Topic: World News — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-17 06:00 UTC+10:00] [Aukus] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The deal will cost Australia $368bn, but the strongest signal yet came this week that the US is not building enough subs for itself, let alone for Australia
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[2026-05-17 06:00 UTC+10:00] [Australian budget 2026] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Labor’s federal-budget bid to tackle intergenerational equity and woo disenfranchised voters won’t land unless it’s the start of long-term action
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[2026-05-17 06:00 UTC+10:00] [One Nation] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: One Nation’s historic win in Farrer has drawn conservative politicians into yet another harmful debate about immigration.
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[2026-05-17 06:00 UTC+10:00] [Culture / Theatre] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: As the nights turn chillier, the city turns brighter with the always anticipated return of Vivid Sydney. This year sees a stronger focus on free events, with 80 per cent of the program costing nothing, and in a festival first, daytime events will also be scheduled alongside the night-time action.
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[2026-05-17 05:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on a two-day trip to Beijing next week, the Kremlin said Saturday.
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[2026-05-17 05:56 UTC+10:00] [Environment / Climate change] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
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[2026-05-17 05:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The search for the bodies of four Italian divers trapped in an underwater cave in the Maldives ended Saturday without recovering any remains — as a specialized European recovery team was dispatched to continue the operation.
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[2026-05-17 05:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Following a visit from United States President Donald Trump to China, the island of Taiwan has issued a statement saying it is “sovereign and independent”.
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[2026-05-17 05:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Bob Odenkirk is shedding light onto the heart attack he had while on the set of “Better Call Saul” in 2021.
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[2026-05-17 05:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:People With Disability
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[2026-05-17 05:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: California families looking to kick off summer with a splash this Memorial Day weekend may want to pack their swimsuits — and maybe some courage.
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[2026-05-17 05:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The animal had recently been released in the North Sea after an expensive and controversial rescue operation
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[2026-05-17 05:33 UTC+10:00] [Walter Gunz] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The animal had recently been released in the North Sea after an expensive and controversial rescue operation
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[2026-05-17 05:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: An E-bike rider who took southern California cops on a high speed chase learned the hard way that there’s no escaping police when they deploy their eye in the sky drones.
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[2026-05-17 05:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Sun 17 May 2026 at 5:32am
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[2026-05-17 05:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Johanna McDiarmid joined the ABC in 2010 and is a 5050 Reporter/Producer with ABC Sport. Joh has also produced and presented news and sport at the ABC News Channel, and has spent time with the Network News Team, the Specialist Reporting Team and Four Corners.
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[2026-05-17 05:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s $124.7 billion spending plan unveiled this week includes a plan to cut 100 uniformed officers’ jobs patrolling the city’s green spaces this summer, The Post has learned.
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[2026-05-17 05:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Sun 17 May 2026 at 5:23am
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[2026-05-17 05:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Latvian President Edgars Rinkevics has backed opposition lawmaker Andris Kulbergs to replace Evika Silina for the top job after the prime minister resigned over an incident involving Ukrainian drones.
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[2026-05-17 05:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Sun 17 May 2026 at 5:21am
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[2026-05-17 05:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Fifa Secretary-General Mattias Grafstrom said he remains confident Iran will compete at this year’s World Cup following what he described as a constructive meeting with Iran FA president Mehdi Taj.
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[2026-05-17 05:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Sun 17 May 2026 at 5:19am
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[2026-05-17 05:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israel appointed Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) CEO Boaz Levy as chairman of the company’s board of directors, marking the first time a serving chief executive of an Israeli government-owned company has also been named chairman of the same company.
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[2026-05-17 05:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Despite boos and boycotts, Noam Bettan was ready to take the stage in the 70th Eurovision Song Contest final in Vienna on Saturday night to sing, “Michelle.”
