Topic: Asia Pacific — Neutral reports only
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[2026-07-20 00:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Undermanned TNT managed to dig deep into its bench to outlast hard luck Macau, 106-101 to get its title-retention bid on a winning start on Sunday in the PBA Season 50 Governors' Cup at the Araneta Coliseum.
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[2026-07-20 00:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Guest team Southern Storm Melbourne showed resilience in coming back from huge deficits throughout the whole match to frustrate Letran, 26-24, 25-21, 25-19, for a great start in the 2026 Shakey’s Collegiate National Invitationals on Sunday at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium.
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[2026-07-20 00:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: A Chinese company is demanding compensation from the United Kingdom government for investment losses following the nationalisation of a steel plant last week.
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[2026-07-20 00:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Ben Duckett rewrites the record books as he scores 141 in the third and final One Day International against India, the highest score by any men's batter in an ODI at Lord's, beating the previous record of 138, set by Sir Viv Richards in 1975.
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[2026-07-20 00:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BEIJING — A former president of the China Development Bank was put under investigation on suspicion of serious violations of party discipline and the law, the country's top anti-graft watchdog announced on Sunday.
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[2026-07-20 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Geopolitical friction and a lack of career paths are hollowing out the pipeline of US specialists who truly understand China
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[2026-07-20 00:00 UTC+10:00] [US-China Education Trust] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Geopolitical friction and a lack of career paths are hollowing out the pipeline of US specialists who truly understand China
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[2026-07-19 23:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: PALU, Indonesia — Rescuers in eastern Indonesia found two more survivors, a mother and son, on Sunday from a passenger boat that sank earlier in the week and were searching for 18 others still missing.
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[2026-07-19 23:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Preview reflects the latest phase in China’s AI push, as domestic labs chase parity with US heavyweights
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[2026-07-19 23:20 UTC+10:00] [Alibaba] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Preview reflects the latest phase in China’s AI push, as domestic labs chase parity with US heavyweights
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[2026-07-19 23:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-07-19 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The system has been designed to provide ‘tailored’ services that help developing countries better prepare for extreme weather events
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[2026-07-19 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The system has been designed to provide ‘tailored’ services that help developing countries better prepare for extreme weather events
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[2026-07-19 22:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SEOUL, South Korea — Workers at Starbucks Korea have formed a labor union, the company confirmed on Sunday, following a marketing fiasco that evoked painful memories of a 1980 government crackdown on pro-democracy activists.
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[2026-07-19 22:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Watch the best shots from Jacob Bethell as he makes 91 off 93 balls to put England on course for a big score in the series-deciding One Day International against India at Lord's.
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[2026-07-19 22:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: An Indian court has rejected a petition from the wife of activist Sonam Wangchuk to release him from “illegal detention” in a New Delhi hospital, where he was forcibly taken by police after three weeks on hunger strike in solidarity with the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) protest movement.
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[2026-07-19 22:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A veteran CIA operative sent to Abu Dhabi to determine whether the United Arab Emirates’ leading artificial intelligence company could be trusted with advanced American technology ultimately helped the Gulf state address Washington’s concerns over its ties to China, The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday.
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[2026-07-19 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: ‘Phoenix combination’ edges Tang Chun-man and Tse Ying-suet to clinch mixed doubles crown and are now ranked second in Super 750 titles won
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[2026-07-19 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: ‘Phoenix combination’ edges Tang Chun-man and Tse Ying-suet to clinch mixed doubles crown and are now ranked second in Super 750 titles won
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[2026-07-19 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Top AI summit spotlights race to embed autonomous digital workers into everyday business operations
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[2026-07-19 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Spacecraft to hit at 9km/s, equivalent to over 26 times the speed of sound near sea level and nearly 50 per cent faster than Nasa’s mission
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[2026-07-19 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Spacecraft to hit at 9km/s, equivalent to over 26 times the speed of sound near sea level and nearly 50 per cent faster than Nasa’s mission
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[2026-07-19 21:51 UTC+10:00] [JAPAN] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: Senior members of the nation’s Defense Ministry and Self-Defense Forces have opened accounts on X, formerly Twitter, to counter China’s cognitive warfare by disseminating accurate information quickly.
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[2026-07-19 21:47 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korean President Lee Jae Myung pledged Sunday to help safeguard the world's cultural heritage and promote global peace and prosperity, as South Korea hosted the UNESCO World Heritage Committee for the first time.
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[2026-07-19 21:26 UTC+10:00] [China] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Comments follow call by President Xi Jinping for AI to become a key driving force for all countries to promote shared prosperity
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[2026-07-19 21:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The government has committed an additional P20 million in financial assistance to support the rehabilitation of communities in South Cotabato affected by recent earthquakes, Malacañang said.
