Topic: Asia Pacific — Neutral reports only
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[2025-12-19 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Experts pushing Beijing’s vision for a new world order say nation can offer an ‘important alternative’ but it needs to improve its messaging
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[2025-12-19 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: ‘Mysterious’ footwear fashion item crafted to look identical to iconic dish takes culinary craftsmanship to a new level; includes ‘soft-boiled egg’
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[2025-12-19 11:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The China Pharmaceutical Innovation and Invention Index, a new gauge, highlights top drug makers on the mainland for the first time
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[2025-12-19 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The changes target high-stakes national security cases amid mounting criticism over delays and alleged bias
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[2025-12-19 10:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Key provisions target contracts with Chinese biotech companies and outbound investment in technologies with military applications in China
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[2025-12-19 10:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: China’s battery makers raise prices amid lithium rebound and global AI energy demand
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[2025-12-19 10:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: China chipmakers are projected to continue outspending the world on wafer fab equipment through 2027, report says
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[2025-12-19 09:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Sharif Osman Hadi was attacked by assailants in Dhaka and airlifted to a hospital in the city state, where he succumbed to his injuries
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[2025-12-19 09:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing secures 7 million tonnes of soybeans, passing halfway mark of its US purchase agreement. However, little has been shipped so far
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[2025-12-19 09:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Trump calls for moon landing in 2028, lunar base thereafter, as China targets the end of the decade for its first crewed landing
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[2025-12-19 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), established in 1985, was conceived as a platform to promote regional cooperation among South Asia’s nations. Nearly four decades later, SAARC presents a mixed picture marked by vast unrealised potential, modest but meaningful prospects, and significant structural and political failures.
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[2025-12-19 06:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Russian state media says it would take the weapon only 17 minutes to reach Nato headquarters in Brussels
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[2025-12-19 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The government’s response came after a senior security official suggested that Tokyo needed nuclear arms to deter potential aggressors
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[2025-12-19 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: After a turbulent year, experts expect continued disruption to reshape global influence, testing alliances and altering the balance of power
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[2025-12-19 01:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: US State Department approves massive deal that includes billions in Himars and howitzer equipment, drones and software
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[2025-12-19 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing says it is now granting longer permits giving foreign companies easier access to vital minerals, but many details remain unclear
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[2025-12-19 00:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Commerce authorities vow to defend firms such as Nuctech and CRRC, while Beijing continues talks with Brussels over EV tariffs
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[2025-12-19 00:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: د پاکستان او افغانستان اړیکې په وروستیو میاشتو کې تر ټولو ټیټې کچې ته رسېدلي دي، وروسته له هغې چې د پولې دواړو غاړو کې په خونړیو نښتو کې لسګونه کسان ووژل شول. د تورخم او چمن په څېر مهمې سوداګریزې لارې تړل شوې دي. دې وضعیت سوداګري زیانمنه کړې، بیې یې لوړې کړې او سیاسي واټن یې لا ژور کړی دی.
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[2025-12-19 00:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: From EU-China trade ties to Laos securing approval to export durians, here’s a round-up from today’s coverage
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[2025-12-19 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The initiative underscores the growing use of intelligent Chinese-made robots in the country’s manufacturing industry
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[2025-12-19 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: France are next on the list in 2024, with Italy third, followed by Russia and the United States, and then Germany and China
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[2025-12-18 23:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Carrier says it is cooperating with local authorities in probe into incident, which led to delays for two incoming planes
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[2025-12-18 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Dozens convicted of illegally shipping 166 tonnes of the strategic material, marking a major enforcement of Beijing’s export controls
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[2025-12-18 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Huge advancement allows paralysed man to work, order takeaway delivery via robotic dogs and control smart wheelchairs with his thoughts
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[2025-12-18 22:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Chinese ministry’s arm in Hong Kong says attempts to pressure nation akin to ‘mantis trying to stop a chariot or ant trying to shake a tree’
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[2025-12-18 22:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Haya yakiwa miongoni mwa mauzo makubwa zaidi ya silaha kwa kisiwa hicho kinachojitawala, huku Washington ikilenga kuzuia uwezekano wa uvamizi kutoka China. Mpango huo, ambao bado unahitaji idhini ya Bunge la Marekani, unajumuisha mifumo ya roketi ya HIMARS, mizinga, makombora ya kupambana na vifaru, ndege zisizo na rubani pamoja na vifaa vingine vya kijeshi.
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[2025-12-18 22:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Diplomatic war of words continues with PLA Daily articles targeting Tokyo’s defence and intelligence plans
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[2025-12-18 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The queen served as tactician and helmswoman to lead the Thai team to victory, ahead of Malaysia and Myanmar
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[2025-12-18 21:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The reversal comes after videos of a dog being wheeled through the mall in a trolley stirred anger in the Muslim-majority country
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[2025-12-18 21:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Thai and Cambodian foreign ministers brief Chinese counterpart on border conflict, while Beijing vows to ‘serve as a bridge’
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[2025-12-18 21:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Cho Ji-ho was removed for sending officers to disrupt parliament and undermine the election commission’s independence, the Constitutional Court ruled
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[2025-12-18 21:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Most goods can enter Hainan with zero import duties under the new system, as China looks to turn the island into a strategic buffer zone
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[2025-12-18 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Jakarta has pledged US$3.6 billion and a special agency to help restore homes and public facilities destroyed in last month’s cyclone
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[2025-12-18 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Blonde-haired content creator who identifies as ‘Blink’ online appears at event dressed like star, signs postcards bearing image of iconic singer
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[2025-12-18 20:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The three-way merger will create China’s fourth-largest investment bank with assets of US$128 billion
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[2025-12-18 20:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: City leader says opening of Aircraft Engineering Training Centre is ‘major step’, adds hub will create ‘better-paid and high-skill jobs’
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[2025-12-18 19:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The concentration risk so prevalent elsewhere is mitigated in Asia by a diverse equity landscape and the unique strengths in China
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[2025-12-18 19:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Cambodia accuses Thailand of bombing Poipet amid escalating border disputes, prompting Asean emergency talks and global ceasefire appeals
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[2025-12-18 19:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video
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[2025-12-18 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Traditional European exports like cars are losing their appeal, while restrictions crimp sales of sought-after lithography machines
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[2025-12-18 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: From biotech to AI, December’s listings – including at least 15 down the stretch – crown the city’s revival in equity fundraising
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[2025-12-18 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: In a call with his Caracas counterpart, the Chinese foreign minister says mutual trust and support are a tradition of bilateral ties
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[2025-12-18 18:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The Yunnan Provincial Sports Bureau is investigating accusations triple Asian Games gold medallist made against coach
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[2025-12-18 18:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Desi Widiana, one of nine Indonesian helpers killed in the Tai Po fire, was found huddled together with her elderly ward
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[2025-12-18 18:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2025-12-18 18:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Sarah Dzafce was stripped of her Miss Finland title after an image of her making the offensive gesture went viral
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[2025-12-18 17:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2025-12-18 17:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2025-12-18 17:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: Already have Rappler+? Sign in to listen to groundbreaking journalism.
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[2025-12-18 17:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: A YouTube video revealing a pure gold logo on certain LG air conditioners has sparked a nationwide hunt for the 20-year-old units
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