Topic: Asia — Neutral reports only
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[2025-12-09 13:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Global banks cite lack of urgency in policy signals; Wall Street retreat adds pressure on sentiment
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[2025-12-09 12:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Cho Jin-woong has quit acting after a decades-old robbery conviction shattered a public image built playing morally upright heroes
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[2025-12-09 12:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The city should lead by directing capital to projects that modernise grids, electrify transport and accelerate green supply chains
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[2025-12-09 12:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2025-12-09 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Many users and opposition politicians accuse Taiwan’s ruling party of overreach and damaging island’s reputation for open internet access
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[2025-12-09 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Careful 28-year-old only takes half recommended dose, suffers nausea, appetite loss before slipping into a critical condition
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[2025-12-09 09:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The move has upset China hawks in Washington, who are concerned that selling more advanced AI chips to Beijing could help boost its military
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[2025-12-09 09:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: As advanced economies ramp up military expenditures, they have multiple goals - including a reduced reliance on China in defence supply chains
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[2025-12-09 06:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Thailand launched airstrikes along its disputed border with Cambodia on Monday morning, the Thai military said, with both countries accusing each other of restarting the conflict.
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[2025-12-09 06:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: This analysis begins with reflecting on Shayani Jayasinghe’s insights. Shayani is a Senior Researcher at the Bandaranaike Academy for Leadership & Public Policy, and currently a Visiting Lecturer at the Department of International Relations at BCIS. Shayani’s insights were invaluable to the construction of the arguments in this paper.
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[2025-12-09 06:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Two Badminton officials Lakpirya Edirisinghe and Chathuranga Vishwanath will officiate in the HSBC BWF World Tour finals which is scheduled to be held in Hangzhou, China from December 17 to 21. This is one of the biggest BWF tournaments and leading shuttlers in the world will take part in this event which gives good exposure for the shuttlers as well as good test for the officials.
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[2025-12-09 03:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: A powerful 7.6-magnitude earthquake struck near Misawa, Japan, on Monday evening; however, Sri Lankan authorities have confirmed that the event poses no danger to the island.
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[2025-12-09 02:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Karibu watu 35,000 waishio kwenye maeneo ya mpaka nchini Thailand tayari wamehamishwa, hii ikiwa ni kulingana na vikosi vinavyohudumu kaskazinimashariki, kaskazini na kusini mwa Thailand.
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[2025-12-09 02:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Shirika hilo limesema tetemeko la ardhi lenye ukubwa wa 7.2, kipimo cha Richter limetokea pwani ya Aomori na Hokkaido.
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[2025-12-09 02:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2025-12-09 01:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The airline must pay over US$410,000 per passenger in China’s first formal compensation ruling on flight that vanished 11 years ago
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[2025-12-09 01:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Jetzt also doch: Von diesem Sonntag bis zum Mittwoch kommender Woche reist Bundesaußenminister Johann Wadephul nach China. Zu besprechen gibt es mit der chinesischen Regierung so einiges. Vor allem aber dürfte Wadephul hoffen, dass die Atmosphäre stimmt. Denn die ließ zuletzt zu wünschen übrig.
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[2025-12-09 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Inspired by ‘novel sustainable technology’ research, the team designs a single, powerful system using solar energy for extraction
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[2025-12-08 23:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Commerce vice-minister urges German industry leaders to leverage their clout to push the European Commission towards a compromise on the anti-subsidy probe
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[2025-12-08 23:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Critical minerals, semiconductors and other commodities dominate talks as Johann Wadephul begins trip to China aimed at addressing trade
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[2025-12-08 23:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The idea of an autonomous bloc engaging Beijing from a position of strength and independence collapses when its toothless leaders visit
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[2025-12-08 22:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Celebrities and high-profile influencers also under scrutiny, with regulators pursuing hundreds of such cases in recent years
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[2025-12-08 22:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: More than 5 million investors vied for allotments in the chipmaker’s share offering, which aims to raise US$594 million
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[2025-12-08 22:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Lauda dominated the 1976 championship until his fiery accident at the Nürburgring. Forty-two days later, the Austrian was back in his Ferrari. Before the season finale in Japan, he was still three points ahead of Hunt. However, in heavy rain, Lauda parked his car shortly after the start. "Life is more important to me," he said.
