Topic: Tax & Budget — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-18 22:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Money the Colombian singer paid in fines - plus interest - will be paid back to her after a lengthy dispute over residency
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[2026-05-18 21:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: A Spanish court has ordered the country's tax authority to refund €55m (£48m, $64m) to singer Shakira after ruling that the money was improperly collected in a dispute over her taxes.
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[2026-05-18 21:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Futures are lower, but off their overnight lows as markets focus on soaring global yields after US/Iran talk progress remains stalled (but at least armed hostilities did not resume contrary to some speculation). Yields also spiked on rising oil prices, concerns of an extra budget in Japan and continued political chaos in the UK.
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[2026-05-18 21:01 UTC+10:00] [Shakira] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Singer says she has faced ‘years of public shaming’, as court rules tax agency made mistake over her 2011 status
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[2026-05-18 20:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Shakira canta durante el Festival Global Citizen, el 27 de septiembre de 2025, en Nueva York. (Foto de Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, Archivo)
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[2026-05-18 20:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Local Spain
Snippet: A Spanish court has ordered the tax authority to refund Colombian pop star Shakira more than €55 million ($64 million) improperly collected in a dispute over her 2011 taxes, according to a ruling seen Monday.
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[2026-05-18 19:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Shakira performs during the Global Citizen Festival in New York on Sept. 27, 2025. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)
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[2026-05-18 19:25 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Jim Chalmers’ fifth federal budget handed down last week was the worst-received economic statement since the Resolve Political Monitor began tracking voter perceptions of the budget in May 2021.
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[2026-05-18 18:51 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: A woman in her 30s was found dead at a motel in eastern Seoul after reportedly struggling with debt linked to high-interest loans disguised as gift card transactions, police said Monday.
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[2026-05-18 18:46 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-05-18 18:43 UTC+10:00] [Business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-05-18 18:12 UTC+10:00] [Budget] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is pressing Brussels to loosen the EU’s fiscal rules to help governments absorb the economic shock unleashed by the Iran war and soaring energy prices.
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[2026-05-18 18:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: U.K. gilt yields steadied on Monday after coming under heavy selling pressure last week, as traders gauge whether a challenge to Prime Minister Keir Starmer's leadership poses a threat to the country's fiscal stability.
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[2026-05-18 17:45 UTC+10:00] [Australia news] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Want to get this in your inbox every weekday? Sign up for the Afternoon Update here, and start your day with our Morning Mail newsletter.
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[2026-05-18 17:06 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Property News: Australia's most popular suburbs in every capital city.
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[2026-05-18 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's budget ministry said Monday it has designated around 900 state-funded projects for budget cuts, consolidation or abolition in a move expected to help the government save up to 7.7 trillion won (US$5.12 billion).
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[2026-05-18 16:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The new secretary of the Department of Budget and Management, Kim Robert De Leon, holds a Guinness record for having the biggest collection of pope stamps.
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[2026-05-18 15:58 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Ever since Australia’s state and federal governments abolished deceased estate taxes in the late 1970s and early 1980s, the prospect of any government reviving that levy on the grieving has been politically toxic.
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[2026-05-18 15:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Mon 18 May 2026 at 3:53pm
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[2026-05-18 15:48 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The Supreme Court recently ruled that payments received by a US firm from a South Korean company in exchange for technical know-how could be subject to corporate tax in Korea, sending the case back to a lower court for further review.
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[2026-05-18 15:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Sanae Takaichi speaks during a meeting of government and ruling party officials at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on May 18. (Photo by Ken Suzuki)
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[2026-05-18 14:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines—President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. named former budget official Kim Robert de Leon as the new secretary of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM), Malacañang announced on Monday.
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[2026-05-18 14:29 UTC+10:00] [National News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-05-18 14:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Pierre Ronet tries to check in to his flight to Tampa on Spirit Airlines at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, only to find out it was cancelled on Saturday, May 2, 2026. (Mike Stocker /South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP)
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[2026-05-18 14:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: The 10-year Japanese government bond yield on May 18 climbed 10 basis points to its highest level since October 1996. (Photo by Nanami Sato)
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[2026-05-18 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's national tax agency said Monday it plans to hire around 9,500 contract workers to support an all-out probe into delinquent taxpayers.
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[2026-05-18 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: One of Europe’s most crowded tourist cities is cracking down on cruises and their passengers, with the mayor of the city pushing to fast-track a tax hike on short-stay passengers.
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[2026-05-18 11:30 UTC+10:00] [Property / News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Seven investors descended on a St Marys auction on Saturday, where a three-bedroom house with two kitchens, several living areas and sheds sold for $1.95 million, or $50,000 below its $2 million reserve.
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[2026-05-18 11:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent meets with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi during his visit to Japan on Tuesday. (Photo by Ken Suzuki)
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[2026-05-18 11:04 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Treasurer Jim Chalmers has defended the government’s move to tax trusts amid allegations the changes amount to a “death tax”, a day after Prime Minister Anthony Albanese incorrectly said some trusts would be exempt from new taxes.
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[2026-05-18 10:43 UTC+10:00] [Politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-05-18 10:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: LIVE, FREE and EXCLUSIVE
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[2026-05-18 10:00 UTC+10:00] [Australia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: LIVE, FREE and EXCLUSIVE
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[2026-05-18 08:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El fiscal general de Guatemala, Gabriel García Luna, durante una conferencia de prensa, el domingo 17 de mayo de 2026, en Ciudad de Guatemala. (AP Foto/Moisés Castillo)
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[2026-05-18 07:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Government and Politics
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[2026-05-18 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: SEOUL/HO CHI MINH CITY/JAKARTA -- In April, global index provider FTSE Russell included South Korea in its flagship World Government Bond Index (WGBI). In response, foreign investors poured roughly 15.1 trillion won ($10.1 billion) into South Korean government debt, triggering celebrations in Seoul.
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[2026-05-18 06:45 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
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[2026-05-18 06:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: A US official has struck down security funding allotted for President Trump's White House ballroom project from a proposed spending package, in a win for Democrats.
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[2026-05-18 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Culture / Music] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Consumers should pay a tax on concert tickets at major stadiums in NSW to fund the state’s struggling local live music scene, three peak industry associations say.
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[2026-05-18 04:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Mon 18 May 2026 at 4:58am
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[2026-05-18 04:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The government unanimously approved a proposal to encourage countries around the world to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and to display the recognition by moving foreign embassies to Jerusalem, it confirmed on Sunday.
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[2026-05-18 04:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Five days on from the federal budget and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Labor are beginning to feel the pain of breaking promises.
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[2026-05-18 03:30 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: May 18, 2026 03:30 | News
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[2026-05-18 02:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-05-18 02:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-05-18 01:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that the IDF has been mitigating the threat of drones against Israel for the past six years at his direction during a Sunday afternoon cabinet meeting.
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[2026-05-18 01:06 UTC+10:00] [California] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Tom Steyer has built his campaign for governor of California around affordability – he’s not the only Democrat testing the party’s appetite for a populist from the 1%
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[2026-05-18 00:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: President Donald Trump is asking Congress to suspend the federal gas tax until the Iran war is over.
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[2026-05-17 23:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Last weekend Jesse Derr and his wife, Jess Yeastadt, made the five-hour drive from their home in Phoenix to the Hard Rock Hotel in San Diego.
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[2026-05-17 21:12 UTC+10:00] [Northern Metropolis] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Incoming chairman Jeffrey Lam outlines park’s financing and offerings, says operator will first rely on government’s HK$10 billion injection
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