Topic: Asia Pacific — Neutral reports only
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[2026-09-23 14:23 UTC+10:00] [Asian Games] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: Cricket is one of the world’s most popular sports, yet in Japan, the bat-and-ball game only enjoys a niche following and lags light years behind baseball in national relevance.
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[2026-09-23 14:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: NAGOYA, Japan, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- Choo Ga-eun was on target for the gold medal in the women's 10-meter air pistol event at the ongoing Asian Games on Wednesday, bringing South Korea its first gold of the competition.
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[2026-09-23 14:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: More than 40,000 cases – which range from mild coughs to pneumonia – involve toddlers
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[2026-09-23 14:19 UTC+10:00] [Editors' Pick] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-09-23 14:13 UTC+10:00] [South China Morning Post] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Court imposes three-year good behaviour bond on Zhao Yiqun, 51, after she was also accused of ordering boy to stand under hot sun at camp
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[2026-09-23 14:13 UTC+10:00] [ASIA PACIFIC] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: Female prisoners in Myanmar are subjected to widespread torture, sexual violence and life-threatening medical neglect, Human Rights Watch said on Wednesday, underlining the chronic ill-treatment of thousands of detainees in the war-torn nation.
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[2026-09-23 14:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Bomberos rocían agua para apagar incendios en el bosque de Kubu Raya, Indonesia, el 12 de septiembre de 2026. (Foto AP/Archivo de Tatan Syuflana)
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[2026-09-23 14:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Financial Times
Snippet: Demetri Sevastopulo in Washington
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[2026-09-23 14:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: A foreign couple performs kagami biraki, a traditional part of a Japanese wedding ceremony, in Kyoto. (Nomad Weddings)
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[2026-09-23 14:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Artists question efforts to develop local talent, highlighting ‘worrying trend’ of global stars with no Malaysian opening act
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[2026-09-23 14:03 UTC+10:00] [Malaysia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Artists question efforts to develop local talent, highlighting ‘worrying trend’ of global stars with no Malaysian opening act
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[2026-09-23 14:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: This photo provided by NOAA shows Hurricane Polo intensifying in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Mexico on Monday, Sept. 21, 2026. (NOAA via AP)
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[2026-09-23 14:01 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Amid heightened volatility, questions grow over whether the market safeguard still serves its purpose
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[2026-09-23 14:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Financial Times
Snippet: "Expert, reliable, considered, actionable opinion"
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[2026-09-23 14:00 UTC+10:00] [Europe] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The US relationship is stabilising, but how will Europe face up to Russia and China if President Le Pen is in power?
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[2026-09-23 13:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Indian companies have the ability to build out lithium iron phosphate cells from scratch without any Chinese help given the pervasiveness of the technology, experts say, but time is of essence given rapid advancements in the sector. (Photo by Amara Raja)
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[2026-09-23 13:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Maryknoll Secondary School said the distributor of the free drinks given out during an athletics meet was not associated with the school.
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[2026-09-23 13:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The Defense on Wednesday urged the impeachment court to retain the 16-vote threshold for conviction, arguing that the Senate had already settled the issue on the first day of trial and that changing it now could undermine the fairness of the proceedings.
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[2026-09-23 13:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: NAGOYA, Japan, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's soft tennis team wrapped up its medal competition at the ongoing Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games with three bronze medals after failing to earn a medal in the singles events Wednesday.
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[2026-09-23 13:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Filipino tennis ace Alex Eala faces Russian Tatiana Prozorova in the round of 16 to begin her campaign at the WTA 500 Singapore Tennis Open at The Kallang on Thursday.
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[2026-09-23 13:34 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Persona AI exec highlights HD Hyundai, Posco alliances to put humanoids on factory floors
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[2026-09-23 13:33 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Hanwha Aerospace and Korea Aerospace Industries have agreed to cooperate on a domestically developed long-range air-to-air missile and its integration with South Korea’s KF-21 fighter jet, the companies said Wednesday.
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[2026-09-23 13:33 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea is committed to strengthening economic cooperation with Europe, Prime Minister Han Seong-sook said Tuesday, stressing the strong foundations of the relationship.
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[2026-09-23 13:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Li calls for service platforms to help companies, particularly SMEs, with functions such as industrial design, pilot testing and maintenance
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[2026-09-23 13:30 UTC+10:00] [AI] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Li calls for service platforms to help companies, particularly SMEs, with functions such as industrial design, pilot testing and maintenance
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[2026-09-23 13:28 UTC+10:00] [Latest Stories] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Inquirer
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Wednesday said he had not yet received the proposed bill seeking to postpone the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections scheduled on November 2.
