Topic: Business & Economy — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-24 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: The Palawan Group of Companies has launched a new in-app savings feature, PalaSave, aiming to make banking more accessible to millions of Filipinos, particularly those underserved by traditional financial institutions.
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[2026-04-24 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Abu Dhabi developer Aldar has bought Dh650 million ($177 million) worth of logistics assets from Khalifa Economic Zones Abu Dhabi (Kezad), a unit of AD Ports Group, to expand its industrial portfolio in the emirate.
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[2026-04-24 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: AS the sun sets over the South China Sea, the city of Sanya is preparing to step into a spotlight that extends far beyond the boundaries of a traditional sporting arena. On April 22, this tropical hub will welcome nearly 1,800 athletes for the sixth Asian Beach Games. While the world often focuses on the high-stakes drama of the Summer Olympics or the geopolitical maneuvering of global summits, there is a quieter, perhaps more significant shift occurring on the sands
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[2026-04-24 01:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani blasted the blockbuster Paramount–Warner Bros. Discovery merger as a direct threat to jobs and consumers — this as WBD shareholders overwhelmingly approved the tie-up on Thursday.
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[2026-04-24 01:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Ajman authorities have waived a number of tourism-related fees as part of a new programme launched to support its burgeoning tourism industry, amid uncertainty stemming from the US-Iran conflict.
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[2026-04-24 01:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: In a recent episode of The Jerusalem Post Business and Innovation Podcast, Yaniv Golan, general partner at lool ventures, shared his perspective on the rapidly evolving world of Israeli tech.
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[2026-04-24 01:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Two IDF soldiers were indicted on charges of spying for Iran in exchange for financial compensation, the military, police, and Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) announced on Thursday.
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[2026-04-24 01:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Swedish private equity group EQT recently completed the formation of a $15.6 billion buyout fund focused on the Asia-Pacific region. © Reuters
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[2026-04-24 01:18 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Warner Bros. Discovery shareholders voted overwhelmingly to approve a merger with Paramount Skydance, despite widespread opposition to the deal in Hollywood.
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[2026-04-24 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: It has been almost two months since the US and Israel launched a war on Iran, unleashing violence across the region and chaos in the global economy. But one of the strange and definitely unintended consequences of this war has been a renewed focus on green energy. Josephine Tovey sits down with Gabrielle Jackson and Adam Morton to discuss whether this crisis will energise or end the renewables revolution
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[2026-04-24 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Australian economy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Australia is more vulnerable to fertiliser disruption than fuel. Experts say the impact depends on how long the strait of Hormuz is shut
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[2026-04-24 00:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: It’s the prime time to stock up on spring styles — and Alix Earle’s Amazon storefront is a goldmine of affordable finds.
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[2026-04-24 00:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: White paper recognises improvements and incremental advances, but says data security rules a concern
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[2026-04-24 00:30 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: White paper recognises improvements and incremental advances, but says data security rules a concern
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[2026-04-24 00:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Fernando Mendoza may project as close to a sure thing as it gets for the 2026 NFL Draft’s No. 1 overall pick, but the question marks begin thereafter.
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[2026-04-23 23:56 UTC+10:00] [Banks] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: BRUSSELS — EU governments have banned another 20 Russian lenders from handling payments in euros and doing business with companies across the bloc under the latest package of sanctions in response to President Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine.
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[2026-04-23 23:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Despite the recent slide in 'hard' macro data, analysts expected an incremental improvement in the preliminary April S&P Global PMI data this morning.
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[2026-04-23 23:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Japan-backed fund NSSK is preparing a takeover bid for machine tool maker Makino Milling Machine, after the government pressed a rival bidder to drop its own takeover effort.
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[2026-04-23 23:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: The United Nations says Libya is at a “critical” crossroads, facing deep political fragmentation, a distorted economy, and delayed elections that threaten the country’s stability.
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[2026-04-23 23:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: JetBlue Vacations announced this week that it will partner with Flex Pay — a “buy now, pay later” program from financial tech company Upgrade, Inc. — to give customers monthly payment options when booking flight and hotel vacation packages.
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[2026-04-23 23:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche signed orders Thursday reclassifying state-legal marijuana as a less-dangerous Schedule III drug — easing research into the plant’s medicinal properties after more than five decades.
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[2026-04-23 23:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: An envoy to United States President Donald Trump asked world football's governing body FIFA to replace Iran with Italy at the upcoming World Cup, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday.
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[2026-04-23 23:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The US Defense Department said Thursday its forces boarded a vessel in the Indian Ocean that was transporting oil from Iran, as disruption from a stand-off with the Islamic republic continued to batter the world economy.
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[2026-04-23 23:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: President Trump claimed Thursday he had ordered the US Navy to take lethal action against Iranian mine-laying vessels attempting to obstruct trade through the Strait of Hormuz — in another apparent blow to the recently extended cease-fire between Washington and Tehran.
