[2026-08-17 02:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Washington Commanders quarterback Marcus Mariota (8) walks off the field during the first half of an NFL preseason football game against the Miami Dolphins, Friday, Aug. 14, 2026, in Landover, MD. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
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[2026-08-17 02:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Trump is seeking US$10 billion in damages from the UK broadcaster, alleging that a documentary edited a speech he gave on January 6, 2021
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[2026-08-17 02:45 UTC+10:00] [Oval Office] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Trump is seeking US$10 billion in damages from the UK broadcaster, alleging that a documentary edited a speech he gave on January 6, 2021
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[2026-08-17 02:33 UTC+10:00] [Trump administration] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: US attorney general says no one in his role ‘should ever’ make this vow amid concern over Trump steering DoJ
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[2026-08-17 02:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The foreign ministries of the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Jordan, Indonesia, Pakistan, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt condemned Israel’s rejection of the Gaza Board of Peace’s (BoP) 15-point roadmap for implementing US President Donald Trump’s peace plan in a joint statement released on Sunday.
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[2026-08-17 02:17 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: August 17, 2026 02:17 | News
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[2026-08-17 02:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — The US is preparing to tell dozens of countries they must pick sides in the artificial intelligence race with China, warning they will be excluded from a US-led AI coalition if they also sign up for Beijing’s competing framework, according to a US official and an internal draft reviewed by Reuters.
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[2026-08-17 02:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SENATE President Sherwin Gatchalian said the Senate will exercise strict oversight over the proposed Pax Silica initiative to ensure that it becomes a transformative economic opportunity for the country.
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[2026-08-17 02:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BERLIN — German companies slashed investments in the United States to a three-year low in the first half of 2026, as Trump administration policies fed uncertainty between the transatlantic trading partners.
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[2026-08-17 02:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: US PRESIDENT Donald Trump has reversed the migration clock worldwide by being the jury, judge and executioner.
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[2026-08-17 02:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler seized his first 54-hole lead in more than a year, taking a two-stroke edge after Saturday’s (Sunday in Manila) third round of the PGA St. Jude Championship.
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[2026-08-17 01:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-17 01:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Trump administration spoke with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps by using Kurdistan Regional Government President Nechirvan Barzani as a secret backchannel, Axios reported on Sunday, citing three sources with direct knowledge of the talks.
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[2026-08-17 01:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Sunday that Tehran and Muscat were working to establish a temporary maritime route through the Strait of Hormuz, while stressing that the talks were separate from any decision on reopening the strategic waterway.
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[2026-08-17 01:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: LONDON (AP) — The BBC asked a U.S. court for help in getting documents and testimony from members of U.S. President Donald Trump ‘s family in connection with his $10-billion defamation lawsuit against the British broadcaster, a court document showed.
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[2026-08-17 01:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Predictably, Iran has on Saturday issued a full-throated rejection of President Trump's Friday evening words related to the status on the conflict and energy transit in the region.
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[2026-08-17 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Health] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Australia records 3% fall in one-year-olds fully immunised against hepatitis B as downward trend continues, expert says
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