Topic: World News — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-08 00:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Oil prices fell and global stock markets traded mixed Thursday awaiting an update on a US plan to end the Middle East war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-05-08 00:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Daniel Dubois (right) is aiming to become a two-time heavyweight world champion
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[2026-05-08 00:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Yuen Chung Biu, left, and Wai Chi Leung face lengthy sentences after a jury found them guilty of spying for the Hong Kong government in the U.K. © Reuters
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[2026-05-08 00:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Online images earlier showed national flag hanging upside down on top of building at F.S.F.T.F. Fong Shu Chuen Primary School in Fanling
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[2026-05-08 00:41 UTC+10:00] [national flag] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Online images earlier showed national flag hanging upside down on top of building at F.S.F.T.F. Fong Shu Chuen Primary School in Fanling
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[2026-05-08 00:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Two college wrestlers have broken ranks to accuse members of their national championship winning team of hurling racial slurs at them.
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[2026-05-08 00:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: A UK immigration officer has been found guilty of working for Chinese intelligence as part of a "shadow policing operation".
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[2026-05-08 00:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Martin Short made his first red carpet appearance three months after his daughter Katherine’s tragic death.
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[2026-05-08 00:33 UTC+10:00] [Hantavirus] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: At least 29 passengers of 12 nationalities left the MV Hondius on 24 April after the first fatality
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[2026-05-08 00:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Both sides agreed to build trust and pursue peace after last year’s border fight, with further talks planned to solidify ties
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[2026-05-08 00:32 UTC+10:00] [Ferdinand Marcos Jnr] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Both sides agreed to build trust and pursue peace after last year’s border fight, with further talks planned to solidify ties
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[2026-05-08 00:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iran's President, Masoud Pezeshkian, announced on Thursday that he had met with Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, who has not made any public appearances since his appointment.
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[2026-05-08 00:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — \White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt has given birth to a baby girl, she announced Thursday.
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[2026-05-08 00:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: American MV Hondius passengers are now being closely monitored for the deadly virus at home in three states, officials said Thursday.
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[2026-05-08 00:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: France has emerged as a clear fan favorite for this year's FIFA World Cup in North America, according to a Bank of America survey — but Microsoft's Copilot artificial intelligence tool is backing another champion.
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[2026-05-08 00:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio jokes with Pope Leo XIV as they exchange gifts at the Vatican on Thursday. (Vatican Media via Reuters)
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[2026-05-08 00:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Sami Sheen and Lola Sheen are done duking it out online.
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[2026-05-08 00:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: More changes at the top of South Sudan’s government on Wednesday as President Salva Kiir fired the country’s army chief and a finance minister who’d been in office for less than three months, Reuters news agency reported.
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[2026-05-08 00:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MELBOURNE, Australia — Three women who were among 13 Australians returning home from Syria were arrested at airports on Thursday on allegations of slavery and terrorism inside the Islamic State group's former so-called caliphate, police said.
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[2026-05-08 00:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas have stalled, and Gaza risks sliding back into war.
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[2026-05-08 00:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A vicious beaver that attacked an 8-year-old boy in New Jersey — before the fast-acting victim catapulted it back into a lake in a video that has since gone viral — has tested positive for rabies, authorities said.
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[2026-05-08 00:18 UTC+10:00] [Israel] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Yona Simcha Schreiber from settlement in West Bank faces charge of assault motivated by hostility towards religious group
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[2026-05-08 00:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The United Arab Emirates has been able to sneak some of its oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz directly under Iran’s nose, according to experts and shipping data.
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[2026-05-08 00:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: 1907 — Canadian Tommy Burns retains his world heavyweight boxing title after beating ‘Philadelphia’ Jack O’Brien on points in 20 rounds.
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[2026-05-08 00:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: A new wave of global shocks mainly caused by the war in the Middle East is pushing up the cost of living once again and bringing about a revised economic outlook, the IMF's outlook report for sub-Saharan Africa titled 'Hard-Won Gains Under Pressure' shows.
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[2026-05-08 00:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The Trump administration’s counter-terrorism strategy is set shrink the space in which the Muslim Brotherhood can operate, a leading expert on the group has said.
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[2026-05-08 00:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Eight people have now contracted Hantavirus linked to a cruise ship, but it is not expected to become an epidemic, World Health Organisation (WHO) officials have said.
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[2026-05-08 00:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: An Israeli reservist in his 30s who spent months serving in Gaza won the NIS 15 million first prize in the national lottery and said he plans to use part of the money to establish a nonprofit.
