Topic: Economy & Finance — Neutral reports only
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[2026-08-01 22:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Israeli troops detained seven Palestinians, including two 16-year-old boys, during overnight raids across the occupied West Bank, Palestinian authorities said.
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[2026-08-01 22:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Wall Street got back to its winning ways last week after navigating a hawkish Federal Reserve meeting, volatile swings in chip stocks, and a critical round of Big Tech earnings. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1% for the week, snapping a three-week losing streak. The S & P 500 gained 1% last week, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq climbed 1.6%.
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[2026-08-01 22:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Jason Sorens via The Daily Economy,
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[2026-08-01 19:00 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Trump’s conflict keeps escalating, with Saudi Arabia joining airstrikes in Iraq and reportedly planning an attack on the Houthis. A recession could follow
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[2026-08-01 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming tops rankings this year, but vibrant market makes them much more fluid than in US, Hurun says
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[2026-08-01 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming tops rankings this year, but vibrant market makes them much more fluid than in US, Hurun says
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[2026-08-01 18:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli forces have arrested at least seven Palestinians, including two teenagers, in raids in the occupied West Bank.
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[2026-08-01 18:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Specialist Dilip Patel works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Thursday, July 30, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
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[2026-08-01 17:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Drills part of over 100 exercises to be conducted in coming months to ensure smooth and safe operations, security chief Chris Tang says
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[2026-08-01 17:42 UTC+10:00] [Hong Kong] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Drills part of over 100 exercises to be conducted in coming months to ensure smooth and safe operations, security chief Chris Tang says
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[2026-08-01 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Fast-paced corporate jobs leave Millennials, Gen Z burnt-out and seeking simpler lives with fewer luxuries outside China’s megacities
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[2026-08-01 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Fast-paced corporate jobs leave Millennials, Gen Z burnt-out and seeking simpler lives with fewer luxuries outside China’s megacities
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[2026-08-01 15:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli settlers have desecrated graves in a Palestinian cemetery during a march near the village of Tal in the occupied West Bank.
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[2026-08-01 15:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Riad Salameh was arrested on Friday at Bhannes Hospital, north of Beirut, after failing to appear before a judge for questioning the previous day. He is accused of financial wrongdoing relating to Banque du Liban transactions and securities purchases involving companies in which Bank Audi held shares.
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[2026-08-01 15:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Watch: Israeli settler challenged in rare access to West Bank outpost
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[2026-08-01 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Move designed to boost supply and quality of home services as Beijing seeks to create more jobs in a rapidly ageing society
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[2026-08-01 15:00 UTC+10:00] [Chengdu] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Move designed to boost supply and quality of home services as Beijing seeks to create more jobs in a rapidly ageing society
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[2026-08-01 14:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: NEW YORK — US stocks rose Friday to finish a wildJuly for Wall Street as Amazon leaped, Apple sank and rising oil prices worsened worries about inflation staying high.
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[2026-08-01 14:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-08-01 13:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The interest picked up enough in Freddy Peralta to scratch him from his start Friday.
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[2026-08-01 13:50 UTC+10:00] [Property / News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: An updated all-white Victorian terrace in South Yarra, directly across from Prahran Market, sold for $1.53 million in post-auction negotiations, $20,000 below its reserve.
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[2026-08-01 13:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.us
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[2026-08-01 12:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: At least two Palestinians were killed in separate Israeli drone strikes in central Gaza, while 13 Palestinians were detained during raids in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian media reports said.
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[2026-08-01 12:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Chinese robotics maker Unitree formally launched its IPO on Shanghai's STAR Market on Thursday, opening the books on a deal that aims to raise about 4.2 billion yuan (roughly $618 million) at an implied valuation near 42 billion yuan ($5.9 billion). Once the shares start trading, the listing will put a real, daily market price on a profitable humanoid-robot maker operating at scale - the first the sector has had.