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[2026-09-23 13:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: UPDATES with more details throughout; ADDS photo)By Park Boram
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[2026-09-23 13:23 UTC+10:00] [Japan] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: New rice varieties give hope that farmers can overcome the climate emergency and a warmer future that threatens harvests
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[2026-09-23 13:19 UTC+10:00] [Editors' Pick] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: The Commission on Audit in Commonwealth Ave., Quezon City.
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[2026-09-23 13:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The Land Transportation Office (LTO) has issued a Show Cause Order against a television host after a viral video allegedly showed the driver operating an SUV without a seatbelt and getting out of the vehicle while it was on the road.
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[2026-09-23 13:13 UTC+10:00] [National News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-09-23 13:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Firefighters spray water to put out wildfires burning through peatland forest in Kubu Raya, West Kalimantan, Indonesia, Sept. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana, File)
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[2026-09-23 13:06 UTC+10:00] [National News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-09-23 13:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Shares of South Korean solar companies Hanwha Solutions and OCI Holdings jumped more than 8% on Wednesday, as U.S. restrictions on Chinese solar products came into focus ahead of the Trump-Xi summit.
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[2026-09-23 13:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: China's ambassador to the United States warned on Wednesday that the country has "red lines" on Taiwan, human rights and other issues that cannot be crossed, ahead of this week's meeting in Washington between the two countries' leaders.
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[2026-09-23 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: A look at the Chinese leader’s aircraft, which is bound to become part of the visual choreography of his state visit in Washington
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[2026-09-23 13:00 UTC+10:00] [zhuan ji] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: A look at the Chinese leader’s aircraft, which is bound to become part of the visual choreography of his state visit in Washington
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[2026-09-23 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- The Bank of Korea (BOK) said Wednesday it had supplied 3.65 trillion won (US$2.69 billion) in new banknotes for this year's Chuseok holiday to meet increased demand.
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[2026-09-23 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- The number of babies born in South Korea rose 11.1 percent in July from a year earlier, marking the 25th consecutive month of increases, government data showed Wednesday.
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[2026-09-23 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: North Korea has continued to try and instill fear into Washington and Seoul, on Sunday firing two short-range ballistic missiles toward the Sea of Japan.
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[2026-09-23 12:58 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The red door from "Guardian: The Lonely and Great God" opens onto a map of Korea. Beyond it lie the gold bars from "Vincenzo," the royal kitchen uniform Im Yoon-ah wore in "Bon Appetit, Your Majesty," and a kiosk that turns a visitor's favorite drama moments into a trip to a Korean city outside Seoul.
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[2026-09-23 12:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Hurricane Polo has rapidly intensified off the coast of Mexico to become one of the most powerful storms of the season in the Pacific Ocean.
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[2026-09-23 12:45 UTC+10:00] [JAPAN] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi pledged to continue Japan’s support for Ukraine at her first summit meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Tuesday.
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[2026-09-23 12:41 UTC+10:00] [JAPAN] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi used her first address to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday to call for an overhaul of the world body — including removing a 1940s-era provision that China has latched onto in its row with Tokyo that refers to Japan as an “enemy state.”
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[2026-09-23 12:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: NAGOYA, Japan, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korea earned silver in the women's 10-meter air pistol team event at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Wednesday, its fourth shooting medal of the competition.
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[2026-09-23 12:35 UTC+10:00] [US foreign policy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Fears persist about Trump ‘sucking up’ to Xi on Taiwan, but few concrete outcomes anticipated from US meeting
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[2026-09-23 12:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: UPDATES with more results from 4th para)By Park Boram
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[2026-09-23 12:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Residents of Pontianak continue their daily activities despite extremely hazardous air quality caused by haze in the capital of Indonesia's West Kalimantan province. The Flamboyan traditional market bustled with vendors and shoppers on Sept. 19. (All photos by Dimas Ardian)
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[2026-09-23 12:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The Melaka state election is Malaysia’s third this year. Anwar’s coalition performed badly at previous polls in Johor and Negeri Sembilan
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[2026-09-23 12:30 UTC+10:00] [Pakatan Harapan] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The Melaka state election is Malaysia’s third this year. Anwar’s coalition performed badly at previous polls in Johor and Negeri Sembilan
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