Topic: Business & Economy — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-19 22:00 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Report shows how minerals critical to defense readiness have seen a ‘near total’ disruption in seaborne trade
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[2026-03-19 21:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Keepers and vets at Nyíregyháza Zoo in eastern Hungary carefully washed and examined a group of spurred tortoises (Centrochelys sulcata) during a routine health session. The procedure monitored their wellbeing, checked for injuries, and was followed by feeding as part of standard captive care. Native to Africa’s Sahel region, from Senegal to Ethiopia, this species is classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
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[2026-03-19 21:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The city welcomed a batch of new regional headquarters and R&D centres this week, as China continues its campaign to win back overseas capital
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[2026-03-19 21:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese province has launched a crackdown on the fentanyl trade — a contentious issue in U.S.-China relations — arresting seven people and shutting down more than 200 websites in recent months, state media reported Thursday.
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[2026-03-19 21:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: The orphaned baby grey titi monkey found alone near Rionegro in early March is undergoing rehabilitation at a specialised wildlife centre in Barbosa, about 39 km from Medellín. Staff use a soft toy as a surrogate mother to reduce stress and replicate parental care. As of 18 March, the infant, recently filmed clinging to the plush, is being fed milk formula, monitored for its health and gradually introduced to peers in a controlled enclosure.
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[2026-03-19 21:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: China is clamping down on fertiliser exports to protect its domestic market, a number of industry sources said, putting an additional strain on global markets that were already grappling with shortages caused by the US-Israeli war on Iran.
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[2026-03-19 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Less than 2% of the top stories on Apple News last month came from right-leaning news outlets – a paltry increase from 0% a month earlier that amounts to “damage control” in the face of a possible federal crackdown on media bias, according to a conservative watchdog.
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[2026-03-19 20:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Chinese tech giant Alibaba on Thursday reported net income had dropped 66% year-over-year, as it missed analyst revenue expectations.
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[2026-03-19 20:32 UTC+10:00] [Li Ka-shing] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Diversified business mitigates impact of adverse developments including ‘legal conflict’ over Panama ports, chairman says
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[2026-03-19 20:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: In a high-stakes address at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) on Wednesday, March 18, the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) issued a blistering condemnation of ongoing attacks against commercial vessels in the Middle East, warning that the escalating crisis in the Strait of Hormuz is pushing global supply chains to a breaking point.
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[2026-03-19 20:23 UTC+10:00] [Oil] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Month-ahead UK wholesale gas price hits highest level since August 2022 as Donald Trump threatens retaliation
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[2026-03-19 20:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Gold has climbed well past $5,100 an ounce, currently sitting above the $5,000 mark – and the number of gold IRA companies trying to sell a piece of that rally to retirement savers seems to have grown even faster.
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[2026-03-19 20:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Gold and silver joined a broad sell-off on Thursday, with the metals shedding 2% and 5.5% as fears about the Iran war and inflation gripped global markets.
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[2026-03-19 19:53 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Treasurer Jim Chalmers warned the Iran war is threatening to drive inflation towards 5 per cent and wipe billions of dollars from Australia, but said it was why he would deliver bold budget reforms.In a pre-budget speech this afternoon, Chalmers said new Treasury scenarios forecast inflation to reach from high 4 per cent if oil prices stay at $US100 a barrel to 5.5 per cent if prices continue to rise to $US120."It means the prospect of inflation peaking in the
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[2026-03-19 19:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines was named among the world’s politest and friendliest countries in the world, according to cross-border digital financial services provider Remitly, which surveyed more than 4,600 people worldwide.
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[2026-03-19 18:57 UTC+10:00] [Freya Feng] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: But young job-hunters say they are still struggling to find work in a testing post-holiday labour market amid rising global economic uncertainty
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[2026-03-19 18:53 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The American Chamber of Commerce in Korea hosted Lee Soo-hyung, a member of the Monetary Policy Board at the Bank of Korea, for a closed-door executive roundtable on Thursday to discuss Korea’s monetary policy direction and the domestic and global economic outlook.
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[2026-03-19 18:50 UTC+10:00] [technological innovation] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Oversight of China’s industry intensifies, with carmakers urged to move beyond discounts and focus on chips and self-driving systems
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[2026-03-19 18:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: LONDON (AP) — Until the U.S. and Israel started bombing Iran less than three weeks ago, it was viewed as a near certainty that the Bank of England would cut interest rates again on Thursday. Now it’s a near-certainty that it will leave its base rate unchanged at 3.75%.
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[2026-03-19 18:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: BARCELONA, Spain, March 19, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- At Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2026, Tencent Cloud, the cloud business of global technology company Tencent, highlighted the progress of its partnership with 3D AI Studio, a next‑generation, AI‑powered 3D content creation platform. Building on a collaboration launched in November 2025, the two companies are co-developing advanced, scalable AI-powered solutions to meet growing global demand for high-quality 3D content from designers, developers, and creators worldwide.
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[2026-03-19 18:16 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Australians are flocking to a controversial site offering odds on events in Middle Eastern conflict zones, including whether shrapnel from a single missile hit land, prompting death threats to journalists reporting on the conflict to change their reporting.
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[2026-03-19 18:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: BRUSSELS, March 19, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Radisson Hotel Group is pleased to announce the signing of Mana Island Resort & Spa Fiji, a member of Radisson Individuals, marking a significant milestone in the Group's South Pacific expansion and reinforcing its growing presence in Fiji's resort market.
