Topic: Labour & Workers — Neutral reports only
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[2026-08-14 15:00 UTC+10:00] [Comment & Analysis] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: Don't pay so you can read it. Pay so everyone can!
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[2026-08-14 14:06 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea confirmed Friday that Kazakhstan would be given a quota for E-9 visas, allowing work mostly in manual labor sectors such as farming and manufacturing, starting in 2028.
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[2026-08-14 14:00 UTC+10:00] [National / Queensland] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Queensland Rail will reintroduce some peak services from next Monday, with Transport Minister Brent Mickelberg praising workers who went against the union to perform network maintenance.
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[2026-08-14 13:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Yonhap) -- Kazakhstan has been designated as a sending country under the employment permit system (EPS) and workers from the Central Asian nation are expected to arrive starting in 2028, officials said Friday.
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[2026-08-14 12:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Federal agents launched a sweeping undercover surveillance operation earlier this year targeting progressive organizations, labor unions and other groups protesting the immigration crackdown then raging through Minneapolis, according to court documents filed Thursday.
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[2026-08-14 12:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: European Union and NATO member Latvia issued an air threat alert for some of its eastern parts that border Russia and Belarus, its Armed Forces said on X/Twitter on Friday.
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[2026-08-14 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: A new government requirement to pay annual royalties for playing copyrighted music is a positive step towards a functioning creative economy, industry figures have said.
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[2026-08-14 11:55 UTC+10:00] [Sport / Rugby Union] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Sometime on Saturday evening in Townsville, Massimo De Lutiis will be presented with a Test cap in the Wallabies’ dressing room. Like cricket’s Baggy Green, the old-style cap will be green, with gold trim, and the number “1000” will be embroidered on the side.
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[2026-08-14 08:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Apple has agreed to pay $150,000 to settle a federal lawsuit alleging that the company failed to accommodate a Jewish employee’s observance of Shabbat, and later fired him after he complained of religious discrimination.
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[2026-08-14 07:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Dan McFadden, managing attorney at the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts, argues to obtain records related to the medical care of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees at Plymouth County Correctional Facility during a hearing at Suffolk County Superior Court in Boston on July 7, 2026. Seated behind him is Jessica Kenny, general counsel for the Plymouth County Sheriff’s Office, who argued against releasing the records.
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[2026-08-14 06:56 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 06:32 UTC+10:00] [Australia news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Parliamentary committee continues investigation into KPMG audit leaks. Follow today’s news live
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[2026-08-14 06:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: Don't pay so you can read it. Pay so everyone can!
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[2026-08-14 05:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: There were no free beds or even an empty treatment bay in the emergency department on the night youth worker Amenatave "Mena" Tuibua walked into Mackay Base Hospital with a sharp pain in his chest.
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[2026-08-14 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: August 14, 2026 — 5:00am
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[2026-08-14 04:45 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Labor would send out more immigration officers to try to deport visa overstayers exploiting the system under a proposed element of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s plan to overhaul the country’s migration program.
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[2026-08-14 04:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El portaaviones USS Abraham Lincoln zarpando de San Diego, California,. El 3 de enero del 2021. (K.C. Alfred/The San Diego Union-Tribune via AP)
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[2026-08-14 04:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Sailors and marines line the deck of aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) as it deploys from San Diego,, Jan. 3, 2021. (K.C. Alfred/The San Diego Union-Tribune via AP, File)
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[2026-08-14 03:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A worker paints to remove protest graffiti on a wall of the U.S. Embassy in Brasília, Brazil, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
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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 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Flexport founder and CEO Ryan Petersen posted on X what appears to be a recruitment ad from Singapore-based maritime crewing agency Singhai Marine Services, offering a rare look at the pay and "transit" bonuses available to tanker crews transiting the highly contested Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-08-14 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: ERROR 404 page not found Click here to go to the home page
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[2026-08-14 01:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Former General Santos representative Loreto Acharon took oath on Thursday as an assistant secretary of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE).
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[2026-08-14 01:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Several injured people were taken to hospital, according to police, while forensic investigators and the Dutch labour inspectorate were sent to the scene. A damaged wall and signs of an explosion on a storage tank could be seen in the area as emergency services secured the site. Police spokesperson Daan Valkenburg said investigators were considering all possible causes and had not yet reached a conclusion.
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[2026-08-14 01:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — European Union (EU) Ambassador to Manila Massimo Santoro expressed gratitude to Filipino businessmen for donating 40 generator sets to provide backup electricity to communities affected by Russia’s continued attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure.
