Topic: Financial Markets — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-28 21:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: President Trump's war economy is accelerating, with a new report indicating that the Department of War is set to unleash funding deals across a handful of drone companies. The effort comes as the DoW's procurement program now favors startups, and there has been an emphasis within the department on ramping up America's drone manufacturing base, as hyper-innovation from the war in Ukraine has brought forward 2030s-era war technology.
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[2026-05-28 20:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Refinancing activity in the U.S. housing market plummeted last week as mortgage rates hit their highest level in nine months, new industry data released on May 27 show.
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[2026-05-28 20:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: While most companies are heading into the defense-tech sphere, one Israeli company has made the opposite move and left to conquer the American car industry market.
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[2026-05-28 20:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS comments throughout, photo)By Yoo Jee-ho
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[2026-05-28 20:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 28 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's state pension fund said Thursday it will sharply increase its allocation to domestic equities this year to 20.8 percent amid a rally in the local stock market.
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[2026-05-28 20:00 UTC+10:00] [US work & careers] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: In this competitive market, gen Z has started to turn to untraditional ways to land a job – including dating apps
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[2026-05-28 19:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Local Spain
Snippet: New data shows that foreigners who live full-time spend roughly the same on housing as Spanish nationals, whereas non-resident homebuyers splurge far more on average on Spanish properties, particularly certain nationalities.
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[2026-05-28 19:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iran has been evading US sanctions and the blockade using a system of ship-to-ship transfers in which sanctioned ships laden with Iranian oil offload their cargo onto another ship in the water before it is sent to China, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.
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[2026-05-28 19:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Dutch cloud provider Nebius popped in premarket trading Thursday after an ex-OpenAI employee's fund disclosed a sizeable stake in the firm.
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[2026-05-28 19:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: BUSAN, May 28 (Yonhap) -- Riding an early birdie barrage, defending champion Bryson DeChambeau took a share of the opening-round lead at LIV Golf Korea on Thursday in the southeastern city of Busan.
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[2026-05-28 18:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: CCB and Goldman Sachs slash brokerage valuations, profit forecasts after regulatory action on unauthorised cross-border trading
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[2026-05-28 18:00 UTC+10:00] [Beijing] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: CCB and Goldman Sachs slash brokerage valuations, profit forecasts after regulatory action on unauthorised cross-border trading
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[2026-05-28 17:15 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: K-culture ambitions jump as Culture Ministry adds food, beauty and tourism to category
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[2026-05-28 17:00 UTC+10:00] [Sport / NRL] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Phil Gould used to drive the news cycle with his opinions. Now he generates headlines when he doesn’t share them.
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[2026-05-28 16:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The US Justice Department has charged a Google software engineer with using insider information to rig bets tied to Google's most-searched list on prediction market Polymarket, earning $1.2 million in profits, according to a complaint unsealed on Wednesday.
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[2026-05-28 16:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Multiple sclerosis patients in the UAE have opened up about how their lives were impacted since being diagnosed with the condition.
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[2026-05-28 16:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 28 (Yonhap) -- Culture Minister Chae Hwi-young said Thursday the government will seek to expand South Korea's "K-culture" market to 400 trillion won (US$265 billion) by 2030, up from the previous target of 300 trillion won.
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[2026-05-28 15:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Hello, this is Leonie Kidd writing to you from London. Welcome to today's edition of the Daily Open newsletter.
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[2026-05-28 15:45 UTC+10:00] [World / North America] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Washington: A US National Park Service analysis found that the contractor given a no-bid contract to repair the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is being paid an inflated and excessive profit margin, according to federal documents obtained by The New York Times.
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[2026-05-28 15:30 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Naver said Thursday it will invest 1 trillion won ($663 million) over the next five years to strengthen its creator ecosystem, betting that user-generated content will become a key asset in the next phase of artificial intelligence services.
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[2026-05-28 15:19 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: New service to support local SMEs, startups entering global market
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[2026-05-28 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Ferrari's stock plummeted after it unveiled its first fully electric vehicle, which was criticized by the luxury carmaker's former boss and even Italy's transport minister.
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[2026-05-28 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: COPENHAGEN, Denmark – On the day of its IPO in 2012, Brunello Cucinelli issued an uncommon ultimatum to investors: if they wanted short-term profits achieved by harming the environment or damaging people, they should not invest.
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[2026-05-28 14:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 28 (Yonhap) -- Dividend payouts by listed firms in South Korea rose about 17 percent from a year earlier in 2025 amid a rally in the local stock market, data showed Thursday.
