Topic: Economy & Finance — Neutral reports only
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[2026-08-29 10:00 UTC+10:00] [Australian music] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: With Lazy Thinking in Sydney the latest venue to shut its doors, the once-vibrant grassroots music scene is becoming increasingly vulnerable
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[2026-08-29 09:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Several of Saturday's papers focus on the UK's defence spending. The Financial Times says Chancellor John Healey "will shelve his own target of spending 3% of Britain's GDP on defence by 2030" in his first Budget in October.
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[2026-08-29 09:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: A little-used corner of the clean-energy market is getting a potentially decisive trial in Utah. At a government-backed research site, engineers are testing whether equipment and expertise developed during America’s shale boom can turn deeply buried heat into a dependable source of electricity, according to Bloomberg.
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[2026-08-29 08:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Kameng Trading Limited allegedly acted as front company to help Iran’s Pedram Pirouzan Exchange House access international financial system
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[2026-08-29 08:14 UTC+10:00] [Musthafa Azheekkodantakath] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Kameng Trading Limited allegedly acted as front company to help Iran’s Pedram Pirouzan Exchange House access international financial system
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[2026-08-29 07:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The US Treasury on Friday announced plans to cut off Banque Misr's branches in the United Arab Emirates from the global financial system, as the Trump administration seeks to "asphyxiate" what it said were Iran's "enablers".
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[2026-08-29 06:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The US Treasury on Friday announced plans to cut off Banque Misr's branches in the United Arab Emirates from the global financial system, as the Trump administration seeks to "asphyxiate" what it said were Iran's "enablers".
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[2026-08-29 06:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The bond market swung as investors built bets that the Federal Reserve may hike interest rates soon to get the nation’s high inflation under control.
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[2026-08-29 05:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Financial Services
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[2026-08-29 05:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: By Song Sang-ho and Park Sung-min
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[2026-08-29 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Property / News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Sydney home owners are listing fewer homes in the lead-up to spring compared to last year as prospective buyers sit on their hands and some homes linger on the market.
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[2026-08-29 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Property / News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Home buyers waiting for a rush of new listings to hit the market in spring may be disappointed, and may have to make do with the unsold homes languishing on Melbourne’s market.
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[2026-08-29 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Embattled gaming giant Star Entertainment is facing a fresh scandal, with leaked files revealing it has gutted its problem gambling programs, canvassed misleading casino financiers with an inflated financial forecast, and had to fire a senior executive 10 days after his hiring over contested allegations that he made grossly inappropriate comments.
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[2026-08-29 04:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Every day, Mat Evans turns people away from his licensed tobacco store because he doesn't have "the cheap stuff".
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[2026-08-29 04:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli defence minister Israel Katz has said the Israeli military evacuated the residents and occupied the Jenin camp in the occupied West Bank.
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[2026-08-29 03:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The US Treasury Department proposed on Friday to revoke Banque Misr UAE’s correspondent banking access to US financial institutions, calling it a “critical node” in the Iranian regime’s access to US dollars.
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[2026-08-29 03:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Coco Gauff of the United States celebrates in a match against Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan during a National Bank Open semifinal tennis match in Toronto, Wednesday, August 12, 2026. (Chris Young/The Canadian Press via AP)
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[2026-08-29 03:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The Israeli army has killed three Palestinians in Jenin in a rare air strike in the occupied West Bank, amid growing tensions in the territory.
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[2026-08-29 02:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THE peso breached the P62-per-dollar mark on Friday to new all-time low, and the stock market also slipped below 6,000 as investors remained cautious about global risks and the impact of tighter monetary policy on economic growth.
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[2026-08-29 02:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: I LATION could accelerate to as high as 6.5 percent this month due to higher food and fuel prices, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said on Friday.
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[2026-08-29 02:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Israel on Friday carried out a rare air strike in the occupied West Bank, and said it had killed a Hamas operative and two accomplices.
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[2026-08-29 01:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh used his Jackson Hole speech Friday to answer critics of his muddled July press conference, delivering a clearer warning that stubborn inflation could push the Fed toward a rate hike.
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[2026-08-29 01:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The Treasury Department on Friday moved to sanction the United Arab Emirates branch of an Egyptian bank over its financial ties to Iran.
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[2026-08-29 01:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Washington's move to designate Palestine Action as a transnational terrorist organisation could place British activists associated with the group at heightened risk of surveillance and being frozen out of the financial system, campaigners warn.
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[2026-08-29 01:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel's Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has announced a new plan to judaise the Negev, or Naqab in Arabic, and the Galilee, vowing to replicate in Israel policies that he has pursued in the occupied West Bank.
