Topic: Economy & Finance — Neutral reports only
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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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[2026-08-14 20:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Oil prices were up on Friday as tensions continued to simmer in the Middle East after the US threatened Iran with an “indefinite” blockade and financial sanctions, reigniting supply worries.
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[2026-08-14 19:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: IDF troops attempted to prevent Hadash-Ta'al MK Ofer Cassif from entering the West Bank village of Kusra, Cassif said on Friday, claiming the IDF was “allowing settlers to freely establish their outposts.”
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[2026-08-14 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Canadian investment company Brookfield has invested in Japan's residential real estate market for the first time. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Reuters)
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[2026-08-14 18:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Hong Kong revises full-year economic growth forecast for 2026 to a range of 3.5 to 4.5 per cent
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[2026-08-14 18:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Hong Kong revises full-year economic growth forecast for 2026 to a range of 3.5 to 4.5 per cent
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[2026-08-14 18:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: President Donald Trump's administration is signalling the US is ready to push Iran’s economy to its limits, cementing a pivot to impose financial pressure and a naval blockade to force Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-08-14 18:03 UTC+10:00] [Housing] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: ABS data shows an almost 9% slump in new lending to investors after three interest rate hikes this year
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[2026-08-14 17:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Reform UK leader Nigel Farage regained his parliamentary seat on Friday in an election he triggered to bolster his position against allegations of financial impropriety, a strategy that was undermined when his main challenger, a comedian dressed as a trash can, won more than a quarter of the vote.
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[2026-08-14 17:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Yonhap) -- Heads of HD Hyundai Co., Hyundai Engineering & Construction (E&C) Co. and U.S. nuclear energy firm TerraPower on Friday discussed ways to strengthen cooperation in the small modular reactor (SMR) sector, HD Hyundai said.
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[2026-08-14 17:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Hello, this is Anniek Bao writing to you from Singapore. Welcome to another edition of CNBC's Daily Open.
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[2026-08-14 17:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean won made slight gains against the U.S. dollar Friday, after better-than-expected U.S. inflation data reduced market expectations of a rate hike by the Federal Reserve.
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[2026-08-14 17:15 UTC+10:00] [Business / The economy] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
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[2026-08-14 17:13 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 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Younger, professionally diverse Chinese are turning to local brands for technology and qualities once tied to foreign marques
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[2026-08-14 17:00 UTC+10:00] [Guangdong] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Younger, professionally diverse Chinese are turning to local brands for technology and qualities once tied to foreign marques
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[2026-08-14 16:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Defense Minister Israel Katz announced on Friday that he had instructed the IDF to prepare a plan to transfer all civilian enforcement authority for Israeli communities and residents in the West Bank to the Israel Police, as part of a broader effort to redefine the military's role in the territory.
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[2026-08-14 16:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The IDF will conduct a probe into the events that occurred in the West Bank village of Kusra over the past week, and the findings will be presented to Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir, N12 reported on Friday.
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[2026-08-14 16:46 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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[2026-08-14 16:39 UTC+10:00] [1997 Asian financial crisis] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: From world leaders paying their respects to his economic legacy, here is some of the SCMP’s reporting on Zhu Rongji’s death
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[2026-08-14 16:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Abu Dhabi's AD Ports Group reported an 86 per cent annual rise in its second quarter net profit as the company managed to diversify its trade routes away from the Strait of Hormuz that remains chocked amid the Iran war.
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[2026-08-14 16:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Ahead of its Hong Kong IPO, the e-commerce firm argues its supply chains and business model give it an edge over traditional rivals
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[2026-08-14 16:13 UTC+10:00] [South China Morning Post] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Ahead of its Hong Kong IPO, the e-commerce firm argues its supply chains and business model give it an edge over traditional rivals
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[2026-08-14 15:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A person walk in front of an electronic stock chart board showing Japan’s Nikkei index at a securities firm Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
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[2026-08-14 15:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Yonhap) -- The share of Americans who say they have a positive impression of K-pop megaband BTS reached a record high of 46 percent in the second quarter, the group's agency said Friday, citing U.S. market data.
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[2026-08-14 15:26 UTC+10:00] [Technology] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: Already have Rappler+? Sign in to listen to groundbreaking journalism.
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[2026-08-14 15:24 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Doosan Enerbility has secured a deal to supply critical components for US-based TerraPower’s advanced small modular reactor, partnering with the Bill Gates-backed nuclear technology firm as it expands footprint in the global next-generation reactor market.
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[2026-08-14 15:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: As the Likud continues its internal struggles ahead of the party's primaries and ongoing clashes in the West Bank, the coalition bloc lost one seat this week and now stands at just 48 Knesset seats, according to a Maariv poll published on Friday.
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[2026-08-14 14:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Consumers shop at a wet market in Kuala Lumpur: Resilient domestic demand helped support Malaysia's economy in the April-June quarter. (Photo by Yuki Kohara)
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[2026-08-14 14:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The system that carves up $102 billion worth of GST between the states and territories is so broken that a bushfire in NSW would deliver a multimillion-dollar financial windfall to the state with the strongest finances in the country while hurting every other part of the nation.
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[2026-08-14 13:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.us
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[2026-08-14 13:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Yonhap) -- Daily spot transactions in the foreign exchange market rose more than 10 percent following the launch of around-the-clock foreign exchange trading last month, the finance ministry said Friday.
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[2026-08-14 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's money supply continued to rise in June on an increase in short-term deposits and funds, central bank data showed Friday.
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[2026-08-14 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
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[2026-08-14 12:47 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: August 14, 2026 12:47 | News
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[2026-08-14 12:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United Nations human rights agency and the Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates have condemned a days-long Israeli settler siege of Palestinian homes in the occupied West Bank village of Qusra.
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[2026-08-14 12:12 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The number of home loans taken out by investors has slumped by almost 9 per cent, new data has revealed.
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[2026-08-14 12:12 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The number of home loans taken out by investors has slumped by almost 9 per cent, new data has revealed.
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[2026-08-14 12:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El estadounidense Ben Shelton celebra durante el encuentro ante su compatriota Brandon Nakashima, en la final del National Bank Open en Montreal, el jueves 13 de agosto de 2026 (Christinne Muschi/The Canadian Press via AP)
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[2026-08-14 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: A new government requirement to pay annual royalties for playing copyrighted music is a positive step towards a functioning creative economy, industry figures have said.
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[2026-08-14 11:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Ben Shelton of the United States reacts during his match against compatriot Brandon Nakashima during the final tennis match of the National Bank Open in Montreal, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026. (Christinne Muschi/The Canadian Press via AP)
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[2026-08-14 11:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's chief financial regulator said Friday that household loan growth slowed in July under tightened regulations, but it needs to tightly control consumer lending in the face of higher home prices and a rise in transactions.
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[2026-08-14 10:42 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Import prices fell for the second consecutive month in July due to a stronger Korean won and a decrease in oil prices amid the protracted Middle East uncertainties, central bank data showed Friday.
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[2026-08-14 10:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: La polaca Iga Swiatek besa el trofeo del National Bank Open en Toronto, tras vencer en la final a la kazaja Elena Rybakina, el jueves 13 de agosto de 2026, en Toronto (Chris Young/The Canadian Press via AP)
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[2026-08-14 10:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
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