Topic: Asia Pacific — Neutral reports only
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[2026-09-20 14:00 UTC+10:00] [Japan] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: As heatwaves intensify across Asia, soaring air-conditioner use is threatening power grids and warming urban nights
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[2026-09-20 13:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Among global sovereign wealth funds, the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority and other Middle Eastern entities have significant presence as money providers.
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[2026-09-20 13:54 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea won bronze in the women's team event in soft tennis at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Sunday, its first medal in the sport at this year's competition.
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[2026-09-20 13:50 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Seong Seung-min brought home South Korea's first gold medal at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, winning the women's individual modern pentathlon event.
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[2026-09-20 13:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: NAGOYA, Japan, Sept. 20 (Yonhap) -- South Korea won bronze in the women's team event in soft tennis at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Sunday, its first medal in the sport at this year's competition.
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[2026-09-20 13:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS more detains in paras 2, 4-13, new photos, byline)By Kim Boram
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[2026-09-20 13:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: NAGOYA, Japan, Sept. 20 (Yonhap) -- The men's national basketball team was forced to miss its shootaround Sunday hours before the final of the Asian Games after its scheduled shuttle bus did not show up.
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[2026-09-20 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's greenhouse gas emissions fell 0.9 percent in 2025 from a year earlier, helped by lower output from the industrial and transport sectors, the environment ministry said Sunday.
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[2026-09-20 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Sales of new units in cities like Shanghai and Shenzhen have risen following central government moves designed to revive buyer confidence
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[2026-09-20 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Sales of new units in cities like Shanghai and Shenzhen have risen following central government moves designed to revive buyer confidence
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[2026-09-20 12:59 UTC+10:00] [JAPAN] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: Japan’s foreign ministry has drawn criticism on social media that costumes used in its antiterrorism drill this month were specifically associated with the Middle East and the Islamic world.
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[2026-09-20 12:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS details, photo)
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[2026-09-20 12:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Yonhap) -- The number of Vietnamese nationals holding South Korea's E-7-1 professional visa has nearly doubled over the past four years, data showed Sunday.
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[2026-09-20 12:48 UTC+10:00] [ASIA PACIFIC] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: New Delhi – Five baby orangutans abandoned in an Indian forest have exposed a “massive” exotic wildlife trade, with traffickers smuggling increasingly rare species into the country, experts say.
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[2026-09-20 12:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: ANJO, Japan, Sept. 20 (Yonhap) -- Seong Seung-min brought home South Korea's first gold medal at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, winning the women's individual modern pentathlon event.
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[2026-09-20 12:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
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[2026-09-20 12:21 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea's first medal of the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games came from road cycling on Sunday, as Shin Ji-eun grabbed bronze in the women's individual time trial event.
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[2026-09-20 12:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Many noted the ultimate irony of the man using the same AI chatbot to draft a lawsuit against its developer for allegedly giving him faulty advice
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[2026-09-20 12:21 UTC+10:00] [Chinese] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Many noted the ultimate irony of the man using the same AI chatbot to draft a lawsuit against its developer for allegedly giving him faulty advice
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[2026-09-20 12:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, left, and Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama met for the first time after the coordinated intervention. (Source photos obtained by Nikkei)
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[2026-09-20 12:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: NAGOYA, Japan, Sept. 20 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's first medal of the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games came from road cycling on Sunday, as Shin Ji-eun grabbed bronze in the women's individual time trial event.
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[2026-09-20 12:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: Facebook X More Pinterest Linked in Tumblr Reddit Facebook Messenger Copy URL URL is copied. OK
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[2026-09-20 12:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Yonhap) -- The unification ministry has drawn up a list of more than 1,400 medical items, including automated external defibrillators, to send to North Korea as part of a humanitarian medical support program, a document showed Sunday.
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[2026-09-20 12:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: A few years ago, Red Dunes Games arrived at the Tokyo Game Show looking for introductions.
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[2026-09-20 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Suspects should learn what to do before being detained, lawyers say, as they might spend months cut off from legal counsel
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[2026-09-20 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Suspects should learn what to do before being detained, lawyers say, as they might spend months cut off from legal counsel
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[2026-09-20 11:43 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Staff reporter at The Korea Herald’s National Desk, based in Seoul. Covers South Korea’s national security and foreign policy, with a focus on the Defense, Foreign and Unification Ministries, as well as the National Assembly.Before entering journalism, served as an Air Force officer. Experience includes providing translation and interpretation, as well as strategic input for planning efforts, at the ROK-US Combined Forces Command.
