Topic: Economy & Finance — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-12 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: HANOI -- When Phung Anh Tuan was a 20-year-old university student two decades ago, he ran out of cash to pay staff at a cybersecurity startup. A bank loan was out of reach on such short notice, so he walked into a pawnshop, pledged what he had and borrowed enough to keep the business going.
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[2026-05-12 06:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Former reality TV star Jack Osbourne is being sued by a furious bank that claims he defaulted on a $250,000 loan, according to a new lawsuit.
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[2026-05-12 06:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A top British bank is warning of a big spike in ticket fraud ahead of this year’s World Cup, as sky-high prices could drive fans into the arms of scammers.
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[2026-05-12 06:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: President Trump is signing a pair of executive orders aimed at lowering beef prices, a White House official told The Post – his latest effort to ease affordability as the price of a tasty steak skyrockets and inflation concerns loom ahead of this year’s midterm elections.
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[2026-05-12 06:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Oil prices rose as the war with Iran threatens to drag on, but U.S. stocks nevertheless inched to more records.
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[2026-05-12 05:50 UTC+10:00] [Business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The ongoing and planned trade reforms, including the gradual removal of para-tariffs, could improve competitiveness and increase household consumption by around 3.1%, with stronger gains for lower-income households, the World Bank’s April 2026 South Asia Economic Update release on Friday(8) said.
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[2026-05-12 05:48 UTC+10:00] [Business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: A special proposal has been submitted to make Sri Lanka the richest country in the world, based on the gem resources it possesses.
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[2026-05-12 05:48 UTC+10:00] [Breaking News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Fisheries, Aquatic and Ocean Resources Ministry said that obstacles to exporting Sri Lankan Blue Swimming Crab to the US market have been cleared, as Sri Lanka successfully met the stringent conditions imposed under the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA).
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[2026-05-12 05:46 UTC+10:00] [Business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sri Lankan ICT companies have strengthened their presence in the European market through participation in a strategic market exposure programme organized under the collaboration between the Sri Lanka Export Development Board (EDB) and the Import Promotions Desk Germany (IPD).
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[2026-05-12 05:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office has lashed out at new European Union sanctions targeting Israeli settlers, rejecting the measures as illegitimate.
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[2026-05-12 05:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The twenty-seven foreign ministers of the European Union approved new sanctions on Monday on Israeli settlers over rising violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.
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[2026-05-12 05:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Bangladesh’s economy has reached a critical juncture where mounting public debt, chronic revenue shortfalls, and surging interest payments are creating unprecedented pressure.
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[2026-05-12 05:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: John Keells CG Auto (JKCG Auto), the authorised distributor of BYD and DENZA in Sri Lanka, has launched a campaign in partnership with Bank of Ceylon (BOC) and Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation General Ltd. (SLIC) to accelerate New Energy Vehicles (NEV) adoption among government sector employees.
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[2026-05-12 05:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: HNB PLC, a leading private bank in Sri Lanka, has entered a significant new chapter in its legacy of enabling homeownership through a partnership for 447 Luna Tower with Union Place Apartments (Pvt) Ltd., a Belluna Lanka company.
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[2026-05-12 05:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Out of more than 17,000 corneas the Eye Bankreceived in the past 15 years, 12,000 were transplanted into local patients.
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[2026-05-12 05:33 UTC+10:00] [Local] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Colombo Consumer Price Index-based (CCPI-based) headline inflation Y-o-Y (year-on-year) accelerated in April 2026 reflecting the spillovers from the ongoing war in the Middle East, particularly the significant upward adjustments in domestic energy prices.
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[2026-05-12 05:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Kalshi has a new user bonus for people who want to sign up for the fast-growing prediction market platform for the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
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[2026-05-12 05:30 UTC+10:00] [Business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sri Lanka’s most Trusted and Innovative media services provider
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[2026-05-12 05:27 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: If public sentiment is anything to go by, everyday Australians are sick of struggling.As Treasurer Jim Chalmers prepares to hand down his fifth budget, housing affordability, tax reform and rising day-to-day expenses are expected to sit front and centre in Canberra.Nine.com.au asked Australians what they actually want from tonight's announcement, with many feeling the cost-of-living crisis has no end in sight.Watch the video above.READ MORE: Aussies could be $300 richer in one-off tax relief measure Housing affordability is tipped to
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[2026-05-12 05:15 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Oil prices are rising as the war with Iran threatens to drag on for longer, but the US stock market is nevertheless inching toward more records.
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[2026-05-12 05:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Bethenny Frankel is officially off the market after hard-launching Shane L. Campbell as her boyfriend.
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[2026-05-12 05:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The European Union has agreed to impose sanctions on Israeli settlers and leading Hamas figures.
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[2026-05-12 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Property / News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Home owners can no longer expect that their property is worth as much money as it was even a few months ago, as the auction market weakens to levels last seen in the 2022 downturn.
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[2026-05-12 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Sport / NRL] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Nathan Cleary says he is no certainty to test the market at the end of the year – but also insists has no desire to open contract negotiations with Penrith during the State of Origin series.
