Topic: Business & Economy — Neutral reports only
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[2026-09-02 07:08 UTC+10:00] [Lori Trahan] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Legislation to promote adoption of US open-source models while publicising the risks associated with using their Chinese counterparts
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[2026-09-02 07:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks at a news conference, Monday, Aug. 24, 2026, at the Treasury Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
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[2026-09-02 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: From Australia to India, residents and community groups are voicing concerns about the impacts of hosting massive AI data centers. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Getty Images)
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[2026-09-02 06:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-09-02 06:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SAN FRANCISCO — ChatGPT maker OpenAI said Tuesday it was preparing to release its newest powerful model, known as Astra, after implementing "stronger safeguards" following a rogue cyberattack involving a different AI model.
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[2026-09-02 06:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-09-02 06:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Stocks fell on Wall Street as another round of U.S. military strikes on Iran sent oil prices higher, stoking worries about stubbornly high inflation.
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[2026-09-02 06:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Japan aims to expand combined annual takeoff and landing slots at Narita and Haneda airports from 830,000 to 1 million. (Photo by Hiroshi Tanda)
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[2026-09-02 06:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-09-02 06:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks to reporters at the G20 Finance Ministerial in Asheville, N.C., Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026.(AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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[2026-09-02 06:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: The Chang'e-7 lunar probe and rocket are transferred to the launching area at Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in China's Hainan province on Aug. 19. © Xinhua via AP
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[2026-09-02 06:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has reprimanded the United States for what he describes as a flippant approach to the ongoing trade dispute between the two countries.
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[2026-09-02 06:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gestures, as finance ministers and central bank governors from Group of 20 members meet in Asheville, North Carolina, on Aug. 31. © Reuters
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[2026-09-02 05:56 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: New York: A knife-wielding suspect killed a Bank of America vice president in Times Square on Monday (US time), in an attack that injured another victim and left the suspect dead.
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[2026-09-02 05:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: GoPro is joining the artificial intelligence craze.
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[2026-09-02 05:39 UTC+10:00] [Canada] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: A week before Canada is set to impose retaliatory tariffs on $20 billion worth of American imports, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Tuesday that the Trump administration must stop insulting his country if there was to be any hope of renewing trade talks.
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[2026-09-02 05:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: A sweeping new oil production agreement between the US and Venezuela is a geopolitical opportunity for Washington to secure access to oilfields that have largely been under the influence of Chinese and Russian companies, a US official said on Tuesday.
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[2026-09-02 05:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Israel’s Ministries of Finance and Defence have clashed over the spiralling costs of Israel’s multiple and ongoing wars in the region, which are adding pressure to the government’s budget.
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[2026-09-02 05:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-09-02 05:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks to reporters at the G20 Finance Ministerial in Asheville, N.C., Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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[2026-09-02 05:18 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Stocks fell and oil prices continued to climb following another round of US military strikes on Iran, stoking worries about stubbornly high inflation.
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[2026-09-02 05:17 UTC+10:00] [US military] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Exclusive: financial disclosures from Emil Michael – who also reaped millions from xAI stock earlier this year – show he sold his Perplexity stock for up to $25m
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[2026-09-02 05:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-09-02 05:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-09-02 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The Commonwealth Bank charged a customer 13 years of fees for an unactivated credit card, and failed to realise that it was responsible for taking the money when the man got in touch after spotting the charges.
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[2026-09-02 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Sport / AFL] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Only Zak Butters knows for certain which Victorian club he wants to join during this trade period.
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[2026-09-02 05:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-09-02 04:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-09-02 04:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Images emerging from Iran in recent days showing vehicles waiting in long lines to refuel are another indication of the severe economic crisis facing the country – one of the most serious Iran has experienced in decades.
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[2026-09-02 04:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-09-02 04:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: RiHeart consists of sheets of cardiac muscle cells generated from iPS cells, which are then attached to the surface of the heart. (Cuorips)
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[2026-09-02 04:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Tuesday played down the most recent bond-market sell-off as worries mount over rising debt levels and energy-driven inflationary pressures.
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[2026-09-02 04:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Rising bond yields may be a sign the Japanese economy is emerging from three lost decades. (Photo by Yutaka Miyaguchi)
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[2026-09-02 04:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Anthropic on Tuesday announced it will change a controversial data retention policy for its business customers after "a lot of feedback," and it said it plans to implement a new solution called Enterprise Frontier Safeguards instead.
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[2026-09-02 04:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Britain wants its trade agreement with the Gulf Co-operation Council signed within weeks as it seeks deeper economic ties with a region whose importance to global energy, investment and trade is critical amid the six-month Iran war.
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[2026-09-02 03:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-09-02 03:30 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: September 2, 2026 03:30 | News
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[2026-09-02 03:30 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: September 2, 2026 03:30 | News
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[2026-09-02 03:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent boasted Tuesday that the U.S. bond market has outperformed the rest of the world since President Donald Trump's return to office. But he made his comments as 10-year Treasury yields rose to their highest level in nearly 20 months amid a global bond selloff that has raised fears about a repeat of the 1997 Asian financial crisis.
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[2026-09-02 03:12 UTC+10:00] [Drug pricing] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Europe is facing increasing pressure to create a more favorable market for the life sciences sector as the Trump administration continues its push for drugmakers to invest in the U.S.
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[2026-09-02 03:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-09-02 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Yields on Japan's benchmark 10-year government bond touched 3% on Sept. 1, the highest level in 30 years. (Photo by Kazuho Fujiwara)
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[2026-09-02 02:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks with members of the media as he arrives at the Office of the Prime Minister and Privy Council in Ottawa, on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press via AP)
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[2026-09-02 02:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Bank of Israel (BoI)'s Monetary Committee cut the interest rate by 0.25% to 3.25% on Tuesday.
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[2026-09-02 02:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Brig.-Gen. Rahman Moghaddam, the commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)'s special operations unit, Unit 4000, began planning operations in the Strait of Malacca and the Bangka Strait, two waterways essential to global trade, and ports in Indonesia and China, Iran International reported on Tuesday, citing several informed sources.
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[2026-09-02 02:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Many Japanese corporate pension funds are warming to domestic bonds again, reversing a long decline. (Photo by Akira Kodaka)
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[2026-09-02 02:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Chinese online fast-fashion retailer Shein made its long-awaited Hong Kong market debut Tuesday, only to fall flat in what can only be viewed as a disappointing IPO plagued by investor concerns about slowing growth, rising costs and an increasingly challenged international business model.
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[2026-09-02 02:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-09-02 02:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THE peso sank to a new all-time low of P62.40:$1 on Tuesday as the dollar continued to strengthen amid expectations of a Federal Reserve rate hike later this month and an escalation of hostilities in the Middle East.
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[2026-09-02 02:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THE removal of the 12-percent value-added tax (VAT) on system loss charges will cost the government some P10 billion annually, a Cabinet official said on Tuesday.
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