Topic: Economy & Finance — Neutral reports only
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[2026-08-24 08:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The former IMF adviser examines how de-dollarisation is gaining pace and what lies ahead for China’s yuan
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[2026-08-24 07:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The traditional self-funding operating model is no longer viable in an increasingly competitive e-commerce market
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[2026-08-24 07:30 UTC+10:00] [iAM Smart] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The traditional self-funding operating model is no longer viable in an increasingly competitive e-commerce market
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[2026-08-24 07:28 UTC+10:00] [Australia news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Leah Stewart lost her arm in a great white shark attack at Sydney’s Coogee beach. Follow today’s news live
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[2026-08-24 07:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Stock Exchange of Thailand President Asadej Kongsiri, left, and Singapore Exchange President Michael Syn. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Ken Kobayashi)
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[2026-08-24 06:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Wall Street made a solid gain on on Friday after a jittery week which saw shares sold off sharply as traders worried about attempts to suppress rising US interest rates.
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[2026-08-24 06:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The European Union urged Israel to revoke its tender for construction in the E1 area of the occupied West Bank, reiterating that Israeli settlements are illegal under international law.
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[2026-08-24 05:48 UTC+10:00] [Health] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Published 24 August 2026 5:48am
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[2026-08-24 05:21 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: US stocks rose and trimmed their losses from a shaky week. That was even though the bond market, which has been the centre of Wall Street’s action, remained jumpy and continued to add pressure.
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[2026-08-24 05:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israeli tourism group Aviation Links (Kishrey Teufa) and Greek real estate investment firm Palmo Group announced Sunday a partnership to complete, market and manage an €8.8 million vacation-apartment project on the waterfront in Loutraki, Greece.
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[2026-08-24 05:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-24 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Business / Banking & finance] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Bank bosses are generally among the most enthusiastic artificial intelligence evangelists in the corporate world. AI can not only cut costs, they claim, it can also improve customer service and even protect people from scammers and others who are up to no good.
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[2026-08-24 04:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Extreme conditions have caused Europe's waterways to run low. (Reuters: Leon Kuegeler)
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[2026-08-24 04:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Experts say the way you go about job hunting is important to protect yourself. (Adobe Stock)
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[2026-08-24 03:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Chief Rabbinate Council has approved a new range for the financial sum written into a ketubah, setting a minimum of NIS 36,000 and a maximum of NIS 360,000, and has ordered that Israel's marriage-registration procedure be amended accordingly.
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[2026-08-24 02:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli army said it apprehended a 16-year-old Palestinian suspected of stabbing an Israeli on Sunday in Al-Auja in the occupied West Bank.
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[2026-08-24 02:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: ELEVATED inflation could prompt the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to deliver another rate increase this Thursday despite a slowing economy, analysts said.
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[2026-08-24 02:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: STOCK market trading could remain choppy this week as investors await a Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ (BSP) policy decision this Thursday while weighing persistent peso weakness, elevated Treasury yields and mixed corporate earnings.
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[2026-08-24 02:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THE peso’s slide toward P62:$1 is putting investor confidence in the Philippines to the test but does not represent a crisis, a former central bank official said.
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[2026-08-24 02:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: ROBINSONS Land Corp. (RLC) expects artificial intelligence (AI) to reshape demand for office space, rather than significantly weaken the market, as business process outsourcing (BPO) companies shift toward higher-value functions.
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[2026-08-24 02:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: FIRST Gen Corp. has signed an energy supply agreement with PNB Holdings Corp., the real estate holding arm of Philippine National Bank.
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[2026-08-24 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: CHRISTINE Lagarde, chief of the European Central Bank (ECB), could take over the presidency of the World Economic Forum (WEF) at some point in 2027, Swiss newspaper NZZ reported on Sunday.
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[2026-08-24 01:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Over 100 former French and British ambassadors called on France and the United Kingdom to "uphold international law in Palestine" and impose sanctions on Israel for its actions in Gaza and the West Bank in an open letter published on Sunday in Le Monde.
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[2026-08-24 01:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: In eastern Congo, where the economy is heavily dependent on small-scale mining, the constant movement of miners between remote sites is complicating efforts to contain Ebola.
