Topic: Environment & Climate — Neutral reports only
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[2026-08-31 22:30 UTC+10:00] [Environment / Climate change] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Solving the housing shortage faces an overlooked competitor – the $11.3 billion spent rebuilding and repairing homes damaged by extreme weather over the past 4½ years.
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[2026-08-31 22:26 UTC+10:00] [Arizona] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: National park officials say body of a man, 46, was recovered and about 15 others remain missing or unaccounted for
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[2026-08-31 21:49 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Nine out of the 10 South Koreans who were safely rescued after being initially stranded following massive flooding in Nepal returned home Monday, their company said.
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[2026-08-31 21:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A 41-year-old Israeli woman has been reported missing in the aftermath of the devastating floods that wrecked Nepal on Wednesday, killing nearly 800 people and leaving more than 3,000 people missing.
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[2026-08-31 21:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 31 (Yonhap) -- Nine out of the 10 South Koreans who were safely rescued after being initially stranded following massive flooding in Nepal returned home Monday, their company said.
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[2026-08-31 21:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: This photo provided by the Nepal Army, shows Nepal army soldiers using a drilling machine during a rescue operation at the site of a hydropower project in Upper Trishuli, Nepal, Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026. (Nepal Army via AP)
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[2026-08-31 21:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: UPDATES with resumption of helicopter search; CHANGES headline; TRIMS)
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[2026-08-31 21:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Scientists in Vermont are leading an effort to beat Dutch elm disease and restore the iconic elm, while in North Carolina, the Appalachian Trail Conservancy is protecting ash trees against an invasive beetle. (AP video by: Amanda Swinhart and Erik Verduzco)
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[2026-08-31 21:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: About 50 hikers were safely airlifted out of the area, according to local media reports, and a number of trails were closed out as a safety precaution.
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[2026-08-31 20:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Rajendra Dawadi, a school teacher of Tribhuvan Trishuli Secondary School, talks on his mobile phone in Trishuli Valley in Nepal’s Nuwakot district, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
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[2026-08-31 20:32 UTC+10:00] [Philippine News] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-08-31 20:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) General Manager Nicolas Torre III on Monday said the agency deployed pumps and L-shaped barriers to drain the floods caused hours-long traffic along the North Luzon Expressway (NLEX).
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[2026-08-31 20:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The number of people missing in Nepal has risen to more than 4,200, the national disaster agency said on Monday.
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[2026-08-31 20:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: People return to their flood-ravaged homes in Nepal
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[2026-08-31 19:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Indonesia has intensified efforts to contain forest and land fires across 6 provinces in Borneo and Sumatra.
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[2026-08-31 19:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: UPDATES with phone call between S. Korean, Nepali foreign ministers in paras 11-17)
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[2026-08-31 18:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Hery Bertus and his son stand outside their home in East Nusa Tenggara province, Indonesia, which was destroyed in the powerful quake that struck the area on Aug. 15. (Photo by Ismi Damayanti)
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[2026-08-31 18:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Observatory warns of strong winds, heavy showers from Tuesday as tropical cyclone Saudel crosses northern South China Sea
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[2026-08-31 18:54 UTC+10:00] [South China Sea] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Observatory warns of strong winds, heavy showers from Tuesday as tropical cyclone Saudel crosses northern South China Sea
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[2026-08-31 18:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune is aiming to introduce the death penalty for arsonists, after 12 people were killed in wildfires that swept through the northeast of the country last week.
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[2026-08-31 18:19 UTC+10:00] [Editors' Pick] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-08-31 18:12 UTC+10:00] [Environment] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-08-31 18:12 UTC+10:00] [Environment] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-08-31 18:06 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: KoAGI President Shim Sang-taek outlines push to protect future food resources, support vulnerable island states and verify ecosystem recovery
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[2026-08-31 17:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Rescue teams in Nepal are still trying to contact the more than 900 people believed to be trapped in hydropower construction sites, six days after a flash flood devastated the country’s northern mountainous region bordering Tibet.
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[2026-08-31 17:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Rescue teams in Nepal are still trying to contact the more than 900 people believed to be trapped in hydropower construction sites, six days after a flash flood devastated the country’s northern mountainous region bordering Tibet.
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[2026-08-31 17:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Nepal’s rescue teams, aided by Chinese and Indian experts, are racing to save more than 900 workers believed to be trapped underground at hydropower projects hit by devastating flash floods.
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[2026-08-31 17:31 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A decision to greenlight the eastern seaboard’s largest wind farm in more than two years has provided a much-needed boost to Australia’s renewable energy ambitions, helping to break an investment drought that has stalled the rollout of wind turbines and threatened the nation’s 2030 climate targets.
