Topic: Tax & Budget — Neutral reports only
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[2026-09-15 04:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: La fiscal general de Nueva York Letitia James habla en el anuncio de la demanda presentada por Nueva York y otros 21 estados contra los límites a la asistencia pública para inmigrantes, en Nueva York, el 14 de septiembre del 2026. (AP foto/Ryan Murphy)
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[2026-09-15 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Saudi Arabian authorities have given the green light to a consortium led by the UAE's Air Arabia Group to launch a low-cost airline in the kingdom.
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[2026-09-15 01:45 UTC+10:00] [Budget] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Le grand sujet politique du jour, analysé en 15 minutes par les journalistes de POLITICO. Du lundi au jeudi, avant 18h.
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[2026-09-15 01:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and opposition leader Yair Lapid held a security briefing meeting on Monday, during which Netanyahu requested that the state budget be reopened to allocate additional funds to the defense establishment, according to Lapid’s office.
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[2026-09-15 01:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: U.S. oil prices are again above $100 per barrel, sending gasoline prices to multi-month highs. But traders on prediction market platforms expect the amount Americans are spending at the pump will hit fresh highs this year.
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[2026-09-14 23:42 UTC+10:00] [Agriculture] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: BRUSSELS — Most EU countries support slashing the bloc’s personnel costs to make savings as part of the next long-term budget, the Irish presidency of the Council of the EU wrote in a document seen by POLITICO.
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[2026-09-14 23:35 UTC+10:00] [Washington DC] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Center’s Trump-installed leaders claim putting president’s name on its facade may be only way to avoid ‘fiscal collapse’
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[2026-09-14 22:46 UTC+10:00] [Film] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Sebastian Stan says he pitched Marvel a mid-budget thriller starring his Winter Soldier character. Perhaps the studio should give it – and other modestly scaled vehicles – the green light
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[2026-09-14 20:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The biggest problem with the "short-terming" of the US Treasury stock, which under Bessent's extension of Yellen's Activist Treasury Issuance playbook, which pushed the percentage of T-Bills as a percentage of total debt to 23% - the highest since 2010 excluding the emergency surge during the covid crisis which relied entirely on Bills for government funding and briefly pushed the Bill percentage above 25% - even as total US debt rose above $40 trillion for the first time ever...
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[2026-09-14 20:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Mark Nayler via FEE,
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[2026-09-14 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Washington's next fiscal crisis looms right around the corner. Fixing it could be hard.
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[2026-09-14 17:34 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A mountain of state debt stands between Labor and a historic fourth term in office, with voters increasingly pessimistic about Victoria’s outlook and concerned about the financial burden of the Suburban Rail Loop.
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[2026-09-14 16:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: It's a curious position for European governments; for the past few years they have been rattling their sabers over the Russian war in Ukraine, calling for boots on the ground. It's the kind of intervention that would automatically trigger WWIII. Yet, these same governments are completely unprepared in terms of military spending, armament and training.
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[2026-09-14 16:01 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Lee Kyu-hong, former chief investment officer at Teachers' Pension Korea, has been appointed to head fund management at the National Pension Service, the world's third-largest pension fund, which manages 1,866 trillion won ($1.4 trillion) in assets, the pension fund announced Monday.
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[2026-09-14 16:00 UTC+10:00] [Global development] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Run by a social enterprise, the six shops operate from shipping containers across Johannesburg’s Alexandra township and sell food and household goods by weight in small, affordable amounts
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[2026-09-14 15:46 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The living standards of every person in the country bar the residents of Western Australia will go backwards unless a “broken” GST deal is repaired, a review into how the tax is carved up has been warned, amid claims it is already undermining the national economy.
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[2026-09-14 15:33 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: LG CNS has received a plaque of appreciation from Indonesia’s tax authority for developing and supporting Coretax, the country’s integrated tax administration platform, the Korean IT services company said Monday.
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[2026-09-14 15:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Experts warn that the shift from government-to-government (G2G) borrowing to commercial financing will raise Pakistan's debt-servicing costs. © AP
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[2026-09-14 15:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El presidente de Colombia, Abelardo de la Espriella, habla durante una ceremonia bilateral de firma de acuerdos con el secretario de Estado de Estados Unidos, Marco Rubio, en Barranquilla, Colombia, el martes 8 de septiembre de 2026. (AP Foto/Fernando Vergara, Pool)
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[2026-09-14 14:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's tax agency said Monday it has launched probes into 41 businesses for allegedly engaging in unfair practices and contributing to consumer price instability, as the government seeks to curb inflation ahead of the Chuseok holiday.
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[2026-09-14 12:54 UTC+10:00] [National / Queensland] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: One Nation was ordered to almost double its campaign spending details for the last Queensland election after the state’s electoral watchdog found the party failed to disclose more than a quarter of a million dollars.
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[2026-09-14 12:35 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: US President Donald Trump said on Sunday the US can afford his promise to send $5,000 to every US adult should his Republican Party keep control of Congress in this year's elections.