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[2026-08-01 12:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: ERROR 404 page not found Click here to go to the home page
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[2026-08-01 12:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The group says growing asset value has led to an increase in fakes, fraudulent sales and the use of card transactions for money laundering
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[2026-08-01 12:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The group says growing asset value has led to an increase in fakes, fraudulent sales and the use of card transactions for money laundering
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[2026-08-01 12:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Black and White brand of full-cream evaporated milk was created for the Hong Kong market in the 1940s and has been a favourite ever since
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[2026-08-01 12:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Black and White brand of full-cream evaporated milk was created for the Hong Kong market in the 1940s and has been a favourite ever since
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[2026-08-01 11:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: An Israeli settler attempts to run over a Palestinian before setting fire to olive trees in the village of Al-Minya, southeast of Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank, according to Quds News Network.
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[2026-08-01 11:12 UTC+10:00] [BUSINESS] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: The U.S. Treasury stepped into the currency market on Friday to back the battered yen, the Financial Times reported, marking Washington’s first intervention along with Tokyo to support Japan’s currency in more than a decade as it languishes near 40-year lows.
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[2026-08-01 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: While Chinese families grow cautious, South Korean retail investors use record leverage to chase tech ETFs despite mounting risks
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[2026-08-01 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: While Chinese families grow cautious, South Korean retail investors use record leverage to chase tech ETFs despite mounting risks
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[2026-08-01 10:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Filipino tennis ace Alex Eala is on a collision course with newly-minted Wimbledon champion Linda Noskova of Czech Republic at the National Bank Open in Toronto, Canada.
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[2026-08-01 08:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: More than two years after campaigning to "blow up" Argentina's central bank, President Javier Milei has announced his "Fiscal Shackle" bill - a permanent rule aimed at preventing Argentina from approving or maintaining budgets with fiscal deficits that could have consequences for politicians.
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[2026-08-01 08:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Prices for electronic devices reliant on advanced memory chips, from smartphones to gaming consoles, have risen as the AI data-center buildout tightens supply and drives component costs higher. The resulting memory-chip crunch is now weighing on consumer demand, with Goldman’s latest note showing that the pressure is increasingly visible in China’s handheld-device market.
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[2026-08-01 07:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Financial Services
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[2026-08-01 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Pigeon CEO Ryo Yano poses holding one of the company's baby bottles. Since entering China in 2002, its operating profit from the market has come to account for more than 60% of total earnings. (Photo by Yuki Kohara)
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[2026-08-01 06:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: U.S. stocks rallied to the finish of a wild July as Amazon leaped, Apple sank and rising oil prices worsened worries about inflation.
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[2026-08-01 05:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Malacañang on Friday said President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. was just following the law, following his clearance for the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to submit subpoenaed bank records of Vice President Sara Duterte and her husband, Atty. Mans Carpio, to the Senate or the Impeachment Court.
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[2026-08-01 05:01 UTC+10:00] [Money / Saving] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: August 1, 2026 — 5:01am
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[2026-08-01 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Property / News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: David Griffith, a yachtsman and intellectual property law veteran, and his wife, Penny, have put their Elizabeth Bay secondary home on the market with a price guide of $21 million to $23 million.
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[2026-08-01 04:47 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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[2026-08-01 04:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-01 04:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Audiences love a feel-good story. The 2011 documentary Cinema Jenin: The Story of a Dream had good feelings in spades, featuring German activist and filmmaker Marcus Vetter stopping at nothing to revive a once-beloved cinema in a small town in the occupied West Bank and bring culture back to the dispossessed.
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[2026-08-01 04:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: While the BOJ understandably refuses to admit it spent a record $140BN (across all markets, $90BN on EBS) to briefly manipulate the Japanese yen higher...
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[2026-08-01 03:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli forces shot and wounded at least one Palestinian, arrested at least three, and closed entrances to the village of Tal in the occupied West Bank on Friday as more than 100 Israeli settlers marched towards the village, residents said.
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[2026-08-01 03:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-01 03:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Adnoc will move its pricing benchmark to the Platts Dubai system from November 1, as it seeks to sustain the strong demand for its crude oil products amid shifting geopolitical patterns.
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[2026-08-01 02:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Pricing data from June indicated that outside of some select items where costs continue to grow, inflation is trending back towards the Federal Reserve's inflation goal.
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