Topic: Business & Economy — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-20 11:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Shipping data from the London Stock Exchange Group and Kpler showed that two Chinese supertankers carrying about 4 million barrels of crude oil from the Middle East departed the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday after remaining in the Gulf for more than two months.
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[2026-05-20 11:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-05-20 11:40 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Responding to Middle East crises and rising oil prices, the United Nations on Tuesday lowered its forecast for global economic growth and raised the prospects for inflation this year.
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[2026-05-20 11:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: SkyeChip specializes in semiconductor intellectual property and custom chip design. © Getty Images
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[2026-05-20 11:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: SkyeChip specializes in semiconductor intellectual property and custom chip design. © Getty Images
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[2026-05-20 11:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: SkyeChip specializes in semiconductor intellectual property and custom chip design. © Getty Images
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[2026-05-20 11:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The United Nations has lowered its global growth forecast for 2026 to 2.5 percent from an estimated 3 percent last year, citing rising energy costs and weaker trade linked to the US-Israel war on Iran.
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[2026-05-20 11:28 UTC+10:00] [World / North America] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Washington: At a time when his poll numbers are sagging, the economy is sputtering and the war he launched in Iran simply will not end, President Donald Trump spent Tuesday morning (US time) showing off his skills in the profession he feels most comfortable with: real estate.
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[2026-05-20 11:10 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Auto news: These are Australia's safest roads.
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[2026-05-20 11:00 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea's trade ministry and the government of China's Jiangsu Province on Wednesday held a joint forum aimed at promoting economic and trade cooperation between the two sides.
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[2026-05-20 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Products and services compatible with China’s navigation system have captured 58 per cent market share in countries in the trade initiative
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[2026-05-20 11:00 UTC+10:00] [GPS] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Products and services compatible with China’s navigation system have captured 58 per cent market share in countries in the trade initiative
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[2026-05-20 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 20 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's finance minister stressed the importance of building artificial intelligence (AI) capacity in developing countries to achieve sustainable growth during the Group of Seven (G7) finance ministers and central bank governors' meeting, his office said Wednesday.
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[2026-05-20 10:56 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korean stocks opened lower Wednesday as investors tracked overnight losses on Wall Street caused by rising bond yields amid inflation woes.
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[2026-05-20 10:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 20 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's trade ministry and the government of China's Jiangsu Province on Wednesday held a joint forum aimed at promoting economic and trade cooperation between the two sides.
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[2026-05-20 10:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Australia’s Sam Kerr waves following the Women’s Asian Cup quarterfinal soccer match between Australia and North Korea in Perth, Australia, March 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Gary Day, File)
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[2026-05-20 10:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Envoy Bauyrzhan Dosmanbetov attributes growth of local Kazakhstani community to Belt and Road Scholarship programme launched in 2016
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[2026-05-20 10:30 UTC+10:00] [Astana International Exchange] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Envoy Bauyrzhan Dosmanbetov attributes growth of local Kazakhstani community to Belt and Road Scholarship programme launched in 2016
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[2026-05-20 10:20 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Travellers looking for cheap flights on Webjet may find fewer airfare deals in the future after Virgin Australia slashed the commissions it pays the online travel agent to cut out the middleman and send consumers directly to the airline site to maximise sales.
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[2026-05-20 10:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Vietnam’s new AI law requires companies to classify risks and label content such as deepfakes. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Yuji Nitta and Suzu Takahashi)
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[2026-05-20 10:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 20 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks opened higher Wednesday led by tech gains, despite overnight losses on Wall Street caused by rising bond yields amid inflation woes.
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[2026-05-20 10:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: LIVE, FREE and EXCLUSIVE
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[2026-05-20 09:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Dozens of suspected scammers and romance fraudsters have been arrested after specialist financial investigators uncovered organised networks of criminals operating across the UK and Nigeria.
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[2026-05-20 09:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: President Prabowo Subianto, center, at a ceremony on May 13 in which Indonesia's forestry task force symbolically handed over $579 million in fines from companies penalized for environmental and other alleged offenses. (Photo from Indonesia's presidential office)
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[2026-05-20 09:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-05-20 09:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the White House, Thursday, March 26, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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[2026-05-20 09:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Young drivers are being targeted by "ghost brokers" selling fake car insurance online, the finance watchdog has warned.
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[2026-05-20 09:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Nio and Li Auto take different approach to pricing new models, with one executive praising ‘reasonable’ carmakers that raise prices
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[2026-05-20 09:00 UTC+10:00] [Li Auto] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Nio and Li Auto take different approach to pricing new models, with one executive praising ‘reasonable’ carmakers that raise prices
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[2026-05-20 08:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: The four accused companies produce about 95% of the world's dry shipping containers, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. © Reuters
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[2026-05-20 08:34 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-05-20 08:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Brian Mast stressed that American firms must not let the best US technology reach the ‘wrong places’ when it comes to AI industry
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[2026-05-20 08:25 UTC+10:00] [South China Morning Post] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Brian Mast stressed that American firms must not let the best US technology reach the ‘wrong places’ when it comes to AI industry
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[2026-05-20 08:24 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: May 20, 2026 08:24 | News
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[2026-05-20 08:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-05-20 08:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The South Korean-operated vessel HMM NAMU is docked after being damaged from a fire following an explosion in the Strait of Hormuz, at a port in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Friday, May 8, 2026. (Kim Sang-hun/Yonhap via AP)
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[2026-05-20 08:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Foreign tourists get a taste of a bygone era in the well-preserved historic districts of Takayama in Gifu prefecture. (Photo by Hideyuki Miura)
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[2026-05-20 08:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Financial Markets
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[2026-05-20 08:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The Russian leader arrives in China days after Trump in search of an energy deal, with yuan settlements, pricing potentially on the table
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[2026-05-20 08:00 UTC+10:00] [Strait of Hormuz] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The Russian leader arrives in China days after Trump in search of an energy deal, with yuan settlements, pricing potentially on the table
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[2026-05-20 08:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: For many years, Koreans were bitcoin's best friend.
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[2026-05-20 07:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: India produces roughly 70% of the coal it consumes. © Reuters
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[2026-05-20 07:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-05-20 07:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: U.S. President Donald Trump looks on next to, from bottom right, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, top right, Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Apple CEO Tim Cook, top left, and others during a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Thursday, May 14, 2026.
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[2026-05-20 07:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: The Development Bank of Japan will boost its supply of risk capital compared with its previous medium-term plan. (Photo by Kazuho Fujiwara)
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[2026-05-20 07:07 UTC+10:00] [World / North America] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Washington: An unprecedented settlement between President Donald Trump and the US government – which he runs – precludes the tax office from ever pursuing claims against him, his family, their trusts and companies, as well as establishing a “slush fund” to compensate his political allies.
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[2026-05-20 07:06 UTC+10:00] [Finance] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-05-20 07:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The companies are accused of conspiring to restrict output and fix prices during the coronavirus pandemic
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[2026-05-20 07:03 UTC+10:00] [Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The companies are accused of conspiring to restrict output and fix prices during the coronavirus pandemic
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[2026-05-20 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: The chief executives of Nissan, Honda and Toyota, (left to right) Ivan Espinosa, Toshihiro Mibe and Kenta Kon are grappling with a loss of market share to BYD and other Chinese automakers. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Nanami Sato, Tomoki Mera and Yuki Nakao)
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