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[2026-09-20 11:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Yonhap) -- South Korea ranked near the bottom of Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) member countries in income redistribution through taxes and welfare systems, latest data showed Sunday.
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[2026-09-20 11:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: If productions need not be set in China to be seen as Chinese, why must Hong Kong films rely on language or place as proof of identity?
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[2026-09-20 11:30 UTC+10:00] [Thailand] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: If productions need not be set in China to be seen as Chinese, why must Hong Kong films rely on language or place as proof of identity?
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[2026-09-20 11:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: A woman from China's central Sichuan province shows off her Lolita look at an anime and gaming-themed event in Shanghai in July. (Photo by Tomoko Wakasugi)
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[2026-09-20 11:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Yonhap) -- Parental leave benefits paid to foreign workers in South Korea doubled over the past year, data showed Sunday.
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[2026-09-20 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The city state is emerging as a regional hub for turning frontier AI models into practical applications
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[2026-09-20 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The city state is emerging as a regional hub for turning frontier AI models into practical applications
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[2026-09-20 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The project has reversed decades of desertification, but scientists warn the battle is far from over.
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[2026-09-20 10:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Takumi Hojo holds off China’s Zhang Xiuri to win men’s race in Nagoya. Hong Kong pair Robin Elg and Oscar Coggins finish sixth and seventh
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[2026-09-20 10:44 UTC+10:00] [Hong Kong] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Takumi Hojo holds off China’s Zhang Xiuri to win men’s race in Nagoya. Hong Kong pair Robin Elg and Oscar Coggins finish sixth and seventh
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[2026-09-20 10:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: About a month after JPMorgan analysts toured Tesla's Fremont factory and confirmed a "targeted four-month transition following the end of S/X production in May" to humanoid production lines, a new report on Friday says that Tesla engineers arrived in China to inspect robotics component suppliers, as Elon Musk appears to be moving closer and closer toward the commercialization of humanoid robots.
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[2026-09-20 10:10 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea is set to begin its gold medal campaign in earnest Sunday as the medal race at the 20th Asian Games got underway in Nagoya and Aichi Prefecture.
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[2026-09-20 10:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Indonesia’s President Prabowo Subianto voiced strong support for the Palestinians on Saturday, calling the situation in Gaza a source of deep pain and declaring “Free Palestine!” during a major Islamic gathering, months after he said Israel’s security must be recognized as part of achieving Middle East peace.
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[2026-09-20 10:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Aukus inquiry testimony in Australia cast Indonesia as a foe in a hypothetical war, reviving old suspicions
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[2026-09-20 10:00 UTC+10:00] [Indonesia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Aukus inquiry testimony in Australia cast Indonesia as a foe in a hypothetical war, reviving old suspicions
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[2026-09-20 09:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: A tropical bloom garnishes a chilled, creamy coffee at a Ho Chi Minh City cafe. After more than three decades away, the author returned to find a lively and diverse cafe scene. (All photos by Stephen Mansfield except where indicated)
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[2026-09-20 09:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-09-20 09:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing’s ambitions for scientific leadership require not just investment but trust from the international community and the Chinese public
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[2026-09-20 09:15 UTC+10:00] [Ministry of Education] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing’s ambitions for scientific leadership require not just investment but trust from the international community and the Chinese public
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[2026-09-20 08:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Federal Government
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[2026-09-20 07:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Rather than geopolitical manoeuvring or calculation, this diplomatic label aims to convey seriousness, patience and a willingness to work for mutual long-term benefit
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[2026-09-20 07:30 UTC+10:00] [New Delhi] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Rather than geopolitical manoeuvring or calculation, this diplomatic label aims to convey seriousness, patience and a willingness to work for mutual long-term benefit
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[2026-09-20 07:30 UTC+10:00] [West Philippine Sea] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Inquirer
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The United States and Canada affirmed the Philippines’ position on Friday’s attack on one of its vessels, with both countries calling that incident a “deliberate ramming” by the China Coast Guard (CCG).
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