Topic: World News — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-21 20:55 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Industry Minister Kim Jung-kwan met with his Kyrgyz counterpart Thursday to discuss ways to expand trade and critical minerals cooperation between South Korea and the Central Asian country, Kim's office said.
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[2026-05-21 20:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: South Korea's benchmark KOSPI jumped overnight after Samsung Electronics reached a tentative wage-and-bonus agreement with its main labor union, neutralizing the immediate risk of a paralyzing strike at the world's largest memory-chip producer.
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[2026-05-21 20:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The US is threatening to revoke the visas of the Palestinian delegation to the United Nations unless the Palestinian ambassador to the UN, Riyad Mansour, withdraws his candidacy for vice-president of the UN General Assembly, NPR reported on Thursday.
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[2026-05-21 20:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Growth in the first four months was supported by April traffic topping 5.6 million passengers, boosted by Easter travel, with 34,000 flights
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[2026-05-21 20:52 UTC+10:00] [Hong Kong International Airport] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Growth in the first four months was supported by April traffic topping 5.6 million passengers, boosted by Easter travel, with 34,000 flights
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[2026-05-21 20:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Kyiv, Ukraine – In November 2023, representatives of two Chinese companies signed a deal to supply stone-crushing machinery for construction projects.
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[2026-05-21 20:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: The Democratic Republic of the Congo has called off its national football team’s pre-World Cup training camp in Kinshasa after an Ebola outbreak in the country’s east.
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[2026-05-21 20:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Wife, 52, and 21-year-old son arrested, with preliminary investigations suggesting the death was accidental
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[2026-05-21 20:51 UTC+10:00] [Tuesday] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Wife, 52, and 21-year-old son arrested, with preliminary investigations suggesting the death was accidental
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[2026-05-21 20:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Katie Price will be called as a witness when her former husband Kieran Hayler stands trial accused of raping a 13-year-old girl, a court has heard.
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[2026-05-21 20:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iran's Supreme Leader has issued a directive that the country's near-weapons-grade uranium should not be sent abroad, two senior Iranian sources said, hardening Tehran's stance on one of the main US demands at peace talks.
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[2026-05-21 20:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Arsenal just won its 14th Premier League title this week, with fans all over the world celebrating the moment, 22 years since it last won it in the 2003/04 season.
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[2026-05-21 20:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Actress-vlogger Alex Gonzaga announced Thursday that she is pregnant with her first child with husband Mikee Morada, sharing the news after enduring three miscarriages over nearly six years of marriage.
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[2026-05-21 20:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Thursday that the Iran crisis can only be resolved through diplomatic channels that take Iranian interests into account.
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[2026-05-21 20:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Steve Watson via modernity.news,
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[2026-05-21 20:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: A convoy carrying more than 195 tonnes of supplies from a UAE relief operation entered the Gaza Strip.
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[2026-05-21 20:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Egisto Ott had been a director in his nation’s secret service and was accused of passing on classified information between 2017 and 2021
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[2026-05-21 20:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Egisto Ott had been a director in his nation’s secret service and was accused of passing on classified information between 2017 and 2021
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[2026-05-21 20:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Thu 21 May 2026 at 8:25pm
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[2026-05-21 20:24 UTC+10:00] [Australian politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: White Australia party, also known as National Socialist Network, is challenging the government’s power to list it as a hate group
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[2026-05-21 20:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham has said national politics has reached a "dangerous place" where "people in this country cannot afford a good life".
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[2026-05-21 20:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The US has lifted sanctions against the UN special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories, Francesca Albanese, after a federal judge found that the Trump administration likely violated her free speech rights.
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[2026-05-21 20:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Raymond Wong to be sentenced next month over calling for liberation of Hong Kong and death of judges, police and mainland Chinese
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[2026-05-21 20:17 UTC+10:00] [Hsu Yau-wai] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Raymond Wong to be sentenced next month over calling for liberation of Hong Kong and death of judges, police and mainland Chinese
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[2026-05-21 20:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The Philippine justice secretary has ordered law enforcement to apprehend a senator wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for alleged crimes against humanity, a day after the country’s top court rejected his bid to block his arrest.
