Topic: Asia Pacific — Neutral reports only
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[2026-07-24 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The energy crisis and turmoil in the Senate are among factors threatening the Philippine economy’s recovery, observers warn
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[2026-07-24 13:00 UTC+10:00] [Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The energy crisis and turmoil in the Senate are among factors threatening the Philippine economy’s recovery, observers warn
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[2026-07-24 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: A new paper under peer review by the Chinese-language Journal of Deep Space Exploration lays out an ambitious plan to crash a spacecraft at Mach 26, or 20,000 mph, into a near-Earth asteroid to test new planetary defenses.
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[2026-07-24 12:45 UTC+10:00] [National News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-07-24 12:42 UTC+10:00] [BUSINESS] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: Asia’s best-performing environmental fund has increased exposure to Japan as it expects the nation’s technology sector to prove increasingly pivotal in solving the artificial intelligence industry’s surging power demands.
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[2026-07-24 12:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Quezon City will implement a temporary liquor ban on July 27, 2026 to bolster security and maintain public order during President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) at the Batasang Pambansa.
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[2026-07-24 12:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: CHENGDU, China — Governments increasingly want to control artificial intelligence, as companies release more powerful open-source models, a new multilateral statement indicates.
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[2026-07-24 12:37 UTC+10:00] [South China Sea] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Forecaster says hot, sunny weather up to 34 degrees on Friday, with winds strengthening and showers increasing on Saturday as Typhoon Noul nears
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[2026-07-24 12:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El logotipo de Ford en la parrilla de un vehículo a la venta en una agencia Ford, el 2 de noviembre de 2025, en Littleton, Colorado. (AP Foto/David Zalubowski, Archivo)
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[2026-07-24 12:36 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The US Treasury kept South Korea on its currency monitoring list, noting that the won remained under sustained depreciation pressure despite the country's large current account surplus and strong economic fundamentals.
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[2026-07-24 12:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 20 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's bourse operator on Friday activated a sell-side sidecar for the benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) after the index fell sharply, led by losses in tech heavyweights.
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[2026-07-24 12:33 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Girl group aespa released its first EP in Japan, “Kiss N Tell,” on Friday.
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[2026-07-24 12:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Japan has recovered rare earth elements critical to semiconductors, electric vehicles and defense applications from a deep-sea drilling test near Minamitori-shima, a remote Pacific island. (Photo by Ryoko Shimonoya)
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[2026-07-24 12:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: The yen weakened against the U.S. dollar in the morning, depreciating further from the previous days' near four-decade lows. (Photo by Hikaru Yagi)
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[2026-07-24 12:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: U.S. President Donald Trump's proposed tariffs on generic drugs will increase the price of these medicines for patients in the country, Erez Israeli, the chief executive of Indian drugmaker Dr. Reddy's Laboratories, told CNBC's 'Inside India' on Thursday.
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[2026-07-24 12:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: CHUNGJU, South Korea, July 24 (Yonhap) -- A court on Friday sentenced the owner of a guesthouse in the central city of Chungju to a fine of 3 million won (US$2,049) for a pet peacock's attack on a visitor last year.
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[2026-07-24 12:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Aukus, designed to check China’s military advance in the Indo-Pacific, is expected to cost Canberra up to US$250 billion over 30 years
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[2026-07-24 12:19 UTC+10:00] [Beijing] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Aukus, designed to check China’s military advance in the Indo-Pacific, is expected to cost Canberra up to US$250 billion over 30 years
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[2026-07-24 12:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: BUSAN, July 24 (Yonhap) -- A U.S. Forces Korea soldier has been fined for driving about 260 kilometers from the southwestern city of Gwangju to the southeastern port city of Busan while intoxicated last year, a court said Friday.
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[2026-07-24 12:10 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Ok Taecyeon of 2PM announced Friday, via his agency 51K, that he will be visiting fans in Asia this fall.
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[2026-07-24 12:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 24 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean government said Friday that the United States has reaffirmed its commitment to honoring the existing Seoul-Washington tariff agreement regarding newly announced Section 301 tariffs on trading partners.
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[2026-07-24 12:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Science and Technology
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[2026-07-24 12:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Taiwan currently has no low-Earth orbit satellites of its own, a deficiency that the government is eager to address through partnerships and, eventually, with its own network. (Screenshot from Taiwan Space Agency's website)
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[2026-07-24 12:03 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea will add hidden-camera detection systems to the safety equipment installed in public restrooms under a legal revision passed by the National Assembly on Thursday.
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[2026-07-24 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: ChangXin Memory Technologies' massive listing is stoking fears that its market debut could pull cash from Chinese equities, as investors raise funds to get a piece of the country's largest memory chipmaker.
