Topic: Economy & Finance — Neutral reports only
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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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[2026-08-14 10:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Yonhap) -- South Korean shares opened sharply higher Friday, led by gains in major chipmakers, tracking an overnight rally in U.S. shares, as latest U.S. data eased woes over accelerating inflation.
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[2026-08-14 10:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (2nd LD) Gov't aims to supply over 230,000 additional homes in Seoul metropolitan area to tame housing prices
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[2026-08-14 10:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing’s largest rolling stock manufacturer is eyeing a local Kai Tak project – and its autonomous buses – as a launch pad for global expansion
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[2026-08-14 10:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing’s largest rolling stock manufacturer is eyeing a local Kai Tak project – and its autonomous buses – as a launch pad for global expansion
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[2026-08-14 10:00 UTC+10:00] [OECD] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The country has identified seven next-generation industries, including nuclear fusion and small modular reactors, to stem sluggish growth potential
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[2026-08-14 10:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The country has identified seven next-generation industries, including nuclear fusion and small modular reactors, to stem sluggish growth potential
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[2026-08-14 09:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Poland’s Iga Swiatek celebrates after defeating Kazakhstan’s Elena Rybakina in a National Bank Open final tennis match, in Toronto, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026. (Chris Young/The Canadian Press via AP)
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[2026-08-14 09:25 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Former Lendlease chair and current Westpac board member Michael Ullmer has told a parliamentary committee how the only warning of the KPMG whistleblower allegations relating to the bank was made to fellow director Peter Nash, who did not tell the rest of the bank’s board.
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[2026-08-14 09:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The former premier played a key role in the developments that helped shape China’s rise to the world’s second-largest economy today
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[2026-08-14 09:15 UTC+10:00] [John Lee Ka-chiu] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The former premier played a key role in the developments that helped shape China’s rise to the world’s second-largest economy today
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[2026-08-14 09:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-14 09:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Lenders are shifting loan benchmarks to short-term market rates, which analysts say heightens volatility and tests risk controls
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[2026-08-14 09:00 UTC+10:00] [Beijing] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Lenders are shifting loan benchmarks to short-term market rates, which analysts say heightens volatility and tests risk controls
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[2026-08-14 08:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz has said settler attacks and the scenes in Qusra in the occupied West Bank are “costing Israel” and “its friends," Al Jazeera reported.
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[2026-08-14 08:00 UTC+10:00] [Trump administration] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: DHS sent undercover agents to meetings, infiltrated chats and obtained financial records in vast operation into groups opposing Trump’s immigration crackdown
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[2026-08-14 07:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Reddit shares rose 11% in extended trading on Thursday on the social media company's inclusion in the S&P 500.
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[2026-08-14 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Yonhap) -- 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 06:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee has branded Israeli settlers besieging three Palestinian families in their West Bank homes “terrorists.” The days-long siege has targeted several properties, including one owned by a dual US citizen.According to the UN, the blockade in the village of Qusra began last Sunday, leaving approximately 15 Palestinians, including at least two children, trapped in their homes without access to electricity or water supplies.
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[2026-08-14 06:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee has branded Israeli settlers besieging three Palestinian families in their West Bank homes “terrorists.” The days-long siege has targeted several properties, including one owned by a dual US citizen.According to the UN, the blockade in the village of Qusra began last Sunday, leaving approximately 15 Palestinians, including at least two children, trapped in their homes without access to electricity or water supplies.
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[2026-08-14 06:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The U.S. stock market rose to a record following the latest sign that inflation is getting less bad. Stocks also got a lift Thursday from easing oil prices in their latest yo-yo move.
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[2026-08-14 06:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-14 05:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-14 05:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Workday shares jumped the most on record during late-afternoon trading on Thursday after a Reuters report said Silver Lake was in discussions to acquire the human-resources and financial-management software company.
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[2026-08-14 05:12 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The US stock market is ticking toward an all-time high following the latest sign that inflation is getting less bad. Stocks also got a lift from easing oil prices in their latest yo-yo move.
