Topic: Asia Pacific — Neutral reports only
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[2026-09-18 21:00 UTC+10:00] [JAPAN] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: The world’s busiest railway station, located at the heart of Tokyo in Japan, is testing whether mobile robotic rubbish bins can ease the workload of sanitation workers, a rail operator representative said on Friday.
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[2026-09-18 20:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: In a dramatic vote on Thursday, the majority of the six directors of the Tata group's holding company resolved to reappoint the chairman after his current tenure runs out next year, overruling his decision last month to stand down, and indicated it would comply with requirements for a public listing.
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[2026-09-18 20:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Joanna Wietrzyk said she regrets her decision not to withdraw from the race after soiling herself.
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[2026-09-18 20:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 18 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung met with a United Arab Emirates (UAE) official Friday and called for continued cooperation between South Korea and the Gulf state, his office said.
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[2026-09-18 20:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS S. Korea's reaction in para 7)By Yoo Jee-ho
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[2026-09-18 20:37 UTC+10:00] [World / Asia] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Manila: Two students were killed in a school shooting in the southern Philippines on Friday, before the 16-year-old suspected gunman killed himself, provincial officials said.
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[2026-09-18 20:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS details in last 4 paras)By Yoo Jee-ho
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[2026-09-18 20:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal are together home to nearly two billion people, about 23 percent of the world’s population. Even before the war on Iran, the region depended heavily on imported energy, much of it from Gulf countries.
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[2026-09-18 20:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Under the morning sun, women moved briskly through neat rows of bushes, plucking blueberries for Zimbabwe's export market thrown wide open by new trade deals with China.
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[2026-09-18 20:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Facing a hyper-competitive academic market, young educators must publish, secure grants, teach under tight deadlines to avoid dismissal
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[2026-09-18 20:30 UTC+10:00] [China] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Facing a hyper-competitive academic market, young educators must publish, secure grants, teach under tight deadlines to avoid dismissal
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[2026-09-18 20:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Two sides blame each other for deliberate ramming near the contested atoll in the South China Sea, fuelling tensions over strategic waterway
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[2026-09-18 20:30 UTC+10:00] [Jiang] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Two sides blame each other for deliberate ramming near the contested atoll in the South China Sea, fuelling tensions over strategic waterway
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[2026-09-18 20:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: NAGOYA, Japan, Sept. 18 (Yonhap) -- After South Korea outlasted Iran in a low-scoring affair to reach the men's basketball final at the Asian Games on Friday, head coach Nikolajs Mazurs praised his team's defensive work.
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[2026-09-18 20:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A US government website employed an AI model from a Chinese company for users to search proposed federal regulations, despite the FBI accusing the model's developer, Alibaba, of "malicious" copying of US rival Anthropic's technology.
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[2026-09-18 20:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: KOMAKI, Japan, Sept. 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's women's volleyball coach Cha Sang-hyun said Friday he trusted his players to overcome their anxiety after losing the third set in the final group match against Vietnam at the Asian Games in central Japan.
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[2026-09-18 20:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: US Ambassador to South Korea Michelle Steel on Friday highlighted the South Korea-US alliance as the "linchpin" of peace and security on the Korean Peninsula and in the Indo-Pacific.
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[2026-09-18 20:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: The currency market is trying to assess where the Japanese yen is headed after a Bank of Japan interest rate increase. (Photo by Naoko Inoue)
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[2026-09-18 20:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Bayan Resources' coal mines in East Kalimantan. The Indonesian company's shares soared 20% on Sept. 18 after it announced a planned sale of 30% of the stock to a politically well-connected tycoon. (Screenshot from Bayan Resources's website)
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[2026-09-18 20:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: NAGOYA, Japan, Sept. 18 (Yonhap) -- After sending South Korea to its first men's basketball final at an Asian Games in 12 years on Friday, Lee Hyun-jung was in no mood to celebrate, knowing the job is not done and his team has more to give.
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[2026-09-18 20:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The public will pick the penguin’s replacement from among 3 candidates by September 23.
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[2026-09-18 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: AI currently has a more significant impact on office operations than on real estate requirements, CBRE says
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[2026-09-18 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: AI currently has a more significant impact on office operations than on real estate requirements, CBRE says
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[2026-09-18 19:44 UTC+10:00] [Latest Stories] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Inquirer
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The Bangsamoro parliamentary elections on Sept. 14 were a “historic first step” to self-governance in the region, Sen. Loren Legarda said in a statement.
