Topic: Business & Economy — Neutral reports only
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[2026-02-26 19:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has arrived in the tech hub of Hangzhou on the second day of his first official trip to China, flanked by a delegation of business leaders seeking contracts in the eastern city.
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[2026-02-26 19:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Streets in Uba and nearby Juiz de Fora remain covered in mud and debris after floods and landslides killed at least 46 people and left dozens missing. Residents have returned to clear shops and recover vehicles buried under sludge. Business owners in the area reported water levels reaching almost two metres, causing extensive damage to stock and premises.
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[2026-02-26 19:30 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Woolworths has been forced to tweak its AI-powered virtual assistant after customers reported odd attempts at “banter” from the chatbot, including references to its “mother” who spoke in an “angry voice”.
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[2026-02-26 19:30 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Migration debates and the rise of anti-immigration sentiment are jeopardising Australia’s $54 billion international student market, multiple experts have warned, as the sector braces for fallout from a crackdown on non-genuine students from South Asia.
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[2026-02-26 19:30 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: An episode of Australian Story was pulled by the ABC at the last minute after it emerged the subject had been convicted of indecent assault more than three decades ago.
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[2026-02-26 19:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: SKC said Thursday it will raise about 1 trillion won ($750 million) through a rights offering to accelerate growth in future businesses and improve its financial health.
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[2026-02-26 19:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Feb. 26 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung on Thursday vowed to improve undervalued Korean shares and sustain the ongoing rally by enhancing the market environment and encouraging a shift of capital from real estate to productive finance.
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[2026-02-26 19:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s first official visit to China continues with a tour of Beijing’s Forbidden City on Thursday, a symbolic stop during talks focused on trade and global tensions. Merz said Germany and Europe want a partnership with China that is balanced and reliable. His visit comes as Beijing looks for allies against renewed US tariffs.
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[2026-02-26 19:14 UTC+10:00] [South Asia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-02-26 19:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Breaking down the key figures in Hong Kong 2026-27 budgetA deep dive into the data from Hong Kong finance chief Paul Chan’s latest budget announcement, looking at the government’s growing revenue and increasing investment in infrastructure.
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[2026-02-26 18:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Feb. 26 (Yonhap) -- CJ Cheiljedang Corp., a major South Korean food company, said Thursday it will lower prices of its flour products for both business-to-business (B2B) and retail consumers by an additional 5 percent on average.
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[2026-02-26 18:50 UTC+10:00] [BUSINESS] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: Food-delivery company Wolt will exit Japan as rising competition tests its global strategy, its parent firm DoorDash said Wednesday.
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[2026-02-26 18:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Feb. 26 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Electronics Co. reclaimed the top spot in the global dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) market in the fourth quarter of last year, driven by increased sales of high bandwidth memory (HBM), data showed Thursday.
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[2026-02-26 18:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Only 7% of Israeli companies received a score from the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) in 2025, compared to 25% globally, highlighting significant gaps between Israeli companies and their international counterparts, new data from the organization showed.
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[2026-02-26 18:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Why China’s travellers spent little, despite rise in Chinese New Year tripsThe country logged a record 596 million domestic trips over the extended holiday, but consumers are still reluctant to loosen their purse strings.
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[2026-02-26 17:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Analysts said the platform’s departure underscored how hard it is to turn a profit in a dense, tightly contested market
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[2026-02-26 17:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Rising valuations ease tensions as corporations grow more receptive to activists
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[2026-02-26 17:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: JAKARTA, Indonesia — New data centers are springing up worldwide as demand soars for artificial intelligence and cloud computing, with Asia one of the sector's fastest growing regions.
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[2026-02-26 17:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Feb. 26 (Yonhap) -- The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that repurposing and altering luxury goods for personal use does not constitute trademark infringement in a widely watched case brought by luxury brand Louis Vuitton against a refurbishing business.
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[2026-02-26 17:17 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Pilot Energy is edging closer to a national first, with Australia’s inaugural direct air capture demonstration facility now fully built and on track to be operational by mid-June at the company’s Cliff Head onshore plant near Dongara.
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[2026-02-26 17:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The country logged a record 596 million domestic trips over the extended holiday, but consumers are still reluctant to loosen their purse strings
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[2026-02-26 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Five individuals in France have been charged with financing terrorism over their alleged links to charities suspected of funnelling millions of euros to Hamas.
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[2026-02-26 16:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: ‘I am disappointed that giving out money or consumption vouchers has fallen off the radar,’ resident says
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[2026-02-26 16:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: SK hynix and Sandisk have agreed to jointly pursue global standardization of High Bandwidth Flash, a next-generation memory technology designed to improve artificial intelligence inference systems, the companies said Thursday.
