Topic: Asia Pacific — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-18 23:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By William Jones, a special commentator for CGTN, is a former Washington bureau chief for Executive Intelligence Review News Service and a non-resident fellow of the Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies
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[2026-05-18 23:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By William Jones, a special commentator for CGTN, is a former Washington bureau chief for Executive Intelligence Review News Service and a non-resident fellow of the Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies
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[2026-05-18 23:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One, Friday, May 15, 2026, as he returns from a trip to Beijing, China. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
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[2026-05-18 23:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The House of Representatives on Monday honored BINI for making history at Coachella as the the first Filipino pop group to perform at the music festival.
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[2026-05-18 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Some in Taiwan argue the island’s leader and his ruling Democratic Progressive Party are rolling back decades of rhetoric under US pressure
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[2026-05-18 23:00 UTC+10:00] [Beijing] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Some in Taiwan argue the island’s leader and his ruling Democratic Progressive Party are rolling back decades of rhetoric under US pressure
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[2026-05-18 22:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The vice-president’s impeachment trial starts amid chaos in the Senate from leadership battles and the fallout from her father’s ICC case
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[2026-05-18 22:51 UTC+10:00] [Senate] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The vice-president’s impeachment trial starts amid chaos in the Senate from leadership battles and the fallout from her father’s ICC case
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[2026-05-18 22:30 UTC+10:00] [South China Morning Post] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Expo in Harbin highlights expanding economic ties amid rising geopolitical and trade uncertainties
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[2026-05-18 22:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Expo in Harbin highlights expanding economic ties amid rising geopolitical and trade uncertainties
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[2026-05-18 22:28 UTC+10:00] [Latest Stories] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Inquirer
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Complaints poured in on the final day of voter registration for the 2026 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) after some Commission on Elections (Comelec) offices stopped accommodating applicants hours before the official closing time.
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[2026-05-18 22:11 UTC+10:00] [Editors' Pick] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-05-18 22:00 UTC+10:00] [California] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Eileen Wang, 58, worked with China to promote Beijing’s interests and could face up to 10 years in federal prison
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[2026-05-18 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: China’s top foreign exchange regulator said in an article that authorities would seek to keep the yuan ‘basically stable’
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[2026-05-18 22:00 UTC+10:00] [Tommie Fang] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: China’s top foreign exchange regulator said in an article that authorities would seek to keep the yuan ‘basically stable’
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[2026-05-18 21:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-05-18 21:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Futures are lower, but off their overnight lows as markets focus on soaring global yields after US/Iran talk progress remains stalled (but at least armed hostilities did not resume contrary to some speculation). Yields also spiked on rising oil prices, concerns of an extra budget in Japan and continued political chaos in the UK.
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[2026-05-18 21:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines—The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) on Monday condemned the “terror-grooming” of the Communist Party of the Philippines, New People’s Army, and National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) as another former student leader died in an encounter between military forces and insurgents in Negros Occidental recently.
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[2026-05-18 21:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. speaks with Japanese media, including Nikkei Asia, in Manila on May 18. (Photo by Ken Kobayashi)
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[2026-05-18 21:34 UTC+10:00] [Editors' Pick] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-05-18 21:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A woman walks by a map showing Evergrande development projects in China, as she heads to an Evergrande city plaza in Beijing on Sept. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)
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[2026-05-18 21:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Charging limits and rising insurance costs could slow the global march of electric vehicles, BNP Paribas tells Hong Kong conference
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[2026-05-18 21:13 UTC+10:00] [BNP Paribas] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Charging limits and rising insurance costs could slow the global march of electric vehicles, BNP Paribas tells Hong Kong conference
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[2026-05-18 21:10 UTC+10:00] [World / Asia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The Maldives and Italy’s Foreign Ministry say rescuers have located the bodies of four Italian divers believed to be deep inside an underwater cave in a Maldive atoll.
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[2026-05-18 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing says suspects helped others bypass flight restrictions, posing risks to national security
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[2026-05-18 21:00 UTC+10:00] [drones] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing says suspects helped others bypass flight restrictions, posing risks to national security
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[2026-05-18 20:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The company will force divestment from two individuals and four companies due to Chinese affiliation
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[2026-05-18 20:59 UTC+10:00] [Rare Earths] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The company will force divestment from two individuals and four companies due to Chinese affiliation
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[2026-05-18 20:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Downward momentum in South Korean stocks was halted on Monday as optimism returned to Samsung Electronics after the company and its union reopened talks to resolve contract disputes and avert a strike that could begin as soon as Thursday.