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[2026-07-19 21:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — American economist Arthur Laffer said the Philippines' successive increases in tobacco excise taxes may have reached a point where higher tax rates are reducing government revenues while encouraging the growth of the illicit cigarette market.
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[2026-07-19 21:03 UTC+10:00] [言論自由] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: (德國之聲中文網)「我是書店店員」 有罪嗎?香港書展首日,兩家獨立書店「留下書舍」、「田園書屋」遭到搜查,共5人涉嫌煽動罪被捕。涉事書籍包括由台灣「衛城出版社」出版的《唯紅花綻放:習近平時代的認同與歸屬》(Let Only Red Flowers Bloom: Identity and Belonging in Xi Jinping's China,以下簡稱《唯紅花綻放》)。本書作者馮哲芸(Emily Feng)是美國全國公共廣播電台(NPR)的國際記者,曾常駐北京,後遷往台灣。
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[2026-07-19 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: World No 1s Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha crash out of National Table Tennis Championships in semi-finals, weeks after losing in US
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[2026-07-19 21:00 UTC+10:00] [Changsha] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: World No 1s Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha crash out of National Table Tennis Championships in semi-finals, weeks after losing in US
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[2026-07-19 20:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Former speaker Martin Romualdez' lawyer, Ade Fajardo, said on Sunday that there was no evidence against the lawmaker.
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[2026-07-19 20:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: India players stand for a minute of silence in tribute to late cricketer Garfield Sobers at the start of the third ODI between England and India, at Lord’s cricket ground, London, Sunday, July 19, 2026. (Steven Paston/PA via AP)
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[2026-07-19 20:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Authorities in India-administered Kashmir are conducting a mass filtering of books at the region’s prominent libraries and educational institutions over allegations that they carry “objectionable” content, including extolling leaders associated with Kashmir’s pro-freedom movement.
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[2026-07-19 20:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Another powerful new artificial intelligence model from China took the US tech industry by surprise Friday, the latest sign that Chinese startups that publicly release their “open-source” AI technology are making the California titans of AI sweat.
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[2026-07-19 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: ‘Nationally leading resource reserves’ make the province indispensable to Beijing’s push for ‘defence industry mobilisation’, report says
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[2026-07-19 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: ‘Nationally leading resource reserves’ make the province indispensable to Beijing’s push for ‘defence industry mobilisation’, report says
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[2026-07-19 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Universally loved across Western Han society (202 BC–9), Liubo grew from a children’s game into an elite intellectual sport
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[2026-07-19 20:00 UTC+10:00] [China] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Universally loved across Western Han society (202 BC–9), Liubo grew from a children’s game into an elite intellectual sport
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[2026-07-19 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: China’s intangible heritage crafts have evolved from handmade nostalgia into a surging online industry driven by young artisans and buyers
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[2026-07-19 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: China’s intangible heritage crafts have evolved from handmade nostalgia into a surging online industry driven by young artisans and buyers
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[2026-07-19 19:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Five people have been rescued, including a seven-year-old girl, who were stranded at sea off the Indonesian coast for three days after their boat sank south of Sulawesi. A search is ongoing for at least 20 others.
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[2026-07-19 19:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MOSCOW — North Korea's top diplomat has flown to Moscow for talks with her Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov, state media reported Sunday.
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[2026-07-19 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Air China’s daily flights to and from Mongolia mark an important milestone for the country’s efforts to end reliance on Western-built planes
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[2026-07-19 19:00 UTC+10:00] [CFM International LEAP engines] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Air China’s daily flights to and from Mongolia mark an important milestone for the country’s efforts to end reliance on Western-built planes
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[2026-07-19 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The perceived snub has raised questions about the core tensions at the heart of Jakarta’s ‘good-neighbour’ diplomacy
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[2026-07-19 19:00 UTC+10:00] [Israel] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The perceived snub has raised questions about the core tensions at the heart of Jakarta’s ‘good-neighbour’ diplomacy
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[2026-07-19 18:56 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea’s top-ranked Go player Shin Jin-seo pulled off a victory over artificial intelligence program KataGo on Sunday, becoming the first professional player to do so.
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[2026-07-19 18:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The eldest son of the late opposition icon JB Jeyaretnam, Kenneth Jeyaretnam took over the leadership of his father’s party in 2009
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[2026-07-19 18:47 UTC+10:00] [General Elections] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The eldest son of the late opposition icon JB Jeyaretnam, Kenneth Jeyaretnam took over the leadership of his father’s party in 2009
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[2026-07-19 18:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Authorities are rewiring financial architecture to address the systemic risk, breaking the deep structural ties between property and banking
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