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[2026-05-08 00:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A sixth century mass grave located in the Jordanian city of Jerash has been identified as the oldest genetically confirmed plague-related burial and the first of its kind in the Eastern Mediterranean, according to a study published in February in the Journal of Archaeological Science.
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[2026-05-08 00:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Yashar! party leader Gadi Eisenkot and Yisrael Beytenu chairperson MK Avigdor Liberman announced on Thursday they agreed to deepen coordination between their parties ahead of the upcoming elections, amid mounting reports that the two are considering a merger.
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[2026-05-08 00:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Health authorities say they are taking a ‘proactive and precautionary’ approach to safeguarding city despite low global health risk
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[2026-05-08 00:03 UTC+10:00] [scmp] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Health authorities say they are taking a ‘proactive and precautionary’ approach to safeguarding city despite low global health risk
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[2026-05-08 00:00 UTC+10:00] [Religion] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: As Amish communities expand across the US, old practices are colliding with modern health codes and testing the limits of religious freedom
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[2026-05-08 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Wang Ping has been fired as dean of life sciences school, demoted by two ranks, and issued a 24-month ban on promotions, funding and awards
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[2026-05-08 00:00 UTC+10:00] [Laboratory of Tumour Microenvironment] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Wang Ping has been fired as dean of life sciences school, demoted by two ranks, and issued a 24-month ban on promotions, funding and awards
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[2026-05-07 23:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) said Thursday it has received sworn statements from two state witnesses alleging that lawyer Levito Baligod played a role in influencing the identification of lawmakers to be included in succeeding phases of the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) scam investigation.
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[2026-05-07 23:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Lorne Warburton had never heard of the hantavirus until three years ago when he was taken to hospital and put on life support, describing the sickness as "torture" and "hell on earth".
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[2026-05-07 23:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Global oil prices fell more than five percent on Thursday, amid hopes that ongoing talks would bring an end to the war on Iran.
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[2026-05-07 23:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: U.S. authorities are investigating more than $2.6 billion in oil futures shorts that landed within minutes of major announcements tied to the 2026 U.S.-Iran conflict. The Department of Justice (DOJ) has joined the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) in a widening inquiry into potential misuse of material non-public information in one of the most liquid and geopolitically sensitive commodity markets on earth, ABC News reports.
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[2026-05-07 23:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A perverted substitute teacher pictured in tears in her mugshot has been given a sweetheart deal after admitting to having sex with a 15-year-old child.
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[2026-05-07 23:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Kodak Black has been arrested in Florida for alleged drug trafficking.
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[2026-05-07 23:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: JACKSON, Miss. — Powerful storms that included at least one confirmed tornado tore through parts of Mississippi, damaging nearly 500 homes, tearing up trees and downing power lines, authorities said Thursday.
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[2026-05-07 23:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TEHRAN, Iran — The United States was waiting on Thursday for Iran to respond to its latest proposed deal to end the war in the Middle East and to reopen the key shipping lane out of the Gulf.
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[2026-05-07 23:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Hundreds of merchant ships remain bottled up in the Persian Gulf as the United States and Iran appear to be moving closer to an initial agreement to end the war. The Strait of Hormuz is the narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf through which a fifth of all traded oil and natural gas passes, as Iran has restricted movement through it and the U.S.
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[2026-05-07 23:46 UTC+10:00] [BioNTech] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Há seis anos, uma empresa farmacêutica alemã quase desconhecida desenvolveu a primeira vacina contra a covid‑19 baseada em RNA mensageiro (mRNA) e mudou o rumo de uma pandemia global.
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[2026-05-07 23:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A mystery smear site popped up on Wednesday, targeting TKO CEO and WME chairman Ari Emanuel. A group dubbed the Hollywood Anti-Genocide Movement launched NoMoreGenocide[.com], which refers to Emanuel as “the censor” and casts the 65-year-old puppet master as overseeing a vast global conspiracy involving Donald Trump, Mohammed bin Salman, Live Nation and TMZ.
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[2026-05-07 23:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Can a nation remain on a permanent war footing and survive, even thrive?
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[2026-05-07 23:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: Tehran6:34 p.m. May 7
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[2026-05-07 23:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: GENEVA, Switzerland — The WHO chief told AFP on Wednesday he did not believe a deadly hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship, which has sparked international alarm, has similarities with the start of the Covid pandemic.
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[2026-05-07 23:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: After failing to achieve a breakthrough in their border dispute, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet, left, and his Thai counterpart, Anutin Charnvirakul, right, held a press conference on Thursday evening alongside their host, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., on the sidelines of an ASEAN summit in Cebu, the Philippines. © Reuters
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