Topic: Business & Economy — Neutral reports only
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[2026-08-13 20:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The government analysis found that hospitality and retail companies would be most affected by the policy
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[2026-08-13 20:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Soaring gold prices are reshaping the investment landscape across West Africa. In the first quarter of 2026, global demand reached 1,231 tonnes, representing a record $193 billion market — up 74% year-on-year.
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[2026-08-13 20:00 UTC+10:00] [Trump administration] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Critic of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau leadership was put under investigation and suspended from job
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[2026-08-13 19:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Global environment in the first half of 2026 was ‘exceptionally turbulent and uncertain’, says chairman Victor Li Tzar-kuoi
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[2026-08-13 19:59 UTC+10:00] [Hong Kong] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Global environment in the first half of 2026 was ‘exceptionally turbulent and uncertain’, says chairman Victor Li Tzar-kuoi
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[2026-08-13 19:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Comac jet’s flight to Mongolian capital on par with Boeing’s 737 and Airbus’ A320, says passenger who hopes to see more C919 destinations
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[2026-08-13 19:30 UTC+10:00] [Comac] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Comac jet’s flight to Mongolian capital on par with Boeing’s 737 and Airbus’ A320, says passenger who hopes to see more C919 destinations
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[2026-08-13 19:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: As he laid the groundwork for China’s economic transformation, the tough reformer won a reputation for speaking bluntly
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[2026-08-13 19:22 UTC+10:00] [China] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: As he laid the groundwork for China’s economic transformation, the tough reformer won a reputation for speaking bluntly
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[2026-08-13 19:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Cheung Kong Center, the headquarters of CK Hutchison, in Hong Kong. (Photo by Kenji Kawase)
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[2026-08-13 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: ‘Made in Europe’ requirement in EU’s proposed Industrial Accelerator Act cited as key factor in lowest growth forecast
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[2026-08-13 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: ‘Made in Europe’ requirement in EU’s proposed Industrial Accelerator Act cited as key factor in lowest growth forecast
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[2026-08-13 18:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: MTR says it will earmark ‘much of the profit’ for asset replacement and maintenance, as well as the development of new railway projects
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[2026-08-13 18:57 UTC+10:00] [MTR] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: MTR says it will earmark ‘much of the profit’ for asset replacement and maintenance, as well as the development of new railway projects
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[2026-08-13 18:55 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Investigators are probing the third safety incident at Sydney Airport in less than three weeks after a Virgin plane was forceD to abort take-off after discovering a Qantas plane on its runway.
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[2026-08-13 18:41 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Nick Scali is investigating a cyberattack that led the furniture seller to take its systems offline and left frustrated customers in the dark about missing or delayed deliveries.
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[2026-08-13 18:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Across the Maghreb, families are having fewer children, as economic pressures and changing social norms reshape family life.
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[2026-08-13 18:18 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: She built Russia’s answer to Amazon. She navigated wartime Kremlin politics. And she outmanoeuvred her ex-husband — the father of her seven children — in a rancorous business feud that involved a deadly shooting near Red Square.
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[2026-08-13 18:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: From tariff turmoil and stock shocks to market meltdowns, the global financial system has never been in such flux.
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[2026-08-13 18:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Emirates Integrated Telecommunication Company, known as du, is set to become a constituent of MSCI indexes next month, a move that will help the Dubai telecom operator to expand its global institutional investor base.
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[2026-08-13 18:09 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Korean eyewear brand Blue Elephant opens its first US store in Beverly Hills, California, on Thursday, marking the Korean label's entry into the American retail market.
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[2026-08-13 17:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: DP World plans to invest $3 billion this year in the UAE and other countries in Asia and Africa, the Dubai-based ports operator said as it posted its first-half results.
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[2026-08-13 17:42 UTC+10:00] [Finance] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-08-13 17:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Google on Wednesday unveiled its latest lineup of Pixel phones, with slimmer cameras that include more a powerful zoom and artificial intelligence features designed to help users accomplish things with fewer taps and swipes.
