Topic: Business & Economy — Neutral reports only
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[2026-08-26 13:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Inflation eased again in July but some economists believe it has heightened the risk of an interest rate hike. (ABC News: Danielle Bonica)
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[2026-08-26 13:47 UTC+10:00] [Business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: Already have Rappler+? Sign in to listen to groundbreaking journalism.
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[2026-08-26 13:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Japanese Minister of Finance Satsuki Katayama delivers a video address at the Nikkei Asia Forum Sydney on Aug. 26. (Photo by Ken Kobayashi)
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[2026-08-26 13:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Japanese Minister of Finance Satsuki Katayama delivers a video address at the Nikkei Asia Forum Sydney on Aug. 26. (Photo by Ken Kobayashi)
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[2026-08-26 13:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Two brothers from Hornell, New York, were arrested and charged with hate crimes after allegedly stealing an Israeli flag from a flagpole outside a business and later setting it on fire at their home.
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[2026-08-26 13:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Dubai International Airport (DXB) expects "stronger momentum" in the second half of the year as airlines restore their route networks and transit traffic recovers, after the Iran war dented travel demand at the hub in the second quarter.
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[2026-08-26 13:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Dubai International Airport (DXB) expects to retain its position as the world's busiest this year, despite a 42 per cent drop in second-quarter passenger traffic as the Iran war disrupted travel.
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[2026-08-26 13:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the US is considering renaming Lake Ontario to “Lake America” amid escalating trade tensions with Canada.
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[2026-08-26 13:11 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: A foreign delivery rider affiliated with a delivery agency in Gwangju was penalized for violating immigration law earlier this year, but the business operator was not, raising questions over how the rider had been able to work.
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[2026-08-26 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: As next-gen EV tech accelerates, the global standard agency’s nod could allow Beijing to export its domestic testing benchmarks worldwide
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[2026-08-26 13:00 UTC+10:00] [Europe] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: As next-gen EV tech accelerates, the global standard agency’s nod could allow Beijing to export its domestic testing benchmarks worldwide
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[2026-08-26 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's fair trade watchdog on Wednesday imposed a fine and issued a corrective order against Duo Information Co., a major matchmaking firm, for exaggerating the number of its members with professional occupations and degrees from prestigious universities.
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[2026-08-26 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Yonhap) -- Banks' household mortgage loan rates rose for the third consecutive month to the highest point in two years and eight months in July on rising market interest, central bank data showed Wednesday.
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[2026-08-26 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Yonhap) -- The number of South Koreans who moved to new residences decreased in July from a year earlier amid a decline in housing transactions, data showed Wednesday.
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[2026-08-26 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Yonhap) -- The number of babies born in South Korea rose 6.7 percent on-year to 254,300 in 2025, data showed Wednesday, while the country's fertility rate edged up to 0.8, signaling a possible turning point in the prolonged demographic decline of Asia's No. 4 economy.
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[2026-08-26 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: In April last year, just months after Bashar Al Assad’s regime fell in Syria, Saudi Arabia and Qatar agreed to settle that country’s outstanding debts to the World Bank. At just $15 million, the amount was small enough to, perhaps, prompt a double-take among those paying attention. But it highlighted the extent of Syria’s isolation from the global economy, and the international community at large, during much of the Assad family’s five-decade rule.
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[2026-08-26 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Here’s the short version of what it takes for a family of four to live comfortably in 2026 by state:
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[2026-08-26 12:50 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: August 26, 2026 12:50 | News
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[2026-08-26 12:47 UTC+10:00] [Business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: CHIEF ECONOMIST. Department of Economy, Planning, and Development Secretary Arsenio Balisacan.
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[2026-08-26 12:42 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Gateway Mining has tacked another kilometre of strike onto its emerging Cowza gold discovery in Western Australia’s Yandal project, 85km northeast of Wiluna in WA, extending the continuous mineralised system an additional 1000m to an impressive 4.5 kilometres. The latest aircore drilling results from the step-out program include an 8-metre hit grading 2.1 grams per tonne gold.
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[2026-08-26 12:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-26 12:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: OTTAWA — Canada on Tuesday announced counter-tariffs on US goods ranging between 15 and 50 percent, intensifying the trade war between the historically close allies.
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[2026-08-26 12:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Yonhap) -- Five local commercial banks were among the top seven institutions in foreign exchange trading over the past year, a market operator said Wednesday.
