Topic: Business — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-20 21:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Asian equities extended losses for a fourth straight session, with South Korea's benchmark KOSPI falling about 1% as the market priced in the shock of an imminent labor action at Samsung Electronics.
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[2026-05-20 20:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: China’s exports of rare earth magnets to Japan recovered only modestly last month, with Japanese firms warning of ‘severe’ shortages
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[2026-05-20 20:30 UTC+10:00] [China] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: China’s exports of rare earth magnets to Japan recovered only modestly last month, with Japanese firms warning of ‘severe’ shortages
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[2026-05-20 20:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Molly Kingsley via DailySceptic.org,
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[2026-05-20 20:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Treasury chief Christopher Hui also says city opted against separate regulatory authority for digital assets to support ‘convergence’
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[2026-05-20 20:27 UTC+10:00] [Hong Kong] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Treasury chief Christopher Hui also says city opted against separate regulatory authority for digital assets to support ‘convergence’
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[2026-05-20 20:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines -- Finland underscored the deepening economic partnership between Manila and Helsinki, including regional initiatives such as the European Union’s Global Gateway and Digital Economy Package, which aims to make the Philippines a "digital connectivity hub" in Southeast Asia.
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[2026-05-20 20:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Workers walk near coal barges in Palembang, Indonesia: Commodity producer shares fell on May 20, after the government announced new export controls. © Reuters
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[2026-05-20 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Local businesses around Kansas City are releasing twists to their signature products and other merchandise to join in on the World Cup festivities. (AP video: Nick Ingram)
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[2026-05-20 19:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Senior Saudi statesman Prince Turki Al Faisal once told me that energy markets bind the world together. Coming from the man whose father, King Faisal, started the 1973 oil embargo – a near cataclysmic event at the time that saw the New York Stock Exchange shed almost half its value in a year, and ushered in a decade of high inflation, unemployment and stagnant industrial productivity worldwide – that means something.
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[2026-05-20 19:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Bank Indonesia has kept interest rates unchanged for the previous seven months. (Photo by Yuki Kohara)
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[2026-05-20 19:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Bank Indonesia has kept interest rates unchanged for the previous seven months. (Photo by Yuki Kohara)
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[2026-05-20 19:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Italian defence company Leonardo signed a deal worth €320 million (Dh1.3 billion) with the UAE’s Edge Group unit Abu Dhabi Ship Building to provide advanced naval combat systems for the Kuwait navy’s missile boat programme.
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[2026-05-20 19:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump with first lady Melania Trump addresses the attendees from the Blue Room Balcony of the White House during the annual Congressional Picnic on the South Lawn, Tuesday, May 19, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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[2026-05-20 19:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: But study warns that new project pipeline appears to be drying up, as Chinese investors face pressure from both Beijing and Brussels
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[2026-05-20 19:04 UTC+10:00] [France] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: But study warns that new project pipeline appears to be drying up, as Chinese investors face pressure from both Beijing and Brussels
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[2026-05-20 18:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [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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[2026-05-20 18:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: The British government has relaxed sanctions on Russian energy imports, allowing it to buy jet fuel and diesel refined from Russian crude oil in third-party countries as the war in the Middle East continues to roil energy markets.
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[2026-05-20 18:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: President Xi Jinping hailed China and Russia's "unyielding" ties in talks with Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, as the pair met to underscore their alliance days after Donald Trump's visit to the Asian superpower economy.
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[2026-05-20 18:15 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
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[2026-05-20 17:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Bond markets are sending signals that politicians are struggling to read. Former Bank of England governor Sir Mervyn King joins The Inside Brief with Manus Cranny from London to make sense of them, drawing on a 22-year career at the institution and a decade as governor during some of the most turbulent periods in modern financial history.
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[2026-05-20 17:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Prices are rising as demand for Russian supply spikes amid Middle East instability
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[2026-05-20 17:51 UTC+10:00] [China] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Prices are rising as demand for Russian supply spikes amid Middle East instability
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[2026-05-20 17:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Bank Indonesia has kept interest rates unchanged for the previous seven months. (Photo by Yuki Kohara)
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[2026-05-20 17:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: CATL's battery factory in Debrecen, Hungary, topped a list of ongoing Chinese investments in Europe in 2025. (Nikkei montage/Source photo by Reuters)
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[2026-05-20 17:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Yields on U.S. Treasurys moved lower early on Wednesday, following a sharp sell-off across bond markets as inflation concerns continue to weigh on investor sentiment.
