Topic: Business & Economy — Neutral reports only
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[2026-08-17 23:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: President Sheikh Mohamed and Sultan Haitham of Oman discussed regional security and strengthening economic ties between the two countries during talks in Abu Dhabi on Monday.
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[2026-08-17 23:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Abu Dhabi clean energy company Masdar and ScottishPower have completed a major construction stage at a £4 billion ($5.42 billion) offshore wind farm project off the English coast, which is set to be one of the largest in the world.
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[2026-08-17 23:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: China’s July activity data weakened from June, missing market expectations across the board, and signaling a soft start to Q3 amid continued divergence between resilient exports and subdued domestic demand.
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[2026-08-17 23:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich is drafting a national plan to bring one million Jewish immigrants from North America and Europe to Israel within a decade, and is seeking legislation that would allow entire diaspora communities to receive land and housing without going through Israel's standard tender process, he told The Jerusalem Post in an interview on Wednesday.
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[2026-08-17 22:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Futures are higher again, just a few basis points away from a new all time high, led by Tech as the week starts with Semis / Memory / AI themes bid globally, as small-caps are fractionally in the red. As of 8:00am ET, S&P futures are 0.1% higher, while Nasdaq futures climb 0.5% after strong revenue growth at Anthropic helped boost optimism around artificial intelligence and bolstered the view that massive spending on artificial intelligence will be sustained.
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[2026-08-17 22:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israel risks making the same mistake twice.
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[2026-08-17 22:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Wall Street's so-called "fear gauge" has fallen to its lowest level of 2026 so far, reflecting relative market tranquility in a year marked by geopolitical turbulence — but the calm appears unlikely to last.
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[2026-08-17 22:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Moscow is eyeing a direct rail link to India, reflecting a scramble by major powers to build trade corridors beyond Hormuz, analysts say
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[2026-08-17 22:11 UTC+10:00] [Afghanistan] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Moscow is eyeing a direct rail link to India, reflecting a scramble by major powers to build trade corridors beyond Hormuz, analysts say
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[2026-08-17 22:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Gulf states are covertly shipping oil through the Strait of Hormuz on tankers with their transponders switched off despite severe disruptions to normal traffic and intermittent attacks, Bloomberg reported on Sunday, citing people familiar with the shipments.
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[2026-08-17 22:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Gulf states are covertly shipping oil through the Strait of Hormuz on tankers with their transponders switched off despite severe disruptions to normal traffic and intermittent attacks, Bloomberg reported on Sunday, citing people familiar with the shipments.
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[2026-08-17 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: China launched the digital yuan in 2019, but retail adoption has been slow as Chinese consumers are accustomed to using Alipay and WeChat Pay
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[2026-08-17 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: China launched the digital yuan in 2019, but retail adoption has been slow as Chinese consumers are accustomed to using Alipay and WeChat Pay
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[2026-08-17 21:50 UTC+10:00] [Business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-08-17 21:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Co-founders Charlie Morgan and Jackson Quinn will reportedly make over £100m each from the sale of the business
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[2026-08-17 21:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Shares of ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT), China's top DRAM maker, surged 12% to a record 61.80 yuan on Monday, lifting its market capitalization to 4.13 trillion yuan. The upside is because reports that Apple is considering using CXMT memory chips, alongside continued momentum across chip stocks following last week's gains in SanDisk and Micron.
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[2026-08-17 21:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: China’s second-largest carmaker names new chairman and CEO as profit drops despite record revenue and export surge
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[2026-08-17 21:32 UTC+10:00] [Geely Auto] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: China’s second-largest carmaker names new chairman and CEO as profit drops despite record revenue and export surge
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[2026-08-17 21:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Meta wants to lead in open-source AI. China's Alibaba just reminded the U.S. tech giant how competitive the market is.
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[2026-08-17 21:16 UTC+10:00] [Oil] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Robert Smith, Olly Alexander and Paris Paloma also among signatories to letter saying exploitation of Rosebank and Jackdaw fields defies climate reality
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[2026-08-17 21:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Global giants fight for a bite of China’s burger market as budget-conscious diners and changing eating habits fuel a new fast-food obsession
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[2026-08-17 21:15 UTC+10:00] [hambuger] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Global giants fight for a bite of China’s burger market as budget-conscious diners and changing eating habits fuel a new fast-food obsession
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[2026-08-17 21:01 UTC+10:00] [Baltics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: RIGA — Latvian Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs wants Brussels to hand over €7 billion to help cover the military and economic costs of confronting Russia, as pressure grows over the price of the country’s hard line on Moscow.
