Topic: World News — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-20 12:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Wed 20 May 2026 at 12:27pm
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[2026-05-20 12:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The International Criminal Court’s (ICC) Registry has appointed a new lawyer for former president Rodrigo Duterte, according to a notification released onTuesday.
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[2026-05-20 12:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Wed 20 May 2026 at 12:23pm
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[2026-05-20 12:22 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: WASHINGTON (AFP) -- US President Donald Trump on Tuesday showed off the site of his huge new White House ballroom, a $400 million project that critics say flies in the face of voter anger over the cost of living.
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[2026-05-20 12:21 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: STARBASE, Texas (Reuters) -- SpaceX is poised this week to conduct the 12th uncrewed test flight of its next-generation Starship rocket, the first of a newly upgraded vehicle seen as critical to Elon Musk's efforts to satisfy investors and push deeper into space.
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[2026-05-20 12:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Local Government
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[2026-05-20 12:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-05-20 12:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Wed 20 May 2026 at 12:19pm
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[2026-05-20 12:17 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Infertility treatment cases in South Korea rose nearly 40 percent over four years to reach 203,101 in 2023, according to data released Wednesday by the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service.
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[2026-05-20 12:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Wed 20 May 2026 at 12:16pm
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[2026-05-20 12:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The city state’s equities have benefited from economic and political stability, as well as government-led market reforms
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[2026-05-20 12:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The city state’s equities have benefited from economic and political stability, as well as government-led market reforms
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[2026-05-20 12:11 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The former executive chairman of Rex Airlines has capitulated just days into a major trial and admitted to failing to disclose the airline’s true financial state in 2023 before its ultimate collapse a year later.
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[2026-05-20 12:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: United States President Donald Trump, his family, and his businesses have been granted immunity from any pending audits into their tax affairs, according to a directive by the Department of Justice.
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[2026-05-20 12:08 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Samsung Bioepis said Wednesday it has launched autoimmune disease treatment SB17 in partnership with Nipro Corporation, marking the company’s first product launch in Japan and its full-scale entry into the market.
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[2026-05-20 12:06 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Stray Kids' “Walkin On Water” music video surpassed 100 million YouTube views as of Tuesday, label JYP Entertainment said Wednesday.
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[2026-05-20 12:05 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea's auto exports decreased more than 5 percent from a year earlier in April, amid a sharp decrease in shipments to the Middle East due to a geopolitical crisis there, government data showed Wednesday.
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[2026-05-20 12:00 UTC+10:00] [Venezuela] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Tom Phillips on life in the country four months after the US abduction of the former president Nicolás Maduro
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[2026-05-20 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: A Lebanese organisation offering an education lifeline to young refugees in its homeland and Syria is ready to increase its life-changing support after winning the $500,000 first prize in a contest run by the UAE-based Varkey Foundation.
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[2026-05-20 11:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-05-20 11:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The UK government has loosened strict sanctions on Russian oil refined into diesel and jet fuel in third countries as prices rise
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[2026-05-20 11:54 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: LX Pantos said Wednesday it had joined UN Women’s Empowerment Principles, underscoring its commitment to building a more inclusive corporate culture based on gender equality and women’s empowerment.
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[2026-05-20 11:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: A court in Pakistan has sentenced a man to death over the murder of a teen social media influencer that sparked uproar across the country.
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[2026-05-20 11:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BEIRUT, Lebanon — Israeli airstrikes on southernLebanonon Tuesday killed at least 19 people, including four women and three children, Lebanon’s Health Ministry said, the latest in near-daily attacks from both sides that have not stopped despite the fragile,U.S.-brokered ceasefirein the Israel-Hezbollah war.
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[2026-05-20 11:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-05-20 11:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: An elegant, white-haired Parisian savours a biscuity cloud of cream and apple down to the last crumb at one of the French capital's many bakeries -- but this client has four legs not two.
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[2026-05-20 11:40 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Responding to Middle East crises and rising oil prices, the United Nations on Tuesday lowered its forecast for global economic growth and raised the prospects for inflation this year.
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[2026-05-20 11:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-05-20 11:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MADRID — A Spanish court is investigating former Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero for alleged influence peddling and other possible crimes tied to a government airline bailout.
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[2026-05-20 11:38 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: May 20, 2026 11:38 | News
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[2026-05-20 11:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Wed 20 May 2026 at 11:38am
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[2026-05-20 11:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: PARIS, France — Novak Djokovic arrives at Roland Garros this year facing a familiar opponent, but one that cannot be outmanoeuvred even by the record 24-time Grand Slam champion: time.
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[2026-05-20 11:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The United Nations has lowered its global growth forecast for 2026 to 2.5 percent from an estimated 3 percent last year, citing rising energy costs and weaker trade linked to the US-Israel war on Iran.
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[2026-05-20 11:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Wed 20 May 2026 at 11:31am
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[2026-05-20 11:31 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: BTS reclaimed the top spot on Billboard’s Global excl. US chart with “Swim,” totalling six weeks at No. 1.
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[2026-05-20 11:30 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The grading system used in Australian schools is leaving hundreds of thousands of children so far behind their classmates each year that they never catch up, according to a leading international education expert.
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[2026-05-20 11:29 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: MOUNTAIN VIEW, United States (AFP) -- Google on Tuesday showed off new plans to turn its famous search bar into an AI assistant that can book restaurants, track news and contact businesses -- just by asking a question.
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[2026-05-20 11:28 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Cortis ranked No. 5 on Billboard’s Artist 100, label Big Hit Music said Wednesday, citing the latest chart published on Tuesday in the US.
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[2026-05-20 11:28 UTC+10:00] [World / North America] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Washington: At a time when his poll numbers are sagging, the economy is sputtering and the war he launched in Iran simply will not end, President Donald Trump spent Tuesday morning (US time) showing off his skills in the profession he feels most comfortable with: real estate.
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[2026-05-20 11:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: JERUSALEM — Israeli forces on Tuesday intercepted all remaining vessels from an activist flotilla attempting to challenge Israel’s naval blockade of Gaza, the latest effort to highlight the grim conditions for nearly 2 million Palestinians with severe shortages of housing, food and medicine.
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[2026-05-20 11:26 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: North Korea's U-17 women's football team has received a grand welcome ceremony in Pyongyang upon its return following a win at the Asian Football Confederation U17 Women's Asian Cup, state media reported Wednesday.
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[2026-05-20 11:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The US Senate on Tuesday advanced a war powers resolution that would end the Iran war unless President Donald Trump obtains congressional authorisation.
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[2026-05-20 11:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Thomas Massie, the Republican congressman who voted down foreign aid packages and heavily criticised pro-Israel lobbying groups' influence in US politics, lost his primary race in Kentucky on Tuesday.
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[2026-05-20 11:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-05-20 11:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: PARIS, France — Alexandra Eala and Janice Tjen have taken different routes to the women's top 40, but both began their journeys from a region that is rarely on the tennis map.
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[2026-05-20 11:21 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Israeli forces have seized another humanitarian aid flotilla, carrying two activists from a South Korean civic group, headed for the Gaza Strip, the group said Wednesday.
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[2026-05-20 11:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-05-20 11:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: One visitor entered the macaque’s habitat dressed in a character costume, while the other filmed him with a phone from outside
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[2026-05-20 11:19 UTC+10:00] [Ichikawa City Zoo] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: One visitor entered the macaque’s habitat dressed in a character costume, while the other filmed him with a phone from outside
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[2026-05-20 11:17 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi headed home Wednesday after a two-day visit to South Korea's Andong, the hometown of South Korean President Lee Jae Myung, where the two held a bilateral summit.
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