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[2026-05-12 04:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: The Big Bash League is in an increasingly crowded market of T20 tournaments. (ABC News: Luke Bowden)
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[2026-05-12 04:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Women without children tend to have interruptions to their working lives later in their careers while caring for aging family members. (Adobe Stock)
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[2026-05-12 04:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Before Lily Allen turned David Harbour’s private life into one of the most talked-about divorce albums of the decade, the “Stranger Things” actor was quietly making moves of his own. It started with a discreet off-market sale of the downtown Manhattan apartment that would become ground zero for the couple’s very public unraveling.
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[2026-05-12 04:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Medics had to restrain Palestinian journalist Ali al-Samoudi while tending to his bullet wound when the body of his colleague Shireen Abu Akleh arrived at Ibn Sina hospital in the occupied West Bank.
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[2026-05-12 04:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Child care in America has become a significant financial burden. For many families, it now rivals rent, a mortgage, or student loan payments.
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[2026-05-12 03:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: American Bankers Association (ABA) CEO Rob Nichols sent an emergency Sunday letter to every bank CEO in the country, urging “immediate engagement” against what he called a stablecoin yield loophole in the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, days before a Senate Banking Committee markup scheduled for Thursday.
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[2026-05-12 03:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Sam Altman’s OpenAI allowed employees to cash out a whopping $6.6 billion in sales of shares last October, according to a report.
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[2026-05-12 03:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The stunning Napa Valley residence of San Francisco Giants owner Peter Magowan has been brought to the market for $13 million—seven years after the sporting giant died of cancer.
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[2026-05-12 03:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel’s far-right National Security Minister, Itamar Ben Gvir, has condemned the European Union after it moved to sanction Israeli settlers accused of carrying out violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.
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[2026-05-12 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: New York Post readers can try out Polymarket, the fast-growing prediction market, and redeem a $20 bonus when they create an account using the Polymarket promo code NYPMAX.
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[2026-05-12 02:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Burger chain Five Guys is shuttering multiple California locations and cutting dozens of jobs as the fast-casual giant buckles under financial pressures — as critics say their high menu prices are pushing consumers away.
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[2026-05-12 02:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Ali al-Zaidi, Iraq's prime minister-designate endorsed by US President Donald Trump, owns a bank that was banned by the United States Treasury in 2024 for alleged links to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday.
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[2026-05-12 02:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Sales of previously occupied US homes were essentially flat in April, another lackluster showing for the housing market during what’s traditionally its busiest time of the year.
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[2026-05-12 02:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Schools in the UAE welcomed pupils back to classrooms on Monday, with principals saying there was a clear appetite for no more disruption to children’s education.
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[2026-05-12 02:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Kevin Hart vanished from his struggling namesake media company’s office for weeks at a time and left anxious employees to navigate layoffs, canceled meetings and mounting financial turmoil without him, according to a new report.
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[2026-05-12 02:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: GAMBLING has a profound impact in a city. A few years ago, while doing volunteer work with Filipino migrant workers (OFWs) in Macau, I observed the exuberance of its gambling economy at its apex and its sudden collapse when Xi Jinping banned Chinese mainlanders from gambling in Macau.
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[2026-05-12 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-05-12 01:09 UTC+10:00] [Foreign policy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: EU foreign ministers on Monday formally approved sanctions against Israeli settlers over attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank, after Hungary dropped months of opposition following its change of government.
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[2026-05-12 00:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: LONDON, United Kingdom — Global stock markets diverged while oil prices rose on Monday after US President Donald Trump rejected Iran's terms for ending the war in the Middle East.
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[2026-05-12 00:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: China’s shipyards secured a staggering 85 per cent of global orders in the first quarter, as demand for oil tankers surges amid the Iran war
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[2026-05-12 00:30 UTC+10:00] [United States] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: China’s shipyards secured a staggering 85 per cent of global orders in the first quarter, as demand for oil tankers surges amid the Iran war
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[2026-05-12 00:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas speaks with the media as she arrives for a meeting of EU foreign ministers at the European Council building in Brussels, Monday, May 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Marius Burgelman)
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[2026-05-12 00:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: From the Trump administration's recent Project Freedom push to mounting warnings from Wall Street analysts, security experts, energy strategists, and major oil company executives, there is a growing sense that the global energy market is quickly approaching a breaking point due to the heavily disrupted Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-05-11 23:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Aramco's CEO Amin Nasser said the current energy supply shock which hit during its first quarter is the "largest the world has ever experienced.” He then added that even if the Strait of Hormuz were to open today, it would still require months for markets to restore balance, and that if the Hormuz “disruption” were to carry on for a few more weeks, market normalisation wouldn't happen until 2027.
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[2026-05-11 23:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — A Palestinian family has described how Israeli settlers in the northern West Bank forced them to exhume the newly buried grave of an elderly relative, claiming it was too close to a settlement recently authorized by Israel’s government.
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[2026-05-11 23:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The EU will sanction several Israeli settlers who committed acts of violence against Palestinians, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Kaja Kallas announced on Monday.
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