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[2026-08-14 05:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Small Businesses
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[2026-08-14 05:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-08-14 04:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Domestic Violence
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[2026-08-14 04:39 UTC+10:00] [West Bank] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Former PM of Israel calls events ‘concerted and meticulous attempt at ethnic cleansing’ against Palestinians
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[2026-08-14 04:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: If you are opposed to the enterprise of the resettling of Jews in the West Bank, ambivalent on the matter, or even an uninterested news consumer, the version of events of Friday, July 24, that you probably have absorbed since then has gone through a process of extreme distillation and ideological refinement.
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[2026-08-14 04:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-14 03:49 UTC+10:00] [University funding] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Higher education figures call on Labour to reverse tax on fees and warn institutions at risk of ‘going under’
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[2026-08-14 03:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli forces detained three Palestinians during a raid on the village of Burqa, east of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, while Israeli settlers seized a tractor owned by the village council, the Wafa news agency reported, citing Palestinian security sources.
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[2026-08-14 02:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Some 30 settler families have reestablished the settlement of Ganim in the West Bank on Thursday, 21 years after Israel withdrew its citizens from the area under the 2005 disengagement plan overseen by former prime minister Ariel Sharon.
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[2026-08-14 02:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Channel 12 political commentator Amit Segal on Tuesday published details of what he said was an attempt by Economy and Industry Minister Nir Barkat to oust and replace Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shortly after the October 7 massacre.
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[2026-08-14 02:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: FINEX has been promoting financial literacy for over a decade. We have a team of volunteers who lecture and provide guidance to various sectors that lack the financial skills to meet economic challenges.
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[2026-08-14 02:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: I RECENTLY gave two interviews with the later one airing live with Mimi Ong on “ANC Market Edge” and the earlier taped one with Richard Heydarian airing a week later. My thanks to both for continuing to find me worth their time. I got many direct messages thanking me for making my views clearly but also correctly noting my agitated demeanor.
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[2026-08-14 02:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: COMVERGENCE is an independent research and data consultancy, which analyzes media spend investments and produces benchmark studies on new business performances. The consultancy released the billings and market shares of media agencies for 2025 for Philippines.
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[2026-08-14 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THE Manuel Pangilinan-led Manila Electric Company (Meralco) has energized the new Bustos Substation in Bulacan to support the province's growing power demand. The project involved the installation of a new 50-megavolt-ampere (MVA) power transformer bank, three 69-kilovolt (kV) gas circuit breakers, six 69-kV disconnect switches, the construction of a 69- kV sub-transmission line, and a control house equipped with a 13.8-kV indoor modular switchgear.
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[2026-08-14 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A sign is posted for a new home for sale in Ambler, Pa., Oct. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
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[2026-08-14 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-08-14 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-08-14 01:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Far-left influencer Hasan Piker's China-based producer, Eric Hovagim, who also worked on socialist Zohran Mamdani's campaign, has said on recent podcasts and streams that he wants to "ban the American stock market" and has boasted about his relationship with a known Beijing-based propagandist waging an informational war on the US.
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[2026-08-14 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Formerly moribund facility on Yangtze River fills order book as shipowners favour small and medium-sized container vessels
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[2026-08-14 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Orient Futures] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Formerly moribund facility on Yangtze River fills order book as shipowners favour small and medium-sized container vessels
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[2026-08-14 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Buy now, pay later] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Several firms promised to disrupt the consumer credit market by offering consumers their purchases instantly and the bill later. Did it work?
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[2026-08-14 00:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: EU top diplomat Kaja Kallas on Thursday welcomed an Israeli decision to extend the mandate of the bloc's border assistance mission at the Rafah crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt and the occupied West Bank until mid-2027.
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[2026-08-13 23:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Haitham Rashaidh was among the last to leave his home near Ein al-Auja, a natural spring and waterfall north of Jericho in the occupied West Bank.
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