Topic: Business & Economy — Neutral reports only
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-18 20:30 UTC+10:00] [National / Queensland] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Welcome to Brisbane Times’ Queensland public sector column, Public Circus. This week: a former deputy premier and chief spinner reunite, a council U-turn on e-bikes, arts funding funny business, and QPAC board curiosities.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-18 20:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The UAE has introduced a unified salary payment deadline for all private sector staff, mandating that wages must be paid by the first day of every month starting from June 1.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[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
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[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
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-18 20:00 UTC+10:00] [Business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Proposed IRS data sharing with immigration authorities and ICE raids have made filing risky for those who are undocumented
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-18 20:00 UTC+10:00] [Endangered species] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Rising demand for exotic pets is pushing many gibbon species to extinction, with their strong family bonds making them especially vulnerable to the brutal trade
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[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
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[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
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-18 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-18 19:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Analysts expect the company’s AI marketing services base to steadily grow to reduce declines in advertising revenue and boost profits
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-18 19:57 UTC+10:00] [Baidu] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Analysts expect the company’s AI marketing services base to steadily grow to reduce declines in advertising revenue and boost profits
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-18 19:45 UTC+10:00] [Sport / AFL] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Essendon star Zach Merrett is again weighing up his future at Tullamarine, with rival clubs increasingly of the belief the former captain will seek a trade at season’s end after last year’s failed push to join Hawthorn.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-18 19:31 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Freshly cashed-up with a new $1.8 million war chest, PLC Resources has wasted no time putting the drill bit to work, kicking off a maiden reverse circulation drilling program at its Rochefort gold prospect in Western Australia’s prolific Murchison region.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-18 19:25 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Jim Chalmers’ fifth federal budget handed down last week was the worst-received economic statement since the Resolve Political Monitor began tracking voter perceptions of the budget in May 2021.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-18 19:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Felicien Kabuga, once among Rwanda’s richest businessmen and later accused of helping finance the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi, has died in detention while awaiting further legal proceedings before a UN-backed tribunal in The Hague.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-18 19:15 UTC+10:00] [Business / The economy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: In Qatar, a desert peninsula protruding into the Persian Gulf, natural gas turned the country from a pearl-diving backwater into one of the world’s wealthiest nations.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-18 19:08 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Augustus Minerals has topped up its war chest with a $2.5 million placement to fast-track a second round of drilling at its Music Well gold project near Leonora in WA, after a stunning maiden drill campaign recently hit wide zones of gold mineralisation.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-18 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Seoul is considering using a rarely used emergency power to halt a strike that could cost the economy US$67 billion
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-18 19:00 UTC+10:00] [University of Seoul] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Seoul is considering using a rarely used emergency power to halt a strike that could cost the economy US$67 billion
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-18 18:55 UTC+10:00] [Oil] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Trump warning over peace talks drives up crude price as UK gilts hit by uncertainty over Starmer leadership
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-18 18:53 UTC+10:00] [Cooperation] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: PARIS — U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Monday urged allies to sanction Iran as peace talks between the two countries continue to stall.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-18 18:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The renewed pullback in Chinese EV stocks follows a brief rally that was driven by expectations of rising demand for alternative energy
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-18 18:44 UTC+10:00] [Li Auto] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The renewed pullback in Chinese EV stocks follows a brief rally that was driven by expectations of rising demand for alternative energy
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-18 18:43 UTC+10:00] [Business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: Already have Rappler+? Sign in to listen to groundbreaking journalism.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-18 18:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Brent rose 1.78 per cent to $111.20, while WTI gained 2.08% to $107.60, as risk assets weakened.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-18 18:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: While Japan remains the most developed market, property investors are finding new opportunities elsewhere in the region
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-18 18:30 UTC+10:00] [property] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: While Japan remains the most developed market, property investors are finding new opportunities elsewhere in the region