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[2026-05-18 20:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Russian drones have hit two ships in the Black Sea approaching ports in Ukraine’s Odesa region, including a Chinese-owned cargo vessel, one day before Russian President Vladimir Putin heads to Beijing to meet Xi Jinping.
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[2026-05-18 20:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 18 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung on Monday visited the site of a 2024 plane crash in southwestern South Korea that claimed 179 lives, urging a thorough reinvestigation after the initial probe was found to have failed to fully recover the victims' remains.
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[2026-05-18 20:48 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Starbucks Korea apologized Monday over an online promotional event after it faced backlash for allegedly evoking painful memories of South Korea's authoritarian past on the anniversary of the 1980 pro-democracy movement.
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[2026-05-18 20:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: The Senate has convened as an impeachment court. Cayetano will serve as presiding officer in the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte. He took his oath, vowing to administer “impartial justice according to the Constitution and the laws of the Philippines.” The 22 senators present also took their oath as senator-judges.
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[2026-05-18 20:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines —The Department of Justice (DOJ) has recommended the filing of criminal charges against Senator Jinggoy Estrada, several officials of the Department of Public Works and Highways, and other individuals over their alleged involvement in a multi-billion-peso corruption scheme tied to flood control and national infrastructure projects.
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[2026-05-18 20:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: South Korea’s Lotus Lantern Festival, or Yeon Deung Hoe, was added to Unesco’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2020.
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[2026-05-18 20:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The US is examining the possibility of establishing a secure artificial intelligence base in Israel’s Negev Desert as part of a broader effort to protect advanced technology from Chinese espionage and cement American dominance in the AI race, Michael Doran and Zineb Riboua of the Hudson Institute wrote in a Wall Street Journal op-ed published last week.
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[2026-05-18 20:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Tuesday held off any comment amid the unpredictability in the Senate, particularly the issue on leadership.
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[2026-05-18 20:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: PwC International seeks removal from case as liquidators press claims against global arm as well as the Hong Kong and mainland China units
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[2026-05-18 20:03 UTC+10:00] [Eddie Middleton] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: PwC International seeks removal from case as liquidators press claims against global arm as well as the Hong Kong and mainland China units
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[2026-05-18 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Seizing on the UAE’s Opec exit and a new EU trade pact, India’s PM looks to lock-in long-term energy supply and economic dividends
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[2026-05-18 20:00 UTC+10:00] [Netherlands] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Seizing on the UAE’s Opec exit and a new EU trade pact, India’s PM looks to lock-in long-term energy supply and economic dividends
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[2026-05-18 20:00 UTC+10:00] [China] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: ‘Sloppy and unhygienic’ looking grandfather gets cleaned up by nanny he met in shop; faces fight with his son over ownership of home
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[2026-05-18 19:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine national selections for the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest Asia have been announced.
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[2026-05-18 19:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 18 (Yonhap) -- Bae Jun-ho was one of the stars for South Korea in their run to the semifinals at the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup. And last Saturday, Bae became the only one of the 21 players from that U-20 team to be called up for the senior World Cup this summer.
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[2026-05-18 19:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Prominent hardliner Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, speaker of Iran’s parliament, is a veteran of peace talks with the US
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[2026-05-18 19:35 UTC+10:00] [Ningxia University] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Prominent hardliner Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, speaker of Iran’s parliament, is a veteran of peace talks with the US
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[2026-05-18 19:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Raul Lambino, Association for Philippines-China Understanding Inc. chairman and president (holding microphone), announces during a press conference the three awardees for the 2026 6th Award for Promoting Philippines-China Understanding . The awarded were led by former national security adviser Clarita Carlos and include Zhang Zhaodong, a rice hybrid technology expert from China.
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[2026-05-18 19:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: BEIJING (AP) — Un terremoto de magnitud 5,2 sacudió el lunes la región de Guangxi, en el sur de China, causando la muerte de dos personas, la caída de edificios y la evacuación de miles de habitantes, informó la prensa estatal.
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[2026-05-18 19:15 UTC+10:00] [South China Morning Post] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Fresh allocation brings total funding to HK$18 billion over five years
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[2026-05-18 19:13 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Hyundai Motor Co. said the prolonged slowdown in electric vehicle demand has ended in Korea following signs of a rebound in the first quarter, as it pushes a more aggressive EV strategy.
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