Topic: World News — Neutral reports only
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[2026-09-29 04:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos will not hesitate to dismiss anyone from the government found to be covering up infrastructure project irregularities, Malacañang said on Monday.
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[2026-09-29 04:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: China's Xi Jingping and Australia's Anthony Albanese in 2024. Relations between the two countries have been rocky in recent years
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[2026-09-29 04:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Was it worth it for Israel to purchase the Dragon Submarine and some other Israeli submarines and ships?
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[2026-09-29 04:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: UNITED NATIONS — President Trump’s peace envoys are touting “real progress” after holding talks on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, including negotiations on the Russia-Ukraine war and the US-Iran conflict.
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[2026-09-29 04:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Catherine Zeta-Jones's new revenge thriller has an almost cartoonish element "like Tom and Jerry". (Supplied: Stan/Unai Mateo)
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[2026-09-29 04:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Ruth Barber is a digital producer for ABC TV and ABC iview. She is passionate about telling impactful human interest stories.
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[2026-09-29 04:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The waiver would allow Iraqi Airways to fly religious pilgrims to and from the Shiite holy city of Najaf for one month, the source said
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[2026-09-29 04:28 UTC+10:00] [Donald Trump] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The waiver would allow Iraqi Airways to fly religious pilgrims to and from the Shiite holy city of Najaf for one month, the source said
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[2026-09-29 04:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Mayor Zohran Mamdani will be sitting in the guest seat for Monday’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” as the West Coast-produced show heads to the Big Apple for a week-long stretch.
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[2026-09-29 04:21 UTC+10:00] [Cairo (Egypt)] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: Three Egyptian security officials were found guilty in absentia by an Italian court on Monday of kidnapping Giulio Regeni, an Italian doctoral student whose brutalized body was found on the outskirts of Cairo in 2016.
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[2026-09-29 04:21 UTC+10:00] [Florida] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: CDC says 392 cases of Dengue were reported for the year so far in the state, along with different county-level data
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[2026-09-29 04:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Erwin Tulfo on Monday warned government agencies seeking higher allocations for 2027 to justify their requests and demonstrate that they can effectively use their existing funds, saying agencies with substantial unspent appropriations could face budget cuts.
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[2026-09-29 04:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has has said he would back a ban on diesel producers selling overseas as surging fuel prices hit drivers ahead of the midterm elections.
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[2026-09-29 04:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Jenna Bush Hager cried when she learned of her dad George W. Bush’s secret fiancée — despite the engagement being 10 years before he married her mom.
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[2026-09-29 04:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A California business owner dubbed “Santa Clarita Karen” is breaking her silence after a viral confrontation with a street taco vendor sparked furious backlash, but her tearful mea culpa isn’t exactly winning over the internet.
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[2026-09-29 04:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly secretly flew to the UAE to ask President Mohamed bin Zayed to deny that he had warned the Jewish state of a major Hamas threat ahead of the deadly October 7 attack.
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[2026-09-29 04:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Watch: Why an investigation into alleged frat house gang rape is reopening
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[2026-09-29 04:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The New York Times tech executive who was allegedly murdered by his elderly in-laws in a cold-blooded California shooting has a checkered past of domestic and child abuse, The Post has learned.
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[2026-09-29 04:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has signalled she is willing to rethink plans to make it harder for foreign workers to claim permanent residence in the UK.
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[2026-09-29 04:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US President Donald Trump's administration is considering a limited waiver to its Iran sanctions program to allow for flights carrying Shi'ite Muslim religious pilgrims between Iran and Iraq, a person with direct knowledge of the matter said.
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[2026-09-29 04:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: On September 23, King Abdullah of Jordan addressed the UN General Assembly. He devoted much of his speech to lambasting Israel. He maintained that what he called “one of the world’s longest-running occupations” broke international law, and that the world had ignored it for decades.
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[2026-09-29 04:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A wearable tech company’s boss will spend decades in prison for running a near-$2 million Ponzi scheme, duping investors with fabricated patent ownership and fraudulently obtaining a federal business-relief loan during the pandemic.
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[2026-09-29 03:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Intense clashes have broken out in the Somali city of Baidoa between government forces and fighters loyal to the ousted regional president.
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[2026-09-29 03:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: President Sheikh Mohamed received Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan in Abu Dhabi on Monday, underscoring the close ties between the two nations.
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[2026-09-29 03:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Los Angeles City Councilmember Nithya Raman has taken a comfortable lead ahead of Mayor Karen Bass on the prediction market Polymarket as the two candidates head toward the Nov. 3 mayoral runoff.