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[2026-08-26 12:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The PVL Invitational Conference gets down to business on Aug. 31 at the Araneta Coliseum, with four of the Premier Volleyball League’s top clubs taking on powerhouse teams from Thailand and Vietnam in a six-team sprint that promises little room for error.
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[2026-08-26 12:30 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Australia’s illegal tobacco trade has become a matter of national security after entrenching criminal networks that can be exploited by terrorists, the Coalition’s taskforce on the black market has warned, as the party weighs up slashing the excise by up to 80 per cent.
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[2026-08-26 12:23 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-08-26 12:17 UTC+10:00] [BUSINESS] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: The government will continue measures to keep retail prices of regular gasoline at around ¥170 per liter amid ongoing instability in the Middle East, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Tuesday.
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[2026-08-26 12:16 UTC+10:00] [Woolworths] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: CEO claims more customers buying more led to $175m surge in net profit as Ooshies craze boosts sales
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[2026-08-26 12:15 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The Reserve Bank’s next meeting may have to consider another interest rate rise after new figures showed inflation failing to slow as quickly as the bank had hoped.
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[2026-08-26 12:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The confrontation between the United States and Iran has entered a new phase. The military conflict that dominated headlines earlier this year is increasingly giving way to a broader contest of economic pressure, maritime security, diplomacy, and great-power competition. This is part of the changing world order, as the conflict accelerates new trends around the world.
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[2026-08-26 12:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: China's Huawei is licensing key Wi-Fi technology to American PC maker HP. (Source photos by Reuters)
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[2026-08-26 12:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: BEIJING — U.S.-based personal computing and printing firm HP has signed a multi-year global agreement for licensing certain WiFi patents from Chinese telecoms giant Huawei, the companies announced Wednesday.
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[2026-08-26 12:00 UTC+10:00] [Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: LONDON — As Britain’s children head back to school, its new prime minister needs to decide exactly how he wants to keep them off social media.
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[2026-08-26 11:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: COLOGNE, Germany — The video game industry is notoriously tight-lipped about its numbers, filled with members-only metrics like wishlists, pre-orders and player numbers, so it can be hard to know which games have actually proven popular and turned a profit.
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[2026-08-26 11:35 UTC+10:00] [Business / The economy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
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[2026-08-26 11:30 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Manhattan Gold Corporation has delivered another round of strong, broad gold intercepts from its Jaws prospect in Nunavut, Canada, with drilling extending the known mineralised system by more than 150 metres to the southwest.
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[2026-08-26 11:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Oil fell Wednesday, amid easing concerns about military conflict as the U.S. leans towards economic sanctions to pressure Iran.
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[2026-08-26 11:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: A major consultancy firm under fire for misconduct in its audit business is cutting its local workforce following a suspension from applying for new government contracts.
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[2026-08-26 11:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Hello, this is Hui Jie writing to you from Singapore. Welcome to another edition of CNBC's Daily Open.
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[2026-08-26 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Chinese biotech firms are already working on more than 100 cancer vaccines. Now, many are seeing their shares surge amid Moderna’s breakthrough
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[2026-08-26 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Chinese biotech firms are already working on more than 100 cancer vaccines. Now, many are seeing their shares surge amid Moderna’s breakthrough
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[2026-08-26 10:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Analysts stress that future tenders will require greater flexibility and longer bidding windows to encourage more competition
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[2026-08-26 10:32 UTC+10:00] [China Merchants Land] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Analysts stress that future tenders will require greater flexibility and longer bidding windows to encourage more competition
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[2026-08-26 10:15 UTC+10:00] [Business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-08-26 10:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: President Donald Trump's move last week to scale back annual military drills with South Korea came as Seoul finalizes hundreds of billions of dollars in investment commitments to Washington.
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[2026-08-26 10:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping arrive a state dinner at the Great Hall of the People May 14, 2026, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
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[2026-08-26 10:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: With voters anxious over inflation, swapping cabinet faces offers a convenient distraction from economic pain
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[2026-08-26 10:00 UTC+10:00] [Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: With voters anxious over inflation, swapping cabinet faces offers a convenient distraction from economic pain
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[2026-08-26 10:00 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The 2026 Global Bio Conference opened on Wednesday, bringing together regulators, industry leaders and researchers to discuss emerging biopharmaceutical technologies and the regulatory frameworks needed to bring them to market.
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[2026-08-26 09:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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