Topic: Business & Economy — Neutral reports only
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[2026-07-29 15:49 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: 16 funds launched at market’s peak, amplifying moves in Samsung Electronics, SK hynix and Kospi
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[2026-07-29 15:38 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: CJ CheilJedang is reportedly weighing a sale of its starch-based sweetener business, the latest step in a broader effort to divest low-growth operations since overhauling its corporate structure earlier this month.
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[2026-07-29 15:37 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Korean burger chain Mom’s Touch said Wednesday it is entering Singapore through a master franchise agreement with FairPrice Group, the country’s largest retailer, as it seeks a springboard into Southeast Asia and the global halal market.
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[2026-07-29 15:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Founded more than 400 years ago, the Grassmayr bell foundry (Bell Foundry Grassmayr) in Innsbruck has survived wars, famines and recent economic challenges (AP video shot by Philipp Jenne).
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[2026-07-29 15:33 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Posco International is expanding into Brazil's rare earth market, partnering with a mineral exploration company to secure and diversify its critical minerals supply chain, the company said Wednesday.
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[2026-07-29 15:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: A man and woman examine a damaged building in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto prefecture, on July 29 as a Self-Defense Force member looks on. (Photo by Yo Inoue)
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[2026-07-29 15:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-07-29 15:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Taipei, Taiwan – China’s coastguard and civilian fleet are expanding their presence in the waters east of Taiwan, raising fears that Beijing may be rehearsing a containment strategy that would cut off the self-ruled island from outside trade and assistance.
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[2026-07-29 15:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Wed 29 Jul 2026 at 3:17pm
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[2026-07-29 15:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Philippine Airlines said that it welcomed on Wednesday, its third of nine of Airbus A350-1000 aircraft which was ordered back in 2023.
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[2026-07-29 15:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Employees work at a factory of Beijing Benz Automotive Co. (BBAC), a joint venture between BAIC Motor and Mercedes-Benz, in the Chinese capital in 2022. © Reuters
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[2026-07-29 15:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Despite the success of BTS powering South Korea's largest K-pop agency Hybe to a stellar set of second quarter results, the agency saw as much as 2.845 trillion won ($1.96 billion) wiped from its market cap in less than 24 hours.
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[2026-07-29 15:00 UTC+10:00] [Strait of Hormuz] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Biologists say cargo ships stranded in Gulf may carry highly potent invasive species around the world as trade resumes
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[2026-07-29 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Fifa stunned world football on Tuesday night when it announced bombshell plans to seek private investment in the World Cup and its other tournaments.
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[2026-07-29 14:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Government and Politics
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[2026-07-29 14:56 UTC+10:00] [Business / Banking & finance] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: July 29, 2026 — 2:56pm
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[2026-07-29 14:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Aldar Properties, Abu Dhabi's biggest listed developer, reported a 10 per cent annual jump in its second-quarter profit as revenue rose 5 per cent during the period despite Iran-war-driven uncertainty.
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[2026-07-29 14:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Al Saud has acquired a $129.5 million stake in Lucid Group, providing a fresh vote of confidence in the electric vehicle manufacturer weeks after it moved to quell speculation over its financial future.
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[2026-07-29 14:41 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Gateway Mining has put its foot on the accelerator at its Yandal Gold project in Western Australia, commissioning a second reverse circulation (RC) drill rig to get to grips with its burgeoning Cowza gold discovery.
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[2026-07-29 14:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Rio Tinto's exposure to the global tech trends of electrification and data center construction helped deliver a major earnings jump for the miner. © Reuters
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[2026-07-29 14:39 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Tanzania wants to transform its relationship with South Korea into a strategic partnership driven by artificial intelligence, critical minerals, manufacturing and investment, Tanzanian Ambassador Noel Emmanuel Kaganda said in an interview with The Korea Herald.
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[2026-07-29 14:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ADDS more details in last para; REPLACES photo)
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[2026-07-29 14:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS more details in paras 4-5, photo)
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[2026-07-29 14:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Financial Times
Snippet: Robin Wigglesworth and Gillian Tett
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[2026-07-29 14:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: NEW YORK — US President Donald Trump's administration on Tuesday added humanoid and quadruped robots to a list of products and companies that are banned from being imported into the United States on national security grounds.