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[2026-04-23 23:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Market watchdog flags AI abuse and traffic-driven tactics as it launches first campaign to overhaul online advertising
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[2026-04-23 23:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Market watchdog flags AI abuse and traffic-driven tactics as it launches first campaign to overhaul online advertising
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[2026-04-23 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: New emission rules for strategic sectors come as the Iran war reinforces the need for energy security
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[2026-04-23 23:00 UTC+10:00] [State Council] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: New emission rules for strategic sectors come as the Iran war reinforces the need for energy security
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[2026-04-23 22:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Show features exhibits from Art Institute of Chicago, Beijing’s Palace Museum, Palace of Versailles and Hong Kong Museum of Art
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[2026-04-23 22:58 UTC+10:00] [French Impressionist] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Show features exhibits from Art Institute of Chicago, Beijing’s Palace Museum, Palace of Versailles and Hong Kong Museum of Art
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[2026-04-23 22:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Private details and financial data of people and businesses has possibly been exposed after a cyber attack on PNG's tax office. (Reuters: Kacper Pempel/Illustration)
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[2026-04-23 22:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Fertiglobe does not expect the current geopolitical situation to significantly affect its business, because higher fertiliser costs have enabled the company to compensate for additional logistics expenses, its chief executive has said.
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[2026-04-23 22:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: US equity futures are lower, but rapidly rising and now at premarket highs after a CCTV report that talks between Iran and the US in Pakistan may see a breakthrough "tonight or tomorrow"; still the optimism of recent days is being tested, with peace talks in limbo, software concerns reemerging and the bond market flashing warning signals.
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[2026-04-23 22:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The loan will help Ukraine meet its economic and military needs for the next two years
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[2026-04-23 22:41 UTC+10:00] [Vladimir Putin] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The loan will help Ukraine meet its economic and military needs for the next two years
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[2026-04-23 22:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Airport Authority CEO Vivian Cheung also says she aims to turn facility into alternative aviation hub for Middle East
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[2026-04-23 22:35 UTC+10:00] [scmp] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Airport Authority CEO Vivian Cheung also says she aims to turn facility into alternative aviation hub for Middle East
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[2026-04-23 22:00 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Motion Picture Association Asia-Pacific chief Urmila Venugopalan on how Korea became case study every government wants to copy, what the market is telling Seoul, and why her daughters won't stop singing in Korean
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[2026-04-23 21:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: LONDON — British energy major BP suffered a shareholder revolt at its annual general meeting on Thursday, following a tense clash with investors over corporate governance and climate transparency.
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[2026-04-23 20:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: An early bumper harvest and rising fuel and freight costs are squeezing premium durian exporters as they race to get their fruit into China
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[2026-04-23 20:59 UTC+10:00] [Vietnam] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: An early bumper harvest and rising fuel and freight costs are squeezing premium durian exporters as they race to get their fruit into China
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[2026-04-23 20:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The owners of the intellectual property of Better Place, a defunct Israeli start-up that innovated in the late 2000s and early 2010s in electric-vehicle battery-swap systems, filed a lawsuit against a $16 billion Chinese EV maker for intellectual property infringement, The Financial Times reported on Thursday night.
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[2026-04-23 20:39 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Ben Roberts-Smith was eyeing business opportunities overseas before his arrest, but his partner says the war veteran always intended to return home if criminal charges were laid.The former SAS soldier was arrested on April 7 and charged with murdering or ordering the murders of five unarmed detainees while deployed in Afghanistan between 2009 and 2012.Roberts-Smith was released from prison on bail on Friday after his father Len Roberts-Smith, a former Western Australia Supreme Court judge, paid a $250,000 surety.READ MORE:
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[2026-04-23 20:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: President Donald Trump's overall — and economic — approval ratings plunged in the latest CNBC All-America Economic Survey in what appears to be direct fallout from widespread dissatisfaction with the war with Iran, high gasoline prices and negative views of the economy.
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[2026-04-23 20:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Joint venture between property developer and YW Company beat five other bidders for prime site which hosts events such as Clockenflap and Wine and Dine Festival
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[2026-04-23 20:36 UTC+10:00] [The Pier] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Joint venture between property developer and YW Company beat five other bidders for prime site which hosts events such as Clockenflap and Wine and Dine Festival
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[2026-04-23 20:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: LVMH CEO Bernard Arnault warned Thursday of "world catastrophe" if the conflict in the Middle East is not resolved.
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[2026-04-23 20:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: The logo of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) is displayed at its booth during the China International Supply Chain Expo in Beijing in July 2025. © Reuters
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[2026-04-23 20:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Online fashion retailer Asos is seeking refunds from the US for the £7m worth of tariffs it paid in the first half of its financial year.
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[2026-04-23 20:05 UTC+10:00] [National / Queensland] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Plans have emerged for a new “mid-market” apartment tower draped with greenery in the middle of Brisbane.
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