Topic: Economy & Finance — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-28 13:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: RECASTS headline; ADDS more info in paras 9-13, 16-17, 20-21)
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[2026-05-28 13:03 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Police have dismantled what they say is the Australian operation of the so-called Coconut Cartel, a gang locked in a months-long feud with the Alameddine crime family over control of Sydney’s illicit drug market, after seizing almost 400 kilograms of methamphetamine and arresting its alleged onshore leader.
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[2026-05-28 12:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: A Google software engineer has been charged with fraud by US authorities after allegedly using insider information to win more than $1.2m in bets on the prediction market platform Polymarket.
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[2026-05-28 12:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: Bank of Korea Gov. Shin Hyun-song bangs the gavel to open a Monetary Policy Committee meeting at the central bank in Seoul on May 28, 2026. The central bank kept its benchmark rate unchanged at 2.5 percent, as lingering uncertainty in the Middle East prompted a cautious stance amid intensifying risks of inflation and currency weakness.
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[2026-05-28 12:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
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[2026-05-28 12:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Energy inflation tied to the war in Iran has lasted longer than expected, creating a "stagflationary shock" for Asian economies, Chicago Federal Reserve President Austan Goolsbee said Thursday.
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[2026-05-28 11:59 UTC+10:00] [Business / The economy] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: May 28, 2026 — 11:59am
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[2026-05-28 11:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Thu 28 May 2026 at 11:46am
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[2026-05-28 11:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 28 (Yonhap) -- The following is the full text of a statement by the Bank of Korea (BOK) on its monetary policy decision Thursday, where the central bank held the key rate steady at 2.5 percent at its rate-setting meeting in Seoul.
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[2026-05-28 11:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: BEIJING — Chinese electric car company Nio is trying to raise the bar for premium vehicles in a fiercely competitive market.
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[2026-05-28 11:30 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Wealthy older Australians are using the nation’s negative gearing and capital gains tax laws to grab a greater share of the property market, research for the Reserve Bank has found, pushing up house prices at the expense of low- and middle-income earners.
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[2026-05-28 11:05 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The central bank on Thursday raised its economic growth forecast for South Korea to 2.6 percent for 2025 amid solid exports driven by a semiconductor supercycle.
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[2026-05-28 11:03 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea's central bank kept its benchmark rate unchanged Thursday, as lingering uncertainty in the Middle East prompted a cautious stance amid intensifying risks of inflation and currency weakness.
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[2026-05-28 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Chinese firms are integral to Southeast Asia’s green transition plan, which will see nations across the region integrate their grids, official says
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[2026-05-28 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Chinese firms are integral to Southeast Asia’s green transition plan, which will see nations across the region integrate their grids, official says
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[2026-05-28 10:58 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea's central bank kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged on Thursday, signaling that a shift toward a tighter monetary policy stance could come soon.
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[2026-05-28 10:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 28 (Yonhap) -- The central bank on Thursday raised its economic growth forecast for South Korea to 2.6 percent for 2025 amid solid exports driven by a semiconductor supercycle.
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[2026-05-28 10:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 28 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's central bank kept its benchmark rate unchanged Thursday, as lingering uncertainty in the Middle East prompted a cautious stance amid intensifying risks of inflation and currency weakness.
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[2026-05-28 10:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Bonnie Chan says city seeks closer collaboration with region ahead of city leader’s high-level trip to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan in early June
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[2026-05-28 10:30 UTC+10:00] [Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Bonnie Chan says city seeks closer collaboration with region ahead of city leader’s high-level trip to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan in early June
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[2026-05-28 09:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Minneapolis Federal Reserve President Neel Kashkari said Thursday that his priority is to bring down inflation in the U.S. over the labor market, calling the rise in consumer prices "too high."
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[2026-05-28 09:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The penalties handed out to leading brokerages are harsh, but Beijing must show it means business as it cleans up China’s capital market
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[2026-05-28 09:15 UTC+10:00] [stock market] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The penalties handed out to leading brokerages are harsh, but Beijing must show it means business as it cleans up China’s capital market
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[2026-05-28 09:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Passage through the waters could reduce transit times to Europe, offering an alternative to traditional routes amid rising geopolitical risks
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[2026-05-28 09:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Passage through the waters could reduce transit times to Europe, offering an alternative to traditional routes amid rising geopolitical risks
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[2026-05-28 08:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A security officer works inside of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) building headquarters, Feb. 10, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
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[2026-05-28 07:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: The ECB said in its latest financial stability review report that policy measures to address rising energy prices should be "temporary and targeted." © Reuters
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[2026-05-28 07:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-05-28 07:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United States stock market has been hovering near record highs and oil prices have plunged amid new hope that a ceasefire deal between the US and Iran is close.
