Topic: Business & Economy — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-12 19:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Raising taxes on assets, incomes of high earners will add to state revenues and incentivise protecting property rights, economist says
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[2026-05-12 19:30 UTC+10:00] [high-income groups] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Raising taxes on assets, incomes of high earners will add to state revenues and incentivise protecting property rights, economist says
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[2026-05-12 19:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Sweden's EQT is set to acquire the Japanese operator of the Tabelog restaurant review and booking site. (Source photos by screenshot from Tabelog's website and Ryuta Minamihata)
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[2026-05-12 19:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Mubadala Investment Company, Abu Dhabi’s sovereign investment arm, is investing $325 million in Orsted’s Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm in the UK, as it continues to expand its global renewable energy portfolio.
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[2026-05-12 19:07 UTC+10:00] [Business / The economy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
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[2026-05-12 18:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Andre Langos and Sam Smith will be sentenced in South Australia's District Court next month. (ABC News: Che Chorley)
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[2026-05-12 18:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano on Tuesday assured the public that the Senate would act “forthwith” on the impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte, while balancing other urgent national concerns, particularly economic issues affecting Filipinos.
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[2026-05-12 18:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: French President Emmanuel Macron has announced 23 billion euros ($27bn) of investment during the Africa Forward summit in Kenya.
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[2026-05-12 18:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Ahead of the US-China summit, the world’s two largest economies are preparing for a high-stakes meeting in Beijing, where US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are set to meet at a critical moment as personal chemistry and national rivalry collide on the global stage.
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[2026-05-12 18:31 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-05-12 18:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: The weekend attack took place in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, which borders Afghanistan. (AP Photo: Aamad Khattak)
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[2026-05-12 18:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The government ‘is supportive of real-world assets … We also anticipate that future investment tokens and tokenised experiences will be settled using stablecoins,’ fintech group firm says
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[2026-05-12 18:00 UTC+10:00] [tokenised gold] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The government ‘is supportive of real-world assets … We also anticipate that future investment tokens and tokenised experiences will be settled using stablecoins,’ fintech group firm says
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[2026-05-12 17:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries' military hardware includes warships like the destroyer “Yoshii”, launched here at its Nagasaki Shipyard in Japan last December. (Photo by Taro Fujii)
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[2026-05-12 17:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: “We are building the Land of Israel and destroying the idea of a Palestinian state,” said Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich on Friday. The action that brought on his comments: Israel’s uprooting of 3,000 Palestinian-planted trees in the occupied West Bank.
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[2026-05-12 17:17 UTC+10:00] [Botswana] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Country with a population of just 2.5m credits investment in young athletes for its rise but this progress is under threat
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[2026-05-12 17:14 UTC+10:00] [Business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-05-12 17:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Wong Pak-ting, 45, tried to kill wife, three daughters and himself out of fear they would be harrassed for his business debts, Hong Kong court hears
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[2026-05-12 17:12 UTC+10:00] [attempted murder] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Wong Pak-ting, 45, tried to kill wife, three daughters and himself out of fear they would be harrassed for his business debts, Hong Kong court hears
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[2026-05-12 17:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 12 (Yonhap) -- The presidential chief of staff for policy on Tuesday proposed introducing public dividends to distribute the "fruits" from an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven economic boom.
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[2026-05-12 17:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Sweden's EQT is set to acquire the Japanese operator of the Tabelog restaurant review and booking site. (Source photos by screenshot from Tabelog's website and Ryuta Minamihata)
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[2026-05-12 16:46 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: TMK Energy appears to be steadily earning a top seat at the table in Mongolia’s emerging gas sector, with production continuing to rise at its Gurvantes XXXV coal seam gas project.
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[2026-05-12 16:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 12 (Yonhap) -- SKC Ltd., the chemical and materials arm of SK Group, said Tuesday it will issue new shares worth 1.16 trillion won (US$786.6 million) to invest in its glass substrate business and improve its financial structure.
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[2026-05-12 16:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: As US President Donald Trump prepares to touch down in China for his first visit to the country since the start of his second term, the world is once again watching the uneasy dance between the world’s two largest economies.
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[2026-05-12 16:42 UTC+10:00] [National / WA] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The 2026-27 state budget has been labelled as reckless by the West Australian opposition, who have claimed it showed inflation was “made in WA” and strategies to address rising living costs were unsophisticated.
