Topic: Tax & Budget — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-26 03:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Consumer confidence across the United States plunged to an all-time low this month, as Americans grapple with anxiety over the war in Iran, new data revealed.
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[2026-04-25 23:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Submitted by Thomas Kolbe
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[2026-04-25 22:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: An elderly woman attacked in her Hollywood Hills home by a pair of masked intruders has been identified by neighbors as Budget Rent a Car heiress Margaux Mirkin, according to reports.
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[2026-04-25 22:41 UTC+10:00] [Artificial Intelligence] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: ATHENS — French President Emmanuel Macron and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Saturday both called for spreading out the repayment of the EU's post-pandemic recovery plan and for more EU debt to finance the bloc's investment priorities.
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[2026-04-25 22:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Sports PINOYS IN DA NANG April 25, 2026 Resize Small Medium Large Filipino tourists in these photos taken on April 25, 2026 visit Da Nang City in Vietnam because of the budget friendly tour packages offered compared to traveling different parts of the Philippines PHOTOS BY BENEDICT ABAYGAR, JR. Filipino tourists in these photos taken on April 25, 2026 visit Da Nang City in Vietnam because of the budget friendly tour packages offered compared to traveling different parts of the
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[2026-04-25 20:08 UTC+10:00] [National News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-04-25 11:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A ratbag group of cop-hating Black Lives Matters activists were handed the floor at City Hall as they launched a campaign to block extra funding to hire more police in Los Angeles.
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[2026-04-25 11:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Billionaire Democrat Tom Steyer is facing backlash after a viral clip showed him saying his own tax bill is “not the answer” to inequality.
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[2026-04-25 10:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: It's become a joke - through gritted teeth - these days in EU circles, that whenever leaders meet, as they did these last two days in Cyprus - expecting to discuss practicalities, such as the new EU budget - they get railroaded by yet another crisis.
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[2026-04-25 07:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent testifies on his agency’s proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2027 at a Senate Appropriation subcommittee, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, April 22, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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[2026-04-25 07:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: San Diego is slashing funding for arts, libraries and recreation centers, as it stares down a $146 million budget deficit that’s forcing unpopular spending cuts.
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[2026-04-25 06:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Mayor Zohran Mamdani was remorseless Friday about dragging billionaire Ken Griffin in a viral video promoting a new, proposed pied-á-terre tax.
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[2026-04-25 06:52 UTC+10:00] [Finance] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Oil prices surged this week as the war in the Middle East once again rattled global markets. Source: AAP / Jay Kogler
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[2026-04-25 06:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El secretario del Tesoro de Estados Unidos, Scott Bessent, testifica sobre los cálculos del presupuesto propuesto por su agencia para el año fiscal 2027 en un subcomité de Asignaciones del Senado, en el Capitolio, Washington, el miércoles 22 de abril de 2026. (AP Foto/J. Scott Applewhite)
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[2026-04-25 05:50 UTC+10:00] [Breaking News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Labour Minister and Finance and Planning Deputy Minister Dr. Anil Jayantha Fernando yesterday said that a failure to properly verify the intended recipient may have led to US$ 2.5 million being transferred to a third party during foreign debt repayment by the Finance Ministry.
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[2026-04-25 05:30 UTC+10:00] [Finance & Tax] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: Don't pay so you can read it. Pay so everyone can!
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[2026-04-25 05:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: City business leaders are scrambling to offer socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani a compromise to his planned tax on luxury second homes after one of the prime targets of his proposal — Ken Griffin of the Citadel investment empire — suggested he may reverse a major expansion in midtown, the Post has learned.
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[2026-04-25 04:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent testifies on his agency’s proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2027 at a Senate Appropriation subcommittee, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, April 22, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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[2026-04-25 04:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Attractive yields, zero income tax and a buoyant property market have long made the UAE a compelling destination for investors. But financial specialists caution that a significant portion of those returns is routinely consumed by compounding costs.
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[2026-04-25 04:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Choosing a hotel in Makkah for Hajj or Umrah is different from booking an ordinary holiday stay. It is not only about comfort. It is also about location, logistics, speed and ease of access to the Grand Mosque.
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[2026-04-25 03:57 UTC+10:00] [Budget] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: NICOSIA, Cyprus — When EU leaders arrived in Cyprus for two days of talks, the mood was as sunny as the Mediterranean island itself. The absence of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, who skipped the summit after losing an election — for 16 years the person who caused his counterparts problems — guaranteed that.
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[2026-04-25 03:15 UTC+10:00] [Budget] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: NICOSIA, Cyprus — Not for the first time, the ghost haunting the EU summit was Donald Trump.
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[2026-04-25 03:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Gov. Kathy Hochul’s controversial proposal for a pied-à-terre tax in New York City could bring a wave of legal battles from wealthy New Yorkers avoid new levies, according to experts.
