Topic: World News — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-05 00:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Plans to launch a high-speed underground transport network in Dubai are taking shape after a key partner was brought on board to help drive progress on the major infrastructure scheme.
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[2026-05-05 00:36 UTC+10:00] [Editors' Pick] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: Here are today’s headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:
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[2026-05-05 00:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Voting 22-0-0, the Senate passed on third and final reading Senate Bill (SB) 1432 or the proposed People's Freedom of Information Act (PFIA) providing access to official government records.
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[2026-05-05 00:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Local Government
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[2026-05-05 00:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: From a bloated UN to ‘red carpet’ visas for Chinese spies, here are highlights from our correspondents in the second half of April 2026
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[2026-05-05 00:30 UTC+10:00] [Pentagon] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: From a bloated UN to ‘red carpet’ visas for Chinese spies, here are highlights from our correspondents in the second half of April 2026
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[2026-05-05 00:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: From a possible Trump-Iran joint venture to Russia-China talks, here are highlights from the SCMP’s overseas correspondents in April 2026
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[2026-05-05 00:30 UTC+10:00] [India] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: From a possible Trump-Iran joint venture to Russia-China talks, here are highlights from the SCMP’s overseas correspondents in April 2026
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[2026-05-05 00:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Bengaluru, India – In the sultry August heat of 2007, India’s government under Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was sweating over the future of negotiations with the United States over a landmark nuclear deal. The proposed agreement aimed to ease access to nuclear fuel and technology in exchange for greater international scrutiny of India’s facilities.
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[2026-05-05 00:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The Times of London has come under fire for circulating “anti-Semitic” imagery after publishing a cartoon targeting Green Party leader Zack Polanski, who is Jewish and an outspoken critic of Israeli policy.
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[2026-05-05 00:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The Times of London has come under fire for circulating “anti-Semitic” imagery after publishing a cartoon targeting Green Party leader Zack Polanski, who is Jewish and an outspoken critic of Israeli policy.
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[2026-05-05 00:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Chancellor Friedrich Merz has confirmed that the US will not station Tomahawk long-range cruise missiles in Germany in the foreseeable future. He insisted that the suspension had nothing to do with his row with President Donald Trump but was rather caused by inadequate stockpiles.
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[2026-05-05 00:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Chancellor Friedrich Merz has confirmed that the US will not station Tomahawk long-range cruise missiles in Germany in the foreseeable future. He insisted that the suspension had nothing to do with his row with President Donald Trump but was rather caused by inadequate stockpiles.
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[2026-05-05 00:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Two activists from the Gaza-bound aid flotilla who were kidnapped by Israeli forces over international waters have been detained and are facing psychological abuse, death threats and poor conditions in Israeli prison, a rights group representing them said on Monday.
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[2026-05-05 00:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Two American-flagged merchant ships made it through the Strait of Hormuz, the US military announced Monday, the first indication that the Trump administration was restoring the flow of shipping traffic in the crucial waterway.
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[2026-05-05 00:18 UTC+10:00] [Art and design] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: View image in fullscreenTehran, IranImages of the schoolchildren killed in an airstrike on the southern city of Minab are displayed in Tajrish Square Photograph: Majid Asgaripour/ReutersShareView image in fullscreenHebron, West BankPalestinians watch and Israeli troops stand guard while heavy machinery demolishes a Palestinian building near Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West BankPhotograph: Mussa Qawasma/ReutersShareView image in fullscreenMoscow, RussiaAn apartment block after a Ukrainian drone strike.
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[2026-05-05 00:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: At least two people were killed, and a further 37 were injured on Sunday after a monster truck plowed into crowds at an exhibition event in the southern Colombian city of Popayan, in the province of Cauca, the regional governor said.
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[2026-05-05 00:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israel's firefighters are unequipped to put out fires in electric vehicles, the Israeli Fire and Rescue (IFR) Commissioner, Rabbi Eyal Caspi, said at the main fire safety conference of the Association for the Promotion of Fire Safety in Israel on Thursday.
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[2026-05-05 00:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: For more news, analysis, and the latest updates, head to jpost.com.
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[2026-05-05 00:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: At least 130 Nigerian citizens in South Africa have asked their government to fly them home after protests there targeting foreigners, Nigeria’s Foreign Minister, Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, said.
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[2026-05-05 00:17 UTC+10:00] [Louisiana] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Future of Calvin Duncan’s position as the clerk of New Orleans’ criminal district courthouse remains unclear
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[2026-05-05 00:09 UTC+10:00] [US foreign policy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: US secretary of state’s two-day visit reportedly intended to thaw Washington’s frosty relations with Vatican and Italy
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[2026-05-05 00:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Risa Hontiveros on Monday filed Senate Bill (SB) 2076 that will remove the value-added tax (VAT) on systems loss charges currently being passed on to consumers’ monthly electricity bills.
