Topic: Labour & Workers — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-13 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Meghan Markle is “basically the breadwinner” in the Sussex family — and funds are “tight,” sources tell Page Six.
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[2026-05-13 19:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Eleven unions which help fund the Labour Party believe "it is clear" Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer will not lead the party into the next election.
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[2026-05-13 19:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Chris Sun defends talent and graduate visa schemes, citing shortage of local degree holders despite 61 per cent drop in entry-level roles
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[2026-05-13 19:46 UTC+10:00] [Federation of Hong Kong and Kowloon Labour Unions] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Chris Sun defends talent and graduate visa schemes, citing shortage of local degree holders despite 61 per cent drop in entry-level roles
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[2026-05-13 19:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A worker walks past a line of Infiniti SUVs on a production line at the Nissan Smyrna Vehicle Assembly Plant, Thursday, April 16, 2026, in Smyrna, Tenn. (AP Photo/Kristin M. Hall)
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[2026-05-13 19:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A Seattle beer garden employee was found shot dead when the establishment opened the next morning while his co-worker, accused of pulling the trigger, turned himself in days later, claiming self-defense.
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[2026-05-13 18:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Local Spain
Snippet: The Spanish government has launched a raft of new aid packages to help property owners put their empty homes back on the rental market, from an extra €600 a month for renting them out at affordable prices, to €35,000 for renovation work.
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[2026-05-13 18:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The city of Austin will pay $35 million to three men and the family of a fourth who were wrongly accused of the 1991 rape and murder of four teenage girls at a yogurt shop, a case that initially sent one of the men to death row and another to life in prison, under a tentative settlement reached Tuesday.
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[2026-05-13 18:28 UTC+10:00] [Politics] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: A number of the health secretary’s allies called for the prime minister’s resignation but Streeting has yet to call for a formal leadership challenge
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[2026-05-13 17:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 13 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's chip giants have reaped windfall gains from the artificial intelligence (AI)-driven semiconductor supercycle, but their soaring profits are also fueling a broader debate over how the gains should be shared among workers, investors and the broader public.
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[2026-05-13 17:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Snakes will have to work harder, the Dragon can play to its strengths, and the Rabbit should pay attention to health this month
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[2026-05-13 17:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Snakes will have to work harder, the Dragon can play to its strengths, and the Rabbit should pay attention to health this month
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[2026-05-13 17:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Dubai has begun to install hundreds of AI-powered cameras to boost enforcement efforts and help drivers pay their parking fees.
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[2026-05-13 17:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: International students are the most common temporary migrants arriving in Australia. (ABC News: Cason Ho)
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[2026-05-13 16:57 UTC+10:00] [National / Queensland] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A high-ranking Workplace Health and Safety Queensland officer has made explosive claims at the CFMEU inquiry that a senior colleague worked on the union’s behalf – perhaps for financial gain.
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[2026-05-13 16:53 UTC+10:00] [Australian budget 2026] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: How can Labor say changes to property taxes are a win for young people, when they also lock in boomers’ ability to negatively gear their investment properties? Why is the NDIS receiving such severe cuts? Guardian Australia’s business reporter Luca Ittimani answers these questions about the 2026 federal budget and more
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[2026-05-13 16:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: CHANGES slug from labor minister-Samsung Electronics; RECASTS headline; UPDATES with Cheong Wa Dae's response; ADDS photo)
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[2026-05-13 16:39 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: May 13, 2026 16:39 | News
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[2026-05-13 16:35 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: May 13, 2026 16:35 | News
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[2026-05-13 16:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Federal Government
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[2026-05-13 16:23 UTC+10:00] [Money / Investing] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Labor’s sweeping changes to negative gearing and capital gains tax are set to increase investor appetite for shares that pay dividends, commercial property, and self-managed super funds as the tax landscape receives its first major shake-up in decades.
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[2026-05-13 15:55 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The socialite ex-husband of Miss Universe Australia is facing bankruptcy after failing to comply with a court order to pay his former employer more than $550,000.
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[2026-05-13 15:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 13 (Yonhap) -- Labor Minister Kim Young-hoon urged continued dialogue between Samsung Electronics Co. and its labor union Wednesday after government-led wage negotiation efforts fell through while withholding any direct response to whether the government may exercise an emergency measure against a looming strike.
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[2026-05-13 15:34 UTC+10:00] [Breaking News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Road Development Authority (RDA) has requested motorists using expressways to pay close attention to warning messages displayed on electronic signboards, in view of the prevailing adverse weather conditions.