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[2026-09-29 03:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The US on Monday said it opposed any Israeli annexation of the occupied West Bank, warning that destabilising moves in the territory could undermine efforts to advance President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan.
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[2026-09-29 03:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Marine Le Pen’s right-wing National Rally (RN) and an allied party have won enough seats in the French Senate to form a group for the first time. The breakthrough comes months before a presidential election in which polls currently put Le Pen in the lead. RN and the Union of the Right for the Republic (UDR) will together hold at least 15 seats in the 348-seat upper house following Sunday’s vote.
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[2026-09-29 03:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Benjamin Netanyahu traveled secretly to the United Arab Emirates over the weekend to ask its leader to deny reports he'd warned the Israeli prime minister about a looming Hamas threat ahead of the Palestinian militant group's Oct. 7, 2023 attack on southern Israel.
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[2026-09-29 03:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Former Giants first-round pick Jason Pierre-Paul seemed to let the franchise know his services are available Monday after news broke that linebacker Brian Burns is likely out for the season with a torn ACL.
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[2026-09-29 03:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Aldi's UK boss has accused rival supermarket chains of duping customers in some cases with loyalty discounts that start with "unrealistically high prices" and then drop.
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[2026-09-29 03:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A 27-year-old BASE jumper died Sunday when he leapt off a 700-foot cliff and his wingsuit failed, according to authorities.
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[2026-09-29 03:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has led a major incursion into the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem.
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[2026-09-29 03:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu travelled to the UAE on Sunday to ask Emirati President Mohamed bin Zayed to publicly deny a story that the Gulf state warned him in advance of the 7 October 2023 Hamas-led attack on southern Israel, according to a report by the Associated Press.
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[2026-09-29 03:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The UAE on Monday urged countries in the Middle East and beyond to "build rather than destroy" as it addressed the UN General Assembly in New York.
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[2026-09-29 03:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Parastoo Ahmadi's performance was livestreamed on her YouTube channel in December 2024
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[2026-09-29 03:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: A Paris court has found Swiftair guilty of corporate manslaughter over the 2014 Air Algerie crash that killed 116 people in northern Mali.
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[2026-09-29 03:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Workers renovating a bustling city boulevard stumbled across a piece of the ancient past — a cache of pottery dating back roughly 1,000 years.
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[2026-09-29 03:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Oil soared above $107 a barrel on Monday on news President Trump rejected an Iranian peace proposal and expects to resume US strikes after the November midterms – threatening to keep inflation higher for longer.
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[2026-09-29 03:07 UTC+10:00] [FBI] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Andrew Bailey will resign as FBI co-deputy director about a year after assuming the position
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[2026-09-29 03:05 UTC+10:00] [US universities] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Outrage over treatment of alleged offenders, members of Chi Phi fraternity, has grown since lawsuit was made public
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[2026-09-29 03:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Syria could delay some of its much-heralded investment projects as it prepares spending cuts to plug a $1 billion hole in the budget.
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[2026-09-29 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The heavy metal band will be joined by the US rock musician during their London and some South American shows
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[2026-09-29 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Chancellor John Healey
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[2026-09-29 03:00 UTC+10:00] [Gisèle Pelicot] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Campaign broadcast across France encourages people to come forward even if they have little to no memory of attack
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[2026-09-29 02:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Cornell University on Monday blasted the alleged victim of a fraternity gang rape as “irresponsible’’ for suggesting it let the accused off by just having them write a punishment essay.
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[2026-09-29 02:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The discovery of 12 bodies in an area east of Johannesburg has sparked alarm in South Africa
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[2026-09-29 02:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: South Korea has said it suspects that a recent explosion in the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) that injured three military personnel was caused by North Korean landmines.
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[2026-09-29 02:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments on Thursday over the disqualification of Balad chairman Sami Abu Shehadeh, MK Ofer Cassif, and the Joint List ahead of the October 27 election. Whatever the justices decide, speakers at a briefing on Monday warned, the political campaign surrounding the cases risks frightening Arab voters and making participation in the election feel dangerous.
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[2026-09-29 02:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Dutch government on Monday said it had summoned Israel's ambassador in the Netherlands to protest against Israel's decision to revoke the diplomatic status of Dutch diplomats at the Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority.
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[2026-09-29 02:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: An Israeli family was denied service at a restaurant in Bad Hofgastein, a town in Austria located in the Gastein Valley of Salzburg, because they were Jewish, Austrian newspaper Krone reported on Sunday.
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