Topic: Economy & Finance — Neutral reports only
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[2026-08-15 06:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Venus Williams reacts during her straight sets defeat by Kamilla Rakhimova during the National Bank Open tennis tournament in Toronto, Sunday, Aug. 2, 2026. (Chris Young/The Canadian Press via AP)
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[2026-08-15 06:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Berkshire Hathaway sharply increased its stake in Alphabet in the second quarter, vaulting the Google parent into its three biggest stock holdings. The sprawling conglomerate also added to the size of its investments in Delta Air Lines and various homebuilders.
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[2026-08-15 06:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: U.S. stocks edged back from their all-time high following the latest economic report to come in surprisingly weak.
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[2026-08-15 05:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-15 05:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter on Friday condemned the recent violence in the West Bank village of Kusra, criticizing settlers who established an outpost near the village.
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[2026-08-15 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Property / News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: China’s billionaire software king Wang Wenjing and his wife Sonia Yan Song have put their waterfront home in Sydney’s Mosman on the market and could double their money.
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[2026-08-15 04:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-15 03:52 UTC+10:00] [West Bank] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Palestine’s vice-president calls plan ‘flagrant violation of international law’ and a step towards full Israeli annexation
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[2026-08-15 02:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Israeli settlers have marauded across the occupied West Bank for months, attacking Palestinian towns and villages with impunity.
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[2026-08-15 02:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: France on Friday strongly condemned Israeli settlers’ seizure of several Palestinian homes in Qusra, south of Nablus, in the occupied West Bank.
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[2026-08-15 02:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WEAKER economic growth has given monetary authorities room to be less aggressive in taming inflation, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Eli Remolona Jr. said, but “a more convincing downward trend” in consumer price increases is needed before policy can be relaxed.
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[2026-08-15 02:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: QUSRA, Palestinian Territories — Activists attempted to deliver supplies to Palestinians under an almost weeklong settler siege in the West Bank on Friday, with the Israeli military again deployed at the flash point site.
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[2026-08-15 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-08-15 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-08-15 01:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: There has been a recent flurry of important real estate tax cases in Israel. The cases relate to hotel companies, Value Added Tax (VAT), and transparent house property companies. If you have a financial interest in Israeli real estate, read on and consult your real estate tax advisor.
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[2026-08-15 01:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The United States wants Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to publicly condemn extremist settlers who have besieged Palestinians in their homes in the West Bank, US and Israeli officials said on Friday, as settlers pressured residents by pitching a new tent before Israeli soldiers arrived and it was taken down.
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[2026-08-15 01:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Reddit Inc. logos are displayed on the New York Stock Exchange trading floor, prior to the company’s IPO, Thursday, March. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)
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[2026-08-15 01:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Chairman Chow Chung-kong reveals at URA’s 25th anniversary banquet that body has returned to profit in the 2025-26 financial year
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[2026-08-15 01:40 UTC+10:00] [Hong Kong] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Chairman Chow Chung-kong reveals at URA’s 25th anniversary banquet that body has returned to profit in the 2025-26 financial year
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[2026-08-15 01:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Palestinian residents of the West Bank village of Qusra have been ordered to leave their homes after a days-long siege and repeated attacks by Israeli settlers, with the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) declaring the area a closed military zone in what it claims is a move to protect civilians.
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[2026-08-15 01:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Palestinian residents of the West Bank village of Qusra have been ordered to leave their homes after a days-long siege and repeated attacks by Israeli settlers, with the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) declaring the area a closed military zone in what it claims is a move to protect civilians.
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[2026-08-15 01:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Fourteen people were taken to hospital, with seven reportedly in a life-threatening condition early on Friday. Parts of Omiš lost power as the fire approached the town centre, while homes, cars and boats were damaged or destroyed. Evacuees spent the night in a sports hall, sleeping on beds and floors.
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[2026-08-15 01:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: For almost a week, Israeli settlers, with the military standing by in full view, have besieged Palestinian families in the occupied West Bank village of Qusra, in an attempt to force them from their land and take over their homes.
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[2026-08-15 00:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel is preparing to replace the army in the West Bank with civilian police forces, in a move seen as further advancing the annexation of the occupied Palestinian territory.
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[2026-08-15 00:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel is preparing to replace the army in the West Bank with civilian police forces, in a move seen as further advancing the annexation of the occupied Palestinian territory.