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[2026-05-12 16:15 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: 3 concerts expected to generate over $100 million in economic activity: Chamber of Commerce
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[2026-05-12 16:14 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Larvotto Resources has chalked up a genuine “red letter” project development moment at its Hillgrove antimony-gold project near Armidale in New South Wales, with first ore from its Metz underground mine now hauled to a surface stockpile.
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[2026-05-12 16:10 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.
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[2026-05-12 16:01 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: President Lee Jae Myung on Tuesday slammed a bad bank in South Korea for their "predatory" act of collecting borrowers' debts that are long overdue.
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[2026-05-12 16:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Demand for China-Europe flights surges as airlines avoid flying over Iranian airspace and divert tourists away from Southeast Asia
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[2026-05-12 16:00 UTC+10:00] [Europe] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Demand for China-Europe flights surges as airlines avoid flying over Iranian airspace and divert tourists away from Southeast Asia
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[2026-05-12 16:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Treasurer Jim Chalmers will claim that a suite of tax changes covering negative gearing and capital gains tax will help 75,000 young Australians get into the property market.
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[2026-05-12 15:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: The administration of South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has floated the idea of having members of the public receive dividends from the massive profits of chipmakers. (Nikkei montage/Source photo by Reuters)
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[2026-05-12 15:52 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The inaugural HIVE Art Fair in Seoul will experiment with an alternative business model that removes set booth fees and places emphasis on curatorial presentation. The five-event fair will start on May 21 at COEX Magok.
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[2026-05-12 15:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Adnoc Gas expects up to 80 per cent of processing capacity at the Habshan complex to be restored by the end of the year, after the facility was damaged during Iran's attacks on the UAE.
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[2026-05-12 15:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Kakao Pay is ramping up its offline payment expansion, aiming to grow monthly offline payment users to 10 million by 2027 as competition intensifies in Korea’s digital payments market.
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[2026-05-12 15:41 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Stock rally, overseas growth, SpaceX gains fuel record profit
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[2026-05-12 15:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Operadores de divisas reaccionan junto a una pantalla con el índice surcoreano Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), a la izquierda, en la sala de operaciones del banco Hana en Seúl, Corea del Sur, el martes 12 de mayo de 2026. (AP Foto/Ahn Young-joon)
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[2026-05-12 15:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Ask.com, one of the internet’s earliest search engine competitors, has shut down its search business after nearly 30 years, marking the latest contraction in a market dominated by a handful of major players.
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[2026-05-12 15:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 12 (Yonhap) -- The chief of the country's financial regulator said Tuesday that authorities will double the support for artificial intelligence (AI) firms.
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[2026-05-12 15:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The CEO of Saudi Arabia’s state-owned oil company is warning that the energy sector will take time to recover from the Iran war’s impact on supply as oil output was slashed due to the ongoing disruptions to shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-05-12 15:31 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Critical Resources has widened the lens at the company’s Mavis Lake lithium project in Ontario, kicking off fieldwork across the underexplored Corona pegmatite field as it looks to transform the asset from a single-resource story into a broader multi-deposit lithium district.
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[2026-05-12 15:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: 10-year Japanese government bond yields jumped to 2.545% on May 12, a level not seen since June 1997. (Photo by Arisa Moriyama)
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[2026-05-12 15:16 UTC+10:00] [Renewable energy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: State and federal energy ministers said investments in new renewable generation and energy storage should “fully offset” new data centres’ energy needs
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[2026-05-12 15:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: U.S. President Donald Trump is set to meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing this week, as they look to preserve their trade truce. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Reuters)
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[2026-05-12 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Oil and gas giants benefited significantly from their trading desks through the first quarter, shining a light on a commercially sensitive and often-overlooked unit that tends to outperform during periods of market volatility.
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[2026-05-12 14:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 12 (Yonhap) -- Yield rates on South Korean state bonds rose slightly in April from the previous month amid expectations of rising oil prices and inflationary pressure, market data showed Tuesday.
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[2026-05-12 14:43 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: True North Copper has checked off another key box on the road to a 2026 pre-feasibility study, completing its latest drilling campaign at the company’s Cloncurry copper project in northwest Queensland.
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[2026-05-12 14:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: As South Korea's and Taiwan's benchmark indexes surged to record highs this year — powered by Asia's trillion-dollar titans — it has raised concerns that their rallies are becoming dangerously dependent on a handful of artificial intelligence winners.
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[2026-05-12 14:33 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Samsung Securities said Tuesday it launched a foreign omnibus account service in partnership with Interactive Brokers, marking a major step in efforts to attract more global retail investors to the South Korean stock market.
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