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[2026-05-28 14:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Pages from the U.S. Affordable Care Act health insurance website, healthcare.gov, are displayed on a computer screen in New York, Aug. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison, File)
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[2026-05-28 13:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A person stands in front of an electronic stock board showing Japan’s Nikkei index, seen through the glass wall of an office building in Tokyo, May 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)
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[2026-05-28 13:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The 2026 World Cup is upon us so it's time to look at the 48 participants – that includes Group B, a section that features 2022 hosts Qatar, and Canada, who share hosting duties this time around.
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[2026-05-28 13:03 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Police have dismantled what they say is the Australian operation of the so-called Coconut Cartel, a gang locked in a months-long feud with the Alameddine crime family over control of Sydney’s illicit drug market, after seizing almost 400 kilograms of methamphetamine and arresting its alleged onshore leader.
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[2026-05-28 12:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: A Google software engineer has been charged with fraud by US authorities after allegedly using insider information to win more than $1.2m in bets on the prediction market platform Polymarket.
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[2026-05-28 12:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 28 (Yonhap) -- Naver Corp. plans to invest 1 trillion won over the next five years to promote quality user-generated content for its artificial intelligence (AI) services, a company executive said Thursday.
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[2026-05-28 11:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: BEIJING — Chinese electric car company Nio is trying to raise the bar for premium vehicles in a fiercely competitive market.
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[2026-05-28 11:30 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Wealthy older Australians are using the nation’s negative gearing and capital gains tax laws to grab a greater share of the property market, research for the Reserve Bank has found, pushing up house prices at the expense of low- and middle-income earners.
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[2026-05-28 11:00 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Artists Chanelle Collier, 42, and Joe Wilson, 45, met in 2006, joined their art practice in 2018, and married in 2023. Earlier that year, Chanelle had been diagnosed with a rare and incurable cancer.
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[2026-05-28 09:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Minneapolis Federal Reserve President Neel Kashkari said Thursday that his priority is to bring down inflation in the U.S. over the labor market, calling the rise in consumer prices "too high."
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[2026-05-28 09:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The penalties handed out to leading brokerages are harsh, but Beijing must show it means business as it cleans up China’s capital market
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[2026-05-28 09:15 UTC+10:00] [stock market] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The penalties handed out to leading brokerages are harsh, but Beijing must show it means business as it cleans up China’s capital market
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[2026-05-28 07:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United States stock market has been hovering near record highs and oil prices have plunged amid new hope that a ceasefire deal between the US and Iran is close.
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[2026-05-28 06:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Stolen Generations
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[2026-05-28 06:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: U.S. stocks inched to more records after oil prices fell back to where they were in mid-April.
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[2026-05-28 06:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Salesforce reported stronger-than-expected quarterly results on Wednesday, but the cloud software vendor issued full-year guidance that was slightly below Wall Street expectations.
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[2026-05-28 06:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Amazon said Wednesday that its cloud division has landed a $6 billion spending commitment from Snowflake, which includes the use of the company's custom silicon and chips for artificial intelligence.
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[2026-05-28 05:30 UTC+10:00] [Culture / Books] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Cast Away, Francesca de Tores’ second historical novel, tells the story of Alexander Selkirk, the putative inspiration for Daniel Defoe’s 1719 classic Robinson Crusoe. A stock-standard retread might easily have run aground upon the Scylla and Charybdis of kitsch and tedium. It is to de Tores’ credit not only that she avoids these, but that the result is such agile, witty, sophisticated entertainment.
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[2026-05-28 05:18 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: US stocks are hanging near their records as oil prices fall and ease the pressure on households and businesses worldwide.
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[2026-05-28 04:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: NEW YORK — The typical CEO compensation package rose nearly 6% in 2025 to $17.7 million, as company boards rewarded their top executives for bigger profits and higher stock prices, and gave them incentives to stick around and make even more money for shareholders.
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[2026-05-28 03:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: More than 30 proposals put forward for the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip highlight fundamentally different visions for Gaza’s urban and economic structures, according to a new analysis by the London-based non-profit The Portland Trust.
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[2026-05-28 02:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-05-28 02:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Travis Kelce reacts during the second half of Game 3 in the Eastern Conference finals NBA basketball playoffs series between the New York Knicks and the Cleveland Cavaliers in Cleveland, Saturday, May 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
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[2026-05-28 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Anne Dejean, Hugues de The and Chen Zhu share US$1.2 million life sciences and medicine prize for work on acute promyelocytic leukaemia
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[2026-05-28 02:00 UTC+10:00] [acute promyelocytic leukaemia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Anne Dejean, Hugues de The and Chen Zhu share US$1.2 million life sciences and medicine prize for work on acute promyelocytic leukaemia
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[2026-05-28 01:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Submitted by Anthony Rubin of Muckraker.Org,
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