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[2026-05-13 15:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS more info on court hearing in paras 9-12)
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[2026-05-13 15:00 UTC+10:00] [Labour] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Removing Starmer solves the problem of an unpopular leader, but without a coherent alternative agenda his successor won’t fare much better
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[2026-05-13 15:00 UTC+10:00] [Keir Starmer] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Exclusive: Leaked draft statement says party ‘cannot continue on its current path’ under PM
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[2026-05-13 15:00 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Before Gail Connolly was appointed to lead the staff of the City of Parramatta, an employee informed the council’s second-most powerful staffer of a list of names he should expect would soon work at the council, an anti-corruption inquiry has heard. The names mentioned all soon had jobs.
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[2026-05-13 14:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: The CFMEU inquiry heard asbestos was allegedly planted at the Cairns Performing Arts Centre construction site. (Supplied: CPAC)
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[2026-05-13 14:48 UTC+10:00] [Sport / Rugby Union] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Incoming Wallabies coach Les Kiss is up for a fight to retain one of Australian rugby’s most promising prospects, declaring the allure of the NRL’s newest and most ambitious venture would not be an insurmountable roadblock for the code.
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[2026-05-13 14:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Marine Incidents
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[2026-05-13 13:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Two-month cut to apply at all government tunnels and Tsing Sha Control Area from Sunday, but taxi passengers will still have to pay full toll
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[2026-05-13 13:53 UTC+10:00] [public tolled tunnels] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Two-month cut to apply at all government tunnels and Tsing Sha Control Area from Sunday, but taxi passengers will still have to pay full toll
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[2026-05-13 12:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: South Korea's largest company Samsung Electronics lost as much as 99.07 trillion won ($66.18 billion) in market value on Wednesday after failing to reach a wage agreement with its workers union.
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[2026-05-13 12:36 UTC+10:00] [Liberal party] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Opposition leader Angus Taylor and shadow treasurer Tim Wilson say future Coalition government would reinstate generous rules for property investors
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[2026-05-13 12:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 13 (Yonhap) -- Prime Minister Kim Min-seok said Wednesday the government will provide whatever assistance it can to help facilitate dialogue between management and the labor union at Samsung Electronics so as to avert a strike in any circumstances.
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[2026-05-13 12:05 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: A South Korean court on Tuesday issued an arrest warrant for a supervisor at a manufacturer in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province, for the alleged assault of a Vietnamese worker that caused a concussion and other injuries.
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[2026-05-13 11:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 13 (Yonhap) -- North Korea's largest group of workers has held its first congress in five years to elect a new leadership and called for efforts to implement the country's five-year economic development plan, state media reported Wednesday.
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[2026-05-13 11:09 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Finance Minister Koo Yun-cheol on Wednesday expressed concern over the breakdown of wage talks at Samsung Electronics, saying the government will spare no effort to help the two sides reach an agreement and avoid a possible walkout.
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[2026-05-13 11:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 13 (Yonhap) -- Finance Minister Koo Yun-cheol on Wednesday expressed concern over the breakdown of wage talks at Samsung Electronics, saying the government will spare no effort to help the two sides reach an agreement and avoid a possible walkout.
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[2026-05-13 10:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS response from Samsung Electronics in paras 11-12)
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[2026-05-13 10:17 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea added 74,000 jobs in April, marking the slowest growth in 16 months in the aftermath of the Middle East conflict, which led to higher oil prices and weaker consumers' sentiment, data showed Wednesday.
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[2026-05-13 10:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Eve Plumb isn’t reveling in the riches she earned from playing Jan Brady on TV’s beloved “The Brady Bunch.”
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[2026-05-13 10:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: RECASTS headline, lead; ADDS more info throughout)
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[2026-05-13 10:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS more info throughout)By Kang Yoon-seung
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[2026-05-13 10:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: LIVE, FREE and EXCLUSIVE
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[2026-05-13 09:59 UTC+10:00] [US policing] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Police and sheriff’s office agree to settlement after Ronald Greene was fatally shocked and punched during 2019 arrest
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[2026-05-13 09:48 UTC+10:00] [Money / Planning & budgeting] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: May 13, 2026 — 9:48am
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[2026-05-13 09:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: RECASTS lead; ADDS details throughout)By Kang Yoon-seung
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[2026-05-13 09:06 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The labor union and management at Samsung Electronics failed to narrow their differences over performance-based bonuses on the second and final day of government-led mediation talks that ended early Wednesday, raising concerns that the union may go ahead with a general strike later this month.
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