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[2026-08-14 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Photography] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: View image in fullscreenLibrary worker using a Roneo machine circa 1955, captured by Mark Strizic, an internationally renowned photographer best known for his images of Melbourne in the 1950s and 1960s.Photograph: Mark StrizicShareView image in fullscreenWorkmen in 1977 with a time capsule from 1937 that was found buried behind a plaque during extension work to Coles in Bourke Street.Photograph: Photographer unknownShareView image in fullscreenThe state library’s domed reading room in 1950.
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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 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Nations Championship] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Australia head coach called in Carter Gordon to face Japan in Townsville but will keep investigating his flyhalf options before next year’s World Cup
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[2026-08-14 00:03 UTC+10:00] [Philippine News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: Already have Rappler+? Sign in to listen to groundbreaking journalism.
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[2026-08-13 23:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Wiza Bondele, a health worker on the prevention and control team, is seen at work in Ituri province, eastern Congo, Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Dieudonne Dirole)
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[2026-08-13 23:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Hezbollah has yet to pay out compensation for damage to homes in southern Lebanon and Beirut's southern suburbs during its latest war with Israel, according to residents, suggesting the Tehran-backed group might be feeling the impact of the war in Iran and a crackdown on its funding networks.
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[2026-08-13 22:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Hiring sign for sales professionals is displayed at a store, in Vernon Hills, Ill., Wednesday, April 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, file)
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[2026-08-13 22:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: OSLO — A person in Norway's Svalbard archipelago in the Arctic has been fined 50,000 kroner ($5,255) for using a foghorn to wake a sleeping polar bear, local officials said Thursday.
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[2026-08-13 22:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Wholesale costs for goods and services were flat in July, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Thursday in the latest positive sign for inflation.
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[2026-08-13 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-13 21:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Footage released by Russian state television showed President Vladimir Putin aboard the missile cruiser Varyag, the flagship of the Pacific Fleet, watching live‑fire naval exercises and an underwater explosion off Russia’s Far East. He later travelled to one of the archipelago's four main islands, marking the first visit to the Kurils by a Russian president since Dmitry Medvedev went there in 2010.
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[2026-08-13 21:00 UTC+10:00] [Penny Wong] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Foreign affairs minister and first Asian-Australian to serve in federal cabinet to use Lowy Institute address to criticise politicians stoking racial divisions
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[2026-08-13 21:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Foreign Minister Penny Wong will paint Pauline Hanson’s call for a monoculture as a major threat to national security, making the case that Australia’s diversity is a bulwark against global instability while reaffirming that regional diplomacy is Labor’s top priority.
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[2026-08-13 20:54 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-08-13 20:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Donald Trump's administration has listed South Korea, Japan, Taiwan and the European Union among dozens of economies facing transshipment risks involving China-linked products, a White House report showed Thursday, as it seeks to tackle schemes to evade U.S. tariffs and other trade remedies.
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[2026-08-13 20:00 UTC+10:00] [AI (artificial intelligence)] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The dangers of AI become clearer every day. Why are we still acting as if we have no choice about our future?
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[2026-08-13 20:00 UTC+10:00] [Trump administration] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Critic of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau leadership was put under investigation and suspended from job
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[2026-08-13 19:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The contractor behind the recently rehabilitated southbound stretch of EDSA will have to fix its fresh potholes at its own expense, Public Works Secretary Vince Dizon said Thursday, warning that taxpayers will not pay twice for the same roadwork.
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[2026-08-13 19:30 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Union delegate Marcus Faulkner doesn’t like to talk much about the political views of his colleagues at the Tomago Aluminium smelter, but in the afterglow of the $2.5 billion bailout announced on Thursday, he’s willing to admit it can’t have hurt Labor.
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[2026-08-13 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ProPublica
Snippet: These highlights were written by the reporters and editors who worked on this story.
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[2026-08-13 18:56 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Kyungpook National University said Thursday it would launch a new employment-linked contract major with Samsung Electronics to train specialists in mobile engineering and advanced artificial intelligence technologies.
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[2026-08-13 18:54 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: A contract middle school teacher in North Gyeongsang Province has been reported to police for alleged emotional abuse after filming students for several seconds to quiet a noisy classroom, prompting a teachers' union to call the response excessive.
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[2026-08-13 18:14 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Labor’s political opponents have united behind the Coalition to order Anthony Albanese to hand over official documents regarding “melon” comments the prime minister made in a crude podcast interview about a gift from the Japanese prime minister.
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[2026-08-13 17:00 UTC+10:00] [Rugby union] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Back-to-back world champions can use Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry to establish themselves as one of the greatest teams of all time
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[2026-08-13 16:48 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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