Topic: US Politics — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-13 12:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The Nvidia CEO, not included in the White House’s original delegation list, will be in Beijing with the US president, the company has confirmed
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[2026-05-13 12:06 UTC+10:00] [Nvidia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The Nvidia CEO, not included in the White House’s original delegation list, will be in Beijing with the US president, the company has confirmed
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[2026-05-13 12:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Washington Nationals’ Daylen Lile rounds the bases after hitting a solo home run during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Cincinnati Reds, Tuesday, May 12, 2026, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Kareem Elgazzar)
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[2026-05-13 12:04 UTC+10:00] [US news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Ethylene oxide (EtO) is about 60 times more carcinogenic than believed in 2006, research finds
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[2026-05-13 12:00 UTC+10:00] [Business / The economy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: May 13, 2026 — 12:00pm
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[2026-05-13 11:58 UTC+10:00] [Marco Rubio] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Chinese government appears to be using the workaround of a different character to represent part of the secretary of state’s name, to allow him to visit the country for the upcoming Trump summit
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[2026-05-13 11:54 UTC+10:00] [Dominican Republic] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: The Dominican Republic said on Tuesday it had agreed to take third-country deportees from the United States, as the Caribbean nation sought to strengthen its ties with the Trump administration and join other Latin American countries that had struck such deals.
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[2026-05-13 11:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump is set to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping, whom he described on Tuesday as “a friend” and “somebody that we get along with.” Trump added that he plans to discuss the war involving Iran, a country the US and Israel have accused China of supporting.
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[2026-05-13 11:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump is set to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping, who he described on Tuesday as “a friend” and “somebody that we get along with.” Trump added that he plans to discuss the war with Iran, which the US and Israel have accused China of supporting.
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[2026-05-13 11:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: BEIJING — Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is joining U.S. President Donald Trump's trip to China this week, the chipmaker confirmed to CNBC, after initial indications the executive had not been invited.
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[2026-05-13 11:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON, D.C. — The head of the Food and Drug Administration, Dr. Marty Makary, is resigning after a rocky tenure that drew months of complaints from health industry executives, anti-abortion activists, vaping lobbyists and other allies of President Donald Trump.
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[2026-05-13 11:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: While Washington slashes funding for the sciences, Beijing is clinching its lead in everything from patent applications to publications
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[2026-05-13 11:30 UTC+10:00] [Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: While Washington slashes funding for the sciences, Beijing is clinching its lead in everything from patent applications to publications
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[2026-05-13 11:30 UTC+10:00] [World / Asia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Beijing: Ever his own hype man, US President Donald Trump set expectations high for the bonhomie he and Chinese leader Xi Jinping will project to the world when they meet in Beijing on Thursday.
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[2026-05-13 11:29 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A young girl climbs to look through a gap of the closed doors of the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests at the Temple of Heaven on May 12, 2026 in Beijing, China. In a rare occurrence, the popular historic site has been closed for the next three days in preparation for a tour by U.S.
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[2026-05-13 11:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Trump expects ‘great things’ as he heads to Beijing for high-stakes talks with Xi Jinping
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[2026-05-13 11:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: President Donald Trump has commissioned the renovation of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool as part of his initiative to make Washington DC 'safe and beautiful' ahead of the nation's 250th birthday this summer. As part of that, contractors began work last week to paint the pool blue.
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[2026-05-13 11:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Pharmacy technician Cindy Burbank emerged victorious Tuesday in an unusual Nebraska Democratic Senate primary where the top two candidates accused each other of political trickery.
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[2026-05-13 11:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 13 (Yonhap) -- North Korea's largest group of workers has held its first congress in five years to elect a new leadership and called for efforts to implement the country's five-year economic development plan, state media reported Wednesday.
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[2026-05-13 11:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A four-page manifesto was reportedly sent to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger before a bomb scare disrupted a campaign event for the Republican gubernatorial candidate.
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[2026-05-13 11:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El presidente de EEUU, Donald Trump, saluda con la mano desde las escaleras del Air Force One mientras sube en la Base Conjunta Andrews, en Maryland, el martes 12 de mayo de 2026, para emprender un viaje a China con el fin de reunirse con el presidente chino Xi Jinping.
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[2026-05-13 11:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump said he expected to discuss the conflict involving Iran and the crisis in the Strait of Hormuz with Chinese President Xi Jinping during his visit to China, but stressed that trade would remain the main focus of their meeting.
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[2026-05-13 11:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Chinese exporters spent the past year scrambling to diversify away from the U.S., moving supply chains overseas and targeting new markets, including the Middle East, as punishing tariffs upended their business models.
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[2026-05-13 11:07 UTC+10:00] [Elections, Governors] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: Lynne Walz, a former state legislator, won the Democratic primary for governor of Nebraska on Tuesday, according to The Associated Press, setting up a challenging general election attempt to unseat Gov. Jim Pillen, the Republican incumbent.
