Topic: Economy & Finance — Neutral reports only
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[2026-06-24 02:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THE Philippine financial system’s resources slipped in April, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) data showed, ending the month 0.4 percent lower at P37.31 trillion from P37.45 trillion in March.
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[2026-06-24 02:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THE Philippine economy could remain under pressure as governance issues involving infrastructure projects continue to hamper public spending, ANZ Research said.
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[2026-06-24 02:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA Electric Co. (Meralco) on Tuesday said that it had signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with unit Meralco PowerGen Corp. (MGEN) and Vietnam-based VinEnergo Energy Joint Stock Co. to roll out more renewable energy projects in the Philippines.
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[2026-06-24 02:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: In a day of sharp, downward pointing market moves and superlatives, we can add another: according to calculations from BTIG's Jonathan Krinsky, today's 2% gap down in the QQQs is a historic event. "Since QQQ's inception ('99), this is just the 5th time that's happened when the day prior was within 2% of a 52wk high and the VIX was below 20."
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[2026-06-24 02:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SINGAPORE — Singapore’s DBS Bank has priced a $2 billion three-year US dollar covered bond at par on Monday, a term sheet seen by Reuters late Monday showed.
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[2026-06-24 02:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Toyota will reduce production of the Avalon sedan for the Chinese market. (Photo by Shizuka Tanabe)
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[2026-06-24 02:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BERLIN — Porsche faces fundamental challenges in crucial markets and a long road back to recovery, but the German sports carmaker is sticking by this year’s financial targets, its CEO will tell investors on Tuesday.
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[2026-06-24 02:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: ELON Musk’s SpaceX turned to the bond market for the first time, capitalizing on a post-IPO momentum that has vaulted its cash reserves past $100 billion as the rockets-to-AI group ramps up spending.
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[2026-06-24 02:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israeli authorities and security forces deliberately targeted Palestinian children, resulting in “genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes” in Gaza, and “war crimes in the occupied West Bank,” a UN inquiry said on Tuesday.
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[2026-06-24 02:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THE Philippines is on course to be a First World country, First World economy by 2050. As economic growth decentralizes and spreads beyond the capital, we will need at least 100 new cities for over a hundred million Filipinos, who will all be living in urban areas.
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[2026-06-24 02:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Israeli authorities and security forces deliberately targeted Palestinian children, resulting in genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes in Gaza, as well as war crimes in the occupied West Bank, an independent UN inquiry said on Tuesday.
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[2026-06-24 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-06-24 01:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Blackstone President and Chief Operating Officer Jonathan Gray says Japan will become as important a private equity market as India. (Photo by Hiroki Endo)
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[2026-06-24 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: NEW YORK — Ship traffic has picked up in the Strait of Hormuz since Iran and the U.S. signed an interim deal to end a war that constricted global oil supplies and fueled inflation, but questions surrounding control of the vital waterway and whether vessels will be charged tolls to cross it could interfere with negotiations to forge a lasting peace.
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[2026-06-24 00:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-06-24 00:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Alan Greenspan, whose policies during nearly 20 years as US Federal Reserve chair fueled soaring economic inequality and helped create the conditions for multiple economic crashes, died Monday at age 100 after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease. While many corporate media outlets published hagiographic obituaries lionizing the “maestro” who presided over nearly two decades of low inflation, rising stock […]
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[2026-06-24 00:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Dubai welcomed Dh32.4 billion ($8.82 billion) of greenfield foreign direct investments and created nearly 39,000 jobs in 2025, reinforcing the effectiveness of its economic diversification strategy even amid geopolitical challenges.
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[2026-06-24 00:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Dubai welcomed Dh32.43 billion ($8.83 billion) of greenfield foreign direct investments and created nearly 39,000 jobs in 2025, reinforcing the effectiveness of its economic diversification strategy even amid geopolitical challenges.
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[2026-06-24 00:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: SpaceX's stock price on Tuesday dropped below its launch price, erasing its gains since its red-hot debut less than two weeks ago.
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[2026-06-24 00:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: SpaceX's stock price on Tuesday dropped below its launch price, erasing its gains since its red-hot debut less than two weeks ago.
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[2026-06-24 00:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli forces stormed Musab Zaloum’s home in the occupied West Bank on the night of 30 April as he slept alongside his wife and their two young children.
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[2026-06-24 00:16 UTC+10:00] [Stock markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Losses spread globally as investors questioned soaring valuations and spending on AI infrastructure
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[2026-06-24 00:00 UTC+10:00] [World Economic Forum] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Economists highlight the potential for China’s green manufacturing capacity to support the global energy transition, despite overcapacity fears
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[2026-06-24 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Economists highlight the potential for China’s green manufacturing capacity to support the global energy transition, despite overcapacity fears
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[2026-06-23 23:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The UAE will be issuing Dh50 million ($13.6 million) in its inaugural sovereign retail treasury sukuk programme, which is open to all residents and is aimed at encouraging financial responsibility.