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[2026-08-15 00:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Following July's rebound to pre-war levels, the preliminary August University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment index was expected to weaken modestly as the MidEast re-escalated (and with it the price of gas).
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[2026-08-15 00:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Activists accumulate food and water supplies in front of Israeli army soldiers who are blocking the road leading to the houses of three Palestinian families that have been besieged by Israeli settlers for six days, in the occupied West Bank village of Qusra, south of Nablus, Friday, Aug. 14, 2026.
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[2026-08-14 23:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: In July, the appropriately-named 'Groundbreaker' website laid out a structural diagnosis that most of the market still refuses to confront: the AI boom is not a technology cycle. It is a credit-driven real-estate-like cycle whose financing architecture depends on the second derivative.
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[2026-08-14 22:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Palestinian families in the occupied West Bank village of Qusra have remained under siege by Israeli settlers for a sixth day, despite an Israeli army operation that was supposedly launched to remove the settlers.
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[2026-08-14 22:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A person carries a shopping bag in Philadelphia, Dec. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
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[2026-08-14 22:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Robert Stock is a 36-year-old journeyman who doesn’t fit into the Mets’ plans for next season, yet he remains in the team’s starting rotation after an ugly performance against the Pirates last Saturday.
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[2026-08-14 22:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Based on BofA's almost omniscient analysts, traders should expect a big disappointment this morning from US retail sales as the bank's data showed a huge drop in online retail (card not present) in July...
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[2026-08-14 22:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff-heavy trade policy has redrawn the supply chain map for American manufacturers. (Nikkei montage)
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[2026-08-14 22:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Wishful thinking and irresponsible levels of debt are driving a global economy that looks sweet from the outside but is utterly hollow
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[2026-08-14 22:30 UTC+10:00] [United States] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Wishful thinking and irresponsible levels of debt are driving a global economy that looks sweet from the outside but is utterly hollow
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[2026-08-14 22:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Ukraine has quietly floated a deal through a third-party mediator to halt reciprocal strikes on civilian vessels in the Black Sea, Reuters reports, in what appears to be a calculated bid to unfreeze a critical global commodity corridor and to relieve pressure on Ukraine's battered wartime economy.
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[2026-08-14 22:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Israeli forces have prevented Israeli and foreign activists from reaching Palestinian families whose homes have been surrounded by settlers for nearly a week in the occupied West Bank town of Qusra, south of Nablus.
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[2026-08-14 22:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Israel’s defence minister has ordered the military to hand over responsibility for civilian law enforcement to the police in Qusra, as criticism mounts over the country's failure to end a six-day siege by violent settlers against Palestinian families in the occupied West Bank.
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[2026-08-14 22:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto delivers his annual state of the nation address in front of members of parliament in Jakarta on Aug. 14. © Reuters
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[2026-08-14 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Swiss private bank says structurally high inflation and government deficits will erode value of US dollar and Treasuries over the next decade
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[2026-08-14 22:00 UTC+10:00] [Beijing] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Swiss private bank says structurally high inflation and government deficits will erode value of US dollar and Treasuries over the next decade
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[2026-08-14 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Disrupted supply chains could complicate efforts of Chinese firms to expand globally in the fast-growing drone industry, while raising costs for American buyers
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[2026-08-14 22:00 UTC+10:00] [European Union] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Disrupted supply chains could complicate efforts of Chinese firms to expand globally in the fast-growing drone industry, while raising costs for American buyers
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[2026-08-14 21:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS details in last 3 paras, photo) By Kim Eun-jung
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[2026-08-14 21:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Palestinian families in the occupied West Bank village of Qusra have remained under siege by Israeli settlers for a sixth day, despite an Israeli army operation that was supposedly launched to remove the settlers.
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[2026-08-14 21:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Minister Janice Tse says analysis of public submissions shows general support for more focused integration into national development
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[2026-08-14 21:35 UTC+10:00] [scmp] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Minister Janice Tse says analysis of public submissions shows general support for more focused integration into national development
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[2026-08-14 20:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: A new Gallup survey finds a wide gap between the financial advice Americans say they trust and the advice they actually take.
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[2026-08-14 20:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Activists attempted on Friday to deliver supplies to Palestinian families under an almost week-long siege by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank.
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[2026-08-14 20:43 UTC+10:00] [Business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Rolling coverage of the latest and economic news, as US sells 30-year bonds at highest borrowing costs since 2001
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