Topic: World News — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-09 06:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Dallas Mavericks’ new team president Masai Ujiri, right, laughs as team governor Patrick Dumont claps during an introductory NBA basketball news conference in Dallas, Tuesday, May 5, 2026. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
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[2026-05-09 06:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Royal Commissions
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[2026-05-09 06:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A sophisticated cyberattack targeting the San Diego Community College District has knocked offline the digital feeds of one of Southern California’s last full-time jazz radio stations during finals week — leaving the station’s global audience in the dark.
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[2026-05-09 06:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Oil is oozing through the ocean near Kharg Island in the Strait of Hormuz, according to satellite photos released Friday, raising questions about the state of Iran’s central energy production hub located there.
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[2026-05-09 06:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A match made on the slopes?
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[2026-05-09 06:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Kaden Groves was battered and bruised but should be OK to continue the race. (Supplied: Alpecin-Premier Tech)
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[2026-05-09 06:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: KYIV — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday ordered the army not to attack Moscow's Red Square during the WWII victory day parade on May 9, following a US announcement of a three-day ceasefire between the nations.
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[2026-05-09 06:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: An Israeli attack on the town of Aanqoun in southern Lebanon has killed at least three people and wounded another, Lebanon' official National News Agency reported.
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[2026-05-09 06:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A midterm election handicapper upgraded Republicans’ chances of winning eleven House races Friday after major redistricting victories for President Trump.
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[2026-05-09 06:35 UTC+10:00] [Finance] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: LIVE, FREE and EXCLUSIVE
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[2026-05-09 06:34 UTC+10:00] [Australia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: LIVE, FREE and EXCLUSIVE
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[2026-05-09 06:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Inmates at Ghislaine Maxwell’s low-security prison camp in Texas claim they were transferred to a higher security detention center as punishment for speaking out against the convicted sex trafficker and her cushy treatment.
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[2026-05-09 06:33 UTC+10:00] [Australia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: LIVE, FREE and EXCLUSIVE
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[2026-05-09 06:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A Bay area couple has been hit with a whopping fine of nearly $1 million dollars after removing trees from the property they owned, after officials said they violated Oakland’s protected tree law.
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[2026-05-09 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-05-09 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:People With Disability
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[2026-05-09 06:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting suspect Cole Allen wants two top prosecutors booted from his case since they were at the political soirée where he allegedly tried to kill President Trump.
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[2026-05-09 06:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: US president says ceasefire will include suspension of all ‘kinetic activity’ and an exchange of prisoners
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[2026-05-09 06:24 UTC+10:00] [Kyiv] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: US president says ceasefire will include suspension of all ‘kinetic activity’ and an exchange of prisoners
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[2026-05-09 06:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Sir David Attenborough received his second knighthood in 2022. (Reuters: Andrew Matthews)
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[2026-05-09 06:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Laura Fernandez has been sworn in as Costa Rica’s new president and has vowed to fight rising crime in the Central American country, as well as maintain close ties with the United States.
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[2026-05-09 06:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The 98m tall Space Launch System (SLS) and Orion spacecraft made a four mile journey from their assembly building to Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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[2026-05-09 06:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: An Israeli attack has struck a vehicle near the entrance to the town of Houmin Tahta in southern Lebanon, killing all three people inside, Lebanon's National News Agency reported.
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[2026-05-09 06:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Migrants quitting asylum claims and volunteering to leave the US have increased at least seven-fold under President Trump — with the administration touting the increase as a success for the rule of law, but critics arguing it’s a sign detention practices have gotten out of hand.
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[2026-05-09 06:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Friday released dozens of previously classified files on alleged UFO sightings and alien life to provide what they called "unprecedented transparency" to the American people.
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[2026-05-09 06:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Russian dogwear entrepreneur Natalia Kukovinets has had to switch messaging apps multiple times to stay in touch with customers, one of many web-dependent businesses struggling with the Kremlin's widening internet crackdown.
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[2026-05-09 06:00 UTC+10:00] [World / North America] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Washington: The Pentagon has started releasing what it says are “never-before-seen files” related to reports of unidentified flying objects (UFOs), including videos and photographs of phenomena captured from US military posts around the world.
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[2026-05-09 06:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: With so many houses being used as short stay, Lara Howell says policy change can't come soon enough. (ABC News: Georgia Loney)
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[2026-05-09 05:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Surveying the scale of Labour's disastrous elections performance, there are now at least a dozen Labour MPs saying publicly that Sir Keir Starmer should resign or attach a sell by date to his premiership.
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[2026-05-09 05:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Two moms are leaping into this Mother’s Day with new leases on life after overcoming major medical issues that put their babies at risk.
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[2026-05-09 05:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: President Anura Kumara Dissanayake yesterday said both Sri Lanka and Viet Nam have agreed to further strengthen economic cooperation with the aim of increasing bilateral trade to US$ 1 billion by 2030.