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-18 18:25 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Aguia Resources has just kicked a major goal in South America, securing the final and all-important operating licence for its Tres Estradas phosphate project in southern Brazil and immediately kicking off mining operations.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-18 18:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Nigerian industrialist Aliko Dangote visited Ethiopia over the weekend as part of efforts to deepen the group’s investment in the country, including the development of a large-scale urea fertilizer plant in Gode.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-18 18:12 UTC+10:00] [Budget] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is pressing Brussels to loosen the EU’s fiscal rules to help governments absorb the economic shock unleashed by the Iran war and soaring energy prices.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-18 18:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: U.K. gilt yields steadied on Monday after coming under heavy selling pressure last week, as traders gauge whether a challenge to Prime Minister Keir Starmer's leadership poses a threat to the country's fiscal stability.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-18 17:18 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korean stocks closed higher Monday, rebounding from a steep decline the previous session, as investors scooped up major chipmakers, including market heavyweight Samsung Electronics. The local currency gained ground against the greenback.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-18 17:12 UTC+10:00] [Australian police and policing] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Inquiry into black market hears cost of destroying vapes has also soared, with some requiring manual dismantling
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-18 17:02 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Critica Limited’s latest metallurgical testwork has produced a third mixed rare earth oxide from its Jupiter project in WA’s Mid West, materially improving product quality from previous tests.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-18 16:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: U.S. Treasury yields continued their ascent on Monday as global bond markets sold off amid concerns of resurgent inflationary pressures.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-18 16:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: With first-tier cities seeing price upticks, analysts are optimistic that the struggling property sector is showing signs of bottoming out
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-18 16:51 UTC+10:00] [Beijing] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: With first-tier cities seeing price upticks, analysts are optimistic that the struggling property sector is showing signs of bottoming out
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-18 16:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Hello, this is Leonie Kidd writing to you from London. Welcome to today's edition of the Daily Open newsletter.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-18 16:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region is rich in coal, putting it at the center of a growing coal-to-chemicals industry in the country. (China Daily via Reuters)
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-18 16:41 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: King River Resources is breathing new life into one of Western Australia’s forgotten goldfields, lining up drilling and geophysics at its historic Mindoolah project while eyeing a sizeable inventory of potentially gold-bearing stockpiles sitting at surface.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-18 16:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks closed higher Monday, rebounding from a steep decline the previous session, as investors scooped up major chipmakers, including market heavyweight Samsung Electronics. The local currency gained ground against the greenback.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-18 16:17 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Mark Latham’s ex-partner Nathalie Matthews has denied receiving insider trading tips and a $145,000 payment from controversial billionaire WiseTech global founder Richard White.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-18 16:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 18 (Yonhap) -- Labor disputes over performance-based pay and profit sharing were spilling over to major South Korean industries Monday, with companies like Samsung Biologics Co. and Kakao Corp. facing standoffs with unionized workers.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-18 16:08 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Kaiser Reef has fired up a major multi-pronged exploration and development assault at its Maldon gold project in Victoria.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-18 16:03 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Six major business groups warn prolonged walkout could disrupt chip exports, weaken investment, hurt Korea’s broader economy
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-18 15:56 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: A fund dedicated to supporting projects aimed at promoting South Korea's industrial growth and artificial intelligence transformation of the manufacturing industry will be created, with an anchor investment of at least 1 trillion won ($665.5 million), the industry ministry said Monday.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-18 15:55 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea will invest 50.4 billion won ($33.5 million) over the next five years to develop core technologies needed in artificial intelligence-based humanoid robots with universities and local tech companies, the science ministry said Monday.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-18 15:54 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Since 2017, I have covered South Korea’s political and economic landscape as a reporter, with a focus on foreign affairs, inter-Korean relations and security.As a foreign affairs reporter, I closely follow developments from the Ministry of Unification, the Foreign Ministry and the Defense Ministry, tracking shifts in diplomacy, military policy and North Korea’s evolving posture.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-18 15:49 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Since 2017, I have covered South Korea’s political and economic landscape as a reporter, with a focus on foreign affairs, inter-Korean relations and security.As a foreign affairs reporter, I closely follow developments from the Ministry of Unification, the Foreign Ministry and the Defense Ministry, tracking shifts in diplomacy, military policy and North Korea’s evolving posture.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
[2026-05-18 15:48 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Banking group plans new refinancing products, integrated support platform for lower-credit customers
--------------------------------------------------------------------