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[2026-02-26 16:55 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Moonlight Resources has hit the ground running with a phase two reverse circulation (RC) drilling program now underway at its Leo Grande prospect, part of the company’s wholly owned Clermont gold project in Queensland.
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[2026-02-26 16:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Feb. 26 (Yonhap) -- The Korea Exchange (KRX) held a virtual event Thursday to introduce to offshore investors Seoul's ongoing efforts to promote the local stock market that include various government policies and market reform measures.
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[2026-02-26 16:45 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Augustus Minerals has kicked off reverse circulation drilling at its Music Well gold project in Leonora, Western Australia, marking a maiden test of the project and its Clifton East target.
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[2026-02-26 16:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: OCI Holdings said Thursday it has completed project financing for a 260-megawatt solar power plant in Texas, accelerating its push into long-term renewable energy infrastructure investment in the United States.
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[2026-02-26 16:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Flooding vast parts of central Australia has been declared a natural disaster and financial assistance has been made available by the governments.
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[2026-02-26 16:17 UTC+10:00] [UK news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: As British MPs vote to release the documents relating to Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s appointment as trade envoy, Helen Pidd speaks to Andrew Lownie, author of Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York, about the former prince’s antics in the role and whether this scandal will be the monarchy’s last
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[2026-02-26 16:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A person stands as a vehicle passes by in front of an electronic stock board showing Japan’s Nikkei index at a securities firm Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
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[2026-02-26 15:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Coupang has been fined 2.19 billion won ($1.53 million) and ordered to take corrective measures for violating the Large-scale Retail Business Act, the Fair Trade Commission said Thursday, citing unfair pressure on suppliers and delayed payments.
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[2026-02-26 15:34 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: February 26, 2026 — 3:34pm
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[2026-02-26 15:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SAN FRANCISCO — Samsung on Wednesday unveiled its latest Galaxy smartphones, which boast an even bigger toolbox of artificial intelligence technology than the previous two generations and introduce a new privacy shield mode that blocks snoopy bystanders from sneaking a peek at the display screen.
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[2026-02-26 15:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Net profit in 2025 rises to HK$17.75 billion (US$2.28 billion), beating market expectations
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[2026-02-26 15:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) recorded a P30.09 billion in revenue for 2025, the highest recorded in its history, and an 8.86-percent increase from its 2024 earnings, based on its unaudited financial report.
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[2026-02-26 15:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Saudi Aramco halted liquefied petroleum gas exports from its Juaymah terminal in eastern Saudi Arabia this week after a part of the delivery system carrying propane and butane was structurally damaged, the company said on Wednesday.
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[2026-02-26 15:10 UTC+10:00] [Business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article.
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[2026-02-26 15:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: VOA Africa
Snippet: XS SM MD LG
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[2026-02-26 15:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: VOA Africa
Snippet: XS SM MD LG
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[2026-02-26 15:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: VOA Africa
Snippet: XS SM MD LG
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[2026-02-26 15:05 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: BNK Banking Corporation ramped up first-half profitability, pushing firmly into positive territory as fatter margins and climbing revenue showed its shift into higher-return assets is paying dividends.
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[2026-02-26 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: For decades, disability inclusion has been framed as charity, compliance or corporate social responsibility. The intentions are often good, but the results are predictable: pilot programmes that never scale, roles that lack advancement, and initiatives that quietly disappear once the grant cycle ends. Inclusion, when treated as a moral gesture rather than an operational strategy, rarely survives market realities.
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[2026-02-26 14:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Financial Secretary Paul Chan unveiled a slew of initiatives in his annual budget address, ranging from relief measures to spending big on AI
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[2026-02-26 14:55 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: TMK Energy has ticked off a key milestone in Mongolia, setting a new daily gas production record at its Gurvantes XXXV project and delivering its clearest sign yet that the pilot is edging into commercial gas territory.
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[2026-02-26 14:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: RECASTS headline; ADDS BOK chief's comments, details from 9th para, additional photo)By Oh Seok-min
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[2026-02-26 14:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: FILE -Workers offload grains from a truck at the Mile 12 Market in Lagos, Nigeria, Feb. 16, 2024. AP Photo/Mansur Ibrahim, File)
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[2026-02-26 14:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Beijing cautioned Washington that it is prepared to respond forcefully - with "all necessary measures" - if a renewed US review of their 2020 trade pact leads to additional tariffs, after American officials indicated the inquiry would press ahead, according to Bloomberg.
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[2026-02-26 13:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Hang Seng Index rises for a second day as Nvidia’s earnings rekindle AI optimism
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[2026-02-26 13:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (2nd LD) S. Korea, U.S. to stage annual military exercise next month, still in consultation over field training
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