Topic: Economy & Finance — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-22 21:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Oil prices have edged higher while Europe's main stock markets eased on uncertainty surrounding the prospect of resumed peace talks following an extension to the US-Iran ceasefire.
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[2026-04-22 21:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Development ‘underscores growing demand from investors for cross-border products and diversified regional exposure’, HKEX CEO says
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[2026-04-22 21:30 UTC+10:00] [Boursa Malaysia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Development ‘underscores growing demand from investors for cross-border products and diversified regional exposure’, HKEX CEO says
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[2026-04-22 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing is overhauling ‘producer services’ with upgrades and more specialisation to avert deindustrialisation and anchor advanced manufacturing
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[2026-04-22 21:00 UTC+10:00] [financial services] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing is overhauling ‘producer services’ with upgrades and more specialisation to avert deindustrialisation and anchor advanced manufacturing
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[2026-04-22 20:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday night that it would halt its attacks against Iran until the regime can submit a “unified proposal” to discuss during negotiations, but Polymarket's prediction market still sees low chances for the ceasefire to be extended by Wednesday.
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[2026-04-22 20:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Donald Trump's announcement that the ceasefire with Iran would continue for talks damped anxiety that the U.S. was about to resume strikes, but investors largely reacted with a shrug.
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[2026-04-22 20:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: In a matter of weeks, energy supply shocks sent oil prices up by 30 per cent, fuel costs surged to record highs, and the ripple effects hit everything from inflation and global growth to household bills.
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[2026-04-22 20:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: For DBS CEO Tan Su Shan, the biggest risk keeping her up at night is not just market volatility or geopolitical shocks, but cyberattacks.
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[2026-04-22 19:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: From tariff turmoil and stock shocks to market meltdowns, the global financial system has never been in such flux.
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[2026-04-22 19:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy waves from behind a glass window after he received the Freedom Medal of the International Four Freedoms Award during a ceremony in Middelburg, Netherlands, Thursday, April 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
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[2026-04-22 19:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Pat Sajak’s daughter is off the market — and her new romance comes with a Savannah Bananas twist.
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[2026-04-22 19:00 UTC+10:00] [US economy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Kevin Warsh, Trump’s ‘central casting’, has a long road ahead of convincing board members to lower interest rates
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[2026-04-22 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Nearly half of the planned flights between China and Japan were cancelled last month, as Beijing and Tokyo remain locked in a diplomatic feud
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[2026-04-22 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Nearly half of the planned flights between China and Japan were cancelled last month, as Beijing and Tokyo remain locked in a diplomatic feud
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[2026-04-22 18:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: AI-powered drug developer Metis TechBio leads group that includes developers of autonomous driving technology and industrial robots
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[2026-04-22 18:53 UTC+10:00] [RobotPhoenix Intelligent Technology] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: AI-powered drug developer Metis TechBio leads group that includes developers of autonomous driving technology and industrial robots
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[2026-04-22 18:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Bond investors are exacting a heavy price from three of Europe's largest economies, which are struggling with a credibility crisis as the Iran conflict thrusts government borrowing back into the spotlight.
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[2026-04-22 18:15 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-04-22 18:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: The federal government has agreed to a multi-million-dollar loan to bring to life the university's plans for a 14-storey student accommodation building in Darwin. (ABC News: Marcus Kennedy)
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[2026-04-22 18:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The UK inflation rate rose to 3.3% in the year to March, after the US-Israel war with Iran caused the largest jump in petrol and diesel prices in over three years.
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[2026-04-22 17:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Moncler shares struggled on Wednesday, despite posting quarterly results that beat earnings expectations on Tuesday.
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[2026-04-22 17:42 UTC+10:00] [Sport / Cricket] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Cricket Australia will plough on with plans to sell off Big Bash League clubs in defiance of vocal protests by Cricket New South Wales, after the CA board green lit the next stage of the process to test the market with potential investors in Australia and overseas.
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[2026-04-22 17:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Prices are shown on a board at a gas station in London, England, Monday, March 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)
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[2026-04-22 16:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Customers queue up from as early as 10.30am at Star Cinema in Tseung Kwan O to buy discounted tickets for films screening this Saturday
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[2026-04-22 16:41 UTC+10:00] [Tseung Kwan O] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Customers queue up from as early as 10.30am at Star Cinema in Tseung Kwan O to buy discounted tickets for films screening this Saturday
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[2026-04-22 16:36 UTC+10:00] [National News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-04-22 16:19 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Kakao Bank's ESG leader outlines greener vision to reshape finance
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[2026-04-22 16:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 22 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and India plan to launch a QR code-based cross-border payment system this year, Seoul's chief financial regulator said Wednesday.
