Topic: Economy & Finance — Neutral reports only
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[2026-07-31 07:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: This would be the first time such a weapon was fired in nearly a year, suggesting that Moscow has a fresh stock of arms
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[2026-07-31 07:52 UTC+10:00] [Iskander] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: This would be the first time such a weapon was fired in nearly a year, suggesting that Moscow has a fresh stock of arms
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[2026-07-31 06:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Chicago Bears defensive line Grady Jarrett works out with teammates during practice at the team’s NFL football training camp, Thursday, July 30, 2026, in Lake Forest, Ill. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
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[2026-07-31 06:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A monster day for Microsoft following signals that its big spending on AI is translating into profits led a powerful rebound on Wall Street, while AI stocks regained some of their sharp recent losses.
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[2026-07-31 05:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: US voter anger about the conflict in Iran and inflation continues to grow, causing President Donald Trump's approval numbers to drop.
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[2026-07-31 05:01 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The Royal Hotel in Clifton Hill is on the market for the first time in four decades and nearly 10 years since the front bar was open. The move comes three years after its owners, the Gudic family, lost their bid to build a five-storey apartment project over the historic corner hotel.
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[2026-07-31 04:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli forces shot and wounded a Palestinian man after opening fire on his vehicle in the town of Beita, south of Nablus, in the occupied West Bank, on Thursday evening, Wafa news agency reported, citing the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS).
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[2026-07-31 03:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Two overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) received financial aid after the fire that broke out on July 19 at their employers's house in Taichung, the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) said.
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[2026-07-31 02:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Women's clothing retailer Reformation began trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday at $15 per share after pricing its IPO at $15.
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[2026-07-31 02:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-07-31 02:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The UAE has scrapped 15 fees on company and market activities while raising the cost of approving stock listings, as authorities look to cut red tape and widen economic participation in the country.
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[2026-07-31 02:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Large police, IDF, and Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) forces were dispatched on Thursday afternoon to the area of Tzur Yitzhak in the West Bank following concerns over a security incident.
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[2026-07-31 02:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network’s (IJAN) UK chapter and allied activist groups gathered for a picket outside the Charity Commission building in London on Wednesday to demand that the regulatory body investigate, sanction, or strip the charitable status of the Jewish National Fund (JNF) UK and other Jewish organizations that they accuse of funding initiatives, land acquisition, and development projects in the West Bank.
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[2026-07-31 02:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: STATE of the Nation Addresses (SONAs) rarely place language itself at the center of political discussion. Presidents typically devote their annual addresses to the economy, infrastructure, education, health care, foreign policy and national security. Language, despite underpinning almost every aspect of governance, usually remains invisible. One notable exception came in President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s first SONA in 2022, when he argued that Filipinos’ command of English has long been a competitive advantage in the international labor market and suggested that
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[2026-07-31 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A sign is posted for a new home for sale in Ambler, Pa., Oct. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
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[2026-07-31 01:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-07-31 01:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Farhad Ibragimov – lecturer at the Faculty of Economics at RUDN University, expert and lecturer at the Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social Sciences and Mass Communications, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation
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[2026-07-31 01:24 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Government fears social discontent on ‘most important battlefield’ of economy and livelihoods as war takes its toll amid anti-state dissent
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[2026-07-31 01:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Russia’s government on Thursday extended a ban on gasoline and diesel exports through the end of next January as authorities continue to try to stabilize the domestic fuel market following sweeping Ukrainian drone attacks on oil refineries and storage hubs.
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[2026-07-31 00:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: By Bas van Geffen, senior market strategist at Rabobank
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[2026-07-31 00:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Earnings on deck this afternoon for Apple and Amazon will likely decide if the stock market can end what's so far been a rough week on solid footing.
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[2026-07-31 00:21 UTC+10:00] [US news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: A century ago, compounding pharmacies helped people get bespoke drugs. Now these less-regulated businesses are fueling the peptide boom
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[2026-07-31 00:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Having collapsed to its weakest relative to the dollar in 40 years, it appears the Ministry of Finance and Bank of Japan has had enough and intervened.
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[2026-07-31 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The US economy grew at a far weaker than expected pace in the second quarter despite a pickup in consumer spending and solid business investment. According to the BEA, GDP (inflation adjusted) rose just 1.5% in the period, according to the first estimate issued Thursday by the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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[2026-07-31 00:00 UTC+10:00] [Editors' Pick] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: Here are today’s headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:
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[2026-07-30 23:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: South Sudan's President Salva Kiir has dismissed economist Johnny Ohisa from his post as the country's central bank governor.