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[2026-06-23 23:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Xiao Rui, 37, also faces criminal sanctions for using bogus bank records to deceive Immigration Department into granting him right of abode
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[2026-06-23 23:43 UTC+10:00] [Capital Investment Entrant Scheme] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Xiao Rui, 37, also faces criminal sanctions for using bogus bank records to deceive Immigration Department into granting him right of abode
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[2026-06-23 23:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Early last night, just around the time Korean stocks opened at a new all time high, we highlighted an article in Korea's Chosun Biz, which eventually became the catalyst for the sharp repricing lower of memory stocks - and since memory stocks account for about 60% of the Kospi, sparked the 10% crash in the South Korean market which culminated with a mandatory halt of trading - and sparked a risk off wave around the globe.
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[2026-06-23 23:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines—The government will provide P150,000 in financial assistance to each family of those who died in a school shooting in Tacloban City, Malacañang said Tuesday.
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[2026-06-23 23:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The UN's top investigative body on Palestine and Israel has concluded that Israel deliberately targeted Palestinian children, committing genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes in Gaza, as well as additional war crimes in the occupied West Bank.
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[2026-06-23 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Analysts at ‘Summer Davos’ gathering highlight pivot towards official cross-border connect schemes to intermediate domestic wealth ‘on China’s own terms’
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[2026-06-23 23:00 UTC+10:00] [Diana Choyleva] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Analysts at ‘Summer Davos’ gathering highlight pivot towards official cross-border connect schemes to intermediate domestic wealth ‘on China’s own terms’
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[2026-06-23 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Chinese AI start-up recruiting talent to build cutting-edge autonomous agents that adapt foundational language models into commercial tools
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[2026-06-23 22:00 UTC+10:00] [Chen Deli] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Chinese AI start-up recruiting talent to build cutting-edge autonomous agents that adapt foundational language models into commercial tools
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[2026-06-23 21:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: US equity futures are sharply lower as a Semis/South Korea-induced selloff has spread globally slamming tech stocks and pushing SpaceX 3% lower and below its first day of trading price of $150. Nasdaq stocks lead sentiment and early trading lower with AI cost concerns back in focus, as Bloomberg notes that traders are pointing to a South Korean media report we first highlighted at 8pm last night, saying SK Hynix is slowing expansion of AI memory chip production and shifting
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[2026-06-23 21:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: 36th Hong Kong Book Fair, themed on ‘Reading the World: Cultural Legacy | Joyful Journeys’, will run from July 15 to 21
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[2026-06-23 21:55 UTC+10:00] [Hong Kong] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: 36th Hong Kong Book Fair, themed on ‘Reading the World: Cultural Legacy | Joyful Journeys’, will run from July 15 to 21
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[2026-06-23 21:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: DALIAN/SEOUL, June 23 (Yonhap) -- Prime Minister Kim Min-seok called Tuesday for elevating bilateral exchanges with China in areas across politics, the economy, culture and youth, as he held talks with Chinese Premier Li Qiang.
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[2026-06-23 21:30 UTC+10:00] [Jorge Alvar-Beltran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Sharpest risks to occur in the Global South, with countries facing conflict and economic stress being the worst hit: United Nations’ FAO
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[2026-06-23 21:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Sharpest risks to occur in the Global South, with countries facing conflict and economic stress being the worst hit: United Nations’ FAO
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[2026-06-23 21:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Beware of the goats. It’s not a sign we pass as we drive across the border into Oman towards Six Senses Zighy Bay, but it probably should be.
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[2026-06-23 20:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Tuesday that Russia’s macroeconomic stability remains “absolutely secured,” even as volatility shakes global energy markets and the ongoing war against Ukraine strains the domestic economy.
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[2026-06-23 19:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-06-23 19:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Germany’s Chancellor Friedrich Merz arrives for the EU summit in Brussels, Thursday, June 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Marius Burgelman)
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[2026-06-23 19:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: BEIJING — As Brazil takes a greater share of Chinese soybean purchases away from American farmers, the U.S. is trying to win back buyers by emphasizing crop quality.
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[2026-06-23 19:30 UTC+10:00] [Politics / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The Minns government pulled the easiest levers it could to ease financial pressures on households in the run-up to the state election next March.
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[2026-06-23 19:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: U.S. Treasury yields fell on Tuesday, despite fears of higher interest rates dealing a blow to tech stocks globally, while investors await key inflation data due to be released Thursday.
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[2026-06-23 19:00 UTC+10:00] [Culture / Movies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The indie horror film Obsession is an unmistakable sign of Generation Z’s box-office power, an original movie that has made $US300 million ($430 million) in the US on a $750,000 budget. In Australia, it has grossed more than $19 million – an extraordinary figure for a horror movie in the local market.
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[2026-06-23 18:53 UTC+10:00] [WORLD] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: GENEVA – Israeli authorities and security forces deliberately targeted Palestinian children, resulting in genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes in Gaza, and war crimes in the occupied West Bank, an independent U.N. inquiry said on Tuesday.
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[2026-06-23 18:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: A United Nations Commission of Inquiry says Israel continues to deliberately target and kill Palestinian children, resulting in genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza and war crimes in the occupied West Bank.
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