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[2026-05-28 06:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: The BOJ's policy board will discuss a rate hike, as well as the bank's government bond purchases, at its June meeting. (Pool photo)
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[2026-05-28 06:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: U.S. stocks inched to more records after oil prices fell back to where they were in mid-April.
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[2026-05-28 05:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Russian lawmakers have passed a bill to allow trained bank employees to shoot down Ukrainian drones amid an increase in the number of attacks.
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[2026-05-28 05:30 UTC+10:00] [Culture / Books] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Cast Away, Francesca de Tores’ second historical novel, tells the story of Alexander Selkirk, the putative inspiration for Daniel Defoe’s 1719 classic Robinson Crusoe. A stock-standard retread might easily have run aground upon the Scylla and Charybdis of kitsch and tedium. It is to de Tores’ credit not only that she avoids these, but that the result is such agile, witty, sophisticated entertainment.
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[2026-05-28 05:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The U.S. national debt grew past 100% of gross domestic product last month, putting the country on the path to beat the record of 106% of GDP set in 1946, coming out of World War II. That record is on pace to shatter around 2029, just as Donald Trump's presidency is ending, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimates.
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[2026-05-28 05:00 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Property News: Suburbs where house values rose most in the past 12 months.
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[2026-05-28 04:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: NEW YORK — The typical CEO compensation package rose nearly 6% in 2025 to $17.7 million, as company boards rewarded their top executives for bigger profits and higher stock prices, and gave them incentives to stick around and make even more money for shareholders.
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[2026-05-28 04:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The coffers of US President Donald Trump’s "Board of Peace" are empty and the organisation is stuck in a legal and political limbo, The Financial Times reported on Wednesday.
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[2026-05-28 04:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: A number of migrants who crossed the English Channel over the bank holiday weekend have been charged with illegal immigration offences, with some jailed.
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[2026-05-28 04:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump’s "Board of Peace" has “zero” cash in its official fund despite member countries pledging billions of dollars, according to a report by The Financial Times.
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[2026-05-28 03:48 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: As government begins restoring connection, population voices dismay over food price increases and shortages
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[2026-05-28 02:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-05-28 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THE Philippines posted an inflation rate of 7.2 percent in April 2026, a sharp increase from 4.1 percent in the previous month and above the government’s target inflation range.
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[2026-05-28 00:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Despite a slight slowdown in economic growth this year due to the war in Iran, Africa's economic outlook remains strong, the African Development Bank said in its annual report released on Tuesday.
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[2026-05-28 00:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said Wednesday that his bank could spend up to $20 billion on an acquisition in the coming years.
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[2026-05-27 23:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 27 (Yonhap) -- The Bank of Korea (BOK) said Wednesday that it will actively join an international project to explore how tokenized commercial bank deposits could improve the current financial system, especially for cross-border payments.
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[2026-05-27 23:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The plan sets out Beijing’s ambition to define technical rules for next-generation cars
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[2026-05-27 23:30 UTC+10:00] [electric vehicles] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The plan sets out Beijing’s ambition to define technical rules for next-generation cars
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[2026-05-27 23:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Lululemon has settled its proxy fight with founder Chip Wilson, ending one of the year's top proxy battles, according to Reuters. This follows a fiery letter to shareholders from Wilson earlier this year, calling for activism, as the athletic apparel retailer has seen its shares collapse, lost market share in the leggings market, and become entangled in multiple see-through leggings quality-control issues with customers.
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[2026-05-27 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Domestic firms dominate China’s drug approvals amid jump in spending and out-licensing deals as regulator speeds path to market
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[2026-05-27 23:00 UTC+10:00] [Morrison Foerster] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Domestic firms dominate China’s drug approvals amid jump in spending and out-licensing deals as regulator speeds path to market
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