Topic: World News — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-14 22:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Wait for general applicants for subsidised public rental housing in Hong Kong falls to 4.7 years, while standard public rental housing remains at 5.6 years
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[2026-05-14 22:14 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: For over a decade, I’ve navigated the complexities of North Korean affairs, security, and foreign policy from both Seoul and Washington, D.C. As the National Desk Political Team Lead, I track the pulse of geopolitics, closely following developments from the Unification Ministry and the Foreign Ministry. My mornings start with Rodong Sinmun—North Korea’s state mouthpiece—before diving into the day’s headlines from Seoul and Washington.
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[2026-05-14 22:14 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: President Lee Jae Myung said Thursday that South Korea and the United States are the most important partners supporting each other's growth following his meeting with U.S. Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent a day earlier.
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[2026-05-14 22:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: President Sheikh Mohamed has received Milojko Spajic, Prime Minister of Montenegro, who is on a working visit to the UAE.
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[2026-05-14 22:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A rifle-wielding madman who allegedly fired indiscriminately at cars on a busy Massachusetts road had been released from a psychiatric hospital just three days earlier – and had boasted about getting away with murders, according to authorities
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[2026-05-14 22:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Senator Ronald dela Rosa’s exit from the heavily guarded Senate came after volleys of gunshots were fired on Wednesday night
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[2026-05-14 22:09 UTC+10:00] [Senate] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Senator Ronald dela Rosa’s exit from the heavily guarded Senate came after volleys of gunshots were fired on Wednesday night
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[2026-05-14 22:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: When Canada imposed an arms sales ban on Turkey in 2019 over Ankara’s military incursion into Syria, Turkish drone makers Baykar and TAI were among the companies most affected.
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[2026-05-14 22:00 UTC+10:00] [US universities] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Texas State ordered by judge to continue paying Idris Robinson after he was fired for talk he gave in another state
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[2026-05-14 22:00 UTC+10:00] [Missouri] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: As Missouri asks voters whether to eliminate tax, experts say claims it will grow businesses and create jobs aren’t true
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[2026-05-14 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Collaboration with Chinese suppliers ‘the only way international carmakers can compete with Chinese carmakers’, Morgan Stanley analyst says
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[2026-05-14 22:00 UTC+10:00] [Ford's EV battery plant] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Collaboration with Chinese suppliers ‘the only way international carmakers can compete with Chinese carmakers’, Morgan Stanley analyst says
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[2026-05-14 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: One in four games could take place in very hot conditions; while Madonna, Shakira and BTS will headline the half-time show at the final
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[2026-05-14 22:00 UTC+10:00] [New Jersey] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: One in four games could take place in very hot conditions; while Madonna, Shakira and BTS will headline the half-time show at the final
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[2026-05-14 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: When 114 guests and 61 crew boarded the MV Hondius at Ushuaia, Argentina, on April Fool’s Day, they had no idea they were setting sail on a literal Ship of Fools.
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[2026-05-14 21:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Hearts superfans maintain their team will win the Scottish Premiership after a controversial 99th-minute penalty against Motherwell kept Celtic's title hopes alive.
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[2026-05-14 21:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US-Israeli war against Iran has handed China a strategic opening to chip away at US influence on every major front, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday, citing a classified intelligence analysis.
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[2026-05-14 21:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US-Israeli war against Iran has handed China a strategic opening to chip away at US influence on every major front, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday, citing a classified intelligence analysis.
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[2026-05-14 21:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Syrian activists and European politicians have called on EU institutions to pressure Damascus to respect human rights in exchange for officially relaunching high-level diplomatic ties.
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[2026-05-14 21:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Thu 14 May 2026 at 9:48pm
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[2026-05-14 21:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: At least five people have been killed, including a 12-year-old girl, after Russia launched a massive wave of drone and missile strikes against Ukraine overnight, officials have said.
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[2026-05-14 21:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Senator Ronald Dela Rosa on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to immediately intervene following the violent incident that unfolded at the Senate complex Wednesday, arguing that the events reinforced the constitutional issues raised in his pending petition against any possible arrest tied to the International Criminal Court (ICC).
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[2026-05-14 21:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Footage of the US secretary of state giving a thumbs-up to a ceiling in Beijing’s Great Hall of the People has gone viral
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[2026-05-14 21:43 UTC+10:00] [Great Hall of the People] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Footage of the US secretary of state giving a thumbs-up to a ceiling in Beijing’s Great Hall of the People has gone viral
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[2026-05-14 21:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: An FBI seal is displayed on a podium before a news conference at the field office in Portland, Ore., Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)
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[2026-05-14 21:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: China's President Xi Jinping stressed the importance of stable ties in a “changing and turbulent” world at a state banquet hosted for President Donald Trump on the second day of the US leader's official visit to Beijing.