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[2026-07-24 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Local authorities are turning to stricter tax enforcement to shore up mounting budget strains, even as broader income growth lags
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[2026-07-24 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Local authorities are turning to stricter tax enforcement to shore up mounting budget strains, even as broader income growth lags
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[2026-07-24 11:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Diesel and gasoline prices are expected to go up again next week, as global oil supply continues to tighten due to developments in the Middle East and Russia, local oil industry sources said on Friday.
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[2026-07-24 11:53 UTC+10:00] [Asia Times] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-07-24 11:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: India’s “Cockroach” protest movement is growing as demonstrators demand accountability over exam paper leaks and call for India’s education minister to resign. Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the issue publicly for the first time this week, but organizers say they aren’t backing down.
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[2026-07-24 11:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The foreign ministers of Qatar, the UAE, Jordan, Turkey, Egypt, Indonesia, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia have denounced recent Israeli settler incursions at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque as "illegal and extremist acts".
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[2026-07-24 11:39 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: July 24, 2026 11:39 | News
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[2026-07-24 11:37 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: A US service member stationed in South Korea has been fined 15 million won ($10,200) for driving about 260 kilometers from Gwangju to Busan while heavily intoxicated, a court said Friday.
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[2026-07-24 11:33 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea will step up efforts to ease upward pressure on consumer prices amid renewed geopolitical tensions in the Middle East and announce detailed measures to address unfair market practices next month, the finance minister said Friday.
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[2026-07-24 11:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The foreign ministers of Qatar, the UAE, Jordan, Turkey, Egypt, Indonesia, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia have denounced recent Israeli settler incursions at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque as "illegal and extremist acts".
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[2026-07-24 11:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: A British man who became blind in the incident says he feels sorry for the families of the six victims who died but is ‘not angry’ any more
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[2026-07-24 11:30 UTC+10:00] [Vang Vieng] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: A British man who became blind in the incident says he feels sorry for the families of the six victims who died but is ‘not angry’ any more
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[2026-07-24 11:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The pair – both residents of Staten Island in New York – are facing jail terms and fines for exporting native species without a licence
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[2026-07-24 11:30 UTC+10:00] [Lihua Owen Ma] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The pair – both residents of Staten Island in New York – are facing jail terms and fines for exporting native species without a licence
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[2026-07-24 11:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: India expects to build domestically five small modular reactors (SMRs) by 2033, India’s Atomic Energy Minister, Jitendra Singh, said. The five SMRs would be part of India’s push to accelerate nuclear power capacity installations over the next two decades, the minister told lawmakers in a written reply to questions as carried by local media.
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[2026-07-24 11:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Doctor examines Hubei man’s eyelids, estimates more than a thousand tiny creatures are infesting his eyelash follicles
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[2026-07-24 11:19 UTC+10:00] [China] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Doctor examines Hubei man’s eyelids, estimates more than a thousand tiny creatures are infesting his eyelash follicles
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[2026-07-24 11:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A replica of the House of the Virgin Mary in the Philippines welcomes devotees in Asia’s largest Catholic nation. The structure mirrors the original shrine in Ephesus, Turkey, where Mary is believed to have spent her final years. (AP Video by Joeal Calupitan)
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[2026-07-24 11:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 24 (Yonhap) -- The presidential office said Friday that it will closely consult with the United States to keep U.S. import tariffs on South Korean goods at the current level of 15 percent after Washington announced new tariffs of up to 12.5 percent on trading partners, including South Korea.
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[2026-07-24 11:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 24 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will step up efforts to ease upward pressure on consumer prices amid renewed geopolitical tensions in the Middle East and announce detailed measures to address unfair market practices next month, the finance minister said Friday.
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[2026-07-24 11:04 UTC+10:00] [World / Asia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: What in the World, a free weekly newsletter from our foreign correspondents, is sent every Thursday. Below is an excerpt. Sign up to get the whole newsletter delivered to your inbox.
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[2026-07-24 11:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 24 (Yonhap) -- HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. (HD KSOE) said Friday it has signed an agreement with a Siemens business unit to adopt an artificial intelligence (AI) platform for shipbuilding.
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[2026-07-24 11:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The Alas Pilipinas men’s national volleyball team put up a fight against Cambodia but fell in a tightly fought match, 20,-25, 21-25, 24-26, in the sixth Southeast Asian (SEA) V.Cup Leg 2 opener on Thursday night in Jakarta, Indonesia.
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[2026-07-24 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Chinese pastor Ezra Jin Mingri becomes emotional during an interview with The Associated Press in Maryland, Wednesday, July 22, 2026 . (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)
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[2026-07-24 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Retail investors worry about secondary share-price movements following equity transfers resulting from large shareholders’ divorces
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