Topic: Asia Pacific — Neutral reports only
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[2026-02-26 10:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Feb. 26 (Yonhap) -- Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back has made an emphatic pitch for South Korea's bid to win Canada's high-profile submarine procurement project during talks with his Canadian counterpart in Ottawa, saying the Asian country's participation in it would serve as a "turning point" for bilateral defense cooperation.
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[2026-02-26 10:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has said prospects of relations with the United States are entirely dependent on Washington's attitude, while ruling out the likelihood of any dialogue with South Korea, according to the North's state media Thursday.
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[2026-02-26 10:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: The Filipinas celebrate after winning gold at last year's SEA Games. (Getty Images: Mark Fredesjed Cristino)
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[2026-02-26 10:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Feb. 26 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has said prospects of relations with the United States are entirely dependent on Washington's attitude, while ruling out the likelihood of any dialogue with South Korea, according to the North's state media Thursday.
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[2026-02-26 09:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Lachlan Bennett is a multiplatform journalist working in the ABC's Pacific Newsroom in Melbourne. He cut his teeth in North-West Tasmania, covering primary industries, state politics and social issues for a regional newspaper. Lachlan joined the ABC in 2020 and has had work featured on Australian Story, Landline and in the Tasmanian Media Awards.
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[2026-02-26 09:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Feb. 26 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has staged a military parade in Pyongyang to mark its key ruling party congress, state media reported Thursday.
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[2026-02-26 09:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: Childbirths grow at fastest pace in 15 yrs; total fertility rate rebounds to 0.8 in 4 yrs
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[2026-02-26 09:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
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[2026-02-26 09:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: Childbirths grow at fastest pace in 15 yrs; total fertility rate rebounds to 0.8 in 4 yrs
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[2026-02-26 09:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: Korea, US not in syncTwo sides must ensure durability of alliance
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[2026-02-26 09:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: Childbirths grow at fastest pace in 15 yrs; total fertility rate rebounds to 0.8 in 4 yrs
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[2026-02-26 09:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: Childbirths grow at fastest pace in 15 yrs; total fertility rate rebounds to 0.8 in 4 yrs
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[2026-02-26 09:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: Political turnover keeps public enterprises in turmoil
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[2026-02-26 09:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: As Narendra Modi, India's prime minister, stood up to address the Israeli Knesset on Wednesday, the house erupted with applause and chants of his name.
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[2026-02-26 09:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: Unchecked partyDP lawmakers launch group to pressure prosecutors into dropping Lee's charges
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[2026-02-26 08:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The leader says Russian claims that Kyiv was trying to obtain nuclear arms were an attempt to exert political pressure on Ukraine
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[2026-02-26 08:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The AI Impact summit showcased India’s commitment to placing human well-being at the heart of the global artificial intelligence conversation
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[2026-02-26 08:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: To some ears, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi ending his landmark speech to the Knesset on Wednesday with the words “Am Yisrael Chai” might have sounded unspectacular.
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[2026-02-26 08:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Cleveland at Seattle — MLBN
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[2026-02-26 07:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi defended Israel’s devastating war on Gaza, saying it stands by the country “with full conviction” – despite accusations of genocide against the Palestinian people.
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[2026-02-26 07:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Earlier this month, US President Donald Trump’s administration drew a flurry of condemnations for its decision to repeal the Environmental Protection Agency’s “endangerment finding”: a formal, evidence-based acknowledgement that greenhouse-gas emissions pose a threat to public health. Although the change may seem minor, it is anything but. Since 2009, the endangerment finding has underpinned much of the climate-related policymaking at the EPA and other agencies.
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[2026-02-26 07:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The recent US Supreme Court ruling that invalidated President Donald Trump’s so-called “reciprocal tariffs” marks a significant turning point. The policy debate surrounding these tariffs has highlighted the growing tension between domestic economic priorities and the institutional foundations of the multilateral trading system that has underpinned global economic stability since the end of the Cold War.
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[2026-02-26 07:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: DP lawmakers launch group to pressure prosecutors into dropping Lee's charges
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[2026-02-26 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Domestic political issues came to the fore as the opposition’s tactics to critique the government were called into question last week. This is while President Anura Kumara Dissanayake was busy visiting neighbouring India addressing a summit on artificial intelligence (AI) and meeting world leaders.