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[2026-05-14 21:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: More than 850,000 pilgrims have already arrived in Saudi Arabia for Hajj, as the kingdom makes its final preparations to host the annual pilgrimage, ministers said.
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[2026-05-14 21:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa’s batchmates at the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) on Thursday pledged support for their “mistah” amid controversies surrounding attempts to capture the lawmaker over an International Criminal Court arrest warrant.
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[2026-05-14 21:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: An Israeli attack on the southern Lebanese town of Kfer Melki has injured at least three people, according to the National News Agency.
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[2026-05-14 21:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Fujairah authorities said smoke visible over an oil industry zone of the emirate on Thursday was due to an accidental fire.
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[2026-05-14 21:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The High Court of Justice on Thursday permitted the Attorney-General’s Office to submit additional classified material regarding IDF Maj.-Gen. Roman Gofman, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s candidate for Mossad chief, after the state said the information had not been placed before the court during this week’s hearing.
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[2026-05-14 21:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor, one of the primary information sources relied upon by journalist Nicholas Kristof in his controversial New York Times op-ed, is a research institute headed by a Hamas member against whom Israeli security forces have issued an administrative detention order.
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[2026-05-14 21:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu testified Thursday that his medical condition was “proper” and “excellent,” as he took the stand in the defamation suit he filed against attorney Gonen Ben Itzhak and journalists Uri Misgav and Ben Caspit over publications concerning his health and fitness.
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[2026-05-14 21:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Greece-Israel relations are "flourishing," Israel's Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Sharren Haskel told The Jerusalem Post following a three-day diplomatic and economic mission to Athens.
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[2026-05-14 21:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: In the Old City of Jerusalem, a crowd of about 100 French Israelis gathered outside Damascus Gate ahead of the ultranationalist Flag March. With a heavy accent, a woman led chants in Hebrew about the theme of the day: all of Jerusalem, including this majority Palestinian area in the east of the city, belonging to Israel.
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[2026-05-14 21:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Racist streamer “Chud the Builder” has been charged with attempted murder for allegedly shooting someone who confronted him outside a Tennessee courthouse, officials said.
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[2026-05-14 21:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: MSPs have been officially sworn into the Scottish Parliament following the Holyrood election.
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[2026-05-14 21:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Former United Kingdom Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner says she has been cleared by tax authorities of deliberate wrongdoing or carelessness over her tax affairs, paving the way for a potential leadership bid as Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s grip on power unravels.
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[2026-05-14 21:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli forces violently blocked Palestinian Muslims from accessing Al-Aqsa Mosque on Thursday, as they facilitated large-scale raids by ultranationalists ahead of the “Flag March” through Jerusalem’s Old City.
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[2026-05-14 21:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Word that inflation hit 3.8% last month is bad news, but not grim: The main cause is obvious, and it won’t last.
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[2026-05-14 21:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Chinese University of Hong Kong scientists call GLP-1 ‘superstar pathway in biological, medical and pharmaceutical fields’
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[2026-05-14 21:28 UTC+10:00] [scmp] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Chinese University of Hong Kong scientists call GLP-1 ‘superstar pathway in biological, medical and pharmaceutical fields’
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[2026-05-14 21:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Israel has ramped up its attacks on southern Lebanon, killing two people and issuing several forced displacement orders as the two sides prepare for United States-brokered talks on extending a ceasefire.
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[2026-05-14 21:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The World Cup final will feature a star-studded halftime show headlined by Madonna, Shakira and boy-band BTS.
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[2026-05-14 21:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines—Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano on Thursday confirmed that Senator Ronald dela Rosa is no longer in the Senate, stressing that the lawmaker was free to leave because he was not a prisoner.
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[2026-05-14 21:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Passengers board a plane bound for Eindhoven, after disembarking from the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship MV Hondius at the airport in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Monday, May 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Arturo Rodriguez,File)
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[2026-05-14 21:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Puregold opened its 2026 Tindahan Ni Aling Puring (TNAP) Sari-Sari Store Convention on Thursday at the World Trade Center in Pasay City, bringing together a record 150 participating brands as small store owners continue to face rising prices of basic goods.
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[2026-05-14 21:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Saudi Arabia and Kuwait conducted covert strikes on targets in Iraq linked to Iranian-backed paramilitary groups during the Middle East war, Reuters reported on Wednesday.
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[2026-05-14 21:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Saudi Arabia and Kuwait conducted covert strikes on targets in Iraq linked to Iranian-backed paramilitary groups during the Middle East war, Reuters reported on Wednesday.
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[2026-05-14 21:10 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: For over a decade, I’ve navigated the complexities of North Korean affairs, security, and foreign policy from both Seoul and Washington, D.C. As the National Desk Political Team Lead, I track the pulse of geopolitics, closely following developments from the Unification Ministry and the Foreign Ministry. My mornings start with Rodong Sinmun—North Korea’s state mouthpiece—before diving into the day’s headlines from Seoul and Washington.
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