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[2026-05-09 05:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: It's late on a Friday evening, at Mount Everest's base camp, 17,500 feet above sea level, when Mostafa Salameh speaks to Middle East Eye over the phone.
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[2026-05-09 05:49 UTC+10:00] [Breaking News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Viet Nam President To Lam praised the efforts that the State, Parliament, Government and People of Sri Lanka have made, and outcomes achieved, in bolstering national stability, fostering recovery and development.
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[2026-05-09 05:48 UTC+10:00] [Breaking News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Five Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) were signed between Viet Nam and Sri Lanka covering several key sectors at the Presidential Secretariat in the presence of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and the President of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam and General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Viet Nam, Tô Lâm yesterday (8).
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[2026-05-09 05:48 UTC+10:00] [Breaking News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Higher Education and Education Deputy Minister Dr. Madura Seneviratne told Parliament yesterday that there are major initiatives to centralize the registration of all degree-granting institutions including state, private and non-Governmental organization to regulate the use of academic titles like Prof. and Dr. to prevent misuse.
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[2026-05-09 05:47 UTC+10:00] [Breaking News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Anuradhapura Chief Magistrate Siyapath Sasidu Wickramaratne yesterday (8) ordered the Nittambuwa Police to immediately arrest and produce before Court the Atamasthanadhipathi of Anuradhapura, Ven. Pallegama Hemarathana Thera and the mother of the victim, over allegations of sexually abusing a 15-year-old minor.
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[2026-05-09 05:46 UTC+10:00] [Breaking News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Committee on Public Finance (CoPF) has raised concerns regarding the failure of the National Development Bank (NDB)’s audit committees to detect a massive internal fraud, estimated at over Rs.13 billion and the effectiveness of its internal controls.
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[2026-05-09 05:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A Delta Airlines worker is dead after a vehicle crashed into a jet bridge on the tarmac at Orlando International Airport.The worker died when a “tug” aircraft-towing vehicle hit a passenger boarding bridge connected to Delta Flight 2593 around 10:55 p.m. Thursday, the Federal Aviation Administration said.Operations were paused at Delta’s Orlando station as authorities investigated the deadly incident.
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[2026-05-09 05:45 UTC+10:00] [Breaking News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa welcomed President of Viet Nam Tô Lâm to the Parliament yesterday (8), describing Viet Nam as a model nation that has successfully transformed adversity into economic growth, prosperity, and inclusive development.
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[2026-05-09 05:41 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The political deadlock in Tamil Nadu seems to finally be nearing an end. The communist parties CPI and CPI(M) have decided to throw their weight behind Vijay’s TVK. This brings the TVK’s seat tally up to 116. The VCK, meanwhile, has not made any announcement. Both sides effectively do not have a majority yet.
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[2026-05-09 05:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: “A new world order must be built to ensure economic justice and equal political security for all nations. An end to the arms race is an essential prerequisite for the establishment of such an order.”
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[2026-05-09 05:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: An expert from WHO has stressed that the situation should not be compared to Covid-19, saying: “This is not SARS-CoV-2. This is not the start of a Covid pandemic.”
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[2026-05-09 05:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Dr. Ajay Ravindra Kumbhar, who hails from Maharashtra, India, embarked on his journey not in lecture halls or global classrooms, but in quietude. From a young age, he demonstrated a tendency toward spiritual introspection, discipline, and organized self-examination. In 1999, he embarked on a life-changing 21-day Maun Sadhana (silent retreat).
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[2026-05-09 05:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: India strongly condemned the Iranian attack on the United Arab Emirates, which left three Indian nationals injured, calling it “unacceptable.”
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[2026-05-09 05:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Kalyan International Buddhist Film Festival will be held on May 2 for the first time at Nalanda Hall in Kalyan, Mumbai. The festival is being organized by the Kalyan Cultural Organisation.
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[2026-05-09 05:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: In a world where awareness can transform lives, Spark of Hope emerged as a powerful initiative dedicated to supporting individuals living with cerebral palsy (CP). Organized by the Community Service Avenue of the Rotaract Club of the College of Chemical Sciences, the project unfolded in two impactful phases focused on education, empathy, and inclusion.
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[2026-05-09 05:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The United States will close its consulate in Pakistan’s Peshawar, citing the safety of its diplomats, the State Department said in a statement published on Tuesday.
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[2026-05-09 05:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Pentagon said the U.S. military launched “self-defense strikes” on Iranian targets on Thursday after “unprovoked” attacks from the Islamic republic on U.S. Navy vessels passing through the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-05-09 05:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A vicious Venice resident is on the run after he allegedly used a samurai sword to nearly hack off another man’s arm, leaving a bloody scene and shocking neighbors.
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[2026-05-09 05:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Rabid protesters blasted the upcoming arrival of the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship in the Canary Islands — fearing a repeat of the deadly COVID-19 outbreak that decimated tourism on the island nation.
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