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[2026-09-14 12:21 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The South Korean government is fully prepared to provide medical equipment to North Korea as soon as it is asked by Pyongyang, a unification ministry report showed Monday, adding it has already secured UN approval and necessary budget to do so.
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[2026-09-14 12:12 UTC+10:00] [National / Queensland] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The Queensland transport minister says neither a credit rating cut nor a potential slashing of overseas migration will get in the way of his government delivering the infrastructure it has promised.
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[2026-09-14 10:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean government is fully prepared to provide medical equipment to North Korea as soon as it is asked by Pyongyang, a unification ministry report showed Monday, adding it has already secured U.N. approval and necessary budget to do so.
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[2026-09-14 09:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Tennessee Titans quarterback Cam Ward (1) reacts on the bench during the second half of an NFL football game against the New York Jets, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2026, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
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[2026-09-14 04:54 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Anthony Albanese spent three decades building up trust with voters. He lost it in a single day, spending his political capital to shake up the tax system. And now the receipts have arrived.
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[2026-09-14 04:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Coordinated calls by the top AI execs, including Dario Amodei, Sam Altman and even Elon Musk, to slow development of the technology are likely to weigh on chipmaker and supply-chain stocks in the near term, Bloomberg reports, but will probably have limited long-term impact as spending on computing infrastructure remains strong, market watchers say, at least until the bond market cracks and credits refuse to fund the ROIC-free black hole that is the AI capex tsunami.
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[2026-09-14 03:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Kroy Biermann has been ordered to pay a $64,000 gambling debt after his son KJ was granted a $200,000 bond in the 15-year-old’s sexual battery and sodomy case.
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[2026-09-14 02:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A slow start. A big deficit. A crazy comeback out of what felt like nowhere.
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[2026-09-14 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The currency has now reached its highest level against the US and Australian dollars in six months
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[2026-09-13 22:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: UPDATES with more info in last 3 paras)
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[2026-09-13 21:33 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Finance Minister nominee Lee Hyoung-il said Sunday the he is not considering a corporate tax cut, citing the restoration of the corporate tax rate that took effect this year.
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[2026-09-13 20:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Yonhap) -- Finance Minister nominee Lee Hyoung-il said Sunday the he is not considering a corporate tax cut, citing the restoration of the corporate tax rate that took effect this year.
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[2026-09-13 19:42 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Seongsu, Yeouido post faster growth in foreign visitors, while shopping spending remains concentrated in central Seoul
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[2026-09-13 18:36 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Customs agency introduces authentication safeguards as stolen codes used for tax evasion and drug smuggling
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[2026-09-13 18:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Shop prices in the city have fallen more than 40 per cent from their 2018 peak, but they may not have hit rock bottom yet
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[2026-09-13 18:00 UTC+10:00] [Individual Visit Scheme] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Shop prices in the city have fallen more than 40 per cent from their 2018 peak, but they may not have hit rock bottom yet
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[2026-09-13 18:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Voters’ faith in Labor to manage the economy has crashed, with 74 per cent concerned about the federal debt and 48 per cent demanding the government slash spending.
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[2026-09-13 13:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: The Japanese government has approved a target to increase the spaces for bicycle traffic in the fiscal year ending March 2031 by 20% from fiscal 2024 numbers.
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[2026-09-13 13:06 UTC+10:00] [Culture / Movies] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: They are feature films you will almost certainly never see. Made for comically small budgets. Starring no-one you know.
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[2026-09-13 12:38 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: KYIV, Ukraine (Reuters) -- Ukraine is bracing for a brutal winter as intensified Russian attacks on the country's infrastructure and key export industries compound a deepening budget crisis, Ukrainian officials said Saturday.
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[2026-09-13 08:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Financial Times
Snippet: PublishedSeptember 12 2026
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[2026-09-13 07:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-09-13 06:00 UTC+10:00] [AI (artificial intelligence)] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Virginia man Jon Ganz was rebuilding his life after spending more than two decades in prison for a horrific crime. Last year, he got a prompt on his phone that his wife, Rachel, believes changed their lives forever. It was from Google, inviting him to try the company’s AI chatbot, Gemini
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[2026-09-13 03:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Hull City maintained their impressive start since returning to the Premier League by drawing 2-2 away to big-spending Chelsea on Saturday.
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[2026-09-13 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-09-13 01:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: A 15-year-old boy has been rescued after spending days sitting atop a boat that had capsized in the frigid waters of Alaska's Bering Sea.
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[2026-09-13 00:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: MONTEVIDEO (AP) — Un incendio ocurrido en la noche del viernes en un hogar de adultos mayores en la comuna de Pitrufquén, en la región chilena de La Araucanía dejó un saldo de 16 personas fallecidas y otras 10 afectadas, confirmó a los medios el fiscal Jorge Granada.
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[2026-09-13 00:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Vincent Cook via The Mises Institute,
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