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[2026-04-22 16:12 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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[2026-04-22 16:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: U.K. inflation jumped to 3.3% in March as the Iran war sparked a sharp increase in fuel prices, preliminary data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed Wednesday.
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[2026-04-22 15:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: A truck works at a BHP iron ore mine in Western Australia. Exports of the steelmaking material are key to the nation's economy. © BHP
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[2026-04-22 15:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Specialist James Denaro works at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, April 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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[2026-04-22 15:34 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: AliExpress, Temu gain ground in Korea as sellers tap cross-border channels
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[2026-04-22 15:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Rail giant’s sells five-year, 10-year and 30-year bonds, with the size of each tranche also representing the largest for their respective tenors to date
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[2026-04-22 15:19 UTC+10:00] [Hong Kong dollar] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Rail giant’s sells five-year, 10-year and 30-year bonds, with the size of each tranche also representing the largest for their respective tenors to date
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[2026-04-22 15:18 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Hanwha Aerospace said Wednesday it had signed an agreement with US defense company Northrop Grumman to jointly develop a long-range missile system, marking the South Korean company’s latest push into the US defense market.
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[2026-04-22 14:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: People work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Monday, April 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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[2026-04-22 14:58 UTC+10:00] [Business / Consumer affairs] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Woolworths changed its internal guidelines that were designed to prevent suppliers from “gaming” promotions in response to an “absolute tsunami” of supplier requests to lift shelf prices amid rising inflation, a former senior executive has told the Federal Court
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[2026-04-22 14:22 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Lindian Resources has locked in a shrewd local funding boost for its Kangankunde rare earths project in Malawi, with NBS Bank approving a US$11.635M (A$16.62M) composite facility to help smooth out its development run towards production.
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[2026-04-22 14:01 UTC+10:00] [National / WA] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Australian and international cultural authorities have called for an end to “tribal auctions”, as well as the return of culturally significant objects that are being sold on the open market to wealthy art collectors and investors.
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[2026-04-22 13:47 UTC+10:00] [Technology] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: 2Apply’s over-collection of personal information adds to the power of the real estate industry in the competitive rental market, Carly Kind says
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[2026-04-22 13:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Containers are stacked at a port in Yokohama, near Tokyo on Aug. 1, 2025. (Takuto Kaneko/Kyodo News via AP)
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[2026-04-22 13:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Un corredor de divisas habla por teléfono junto a una pantalla en la que se muestra el Índice Compuesto de Precios de Acciones de Corea (KOSPI) en la sede central del Hana Bank en Seúl, Corea del Sur, el miércoles 22 de abril de 2026. (AP Foto/Ahn Young-joon)
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[2026-04-22 13:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Japan recorded a trade deficit in fiscal 2025 for the fifth consecutive year, but the amount decreased 68.4%. (Photo by Tomoki Mera)
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[2026-04-22 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 22 (Yonhap) -- Resident foreign currency deposits in South Korea fell by the largest margin on record in March as a weaker local currency spurred conversions into the U.S. dollar, central bank data showed Wednesday.
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[2026-04-22 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: It is almost three centuries since seminal Scottish economist Adam Smith introduced his concept of an "invisible hand". In Smith’s view, this metaphor described how individuals pursuing their own self-interest unintentionally led to balanced, competitive and functioning markets. That is the principle that drives much of the world's modern economy.
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[2026-04-22 13:00 UTC+10:00] [BUSINESS] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: The Reserve Bank of Australia is closely monitoring developments around Anthropic PBC’s new Mythos AI model, which the company says is powerful enough to enable sophisticated cyberattacks.
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[2026-04-22 12:34 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: HD Hyundai Heavy Industries said Wednesday it has secured a $348.9 million contract from the Swedish Maritime Administration to build an icebreaking vessel, marking Korea’s first entry into the global icebreaker market.
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[2026-04-22 12:15 UTC+10:00] [Business / The economy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: April 22, 2026 — 12:15pm
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