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[2026-08-31 17:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Centre for Health Protection says the government’s seasonal influenza vaccination programmes for the year 2026-27 will begin on September 17
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[2026-08-31 17:14 UTC+10:00] [Hong Kong] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Centre for Health Protection says the government’s seasonal influenza vaccination programmes for the year 2026-27 will begin on September 17
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[2026-08-31 17:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Pollution index hits 476 near the border, forcing school closures and triggering emergency cloud-seeding plans in Sarawak
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[2026-08-31 17:10 UTC+10:00] [Asean Specialised Meteorological Centre] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Pollution index hits 476 near the border, forcing school closures and triggering emergency cloud-seeding plans in Sarawak
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[2026-08-31 16:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Nepal's rescue teams, helped by Chinese and Indian experts, worked overnight to reach hundreds of people believed to be stuck inside blocked hydropower project tunnels in the aftermath of last week's Himalayan flood that carved a trail of destruction in the country's valley towns and villages as well as across the border in China.
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[2026-08-31 16:45 UTC+10:00] [Environment / Climate change] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Extravagant displays of magnolias in bloom once signalled the start of spring in Sydney, but in recent years they have come in earlier and earlier as winters fail to produce the days of deep cold and attendant frost. This year they arrived almost a month early, says Royal Botanic Garden Sydney chief scientist Professor Brett Summerell.
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[2026-08-31 16:36 UTC+10:00] [Nepal-Tibet flood disaster] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Workers thought to be trapped in the tunnels and underground areas of about half a dozen hydropower projects in Nepal following devastating flash floods
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[2026-08-31 16:32 UTC+10:00] [Nepal-Tibet flood disaster] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: As families await news after the catastrophe, community members appeal for compassion in the face of hateful rhetoric
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[2026-08-31 16:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Efforts to reopen roads to landslide- and flood-hit area enter ‘critical stage’ as more than 4,700 remain missing and weather risks loom
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[2026-08-31 16:05 UTC+10:00] [CCTV] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Efforts to reopen roads to landslide- and flood-hit area enter ‘critical stage’ as more than 4,700 remain missing and weather risks loom
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[2026-08-31 15:55 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: AI glasses will continue to flood into Australia despite the federal government acknowledging serious concerns that nefarious actors are using the wearable technology to covertly film unsuspecting victims.
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[2026-08-31 15:31 UTC+10:00] [Nepal-Tibet flood disaster] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: There are 43 Australians among the more than 3,000 people missing as rescue efforts continue after deadly flash floods on the Nepal-Tibet border
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[2026-08-31 15:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: When does autumn actually start and why are there three different calendars?
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[2026-08-31 15:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Authorities have dug hundreds of graves in Chitwan’s Devghat forest, nearly 200km (124 miles) from the flood-ravaged valleys of Rasuwa, where the disaster struck last Wednesday.
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[2026-08-31 15:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: As rescue efforts in communities buried by catastrophic flash floods along the Nepal-China border entered their fourth day Saturday, authorities were still finding survivors and transporting them to safety. At relief centers, while some arrived, families of others waited anxiously for news of their loved ones as the death toll and the number of people unaccounted for continued to rise.
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[2026-08-31 15:00 UTC+10:00] [Nepal-Tibet flood disaster] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Richer countries might have more resources to deal with catastrophe, but this problem grips the entire planet, however much leaders may want to deny it
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[2026-08-31 14:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Asean cannot pass EU-style laws, but a ‘coalition of the willing’ could force Big Tech to adopt safeguards against scams and child harm
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[2026-08-31 14:29 UTC+10:00] [AI Safety Asia] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Asean cannot pass EU-style laws, but a ‘coalition of the willing’ could force Big Tech to adopt safeguards against scams and child harm
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[2026-08-31 13:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 31 (Yonhap) -- A government joint rapid response team on Monday began a ground search for nine South Koreans missing in massive floods in Nepal, while continuing to seek permission from Nepali authorities to operate helicopters, Seoul's foreign ministry said.
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[2026-08-31 13:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Renee Spry is one of 43 Australians missing after the deadly floods last week. (Supplied)
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[2026-08-31 13:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: DHADING, Nepal — Authorities in Nepal warned of possible fresh flooding on Sunday and urged residents in flood-affected districts to remain on high alert after water levels rose in the Bhotekoshi River.
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[2026-08-31 12:45 UTC+10:00] [Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: In the immediate aftermath of the floods, the government refused overseas help, only to reverse its decision days later
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