Topic: Business & Economy — Neutral reports only
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[2026-08-02 12:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-02 12:10 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea's antitrust watchdog on Sunday approved the takeover of SR Corp. by Korea Railroad Corp., saying the deal is unlikely to hinder competition in the transportation industry.
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[2026-08-02 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's antitrust watchdog on Sunday approved the takeover of SR Corp. by Korea Railroad (KORAIL) Corp., saying the deal is unlikely to hinder competition in the transportation industry.
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[2026-08-02 11:55 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The South Korean won appreciated at its fastest monthly pace since 2009, driven largely by a surge in US dollar inflows into the country's foreign exchange market following SK hynix Inc.'s American depositary receipt offering on the Nasdaq, industry data showed Sunday.
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[2026-08-02 11:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: ‘Poverty is a mindset, not a status,’ resonates as a powerful mantra often heard echoing through the FQ training camps
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[2026-08-02 11:54 UTC+10:00] [China] [Factuality: 95]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: ‘Poverty is a mindset, not a status,’ resonates as a powerful mantra often heard echoing through the FQ training camps
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[2026-08-02 11:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-02 11:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 2 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean won appreciated at its fastest monthly pace since 2009, driven largely by a surge in U.S. dollar inflows into the country's foreign exchange market following SK hynix Inc.'s American depositary receipt (ADR) offering on the Nasdaq, industry data showed Sunday.
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[2026-08-02 11:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-02 11:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The Yankees have transformed into a low-scoring team that scratches out rare runs without injured stars Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton and Cody Bellinger. So with two days to go before Monday’s trade deadline, they were understandably focusing heavily on bats.
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[2026-08-02 11:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-02 11:18 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Household loans by major banks rose sharply in July despite tight borrowing regulations, as mortgage and credit loans picked up, financial data showed Sunday.
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[2026-08-02 11:00 UTC+10:00] [Business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-08-02 10:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 2 (Yonhap) -- Household loans by major banks rose sharply in July despite tight borrowing regulations, as mortgage and credit loans picked up, financial data showed Sunday.
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[2026-08-02 10:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Visitors watch a Pixar-themed parade during a media preview at Hong Kong Disneyland in June. The theme park was travel platform Agoda's most-booked attraction in Asia in the first half of 2026. © AP
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[2026-08-02 10:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-02 09:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Anson Sik and Edson Bichon’s Purple Rain Wine is bringing Chinese natural wines – many from obscure vineyards – to drinkers in Hong Kong
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[2026-08-02 09:15 UTC+10:00] [chinese] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Anson Sik and Edson Bichon’s Purple Rain Wine is bringing Chinese natural wines – many from obscure vineyards – to drinkers in Hong Kong
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[2026-08-02 08:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A new survey by Israeli recruiting firm GotFriends, seen by Globes, reports that while many tech companies continue to reduce employees and slow hiring, as part of streamlining adjustments for AI adoption, defense-tech startups are aggressively expanding their workforce. The number of new jobs in the defense-tech industry increased 20% in 2026 compared with the same period last year, and wages are climbing by about 8%.
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[2026-08-02 07:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: We've been detailing the escalating 'southern front' war in the Black and Caspian Seas, as Russia and Ukraine take aim at each other's maritime and energy and cargo transit and trade.
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[2026-08-02 07:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Toyota dealerships sell an estimated 350,000 used cars a year, with the goal of reaching 550,000 vehicles in 2030. (Photo by Masaki Ishihara)
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[2026-08-02 06:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Dylan Morgan via The Epoch Times,
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[2026-08-02 06:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Fighting has broken out in western Tigray, in one of the most serious breaches yet of the three-year-old peace deal between Ethiopia’s federal government and fighters in the northern region.
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[2026-08-02 06:00 UTC+10:00] [Australian politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Older Australians are overrepresented in every sphere of life, from politics to the economy and media … and they’re living longer. It’s time we stack the deck in favour of young people. Here’s how
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[2026-08-02 06:00 UTC+10:00] [Australian immigration and asylum] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Belonging is hard when gaining citizenship is so expensive. The state has just become a regulator of the market
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[2026-08-02 06:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-02 05:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-02 05:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Arthur Zhang via The Epoch Times,
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[2026-08-02 05:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: This is a time of year that the Yankees, like many teams, make sure they canvas the whole market and know what is available.
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[2026-08-02 04:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-02 04:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-02 04:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-02 03:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: On the weekend they are celebrating the 40th anniversary of their last champions, the Mets must dedicate themselves to getting back to the business of being their 1980s version and not the 1980s Yankees.
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[2026-08-02 03:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: The yen surged in waves on Friday, strengthening to a level not seen since mid-May. (Photo by Masayuki Terazawa)
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[2026-08-02 03:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Ken Buck via The Epoch Times,
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[2026-08-02 02:42 UTC+10:00] [US and Israeli Attack on Iran (2026)] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: A drone attack sent smoke billowing from a giant Saudi oil facility, the largest such plant in the world. Two gas tankers burst into flames at an Egyptian port near the Suez Canal, a crucial choke point in global trade. Fireballs erupted over Jordan as missiles flew toward a base housing U.S.
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[2026-08-02 02:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON, D.C. — All three US Federal Reserve (Fed) policymakers who dissented from the central bank’s decision to keep interest rates steady earlier this week said on Friday that rate hikes were needed now in order to avoid entrenched inflation.
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[2026-08-02 02:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. made the Pax Silica hub the centerpiece of his artificial intelligence (AI) pitch on Monday. He did not say who would govern its data. In his fifth State of the Nation Address (SONA), he called it an ecosystem “that will have AI at its core,” one that would bring quality jobs and revitalize the economy, and placed it within the Luzon Economic Corridor.
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[2026-08-02 02:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SINGAPORE — Tech giant IBM outlined its strategy to help organizations become AI-first enterprises while advancing practical quantum computing during THINK on Tour Singapore on July 21, company executives told Philippine journalists in separate media roundtable discussions at the Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Center.
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[2026-08-02 02:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-08-02 02:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-08-02 02:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-08-02 02:00 UTC+10:00] [Ultra-processed foods] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Exclusive: Director general accuses corporations of obstructing efforts to tackle obesity crisis after investigation by Guardian and others
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[2026-08-02 01:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A series of diplomatic moves across the Middle East is raising the prospect of new regional arrangements even as the continuing confrontation between Washington and Tehran places governments under mounting military, economic and political pressure.
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[2026-08-02 01:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: CLEVELAND (AP) — The Cleveland Guardians acquired outfielder Blake Perkins and right-handed pitcher Craig Yoho from the Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday for catcher Bo Naylor and right-hander Codi Heuer.
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[2026-08-02 01:25 UTC+10:00] [Liverpool] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: New head coach needs to use the transfer market with defensive cover vital as injuries hamper US pre-season tour
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[2026-08-02 01:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-02 00:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US President Donald Trump walked back his decision to let Ukraine produce its own Patriot interceptors in comments to the Financial Times on Thursday.
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[2026-08-02 00:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-02 00:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Local Spain
Snippet: The European Union will from Sunday have the power to enforce landmark artificial intelligence rules and hit any companies breaking the law with fines.
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