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[2026-04-25 02:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Los Angeles is barreling into a high-stakes budget showdown, with a nearly $15 billion spending plan, but before a single department defends a dollar, City Hall is handing the floor to activists.
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[2026-04-25 02:24 UTC+10:00] [Budget] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: NICOSIA, Cyprus — EU leaders finally got serious about the bloc’s €1.8 trillion budget at their summit on Friday. The problem: They still don’t agree on what it should do, how big it should be, or who should pay for it.
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[2026-04-25 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: He’s bin up to no good.
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[2026-04-25 01:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Gov. Kathy Hochul’s plan to lower auto insurance rates by cracking down on fraud is one of the hurdles keeping Albany from passing a budget, which is now nearly a month late.
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[2026-04-25 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Cities] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: NICOSIA, Cyprus — Europe should fund Ukraine’s reconstruction by taxing Russian imports, Estonian Prime Minister Kristen Michal said.
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[2026-04-25 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Authorities target retailers, shell companies and off-the-books manoeuvres to lessen tax liabilities
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[2026-04-25 00:00 UTC+10:00] [Tibet] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Authorities target retailers, shell companies and off-the-books manoeuvres to lessen tax liabilities
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[2026-04-24 23:01 UTC+10:00] [Budget] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: NICOSIA — Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Friday criticized plans to renovate one of the EU’s main buildings in Brussels.
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[2026-04-24 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Merchants taking part in scheme promoting hidden delicacies and goods will offer discounts to residents and tourists
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[2026-04-24 22:00 UTC+10:00] [Labour Day] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Merchants taking part in scheme promoting hidden delicacies and goods will offer discounts to residents and tourists
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[2026-04-24 21:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Europe's biggest economy was set for a rebound, but now it's being hammered by soaring energy costs caused by the Iran war, prompting the federal government to halve growth forecasts.
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[2026-04-24 21:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: U.S. President Donald Trump has delivered a stark warning to the U.K., threatening to impose steep tariffs on the country unless it drops its digital services tax on U.S. tech companies.
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[2026-04-24 20:00 UTC+10:00] [US news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: An internal watchdog will review the agency’s handling of records related to Jeffrey Epstein, including whether relevant documents were properly redacted
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[2026-04-24 18:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: President Donald Trump said he would impose tariffs on Britain if Prime Minister Keir Starmer does not drop the digital service tax, The Telegraph reported on Friday, citing an interview with the president.
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[2026-04-24 18:33 UTC+10:00] [Donald Trump] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: President accuses Britain of trying to ‘make an easy buck’ from American tech firms, weeks after warning UK–US trade deal can be changed
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[2026-04-24 18:22 UTC+10:00] [Editors' Pick] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-04-24 17:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Drivers charge their Tata EVs at a charging station in Mumbai on Sept. 9, 2025. Total electric car sales in India grew 87% in the fiscal year through March, with incoming emissions rules expected to give the segment a further boost in the near future. © Reuters
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[2026-04-24 17:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: South Korean stocks have been surging to record highs over the past year, but that hasn't dimmed the allure of U.S. equities for its residents.
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[2026-04-24 16:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Ukraine has hailed the long awaited approval and release of a whopping a €90 billion loan by the European Union, which belatedly happened Thursday after months of negotiations.
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[2026-04-24 16:43 UTC+10:00] [National / WA] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Executives from the biggest fossil fuel companies in the country butted heads with some of their biggest critics in federal politics on Friday morning as a Senate inquiry into gas company taxation rolled into Perth.
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[2026-04-24 16:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Former treasury secretary Ken Henry says a tax on gas exports is "in the national interest". (ABC News: Ian Cutmore)
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[2026-04-24 16:00 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Exposure to antisemitism in education and health settings as well as the arts, sport and online is detailed in a “significant number” of the 3500 submissions lodged with the royal commission into the Bondi killings ahead of the release of its interim report next week.
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[2026-04-24 15:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: A Senate committee at a hearing in Perth for the parliamentary inquiry into the taxation of gas resources. (ABC News: Cason Ho)
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[2026-04-24 14:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The Iran war poses new risks for Bahrain's deteriorating fiscal position, where warning lights were already flashing red before the regional conflict broke out.
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[2026-04-24 13:59 UTC+10:00] [Editors' Pick] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-04-24 13:49 UTC+10:00] [Australian politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: David Pocock says prime minister – who is trying to shore up fuel supplies – is parroting industry talking points
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[2026-04-24 12:27 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea in 2025 saw 2.01 million foreigners visit the country to receive medical treatment, according to the Ministry of Health and Welfare on Friday, who are thought to have spent more than 12 trillion won on tourism.
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