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[2026-05-13 11:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Members of an honor guard march as they prepare for a welcome ceremony for visiting U.S. President Donald Trump outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Nov. 9, 2017. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)
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[2026-05-13 11:00 UTC+10:00] [Trump administration] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Five Republicans joined all Democrats in the state senate to reject a redistricting proposal that Trump is pushing for – key US politics stories from Tuesday 12 May at a glance
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[2026-05-13 10:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BEIJING, China — President Donald Trump is set to arrive in Beijing on Wednesday for a state visit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping at a restless moment for a world worried about war, trade and artificial intelligence.
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[2026-05-13 10:53 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 90]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Auto news: Will Australians spend over $100,000 on a Chinese car?
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[2026-05-13 10:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimated on Tuesday that US President Donald Trump's Golden Dome missile defense shield could cost about $1.2 trillion to develop, deploy, and operate over 20 years, a figure that dwarfs a $185 billion price tag offered by the program's Pentagon director.
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[2026-05-13 10:49 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: May 13, 2026 10:49 | News
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[2026-05-13 10:49 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pennsylvania (AP) -- Rory McIlroy can be spotted on screen in movies featuring Hollywood's biggest stars.
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[2026-05-13 10:47 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent arrived in South Korea on Wednesday for talks with a Chinese official ahead of a high-stakes summit between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing.
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[2026-05-13 10:43 UTC+10:00] [World / Asia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Singapore: A Philippines politician accused of being an architect of the country’s deadly war on drugs has been holed up in the Senate for almost two days after running through the complex to get away from investigators seeking to ship him off to The Hague.
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[2026-05-13 10:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Plans for a A$1.5bn ($1.1bn; £802m) Trump Tower in Queensland have been scrapped with an Australian developer blaming the "toxic" Trump brand and the Iran war for the project's demise.
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[2026-05-13 10:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 13 (Yonhap) -- U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent arrived in South Korea on Wednesday for talks with a Chinese official ahead of a high-stakes summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing.
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[2026-05-13 10:25 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: May 13, 2026 10:25 | News
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[2026-05-13 10:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A North Carolina fourth-grader submitted a carefully crafted persuasive essay in favor of electric vehicles to his congresswoman as part of a school assignment — and received a scathing response where his work was degraded to “propaganda.”
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[2026-05-13 10:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON, D.C. — US President Donald Trump on Tuesday posted a map graphic on his Truth Social platform depicting Venezuela with an inset American flag and the label "51st State."
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[2026-05-13 10:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Iran has retained most of its missile sites along the Strait of Hormuz, The New York Times reported on Tuesday, citing a classified intelligence assessment from earlier this month.
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[2026-05-13 10:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US Senator Chuck Schumer urged Republicans to support a War Powers Resolution aimed at ending President Donald Trump’s military campaign against Iran, arguing that the conflict was driving up fuel prices across the United States.
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[2026-05-13 10:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump talks on his cell phone in his limousine, known as “The Beast,” upon his arrival at Joint Base Andrews, Md., March 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez, File)
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[2026-05-13 10:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump departed Washington for Beijing Tuesday and his high-stakes summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping. As he left, Trump downplayed differences with Xi over the war in Iran and predicted “good things are going to happen” during the visit.
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[2026-05-13 10:00 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 95]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: LIVE, FREE and EXCLUSIVE
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[2026-05-13 09:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Asia-Pacific markets were set to open mixed Wednesday, as investors digest a hotter-than-expected inflation reading for April amid concerns over higher oil prices and the ongoing Middle East conflict.
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[2026-05-13 09:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: President Donald Trump's futuristic "Golden Dome" missile defence system will cost about $1.2 tn (£882bn) to develop, deploy and operate over two decades, a new report from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimates.
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[2026-05-13 09:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: There was a bit of a narrative shift on display in Congress as back-to-back hearings on Capitol Hill with top defense and Trump admin officials played out Tuesday, with Secretary of War Pete Hegseth repeatedly on the defensive as he and the administration face intensified scrutiny over the Iran war.
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[2026-05-13 09:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The fugitive financier is accused of being the architect of a scheme to siphon at least US$4.5 billion from Malaysia’s sovereign wealth fund
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[2026-05-13 09:38 UTC+10:00] [jho low] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The fugitive financier is accused of being the architect of a scheme to siphon at least US$4.5 billion from Malaysia’s sovereign wealth fund
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[2026-05-13 09:27 UTC+10:00] [Trump administration] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: FBI director also dismisses allegations of unexplained absences as Democrats challenge him over Atlantic report
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[2026-05-13 09:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Sundance via The Conservative Treehouse,
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