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[2026-08-24 00:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Investigators are tracing financial records to determine whether companies have financed or ordered the land clearing linked to fire cases
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[2026-08-24 00:54 UTC+10:00] [Kalimantan] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Investigators are tracing financial records to determine whether companies have financed or ordered the land clearing linked to fire cases
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[2026-08-24 00:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.us
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[2026-08-24 00:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A 14-year-old Palestinian was shot dead by Israeli forces during a raid on a refugee camp east of Nablus on Sunday, as Israeli military operations and settler attacks continued across the occupied West Bank and air strikes killed at least three Palestinians in central Gaza.
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[2026-08-23 23:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: UK Lawyers for Israel has warned the UK government that a proposed ban on trade with Israeli businesses in east Jerusalem and the West Bank would breach several of Britain’s international legal obligations.
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[2026-08-23 22:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The clearing mandate from China elevates Frankfurt as a primary hub for offshore renminbi settlement, challenging London’s dominance
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[2026-08-23 22:30 UTC+10:00] [renminbi] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The clearing mandate from China elevates Frankfurt as a primary hub for offshore renminbi settlement, challenging London’s dominance
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[2026-08-23 22:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Emirates and Ryanair have had a playful exchange on social media after the Irish low-cost airline took a jab at the Dubai carrier's new economy class headrests.
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[2026-08-23 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Walk the halls of any major banking conference or listen in on a quarterly earnings call, and one topic keeps coming up: With the window for mergers wide open under the Trump administration, who will take a swing?
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[2026-08-23 21:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Lebanon’s economy is projected to shrink by 6.4% in 2026 after Hezbollah’s decision to return to war with Israel wiped out the early recovery achieved in 2025, according to the latest World Bank Lebanon Economic Monitor report.
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[2026-08-23 20:53 UTC+10:00] [US economy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Treasury secretary Scott Bessent’s attempt to calm bond markets is a sign of weakness not strength
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[2026-08-23 20:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli military raids and settler violence across the occupied West Bank continued overnight and into Sunday.
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[2026-08-23 20:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The global smartphone market is heading for its sharpest annual decline on record as soaring chip and memory costs push up handset prices and force manufacturers to cut lower-margin models and configurations, analysts say
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[2026-08-23 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Research-focused universities with close ties to entrepreneurs and scientists seen as offering competitive advantage in job market
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[2026-08-23 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Research-focused universities with close ties to entrepreneurs and scientists seen as offering competitive advantage in job market
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[2026-08-23 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Risks are ‘being resolved and contained’, back-to-back weekend commentaries assert after second-quarter GDP misses mark
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[2026-08-23 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Risks are ‘being resolved and contained’, back-to-back weekend commentaries assert after second-quarter GDP misses mark
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[2026-08-23 18:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Israeli forces have launched search operations in the Jordan Valley after an Israeli man was wounded in a stabbing attack in a village in the eastern occupied West Bank.
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[2026-08-23 18:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President of Iran Masoud Pezeshkian takes questions from the media during a news conference in New York on Sept. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis, File)
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[2026-08-23 17:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Bitcoin and gold shot higher this week, with both getting a boost from some frantic action surrounding the bond market, and the cryptocurrency also benefiting from activity in Washington.
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[2026-08-23 17:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Finance chief warns frontier tech will challenge the job market, urging faster action to equip young people with AI skills and workplace opportunities
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[2026-08-23 17:19 UTC+10:00] [Transport Department] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Finance chief warns frontier tech will challenge the job market, urging faster action to equip young people with AI skills and workplace opportunities
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[2026-08-23 17:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Residents of the Palestinian village of Awarta, located southeast of Nablus in the West Bank, woke up on Sunday morning to find a building set on fire, a vehicle torched, and graffiti sprayed throughout the village.
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[2026-08-23 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Imports of bottled wine from the EU fell 16.6 per cent by volume in the first half of this year, according to Chinese customs data
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[2026-08-23 17:00 UTC+10:00] [wine] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Imports of bottled wine from the EU fell 16.6 per cent by volume in the first half of this year, according to Chinese customs data
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[2026-08-23 16:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: One person was wounded in a suspected terror stabbing attack in the area of Al-Auja, a Palestinian town located near Jericho, in the Jordan Valley, the IDF said on Sunday morning.
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