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[2026-09-18 19:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: NAGOYA, Japan, Sept. 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korea defeated Vietnam on Friday in the final women's volleyball preliminary match at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games to secure the top position in Pool D.
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[2026-09-18 19:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Joanna Wietrzyk says she should have stepped off the track at Hyrox Beijing, announces her retroactive withdrawal from race, loss of points
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[2026-09-18 19:30 UTC+10:00] [Puma] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Joanna Wietrzyk says she should have stepped off the track at Hyrox Beijing, announces her retroactive withdrawal from race, loss of points
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[2026-09-18 19:30 UTC+10:00] [World / Asia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Warning: This story contains graphic content
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[2026-09-18 19:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: An intense boardroom dispute is brewing for control of Tata Group, the Indian multinational conglomerate that owns Jaguar Land Rover and Air India, and is a key supplier for Apple.
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[2026-09-18 19:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Presiding Judge Joanna Korner warns parties to ‘avoid speculation’ and urges prosecutors to trim their witness list and evidence
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[2026-09-18 19:26 UTC+10:00] [fake news] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Presiding Judge Joanna Korner warns parties to ‘avoid speculation’ and urges prosecutors to trim their witness list and evidence
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[2026-09-18 19:26 UTC+10:00] [Latest Stories] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Inquirer
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Philippine Coast Guard spokesperson for the West Philippine Sea Rear Adm. Jay Tarriela said that the incident off Palawan involving a Philippine fisheries vessel and the Chinese Coast Guard (CCG) early Friday was “intentional ramming” and not a collision.
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[2026-09-18 19:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Three pupils were killed in a school shooting on the southern Philippines island of Mindanao on Friday, including the 16-year-old suspected gunman who turned the weapon on himself.
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[2026-09-18 19:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-09-18 19:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: UPDATES with details; Eighth Army commander's remarks)
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[2026-09-18 19:14 UTC+10:00] [Northeast Asia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-09-18 19:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS details from para 6, photo)By Yoo Jee-ho
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[2026-09-18 19:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Three students have been confirmed dead, including the shooter. (Reuters: Supplied/Philippine Red Cross)
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[2026-09-18 18:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: NAGOYA, Japan, Sept. 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korea advanced to the men's basketball final of the Asian Games on Friday, beating Iran 77-51 in the semifinals to secure at least the silver medal in Japan.
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[2026-09-18 18:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: NAGOYA, Japan, Sept. 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korea has guaranteed itself at least bronze medals in the men's and women's team events in soft tennis at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Friday.
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[2026-09-18 18:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Researchers find evidence of persistent earthquake activity that has also steadily intensified along two distinct paths
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[2026-09-18 18:51 UTC+10:00] [South Korea] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Researchers find evidence of persistent earthquake activity that has also steadily intensified along two distinct paths
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[2026-09-18 18:50 UTC+10:00] [JAPAN] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: Efforts are underway to widen use of an interim storage facility for spent nuclear fuel in Aomori Prefecture, increasing the number of power plant operators that send fuel there from two to four, but authorities have yet to agree to the plan.
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[2026-09-18 18:36 UTC+10:00] [Spain] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: At least one person dead as stormy weather causes severe flooding in Barcelona and Valencia
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[2026-09-18 18:36 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: For over a decade, I’ve navigated the complexities of North Korean affairs, security, and foreign policy from both Seoul and Washington, D.C. As the National Desk Political Team Lead, I track the pulse of geopolitics, closely following developments from the Unification Ministry and the Foreign Ministry. My mornings start with Rodong Sinmun—North Korea’s state mouthpiece—before diving into the day’s headlines from Seoul and Washington.
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[2026-09-18 18:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Philippine Red Cross workers and local rescue personnel were on the scene
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[2026-09-18 18:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The super-coating, which can help cool buildings, goes into mass production, making the leap from lab to industry
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[2026-09-18 18:27 UTC+10:00] [Hainan] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The super-coating, which can help cool buildings, goes into mass production, making the leap from lab to industry
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[2026-09-18 18:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: President Lee Jae Myung has drawn a firm line against sending troops or assets to the Middle East, defying pressure from Washington
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[2026-09-18 18:26 UTC+10:00] [Lee Jae Myung] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: President Lee Jae Myung has drawn a firm line against sending troops or assets to the Middle East, defying pressure from Washington
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