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[2026-05-17 05:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Sun 17 May 2026 at 5:15am
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[2026-05-17 05:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: They have something to screech about. The small seaside town of Punta Marina is divided over how to deal with a flock of over 100 aggressive peacocks. The brazen birds, whose population there is believed to have started with one escaped peacock decades ago, roam the streets and cause property damage.
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[2026-05-17 05:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Kai Trump celebrated her high school graduation with her famous family.
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[2026-05-17 05:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Sun 17 May 2026 at 5:13am
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[2026-05-17 05:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The allegedly drunken driver who killed two men and hurt three others after smashing onto a crowded sidewalk was just two blocks from home when the crash occurred, police said.
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[2026-05-17 05:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: ROME — A driver plowed into pedestrians in the northern Italian city of Modena on Saturday, injuring eight people, four of them critically, local authorities said.
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[2026-05-17 05:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Social media harms are well-known. Chatbots could be next as new research into 'AI psychosis' shows how users are pulled into dangerous, delusional worlds.
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[2026-05-17 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Property / News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Nora Gazal, the sister of The Real Housewives of Sydney star, Nicole Gazal O’Neil, and Michael Milling, the director of timber floor supplier Woodos, have put their glamorous Vaucluse home on the market with a price guide of $10 million to $11 million.
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[2026-05-17 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Travel / Travel news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A new museum centred on the sydney Harbour Bridge is set to become Sydney’s newest big-ticket drawcard when it opens on May 27, targeting the 4 million international visitors who spend $12 billion annually in the harbour city.
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[2026-05-17 04:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: School’s not yet out for the summer.
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[2026-05-17 04:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Capt. Maoz Israel Recanati, 24, from Itamar, was killed during combat in southern Lebanon, the IDF announced on Saturday.
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[2026-05-17 04:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: President Trump gave Tehran another reason to worry Saturday, posting a video clip on his Truth Social showing him ordering a military attack on an Iranian aircraft.
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[2026-05-17 04:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: One of the largest Pride festivals in the country has been canceled hours before it was set to begin and organizers are slamming the city for the decision, saying it sends the “wrong message” at a critical time for the LGBTQ community.
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[2026-05-17 04:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Dina Manzo’s daughter, Alexia Iannou, didn’t hold back when calling out “weirdo” Bethenny Frankel for neglecting to credit her shoe business, Nou, on social media.
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[2026-05-17 04:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: At least 80 deaths have been reported in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) new Ebola disease outbreak, authorities said, as health workers race to intensify screening and contact tracing to contain the disease.
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[2026-05-17 04:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The Minnesota “mastermind” of the state’s massive COVID meal fraud claims “Squad” Rep. Ilhan Omar was in on the $250 million scam.
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[2026-05-17 04:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Sun 17 May 2026 at 4:33am
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[2026-05-17 04:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: These are some Strong Island studiers.
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[2026-05-17 04:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Contemporary Art
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[2026-05-17 04:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Sun 17 May 2026 at 4:30am
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[2026-05-17 04:27 UTC+10:00] [World / Europe] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Eight people have been injured, four of them critically, after a car drove into pedestrians in the northern Italian city of Modena on Saturday.
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[2026-05-17 04:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: A man has driven his car into pedestrians in the northern Italian city of Modena, injuring eight people, four seriously, officials say.
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[2026-05-17 04:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Pack away the sweaters — a sizzling three-day stretch of of weather is about the roast the Metro area.
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[2026-05-17 04:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: North Carolina’s controversial “homewrecker laws” are drawing national attention to deeply personal marital scandals, and this time, a former U.S. senator is at the center of the case.
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[2026-05-17 04:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: For these voters, Eric Swalwell just won’t go away.
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[2026-05-17 04:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: NORFOLK, Va. — The USS Gerald R. Ford, the world’s largest aircraft carrier, returned home to Virginia on Saturday after an 11-month deployment, the longest since the Vietnam War, that saw it support the US war with Iran and the capture of Nicolás Maduro when he was Venezuela’s president.
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