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[2026-05-05 00:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Nearly 200,000 people in 124 villages in the northeastern Philippines were affected and over 5,400 fled massive plumes of ash that billowed from Mayon volcano over the weekend due to the collapse of lava deposits from its slopes, officials said Monday.
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[2026-05-05 00:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) navy issued a new map of the area of the Strait of Hormuz under its control on Monday, state media reported.
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[2026-05-05 00:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Imprisoned Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi, who was taken from jail to hospital last week, requires urgent specialized medical care to treat a life-threatening heart condition, her brother told Reuters on Monday.
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[2026-05-05 00:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Monday said focus crimes declined by 30% from January to April 2026 compared with the same period in 2025, citing the impact of its “Safer Cities” initiative.
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[2026-05-05 00:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: An American influencer trapped onboard the luxury MV Hondius cruise ship near West Africa amid a suspected hantavirus outbreak broke down sobbing over “very real” fears after three passengers died and others were seriously sick with symptoms.
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[2026-05-05 00:01 UTC+10:00] [New South Wales] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Chris Minns says technology has been ‘weaponised against women, and our laws have not kept pace’
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[2026-05-05 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Lack of deal from the two nations, which accounted for almost 25 per cent of TV, digital streaming reach for 2022 tournament, is unusual
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[2026-05-05 00:00 UTC+10:00] [Qatar] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Lack of deal from the two nations, which accounted for almost 25 per cent of TV, digital streaming reach for 2022 tournament, is unusual
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[2026-05-04 23:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The United Arab Emirates has officially withdrawn from the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC), according to a statement posted by the group on X on Sunday.
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[2026-05-04 23:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Iranian rescue workers dug through debris by hand to recover religious artifacts from a Tehran synagogue damaged by an Israeli strike last month, Marjan Yeshayayi, a member of the local Jewish community, has told RT.
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[2026-05-04 23:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Iranian rescue workers dug through debris by hand to recover religious artifacts from a Tehran synagogue damaged by an Israeli strike last month, Marjan Yeshayayi, a member of the local Jewish community, has told RT.
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[2026-05-04 23:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A gunman was taken into custody following a nine-hour standoff with cops after he allegedly took a woman hostage in an affluent Beverly Hills neighborhood.
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[2026-05-04 23:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party is set to win two of four crucial state elections, expand its influence and weaken its key rival halfway into his third term in office.
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[2026-05-04 23:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: VIENNA — Austria expelled three Russian Embassy employees who were suspected of espionage by using antennas on Russian diplomatic buildings, the Foreign Ministry said Monday.
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[2026-05-04 23:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Nechirvan Barzani, President of Iraqi Kurdistan, was in Baghdad on Monday for discussions on Iraq’s government formation process. During a two-day visit, Mr Barzani is scheduled to hold a series of high-level meetings with senior Iraqi leaders and officials, his office said.
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[2026-05-04 23:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Yemen’s acting executive director of the Social Fund for Development (SFD), Wesam Qaid, has been abducted and later found dead in the country’s de facto capital, Aden.
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[2026-05-04 23:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: An Iranian tugboat floats in the foreground as cargo ships sit at anchor in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Monday, May 4, 2026. (Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP)
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[2026-05-04 23:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: At least five people have been killed and 18 wounded in a Russian missile attack on the town of Merefa in northeastern Ukraine’s Kharkiv region, local officials say.
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[2026-05-04 23:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: LAGOS, Nigeria — Nigeria is planning a "voluntary repatriation" of citizens living in South Africa amid fears that anti-immigration attacks on Africans could spike, the foreign ministry said.
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[2026-05-04 23:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Monday was emotional day for all Yankees fans and the news hit hard on WFAN.
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[2026-05-04 23:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: A top White House official has said Iran is on the brink of an “extreme calamity” and hunger as the US is counting on economic pressure to secure its objectives in the conflict.
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[2026-05-04 23:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: A top White House official has said Iran is on the brink of an “extreme calamity” and hunger as the US is counting on economic pressure to secure its objectives in the conflict.
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[2026-05-04 23:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: President Trump suggested Sunday that House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries should be punished after the Brooklyn Democrat rebuked the Supreme Court over its ruling last week striking down Louisiana’s congressional map and weakening Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.
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[2026-05-04 23:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: A dashcam inside a delivery lorry shows the moment a United Airlines flight clipped the vehicle as it approached Newark Liberty International Airport outside of New York City.
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[2026-05-04 23:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: South Korea is checking intelligence that reported a South Korean-flagged vessel was attacked in the Strait of Hormuz, Yonhap News reported on Monday.
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[2026-05-04 23:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SEATTLE — Few cities in North America can lay claim to better summer weather than Seattle, neatly nestled in the Pacific Northwest with sunny skies and little humidity after Memorial Day.
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[2026-05-04 23:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Channing Tatum shared more cryptic posts after his ex Zoë Kravitz became engaged to Harry Styles.
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