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[2026-08-29 01:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh on Friday expressed concerns about inflation running hot, while maintaining his advocacy for a “quieter” central bank.
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[2026-08-29 01:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: This was the closest he has come to acknowledging interest rate hikes may be needed to ease price pressures
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[2026-08-29 01:13 UTC+10:00] [Covid-19] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: This was the closest he has come to acknowledging interest rate hikes may be needed to ease price pressures
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[2026-08-29 01:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Japan's Financial Services Agency looks to take action after a recent string of accounting fraud cases. (Photo by Nikkei)
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[2026-08-29 01:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Washington's move to designate Palestine Action as a transnational terrorist organisation could place British activists associated with the group at heightened risk of surveillance and being frozen out of the financial system, campaigners warn.
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[2026-08-29 01:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The IDF killed a former Jenin terror cell leader and two additional terrorists in an IAF airstrike on their vehicle in the West Bank on Friday, the military confirmed in a joint statement with the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency).
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[2026-08-29 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Affirm Holdings stock popped 7% on Friday after the buy now, pay later firm reported strong fiscal fourth-quarter earnings and CEO Max Levchin said high gas prices are weighing on shoppers.
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[2026-08-29 01:00 UTC+10:00] [One Nation] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: One Nation hopes to raise $36,000 from the lunch but the state party has disclosed just one donation this financial year
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[2026-08-29 00:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Update (1000ET): The speech was hawkish in substance (see full remarks below) - Warsh framed inflation as the clear priority, said financial conditions are not restrictive, and set a high bar (“confident that underlying inflation is moving to our objective, clearly and at sufficient speed”) - while refusing to pre-commit to a September hike.
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[2026-08-29 00:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-29 00:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The Chinese EV giant beat market estimates in the second quarter, as booming exports helped offset a prolonged decline in the domestic market
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[2026-08-29 00:11 UTC+10:00] [BYD] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The Chinese EV giant beat market estimates in the second quarter, as booming exports helped offset a prolonged decline in the domestic market
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[2026-08-29 00:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Violence by Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank is set to reach record levels this year, as human rights groups warn that they are increasingly spreading into new areas of the territory.
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[2026-08-29 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh expressed concern Friday about elevated inflation while hinting that interest rates could need to move higher if more progress isn't made on easing price pressures.
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[2026-08-28 23:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The measures aim to shift China’s vast property sector away from a presales model, as Beijing strives to stabilise market downturn
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[2026-08-28 23:42 UTC+10:00] [Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The measures aim to shift China’s vast property sector away from a presales model, as Beijing strives to stabilise market downturn
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[2026-08-28 23:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: At least 17 companies linked to illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank hold United Kingdom public-sector contracts worth more than 2.1 billion pounds ($2.85bn), an Al Jazeera investigation reveals.
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[2026-08-28 23:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Flight marks collaboration between mainland Chinese firm EHang, local transport operator Kwoon Chung Bus Holdings and tech hub Cyberport
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[2026-08-28 23:37 UTC+10:00] [Mable Chan] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Flight marks collaboration between mainland Chinese firm EHang, local transport operator Kwoon Chung Bus Holdings and tech hub Cyberport
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[2026-08-28 23:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel has launched an air strike on the occupied West Bank.
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[2026-08-28 23:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Federal Reserve Board Chairman Kevin Warsh speaks during a news conference at the Federal Reserve in Washington, Wednesday, July 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
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[2026-08-28 23:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: A Muse retail robot and store employees stock the shelves at a grocery store in New York. (Photo by Kenji Asada)
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[2026-08-28 23:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The United Nations refugee agency has scaled back its budget by 16% and lowered its official headcount by around 3,500 as it adapts to new financial constraints at a time when global displacement is forecast to climb to an all-time high next year, according to diplomats and documents seen by Reuters.
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[2026-08-28 22:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: US stock futures are flat and rates rise ahead of today's main event: Fed chief Kevin Warsh’s Jackson Hole speech at 10am ET (full preview here) as traders seek clarity on his economic outlook and his strategy for lowering inflation back to the Fed's 2% target. As of 8:00am ET, S&P futures are little changed and Nasdaq 100 futures are lower following the Nvidia-driven rally for the index in the prior session, when however only 30% of the S&P and
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[2026-08-28 22:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Shares of major U.S. clothing retailer Gap, whose brands include Old Navy, Banana Republic and others, jumped the most in 16 months in premarket trading after the company reported stronger-than-expected profit and upgraded its earnings outlook. The company also named retail veteran Michael Francis as Old Navy's next CEO.
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