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[2026-03-19 17:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Export strength holds, but trade tensions, geopolitical risks cloud outlook
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[2026-03-19 17:30 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Patriot Resources has announced the hiring of Dominic Duggan as managing director to drive growth at the company’s Tassa silver project in Peru.
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[2026-03-19 17:24 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: GS Entec, an energy equipment and engineering unit of GS Group, said Thursday it is participating in this week’s 2026 World Smart Energy Week in Tokyo as it steps up efforts to expand its footprint in the global offshore wind market.
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[2026-03-19 17:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Ministry of Digital Economy has announced that a new feature has been added to the vehicle fuel QR code system starting today (March 19), aimed at resolving difficulties faced by the public when obtaining QR codes for previously registered vehicles, especially when the original mobile phone number is no longer active.
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[2026-03-19 17:13 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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[2026-03-19 17:10 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Samsung Electronics said Thursday it has maintained its No. 1 position in the global commercial display market for the 17th consecutive year, holding a 35.2 percent share with shipments of 2.5 million units.
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[2026-03-19 17:07 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Porsche said Thursday it will launch more than 10 new models in South Korea this year, starting with the East Asia debut of the Cayenne Electric, as it steps up its push in the high-performance electric vehicle market.
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[2026-03-19 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Before the war on Iran began in late February, Europe's central banks enjoyed a more benign inflation outlook as interest rates looked set to remain stable or keep falling across the region.
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[2026-03-19 17:00 UTC+10:00] [online community] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Business owners cite restroom hygiene concerns and misuse by customers, while critics call the fee excessive
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[2026-03-19 17:00 UTC+10:00] [Africa] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: War in the Middle East is causing global disruption – from oil to agriculture – as countries, including China, enter spring planting season
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[2026-03-19 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: European companies that import semiconductors from Asia are tapping into backup stores and paying more for deliveries as the Iran war causes disruption to air freight routes through the Middle East, industry insiders have told CNBC.
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[2026-03-19 16:59 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Viking Mines has joined forces with a global US-based consulting firm to propel its permitting pathway into overdrive, as the company looks to develop its flagship Linka tungsten project in the US state of Nevada.
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[2026-03-19 16:57 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Advance Metals has put an emphatic stamp of success on its recently completed extensional drilling at the company’s 100 per cent-owned Yoquivo silver-gold project in Mexico, nailing a string of eye-watering results from the final resource extension holes at its Pertenencia deposit.
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[2026-03-19 16:47 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: BTS bandmates hold about W20b in shares each
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[2026-03-19 16:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: CHOICE found private health customers with gold-level cover with the big five would feel the sting the most, with an average rise of 13.3 per cent. (Adobe Stock: Gorodenkoff)
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[2026-03-19 16:18 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Dalaroo Metals has honed its focus on the company’s rapidly emerging Bondoukou gold project in northeastern Côte d’Ivoire, outlining a high‑priority gold drill target at the Goldridge prospect extending over 2.5 kilometres in strike and up to 400 metres wide.
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[2026-03-19 16:01 UTC+10:00] [Robots] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: How close are we to the sci-fi vision of autonomous humanoid robots? I visited 11 companies in five Chinese cities to find out
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[2026-03-19 15:44 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Cha Biotech said Thursday it will transfer 8.95 million shares in Cha Vaccine Institute, worth 23.8 billion won ($15.8 million), to Solux, AriBio Investment Purpose No. 13 and other investors.
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[2026-03-19 15:43 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Households could start to feel relief from rising electricity bills within months as authorities move to cut prices on the eastern seaboard by as much as 10 per cent, potentially wiping off hundreds of dollars a year for some customers.
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[2026-03-19 15:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A vessel was hit by an “unknown projectile” near Ras Laffan, Qatar, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations said, adding that all crew members were safe.
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[2026-03-19 15:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: This report is from this week's "Inside India" newsletter, which brings you timely, insightful news and market commentary on the emerging powerhouse — Subscribe today
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[2026-03-19 15:02 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The Sydney radio market is an arena where kings and queens are crowned, or decapitated, by their corporate overlords with astonishing speed. The all-important breakfast slot is littered with the bodies of those who have tried and failed to break through – just ask Judith Lucy, Sophie Monk, Erin Molan, Sam Frost, Dave Hughes, Grant Denyer and Gold Logie winner Rove McManus.
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[2026-03-19 14:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Agriculture Secretary Francisco P. Tiu Laurel Jr. filed separate cyberlibel cases against former lawmaker Zaldy Co and the "18 ex-Marines" and their counsel Levi Baligod at the Makati City Prosecutor's Office on Thursday morning.
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[2026-03-19 14:46 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Property News: Suburbs where house values rose most in the past 12 months.
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[2026-03-19 14:35 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Mining budgets exist to be beaten, but rarely by this much. Auric Mining has closed the books on its Munda starter pit with a final gold tally of 8,886 ounces, a result that landed 46 per cent above the original budget of 6,100 ounces and delivered a string of positive surprises at virtually every step of the process.
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[2026-03-19 14:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: California’s business community is now formally organizing to fight the policies and the politicians jeopardizing the future of this state. But if they use the same the playbook and players that get rich off our political dysfunction every election, nothing is going to change.
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[2026-03-19 14:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Currency traders work near a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), top center, and the foreign exchange rate between U.S. dollar and South Korean won, top center left, at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, March 19, 2026.
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[2026-03-19 14:02 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Infini Resources has locked-in key contracting firms for the company’s maiden drilling program at its promising Reynolds Lake and Reitenbach Lake uranium projects in Canada’s globally-renowned Athabasca Basin.
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