Topic: World News — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-20 04:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Wed 20 May 2026 at 4:54am
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[2026-05-20 04:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The most expensive primary election in US history is underway in Kentucky, as President Donald Trump and the Israel lobby try to unseat Representative Thomas Massie, a hardline conservative who broke with the president over Israel, Iran, and Epstein.
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[2026-05-20 04:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The most expensive primary election in US history is underway in Kentucky, as President Donald Trump and the Israel lobby try to unseat Representative Thomas Massie, a hardline conservative who broke with the president over Israel, Iran, and Epstein.
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[2026-05-20 04:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The US on Tuesday announced sanctions imposed on four people associated with an aid flotilla trying to access Gaza.
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[2026-05-20 04:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Wed 20 May 2026 at 4:51am
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[2026-05-20 04:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Tehran, Iran – When Mohammad, a 29-year-old resident of western Tehran, renewed his tenancy contract earlier this week, the price increase did not come as a surprise.
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[2026-05-20 04:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Ebony Parker looks on during jury selection for her trial on felony child neglect charges at the Newport News Circuit Court in Newport News, Va., Monday, May 18, 2026. (Peter Casey/The Virginian-Pilot via AP, Pool)
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[2026-05-20 04:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-05-20 04:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-05-20 04:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: A body set up by United States President Donald Trump to oversee the administration and reconstruction of the Gaza Strip has said that it is short of the funds needed to move forward with those efforts.
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[2026-05-20 04:45 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: President claims planned Tehran attack postponed to allow talks to continue – but no indication peace plan is imminent
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[2026-05-20 04:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-05-20 04:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Embassy of the Republic of Somaliland will be based in Jerusalem, the African country's new Ambassador to Israel, Mohamed Hagi, announced on X/Twitter on Tuesday afternoon.
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[2026-05-20 04:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-05-20 04:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: CENTCOM head Brad Cooper said the school was on an active missile base, making the investigation ‘more complex’
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[2026-05-20 04:36 UTC+10:00] [Agence France-Presse] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: CENTCOM head Brad Cooper said the school was on an active missile base, making the investigation ‘more complex’
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[2026-05-20 04:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Croatian President Zoran Milanovic has refused to approve Israel’s new ambassador to Zagreb, citing disagreements with the Israeli government’s actions.
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[2026-05-20 04:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Croatian President Zoran Milanovic has refused to approve Israel’s new ambassador to Zagreb, citing disagreements with the Israeli government’s actions.
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[2026-05-20 04:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-05-20 04:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Bands and Artists
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[2026-05-20 04:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: James Dunlevie is a Melbourne-born journalist, digital producer and editor with the ABC News team in Hobart.
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[2026-05-20 04:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: HS2 was, appropriately enough, at the ultimate Y-junction.
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[2026-05-20 04:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Arsenal’s Leandro Trossard passes the ball in front of Burnley’s Zeki Amdouni during a Premier League soccer match between Arsenal and Burnley in London, Monday, May 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
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[2026-05-20 04:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: United States President Donald Trump has endorsed Texas State Attorney General Ken Paxton in the Republican run-off to represent the state of Texas in the US Senate in advance of next week’s Republican primary.
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[2026-05-20 04:23 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Renewed threat comes after US president said he was ‘an hour away’ from ordering a strike before pulling back
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[2026-05-20 04:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A Gaza flotilla leader tied to an alleged Hamas front group, as well as leaders of a Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-linked network, were sanctioned by the Department of the US Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Tuesday.
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[2026-05-20 04:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Major (res.) Itamar Sapir, 27, from Eli, was killed in combat in southern Lebanon, the IDF announced on Tuesday.
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[2026-05-20 04:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: GÖRLITZ, Germany — Rescue teams in eastern Germany searched Tuesday morning for three people who were missing after a building collapsed in the eastern city of Görlitz near the Polish border.
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[2026-05-20 04:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MELBOURNE, Australia — When Australian farmer Rhys Smoker announced he’d found a live frog in a bag of lettuce, his housemates didn’t believe him.
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[2026-05-20 04:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Lebanon’s National News Agency reported that four bodies have been recovered following an Israeli strike on Deir Qanoun al-Nahr in the Tyre district of southern Lebanon.
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[2026-05-20 04:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: TORONTO (AP) — La minera canadiense Sherritt International Corp. no disolverá su proyecto conjunto con Cuba, revocando una decisión anunciada la semana pasada en medio de la ampliación de las sanciones de Estados Unidos contra la isla.
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[2026-05-20 04:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Fear has gripped Ebola-hit areas in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo as the suspected number of deaths continues to rise, as officials say they are struggling to catch up to an outbreak that may have previously been spreading undetected.
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[2026-05-20 03:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-05-20 03:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Somaliland will relocate its embassy to Jerusalem and Israel will establish its representation in Hargeisa “soon”, according to Mohamed Hagi, the ambassador of Somalia’s breakaway region to Israel.
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[2026-05-20 03:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-05-20 03:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-05-20 03:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: TORONTO (AP) — Canadian miner Sherritt International Corp. announced Tuesday it is no longer pursuing a plan to dissolve its Cuban joint venture, reversing a decision it announced last week amid expanded U.S. sanctions on the country.
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[2026-05-20 03:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Director Ryusuke Hamaguchi poses for portrait photographs for the film ‘All of a Sudden’ during the 79th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Monday, May 18, 2026. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)
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[2026-05-20 03:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Hundreds attended the festive opening night of the recently concluded fourth Rahat Film Festival at the city’s cultural hall.
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[2026-05-20 03:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Israel Electric Corporation (IEC) has unveiled what it says is the world’s first robotic drone‑based system, capable of installing and removing warning balls on high‑voltage transmission lines. In moving away from manned platforms, this novel approach marks a significant shift in how the national grid is maintained.
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[2026-05-20 03:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The IDF Home Front Command is updating the warning system on its mobile phone and smart TV applications, aiming to clarify the type of event and issue clearer instructions, it announced on Tuesday.
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[2026-05-20 03:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has requested to cancel Wednesday's cross-examination for diplomatic or security reasons.
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[2026-05-20 03:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Grossi will brief the UN Security Council on the recent attack targeting a nuclear plant in the UAE, according to a spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
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[2026-05-20 03:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Google is rolling out its latest version of Gemini and a new artificial intelligence model designed to simulate the physical world, as the search giant races to keep pace in model development while also providing more agentic services to its massive user base.
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[2026-05-20 03:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-05-20 03:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Bereaved people hit by the National Savings and Investments (NS&I) lost funds scandal should be contacted by the bank in the coming weeks about accessing their loved ones' money.
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[2026-05-20 03:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The H5N5 variant was also found in a walrus found about 1,000km from the North Pole, and is thought to be the likely cause of death
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[2026-05-20 03:40 UTC+10:00] [Europe] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The H5N5 variant was also found in a walrus found about 1,000km from the North Pole, and is thought to be the likely cause of death
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[2026-05-20 03:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United States has imposed sanctions on four activists for their involvement in the aid flotillas trying to break Israel’s siege on Gaza, alleging without evidence that organisers of the aid vessels are trying to reach the Palestinian territory “in support of Hamas”.
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[2026-05-20 03:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: KINSHASA, DR Kongo — The World Health Organization on Tuesday voiced concern about the "scale and speed" of an Ebola outbreak that has killed more than 130 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo and warned it could be lengthy.
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