Topic: World News — Neutral reports only
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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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[2026-05-04 23:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Mike Vrabel and Dianna Russini were brutally roasted on ESPN following their photo scandal.
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[2026-05-04 23:33 UTC+10:00] [New Jersey] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Delivery truck driver emerged with minor injuries after underside of jet hit tractor trailer in New Jersey on Sunday
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[2026-05-04 23:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Alex Cooper and husband Matt Kaplan are allegedly dealing with “a lot of tension” in their marriage.
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[2026-05-04 23:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: “The Pitt” star Isa Briones slammed fans for being “f–king disrespectful” during a Broadway performance over the weekend.
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[2026-05-04 23:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: As diplomats convene in New York from 27 April to 22 May for the latest session of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) Review Conference, its credibility is under unprecedented strain, Former Chief of Iran's National Security and Foreign Relations Committee Seyed Hossein Mousavian writes for Middle East Eye.
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[2026-05-04 23:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: PARIS, France — World officials pushed Monday for faster action to reduce methane emissions from the fossil fuel sector, arguing it would both help slow climate change and boost energy security as the Middle East war chokes off supply.
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[2026-05-04 23:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: STOCKHOLM, Sweden — Twenty-three innocent bystanders have been killed and 30 wounded in gangland shootings in Sweden in the past three years, according to statistics released Monday that highlighted its battle to rein in violent crime.
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[2026-05-04 23:26 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Since 2017, I have covered South Korea’s political and economic landscape as a reporter, with a focus on foreign affairs, inter-Korean relations and security.As a foreign affairs reporter, I closely follow developments from the Ministry of Unification, the Foreign Ministry and the Defense Ministry, tracking shifts in diplomacy, military policy and North Korea’s evolving posture.
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[2026-05-04 23:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Three dead due to suspected outbreak of rare Hantavirus on cruise ship
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[2026-05-04 23:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A grieving SoCal mother says the killer of her 14-year-old son will go free – thanks to a woke criminal justice law backed by Gov. Gavin Newsom.
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[2026-05-04 23:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon killed 20 people on Sunday, Lebanon's health ministry says - marking one of the deadliest few days there since a ceasefire began just over two weeks ago.
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[2026-05-04 23:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: An Israeli lawmaker has called for the occupation of Gaza and the expulsion of its residents, describing it as the only way to achieve security in Israel.
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[2026-05-04 23:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel’s top commander in the occupied West Bank has said the army is killing Palestinians at levels “not seen since 1967”, according to Haaretz.
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[2026-05-04 23:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Iran says it fired missiles at US warship to prevent it entering Hormuz
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[2026-05-04 23:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: United States President Donald Trump has said Washington will guide ships stranded in the Strait of Hormuz to safety – in an initiative dubbed “Project Freedom” – signalling a potential challenge to Iran’s blockade of the strategic waterway.
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[2026-05-04 23:08 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: WASHINGTON - Two US commercial ships have successfully passed through the Strait of Hormuz, US Central Command said Monday, as it is supporting an operation to restore freedom of navigation through the crucial waterway.
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[2026-05-04 23:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Sectarian tension in Lebanon has further degenerated after a video depicting Hezbollah as characters from the Angry Birds video game prompted online posts attacking the leader of the country's Maronite Church.
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[2026-05-04 23:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: France will tackle the Muslim Brotherhood on a "case-by-case basis" as efforts to have it listed as a terrorist organisation would be "impossible to implement and legally fragile", Interior Minister Laurent Nunez has said.
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[2026-05-04 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: ITIF argues that regional sales help finance domestic R&D and block local rivals, while warning that a full exit would be a self-inflicted wound to innovation leadership
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