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[2026-05-21 20:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Paris Mayor Emmanuel Gregoire has launched a special inquiry into the city’s childcare system amid a growing scandal involving allegations of sexual abuse against children as young as three, French media has reported.
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[2026-05-21 20:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Paris Mayor Emmanuel Gregoire has launched a special inquiry into the city’s childcare system amid a growing scandal involving allegations of sexual abuse against children as young as three, French media reports.
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[2026-05-21 20:08 UTC+10:00] [Editors' Pick] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: author Marites Dañguilan Vitug @maritesdvitug Marites is one of the Philippines’ most accomplished journalists and authors. For close to a decade, Vitug – a Nieman fellow – edited 'Newsbreak' magazine, a trailblazer in Philippine investigative journalism. Her recent book, 'Rock Solid: How the Philippines Won Its Maritime Case Against China,' has become a bestseller.
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[2026-05-21 20:04 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Property News: Suburbs where house values rose most in the past 12 months.
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[2026-05-21 20:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: You’re watching The Manila Times’ News Prime.
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[2026-05-21 20:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israel Police seized cocaine, crystal meth, ecstasy, ketamine, hallucinogenic mushrooms, and tens of thousands of shekels divided into portions on Thursday morning. Two suspects, aged 52 and 28, were arrested in the seizure.
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[2026-05-21 20:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: It has come to this. When the Shavuot festival starts on Thursday night, I will be both celebrating and worrying about what is happening in Jewish communities around the world – what’s happening in Israel and the global village in general.
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[2026-05-21 20:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: After the October 7 massacre, Israel established an elite task force to track down and kill or capture every Hamas terrorist who participated or planned the attack, from the most minor participants to their leadership, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.
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[2026-05-21 20:00 UTC+10:00] [Ebola] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Hundreds of cases reported in the DRC after USAID has been dismantled and key scientific research canceled
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[2026-05-21 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Humorous online celebrity stops posting videos for ‘indefinite duration’ after he comes down with range of illnesses
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[2026-05-21 20:00 UTC+10:00] [China] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Humorous online celebrity stops posting videos for ‘indefinite duration’ after he comes down with range of illnesses
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[2026-05-21 20:00 UTC+10:00] [Canada] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: While Canada may be clinging to fossil fuels, much of the world is moving on
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[2026-05-21 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-05-21 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-05-21 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 21 (Yonhap) -- The government froze the price ceilings on fuel products for the fourth consecutive time Thursday, amid lessening volatility in global crude prices and a relatively stable supply of oil entering the country.
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[2026-05-21 19:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Palantir is among the most controversial technology companies of the modern era. Its clients include US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice), the US Army, police, intelligence, and security agencies in multiple European countries. The company also supplies technology to the Israeli military amid its genocide in Gaza.
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[2026-05-21 19:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-05-21 19:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The taunting of flotilla activists by Israeli far-right minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has led to renewed calls for the EU to impose sanctions on him.
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[2026-05-21 19:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-05-21 19:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Many countries around the world are facing a rapidly rising old-age dependency ratio, according to projections published in the UN’s World Population Prospects 2024.
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[2026-05-21 19:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A festivalgoer poses for photographers as people sit by the beach along the Croisette during the 79th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Friday, May 15, 2026. (AP Photo/John Locher)
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[2026-05-21 19:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Author Yang Shuang-zi and translator Lin King claim the prestigious £50,000 (US$67,000) prize for their culinary-infused postcolonial romance.
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[2026-05-21 19:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Chip giant Nvidia reported yet another record quarter with sales and profits beating expectations, seemingly suggesting there's no slowdown in sight for the artificial intelligence (AI) boom.
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[2026-05-21 19:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared that the latest outbreak of a rare strain of the Ebola virus in Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda is a “public health emergency of international concern”.
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[2026-05-21 19:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Protestors will gather in Dublin later on Thursday to once again highlight the death of Yves Sakila.
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