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[2026-08-13 17:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: UPDATES with Lee's remarks on real estate market)
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[2026-08-13 17:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: For more than three years, I have been working on a question that many would consider impossible: What would it take to rebuild Gaza not simply with new buildings, but as a functioning, productive, and economically independent society?
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[2026-08-13 17:04 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: In biotech, discovering something that can change medicine might just be the easy part. Getting it from a laboratory bench into a hospital, or pathology clinic can actually present as many, if not more challenges than uncovering the discovery itself.
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[2026-08-13 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Fewer weddings, rising divorces and plunging birth rates risk exacerbating the fallout from a rapidly ageing population
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[2026-08-13 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Fewer weddings, rising divorces and plunging birth rates risk exacerbating the fallout from a rapidly ageing population
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[2026-08-13 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEJONG, Aug. 13 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will host an economic ministerial meeting with African nations next month under its vision to expand cooperation in the artificial intelligence (AI) sector with the emerging continent, the finance ministry said Thursday.
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[2026-08-13 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Qatar’s first electric vehicle factory is to build cars specifically designed for conditions in the Gulf.
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[2026-08-13 16:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Yonhap) -- The Lee Jae Myung administration is putting greater emphasis on housing supply as the red-hot property market in the wider Seoul area exposes the limits of taxes, tight lending rules and other measures aimed at curbing speculative demand, adding to public discontent over its real estate policy.
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[2026-08-13 16:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Yuan-traded shares have hit a 23% premium over their H-share equivalents, the highest in almost 12 months
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[2026-08-13 16:28 UTC+10:00] [price gap] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Yuan-traded shares have hit a 23% premium over their H-share equivalents, the highest in almost 12 months
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[2026-08-13 16:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Sustained naval blockade, more sanctions and making it harder for Tehran to sell its oil among the options to tighten the screws
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[2026-08-13 16:28 UTC+10:00] [Iran war] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Sustained naval blockade, more sanctions and making it harder for Tehran to sell its oil among the options to tighten the screws
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[2026-08-13 16:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Polls have opened for Zambia’s presidential election, in which President Hakainde Hichilema is seeking a second term.
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[2026-08-13 16:19 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Analysts expect gradual recovery, believe AI investment and chip earnings hold the key
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[2026-08-13 16:17 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: 36 Kospi and Kosdaq firms receive new warnings as authorities spur market cleanup
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[2026-08-13 16:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: An added boost from summer sun and sports fixtures for some businesses helped the UK economy to grow by 0.4% between April and June, according to official data.
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[2026-08-13 16:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Repeated drone strikes on Libya's Zawiya refinery complex has put the country on high alert given its dependence on the centre for energy security and its push to raise crude production and attract foreign investment.
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[2026-08-13 16:06 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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[2026-08-13 16:06 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: August 13, 2026 — 4:06pm
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[2026-08-13 16:05 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: For more than a century, copper has quietly underpinned the modern economy. It carries electricity through homes, factories, renewable energy projects, telecommunications networks, and data centres. Despite decades of technological change, few materials have proven as versatile or as difficult to replace.
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[2026-08-13 15:40 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
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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[2026-08-13 15:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Zhu had a major role in reshaping China’s economy, first as vice-premier and then as premier.
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[2026-08-13 15:04 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Perth-based medical technology company Proteomics International is building a fortress of intellectual property around its innovative endometriosis test, branded PromarkerEndo, after IP Australia provided a notice of acceptance for a key patent application.
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[2026-08-13 15:00 UTC+10:00] [Rio Tinto] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Rio Tinto makes power supply deal with federal and NSW government to cut emissions and decarbonise, preventing potential closure
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[2026-08-13 14:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: The successor to Natarajan Chandrasekaran as Tata Sons chair will face challenges ranging from artificial intelligence to an ongoing turnaround of Air India. © Reuters
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[2026-08-13 14:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Causeway Bay’s top landlord posts HK$1.11 billion in earnings as Lee Garden Eight project on schedule for completion this quarter
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