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[2026-02-26 06:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Asia Plantation & Export (Pvt) Ltd formally signed a memorandum of understanding with the Sri Lanka Sharia Council, a move that will become a turning point in the island’s export sector.
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[2026-02-26 06:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: KT Wiz players Lee Kang-min and Son Dong-hyun were among more than 80 South Korean baseball players and staff to travel to Geelong this year. (ABC News: Lachlan Bennett)
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[2026-02-26 06:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The Theodore Levin United States Courthouse is photographed in Detroit on July 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)
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[2026-02-26 05:51 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-02-26 05:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: People inspect the road destroyed by heavy rain that triggered flooding in Arequipa, Peru, Monday, Feb. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Jose Sotomayor)
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[2026-02-26 05:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) Chairman Patrick “Pato” Gregorio will grace the 40th Sportswriters Association of Cebu-San Miguel Brewery (SAC-SMB) Cebu Sports Awards as guest of honor and keynote speaker of the milestone event slated on March 8 at the Ayala Center Cebu Activity Center.
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[2026-02-26 04:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A food delivery rider waits for the traffic light to change March 30, 2020, in Lone Tree, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
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[2026-02-26 04:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The estimates of defense deals that Israel and India are expected to sign as Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits Jerusalem are eye-popping, with some reaching $8 billion-$10b., according to Indian media reports.
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[2026-02-26 03:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi became the first-ever recipient of the Knesset Medal on Wednesday, after his speech at the Knesset.
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[2026-02-26 03:51 UTC+10:00] [China] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-02-26 03:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: STATE-OWNED Land Bank of the Philippines (LandBank) and the Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) are preparing to return to the capital markets later this year to support lending programs and projects, top officials said.
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[2026-02-26 03:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SEOUL — The militaries of the United States and South Korea said on Wednesday they would conduct their annual springtime exercises next month to bolster their countries’ combined defense capabilities as a diplomatic freeze with nuclear-armed North Korea deepens.
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[2026-02-26 03:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: GILAS Pilipinas plunges into action for the first of two scheduled home games, starting with dangerous New Zealand on Thursday in their FIBA World Cup 2027 Asian Qualifiers at the SM Mall of Asia Arena.
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[2026-02-26 03:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: COLOMBO — Sri Lanka’s criminal investigators arrested the country’s former intelligence chief on Wednesday in connection with the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings that killed 279 people, including 45 foreigners.
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[2026-02-26 03:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TOKYO — Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi was under pressure on Wednesday after it emerged that she gave congratulatory gift catalogs to lawmakers from her ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) following its landslide election victory this month.
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[2026-02-26 03:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: DENPASAR, Indonesia — An American convicted of killing the mother of his then-pregnant teenage girlfriend at an Indonesian luxury hotel was deported on Tuesday after his early release from prison, immigration authorities said.
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[2026-02-26 03:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TOKYO — Japanese researchers have unveiled a robot monk powered by artificial intelligence (AI) that they say can dispense spiritual advice and maybe one day ease shortages of its human counterparts.
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[2026-02-26 03:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: ILOILO CITY — The Philippine government will advocate for a stronger Digital Economy Framework Agreement among member-states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) as it advances the bloc’s economic agenda under its current chairmanship.
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[2026-02-26 03:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THE Ateneo Chemistry Olympiad (AChO) is a nationwide chemistry competition open to high school students from across the Philippines.
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[2026-02-26 03:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: AT a defining moment in human history, the world gathered at the AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi this month. For us in India, it was a moment of immense pride and joy to welcome heads of state and government, delegates and innovators from across the world.
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[2026-02-26 01:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Finance chief Paul Chan says city will also establish a high-level steering committee to spearhead AI development
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[2026-02-26 01:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Japan's defence minister said the deployment on Yonaguni island would take place in the 2030 fiscal year. (Reuters: Kyodo )
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[2026-02-26 01:11 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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[2026-02-26 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Unusually detailed posts by commercial firm MizarVision about America’s deployments in the Middle East are grabbing attention
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[2026-02-26 00:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines—Campus journalists can contribute to the fight against the proliferation of fake news by upholding responsible journalism at all times.
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[2026-02-26 00:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Japan’s plans to deploy missiles on its westernmost island, close to Taiwan, within five years will further add to the growing tensions with China, analysts say.
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