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[2026-08-17 20:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Journalists peer into a Geely Starray EM-i car, a mid-sized plug-in hybrid SUV, at a news conference in Paris on April 28. © Reuters
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[2026-08-17 20:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Our mid-June initiation, "How To Profit From the Asymmetric Warfare Boom," identified the leading public and private companies positioned across the drone and counter-drone space.
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[2026-08-17 20:47 UTC+10:00] [National / Queensland] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Welcome to Brisbane Times’ Queensland public sector column, Public Circus. This week: a case for democratic improvement, State Development shareholdings, looming teacher pay talks, and the simmering four-day week.
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[2026-08-17 20:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: A booming illegal trade in rare succulents is threatening South Africa's unique plant life, with demand from collectors driving widespread poaching.
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[2026-08-17 20:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Spain is one of the fastest-growing markets for Chinese plug-in hybrid vehicles as customers’ technological expectations shift gears
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[2026-08-17 20:30 UTC+10:00] [Europe] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Spain is one of the fastest-growing markets for Chinese plug-in hybrid vehicles as customers’ technological expectations shift gears
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[2026-08-17 20:29 UTC+10:00] [Russia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Andrei Klepach of VEB said Russia’s economy was falling behind China, US and ‘in some respects Ukraine’
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[2026-08-17 20:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-17 20:22 UTC+10:00] [Asia Pacific] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: WORLDCLAW. Silhouettes of figures depicting US President Donald Trump and his son Eric Trump are seen behind the WorldClaw logo in this illustration taken on August 11, 2026.
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[2026-08-17 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Genscript posted adjusted net profit of US$62.52 million for the six months ended June 30, a 203 per cent year-on-year surge
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[2026-08-17 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Genscript posted adjusted net profit of US$62.52 million for the six months ended June 30, a 203 per cent year-on-year surge
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[2026-08-17 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The landmark deal sees Citic Capital’s private equity arm acquiring the unit famous for strategy game Three Kingdoms Tactics
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[2026-08-17 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-17 19:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Kendra Kramer is pushing back against online claims that her parents, Doug and Chesca Kramer, are controlling her life and career, saying she chose to pursue modeling and show business and that her parents have never taken advantage of her.
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[2026-08-17 19:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Economic contributions by sports and related sectors during year of city’s Olympic success spur lawmaker to call for targeted policies
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[2026-08-17 19:45 UTC+10:00] [scmp] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Economic contributions by sports and related sectors during year of city’s Olympic success spur lawmaker to call for targeted policies
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[2026-08-17 19:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: In the face for more White House threats against Iran, including Scott Bessent's latest unprecedented 'economic isolation' plan for the Islamic Republic, it remains clear that the Iranians aren't backing down.
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[2026-08-17 19:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Bank Mandiri is of one the major Indonesian banks offering credit cards that process domestic transactions onshore using the KKI system. (Photo by Yuji Murakami)
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[2026-08-17 19:30 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Parent financial contributions to the state’s public schools have shrunk by millions of dollars in the past year, while principals face $10,000 credit card transaction limits as part of finance reforms they say signals a lack of trust in their leadership.
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[2026-08-17 19:30 UTC+10:00] [World / North America] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Bedminster: Two years after Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump staged a New Jersey press conference flanked by grocery staples to spotlight inflation under Democrats, food prices are still rising despite his pledge to bring them down. The gap between promise and reality now looms as a vulnerability for Republicans ahead of November’s midterm elections.
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[2026-08-17 19:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Top cities in China see flat readings last month, ending a streak of improvement in the struggling housing market
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[2026-08-17 19:04 UTC+10:00] [housing] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Top cities in China see flat readings last month, ending a streak of improvement in the struggling housing market
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[2026-08-17 19:00 UTC+10:00] [Lifestyle / Health & wellness] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Dumplings, capybaras, blocks of butter, sea creatures, ice cubes and cats. Squishy toys are soft, cute, deeply satisfying and stress-relieving to squeeze, fun to trade, and, in a world of screens, a decidedly analog and innocent hobby.
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[2026-08-17 18:52 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The Guardian’s local boss is departing just months after the company appointed a new editor for its Australian edition.
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[2026-08-17 18:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Tourism board says international meetings, incentives, conventions and exhibitions helped drive an increase in business visitors and arrivals from some source markets
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[2026-08-17 18:42 UTC+10:00] [Lions International Convention] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Tourism board says international meetings, incentives, conventions and exhibitions helped drive an increase in business visitors and arrivals from some source markets
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[2026-08-17 18:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Nima, a cryptocurrency trader, thought he had figured out how to survive Iran’s unpredictable economy. His foreign currency income shielded him from the unstable rial and runaway inflation, allowing him to save and make the occasional impulse buy.
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