Topic: World News — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-18 21:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Woman, 66, found dead in Sham Shui Po flat after elder daughter raised alarm when relatives got no response at door, with case not treated as suspicious
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[2026-05-18 21:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines—The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) on Monday condemned the “terror-grooming” of the Communist Party of the Philippines, New People’s Army, and National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) as another former student leader died in an encounter between military forces and insurgents in Negros Occidental recently.
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[2026-05-18 21:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-05-18 21:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-05-18 21:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: A lorry driver who smuggled £7.2m of cocaine in a shipment of Kim Kardashian Skims clothing has been jailed for 13-and-a-half years.
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[2026-05-18 21:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: K-pop boy band Ateez will join the likes of Lewis Capaldi, Pitbull and Maroon 5 as headliners for BST Hyde Park.
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[2026-05-18 21:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Tehran will take the US and Israel to court over attacks on Iranian cultural sites, the Islamic Republic’s deputy foreign minister, Kazem Gharibabadi, has said.
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[2026-05-18 21:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Tehran will take the US and Israel to court over attacks on Iranian cultural sites, the Islamic Republic’s deputy foreign minister, Kazem Gharibabadi, has said.
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[2026-05-18 21:19 UTC+10:00] [AI (artificial intelligence)] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Startup has declined to release Claude Mythos AI model publicly amid fears it could be used by hackers
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[2026-05-18 21:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The bodies of four Italian divers who went missing during a scuba diving accident in the Maldives last week have been found, officials have confirmed to the BBC.
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[2026-05-18 21:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Charging limits and rising insurance costs could slow the global march of electric vehicles, BNP Paribas tells Hong Kong conference
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[2026-05-18 21:13 UTC+10:00] [BNP Paribas] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Charging limits and rising insurance costs could slow the global march of electric vehicles, BNP Paribas tells Hong Kong conference
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[2026-05-18 21:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-05-18 21:11 UTC+10:00] [US news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: GOP to target seat held by Jim Clyburn, the only Democrat among the state’s seven representatives in the House
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[2026-05-18 21:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: You’re watching The Manila Times’ News Prime.
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[2026-05-18 21:10 UTC+10:00] [World / Asia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The Maldives and Italy’s Foreign Ministry say rescuers have located the bodies of four Italian divers believed to be deep inside an underwater cave in a Maldive atoll.
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[2026-05-18 21:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Mon 18 May 2026 at 9:10pm
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[2026-05-18 21:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Narges Mohammadi, the Iranian human rights campaigner and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, is recovering at home in Iran after undergoing surgery following her release from jail on medical grounds.
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[2026-05-18 21:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A French judge will investigate the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, following a complaint filed by NGOs against Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, sources told AFP on Saturday.
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[2026-05-18 21:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The 48-team 2026 World Cup is the biggest international tournament in history
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[2026-05-18 21:00 UTC+10:00] [Jeffrey Epstein] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Epstein said retired cop turned cocaine dealer attacked him, then retracted claim, before he was found dead in jail
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[2026-05-18 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has upgraded its forecast for the UK's growth this year, but warned the Iran war and "domestic uncertainty" could hit the economy.
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[2026-05-18 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing says suspects helped others bypass flight restrictions, posing risks to national security
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[2026-05-18 21:00 UTC+10:00] [drones] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing says suspects helped others bypass flight restrictions, posing risks to national security
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[2026-05-18 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-05-18 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-05-18 20:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Gas prices move up and down in response to disruptions in supply and spikes in demand. Many global events such as conflicts, sanctions or decisions by major oil producing countries can limit or create uncertainty about the supply of oil.
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[2026-05-18 20:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Mon 18 May 2026 at 8:58pm
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[2026-05-18 20:55 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Property News: Australia's most popular suburbs in every capital city.
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[2026-05-18 20:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Russian drones have hit two ships in the Black Sea approaching ports in Ukraine’s Odesa region, including a Chinese-owned cargo vessel, one day before Russian President Vladimir Putin heads to Beijing to meet Xi Jinping.
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[2026-05-18 20:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-05-18 20:48 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Starbucks Korea apologized Monday over an online promotional event after it faced backlash for allegedly evoking painful memories of South Korea's authoritarian past on the anniversary of the 1980 pro-democracy movement.
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[2026-05-18 20:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli government has advanced plans to confiscate Palestinian-owned property near Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem’s Old City, in a move Palestinians say is aimed at “Judaising” the city.
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[2026-05-18 20:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Yasmin Ibrahim Elzanaty, a lawyer from Egypt who was working as a cultural mediator on a rescue ship a week ago, said when shots were fired “right next to me” as the vessel sailed in international waters off Libya, everyone on board was “terrified”.
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[2026-05-18 20:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Shakira canta durante el Festival Global Citizen, el 27 de septiembre de 2025, en Nueva York. (Foto de Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, Archivo)
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[2026-05-18 20:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Mon 18 May 2026 at 8:38pm
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[2026-05-18 20:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: With Eid Al Adha expected to begin on Wednesday, May 27, Muslims around the world are preparing for one of the most important periods in the Islamic calendar. The holiday follows Eid Al Fitr, which marks the end of Ramadan.
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[2026-05-18 20:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines —The Department of Justice (DOJ) has recommended the filing of criminal charges against Senator Jinggoy Estrada, several officials of the Department of Public Works and Highways, and other individuals over their alleged involvement in a multi-billion-peso corruption scheme tied to flood control and national infrastructure projects.
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[2026-05-18 20:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Smartphones and weaker face-to-face relationships could be contributing to plunging birth rates worldwide, particularly among young people, as global fertility is declining at a record pace, the Financial Times has reported, citing researchers and demographic data.
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[2026-05-18 20:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Smartphones and weaker face-to-face relationships could be contributing to plunging birth rates worldwide, particularly among young people, as global fertility is declining at a record pace, the Financial Times has reported, citing researchers and demographic data.
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[2026-05-18 20:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: MV Hondius, the Dutch cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak, has docked at its final destination in Rotterdam.
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[2026-05-18 20:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition has exerted “massive pressure” on coalition lawmakers in recent days to vote in favor of the contentious haredi draft bill, Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel (New Hope-United Right) told The Jerusalem Post on Sunday.
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[2026-05-18 20:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Being a woman in Iran means beginning an endless struggle from the very moment you are born,” Kosar Eftekhari told The Jerusalem Post late on Sunday night.
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[2026-05-18 20:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The US is examining the possibility of establishing a secure artificial intelligence base in Israel’s Negev Desert as part of a broader effort to protect advanced technology from Chinese espionage and cement American dominance in the AI race, Michael Doran and Zineb Riboua of the Hudson Institute wrote in a Wall Street Journal op-ed published last week.
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[2026-05-18 20:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: President Isaac Herzog welcomed Somaliland’s first-ever ambassador to Israel, Dr. Mohamed Haji, at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem on Monday, calling the moment the beginning of an important new partnership between the two countries.
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[2026-05-18 20:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: In Nairobi, demonstrators burn tyres on key roads, with both the Iran war and corruption cited for rising petrol and diesel costs
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[2026-05-18 20:28 UTC+10:00] [petrol] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: In Nairobi, demonstrators burn tyres on key roads, with both the Iran war and corruption cited for rising petrol and diesel costs
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[2026-05-18 20:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: By Roxanne Fitzgerald
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[2026-05-18 20:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The childhood coach of Aaron Rai has spoken of his pride at watching his protégé make the history books and become the first Englishman to win the US PGA Championship since 1919.
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[2026-05-18 20:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Tuesday held off any comment amid the unpredictability in the Senate, particularly the issue on leadership.
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