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[2026-07-30 23:21 UTC+10:00] [US economy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Consumer spending remained resilient even as policymakers kept interest rates on hold
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[2026-07-30 23:17 UTC+10:00] [Artificial Intelligence] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: LONDON — U.S. President Donald Trump’s shadow is set to loom over the British economy as the Bank of England on Thursday warned fresh conflict in Iran could send prices soaring.
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[2026-07-30 23:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The $24 billion hedge fund founded by former OpenAI researcher Leopold Aschenbrenner unwound all of its public stock holdings after big losses on artificial intelligence companies and a bad bet against software shares left it scrambling to raise cash, according to people familiar with the matter.
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[2026-07-30 22:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Samsung Electronics delivered another good quarter last night, underscoring that the AI infrastructure boom appears to continue to funneling enormous profits toward the companies supplying the memory chips powering. Shares were up 10% at one point but finished the session red.
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[2026-07-30 22:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Chief executive meets members of Council of Advisers, including Sun Piaoyang of Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals and StarFive Semiconductor Technology CEO Xu Tao
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[2026-07-30 22:54 UTC+10:00] [China] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Chief executive meets members of Council of Advisers, including Sun Piaoyang of Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals and StarFive Semiconductor Technology CEO Xu Tao
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[2026-07-30 22:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Federal Reserve Board Chairman Kevin Warsh speaks at a news conference at the Federal Reserve in Washington, Wednesday, July 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
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[2026-07-30 22:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: After three months of significant acceleration in prices, The Fed's favorite inflation indicator - Core PCE (a measure of price changes in consumer goods and services that excludes volatile food and energy costs) - was expected to slow in June data released today.
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[2026-07-30 22:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Economic growth was weaker than expected in the second quarter while inflation in June held well above the Federal Reserve's goal, the Commerce Department reported Thursday.
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[2026-07-30 22:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Futures rebound (for now) following yesterday’s Fed-induced meltdown as the market is clearly questioning Warsh’s credibility and potential usage of non-standard tools to fight inflation, pushing the yield curve to twist steeper and sending 30Y yields to 2 decade highs (last at 5.22%). Pre-mkt, the yield curve is seeing further twist-steepening with 10s and 30s up 1 and 3bp with 2s down 1bp.
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[2026-07-30 21:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: South Korean market authorities are weighing a more aggressive plan to stabilize the Kospi after July's record selloff sent the main equity index slicing through its 50-, 100- and 200-day moving averages like butter.
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[2026-07-30 21:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Surging operational costs and strained municipal budgets are forcing mainland transit authorities to review long-suppressed fares
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[2026-07-30 21:30 UTC+10:00] [Shentong Metro] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Surging operational costs and strained municipal budgets are forcing mainland transit authorities to review long-suppressed fares
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[2026-07-30 21:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Saudi Arabia’s economy has recorded its biggest quarterly contraction since the Covid-19 pandemic as the US-Iran war weighs heavily on the oil sector.
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[2026-07-30 21:24 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: July 30, 2026 21:24 | News
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[2026-07-30 21:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The Bank of England has left its key interest rate unchanged at 3.75%, in line with economists' expectations.
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[2026-07-30 21:24 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: State pension fund’s OCIO push raises fears of market distortion and weaker foreign investor interest
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[2026-07-30 21:23 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Bae Jae-kyu, CEO of Korea Investment Management and widely regarded as the "father" of South Korea's exchange-traded fund market, said Thursday that single-stock leveraged products tracking Samsung Electronics and SK hynix should be allowed to fade out naturally rather than be forcibly delisted.
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[2026-07-30 21:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 30 (Yonhap) -- SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won purchased a total of 3,620 shares of SK hynix Inc. in the open market, the company said in a regulatory filing Thursday, marking the first such move from the executive.
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[2026-07-30 21:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: LONDON (AP) — The Bank of England kept its key interest rate on hold for the fifth time this year on Thursday after a bigger-than-expected drop in the inflation rate last month gave policymakers breathing space to assess the fallout from renewed fighting in Iran.
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[2026-07-30 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Chinese makers drive into upmarket segment and catch up with foreign peers in design and engine development
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[2026-07-30 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Chinese makers drive into upmarket segment and catch up with foreign peers in design and engine development
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[2026-07-30 21:00 UTC+10:00] [Wildfires] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The White House seems committed to ecocide. The EU should harness the power of the single market to force it to change course
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[2026-07-30 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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