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[2025-12-08 22:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: China’s exports returned to growth in November following an unexpected contraction the month before, although shipments to the United States dropped nearly 29% from a year earlier in an eighth straight month of double-digit declines.
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[2025-12-08 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The ferry, named after monk seen as symbol of cultural exchange, has been suspended ‘due to a request from the Chinese side’, operator says
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[2025-12-08 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The China Securities Regulatory Commission seeks a performance-based salary mechanism at the country’s 160 mutual fund houses
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[2025-12-08 21:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Thousands of civilians along the Thailand-Cambodia border are fleeing after an escalation of violence between the two countries.
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[2025-12-08 21:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Wadephul amesema hayo alipozungumza na Waziri wa Biashara wa China Wang Wentao.
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[2025-12-08 21:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Commerce Minister Wang Wentao’s remarks echo similar calls by other senior officials ahead of annual central economic work conference
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[2025-12-08 21:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul stressed the importance of fair and rule-based trade as he began his two-day visit to China on Monday.
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[2025-12-08 21:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: State Security Minister Chen Yixin says ‘unipolar hegemony’ is on the wane in article for party newspaper that does not directly mention US
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[2025-12-08 21:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Pete Hegseth says US is committed to putting ‘America first’ and avoiding involvement in foreign entanglements
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[2025-12-08 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: French president says EU could copy American protectionism, warning that a lopsided flow of goods results in China ‘effectively killing their own customers’
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[2025-12-08 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Celebrated writer who was born with cerebral palsy cuts a controversial figure with her openness about the sexual desires of women
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[2025-12-08 20:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: A China Airlines cargo plane carrying relief supplies worth Rs. 400 million for disaster-affected communities in Sri Lanka landed at Katunayake Airport this morning (08).
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[2025-12-08 20:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Producing globally competitive models makes China a close peer of the US in AI development
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[2025-12-08 20:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Trump strategy omits North Korea denuclearistation; Pyongyang calls goal meaningless, demands US drop ‘absurd pursuit’ of its nuclear weapons
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[2025-12-08 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: China’s bachelor crisis meets Nepal’s poverty in a trade that blurs the lines between arranged marriage and coercion
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[2025-12-08 18:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Genetic modification improves environmental credentials of ‘particularly promising’ substitute that outperforms poultry, study finds
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[2025-12-08 18:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Madrid’s ambitious strategy may hinge on attracting more Chinese investment, giving China’s firms greater leverage, analysts say
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[2025-12-08 18:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Kasar Thailand ta kaddamar da hare-hare ta sama a kan iyakarta da Cambodia da ake takaddama a kai a safiyar Litinin, harin na zuwa ne yayin da kasashen biyu ke zargin juna da fara takalar fada.
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[2025-12-08 18:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Japan is not in a position to ‘implement’ the Thuan 2 project plant, Japanese ambassador says
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[2025-12-08 18:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Securities companies should redouble efforts to help turn China into a global financial powerhouse, says CSRC chairman Wu Qing
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[2025-12-08 17:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: ‘His beginning wasn’t great, but he finished the game better,’ coach says
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[2025-12-08 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Youngster bites marriage gift to pieces, says he cannot remember whom he gave bits to; father beats child when he denies knowing the value of gold
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[2025-12-08 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: China’s ‘capabilities in long-range, unmanned combat operations mean we can neutralise any threat with precision’, commentator tells CCTV
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[2025-12-08 16:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Baidu’s Kunlunxin unit is eyeing a Hong Kong listing amid brisk deal activity among China’s chipmakers
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[2025-12-08 16:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Analysts said the decision-making body’s phrasing on the international trade environment suggests a cautious stance next year despite US truce
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[2025-12-08 15:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Thailand says the F-16 strikes were ‘executed with caution’ against military targets to neutralise a threat to national security
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