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[2026-05-20 16:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Workers walk near coal barges in Palembang, Indonesia: Commodity producer shares fell on May 20, after the government announced new export controls. © Reuters
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[2026-05-20 16:21 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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[2026-05-20 15:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Global stock markets have been on a tear in 2026, extending last year's rally as traders look through geopolitical turmoil and inflation fears.
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[2026-05-20 15:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Trump administration is fighting Minnesota's decision to outlaw prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket.
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[2026-05-20 15:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: LONDON — European stocks are expected to open in negative territory on Wednesday as global markets keep a close eye on elevated bond yields and await U.K. inflation data due later this morning.
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[2026-05-20 14:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: This ESR warehouse sits in Kanagawa prefecture, southwest of Tokyo. Investors are looking to Japan's property market for growth and returns as they flee political uncertainty elsewhere in the world. (Photo Courtesy of ESR)
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[2026-05-20 14:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A person walks in front of an electronic stock board showing Japan’s Nikkei index at a securities firm Monday, May 18, 2026, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
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[2026-05-20 13:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The industrial action threatens the health of South Korea’s economy and could disrupt the global supply of semiconductors
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[2026-05-20 13:08 UTC+10:00] [AI] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The industrial action threatens the health of South Korea’s economy and could disrupt the global supply of semiconductors
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[2026-05-20 12:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: A global reshuffling in stock-market hierarchy is underway, with artificial intelligence redrawing the pecking order of equity markets and propelling Taiwan and South Korea past several long-established Western bourses.
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[2026-05-20 12:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Finance chief Paul Chan says the shift is fuelled by city’s strong market performance and an improved geopolitical situation, especially following Xi-Trump summit
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[2026-05-20 12:37 UTC+10:00] [Covid] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Finance chief Paul Chan says the shift is fuelled by city’s strong market performance and an improved geopolitical situation, especially following Xi-Trump summit
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[2026-05-20 12:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro and federal law enforcement officials held a press conference around midday Friday to announce a "Summer Surge" under the D.C. Safe and Beautiful Task Force ahead of America 250 events across the Capital Beltway.
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[2026-05-20 12:04 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: May 20, 2026 — 12:04pm
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[2026-05-20 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 20 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean stock markets will be closed on June 3, the day of local elections, the bourse operator said Wednesday.
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[2026-05-20 11:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Hello, this is Hui Jie writing to you from Singapore. Welcome to another edition of CNBC's Daily Open.
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[2026-05-20 11:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: SkyeChip specializes in semiconductor intellectual property and custom chip design. © Getty Images
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[2026-05-20 11:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: SkyeChip specializes in semiconductor intellectual property and custom chip design. © Getty Images
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[2026-05-20 11:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: SkyeChip specializes in semiconductor intellectual property and custom chip design. © Getty Images
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[2026-05-20 11:28 UTC+10:00] [World / North America] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Washington: At a time when his poll numbers are sagging, the economy is sputtering and the war he launched in Iran simply will not end, President Donald Trump spent Tuesday morning (US time) showing off his skills in the profession he feels most comfortable with: real estate.
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[2026-05-20 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Products and services compatible with China’s navigation system have captured 58 per cent market share in countries in the trade initiative
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[2026-05-20 11:00 UTC+10:00] [GPS] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Products and services compatible with China’s navigation system have captured 58 per cent market share in countries in the trade initiative
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[2026-05-20 10:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: North Asian markets are outperforming those in the south of the continent, thanks to tougher insulation from energy shocks, stronger fiscal ability and AI developments, according to a senior Goldman Sachs strategist.
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[2026-05-20 10:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Envoy Bauyrzhan Dosmanbetov attributes growth of local Kazakhstani community to Belt and Road Scholarship programme launched in 2016
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