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[2026-07-29 14:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh testifies before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee to deliver the semiannual monetary policy report to congress, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, July 15, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)df
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[2026-07-29 14:00 UTC+10:00] [Business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: Raphael Reyes/Rappler
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[2026-07-29 13:56 UTC+10:00] [Opinion] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-07-29 13:51 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Australia’s largest oil and gas producer, Woodside Energy, has emerged as one of the nation’s biggest corporate beneficiaries of the Iran war, reporting nearly a 30 per cent revenue jump to $6 billion over the past three months.
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[2026-07-29 13:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Durham High participated in the 2025 Galaxy Global Education Schools Conference in Shanghai last November that was attended by education agents, school leaders and parents. (From the LinkedIn page of GGE)
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[2026-07-29 13:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A screen shows the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, July 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
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[2026-07-29 13:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's bourse operator on Wednesday activated a circuit breaker for the benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) on an extended sell-off in tech shares.
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[2026-07-29 13:13 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: LIMA, Peru (Reuters) -- Keiko Fujimori was sworn in as Peru's president Tuesday, becoming the latest in a string of conservative leaders elected across Latin America by voters frustrated by crime, weak economic growth and political instability.
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[2026-07-29 13:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Baltic Container Terminal (BCT) has handled the inaugural call of the MSC Venice, the largest vessel to call at the Port of Gdynia in Poland.
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[2026-07-29 13:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SUBIC BAY, Philippines — The Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) welcomed the launch of the first locally built vessel constructed by HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Philippines Inc. (HHIP) at its shipyard here, calling it a landmark milestone for the domestic shipbuilding sector
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[2026-07-29 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: There's a difference between understanding markets and understanding yourself in markets.
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[2026-07-29 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: It’s time to rethink how we describe the months-long confrontation that has cost lives across the Middle East and upended the global economy. Far from being a “regional war” or another “Middle East conflict”, what began as a crisis sparked by the US and Israel’s attack on Iran and Tehran's attacks on the Gulf and Strait of Hormuz, is no longer confined to a single chokepoint or even a single geography.
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[2026-07-29 12:56 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Patriot Resources has bolted on another slice of highly prospective ground in the heart Zambia’s world class copper belt, acquiring a 90 per cent interest in a strategic licence. The tenement sits just 17 kilometres along strike from First Quantum Minerals’ soon-to-be producing Fishtie project which is expected to ramp up to a production rate of about 30,000 tonnes of copper a year by the end of the decade.
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[2026-07-29 12:54 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: July 29, 2026 12:54 | News
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[2026-07-29 12:45 UTC+10:00] [Australian economy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: ABS data shows inflation still too high but tracking lower than anticipated
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[2026-07-29 12:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 29 (Yonhap) -- Prosecutors said Wednesday they have indicted eight people, including six business daily journalists, for allegedly manipulating stock prices and pocketing over 9 billion won (US$6.19 million) in illicit gains.
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[2026-07-29 12:35 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Traffic in the Sicilian capital of Palermo is notoriously chaotic. Lights there, at least in the popular imagination, are regarded as offering mere guidelines to motorists.
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[2026-07-29 12:29 UTC+10:00] [National / Queensland] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Pauline Hanson’s One Nation is at risk of losing its legal status in its home state of Queensland after the state’s regulator revealed the party had failed to lodge audited financial statements over a three-year period.
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[2026-07-29 12:24 UTC+10:00] [Sport / Cricket] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A financial manager who works at a livestock auction house has been identified as the club cricketer at the centre of a cheating scandal in a northern England cricket league.
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[2026-07-29 12:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: South Korean chipmaker SK Hynix has benefited from the ongoing boom in demand for semiconductors spurred by artificial intelligence. (Photo by Ahn Seong-bok)
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[2026-07-29 12:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 29 (Yonhap) -- The chief financial regulator said Wednesday that his agency may draw up more measures to cool the single-stock leveraged exchange-traded funds (ETFs), which have been cited as one of the factors rocking the local stock market.
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[2026-07-29 12:07 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: July 29, 2026 — 12:07pm
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[2026-07-29 12:02 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea's central bank said Wednesday it is necessary to maintain a monetary tightening mode as inflation pressure remains high and the country's economy is likely to continuously grow.
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[2026-07-29 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's bourse operator on Wednesday activated a sell-side sidecar for the benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) after the index fell sharply, led by tech losses.
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[2026-07-29 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Aileen Taylor is set to move to the city as the bank focuses on tapping Asian growth markets and rebuilding its local investment banking team
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