Topic: Tax & Budget — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-31 19:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A deputy director-general at the Israel Tax Authority was questioned by Lahav 433 investigators on Sunday over suspicions of multiple offenses, including invasion of privacy, unlawful detention, obstruction of justice, fraud, and breach of trust.
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[2026-05-31 18:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Defense spending, China's position in the Asia-Pacific region and lessons from Ukraine were just some of the topics dominating the IISS Shangri-La Dialogue this year.
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[2026-05-31 17:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Al Zaidi on Saturday ordered the creation of a high-level body to tighten control over government spending and reduce financial waste.
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[2026-05-31 16:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Chipmakers’ “excess profit” becomes hot potato as calls grow for broader distribution
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[2026-05-31 15:30 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Hanwha Aerospace is reportedly in discussions with Germany, the UK and other European countries on potential arms deal, accelerating its defense push amid rising military spending in the region.
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[2026-05-31 15:01 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: May 31, 2026 15:01 | News
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[2026-05-31 13:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: All this artificial intelligence spending was showing no noticeable increase in productivity, Uber’s chief operating officer says
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[2026-05-31 13:11 UTC+10:00] [Anthropic] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: All this artificial intelligence spending was showing no noticeable increase in productivity, Uber’s chief operating officer says
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[2026-05-31 12:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: "Japan's door to dialog is always open" to the international community even as it increases defense spending and revises its arms exports guidelines, according to defense minister Shinjiro Koizumi.
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[2026-05-31 11:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Finance Minister Willis takes a jab at Hegseth, says his demands ‘would be extremely challenging’ for New Zealand
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[2026-05-31 11:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Finance Minister Willis takes a jab at Hegseth, says his demands ‘would be extremely challenging’ for New Zealand
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[2026-05-31 10:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Sun 31 May 2026 at 10:52am
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[2026-05-31 09:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: A trio of skincare experts reveal their affordable, science-backed routines that include peptides, vitamin C, retinoids and SPF
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[2026-05-31 09:15 UTC+10:00] [cosmetic chemist] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: A trio of skincare experts reveal their affordable, science-backed routines that include peptides, vitamin C, retinoids and SPF
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[2026-05-31 08:47 UTC+10:00] [Australia news] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Marles tells Shangri-La Dialogue delegates that ‘seabed is a battlefield’. Follow updates live
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[2026-05-31 06:00 UTC+10:00] [Australian politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: It’s been more than two weeks since the Albanese government handed down the federal budget and the criticism has not stopped.
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[2026-05-31 04:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: La fiscal del condado Fulton, Eleanor Ross, en Atlanta el 17 de febrero del 2010. (Vino Wong/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)
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[2026-05-31 03:30 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: May 31, 2026 03:30 | News
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[2026-05-31 02:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A man walks through a voting center in preparation for Sunday’s presidential election in Bogota, Colombia, Friday, May 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
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[2026-05-31 02:02 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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[2026-05-30 23:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Bulgaria is facing EU sanctions due to an excessive budget deficit, just months after joining the eurozone, Prime Minister Rumen Radev has said. He claimed that the crisis was caused by the previous pro-EU government, which massaged economic numbers to narrowly pass the threshold to join the eurozone in the first place.
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[2026-05-30 22:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: A senior lawmaker from Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s CDU has proposed requiring Germans to use their homes to pay for elderly care, triggering a political row over social welfare amid the country’s mounting fiscal pressures.
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[2026-05-30 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-05-30 19:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US will no longer “subsidize” the defense of “wealthy” allies, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has said, reviving a long-running dispute between Washington and NATO’s European members over military spending.
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[2026-05-30 18:00 UTC+10:00] [Budget] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Gordon Repinski und das POLITICO-Team nehmen Euch mit durch die Hauptstadt - kurz, präzise, hintergründig. Montags bis freitags ab 5 Uhr.
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[2026-05-30 17:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and his Philippine counterpart Gilbert Teodoro met for bilateral talks at Singapore's Shangri-La Dialogue on May 30, 2026. Both posed for photos before discussions began between the longtime allies. Hegseth urged Asian allies to boost military spending to counter China’s growing power, warning of 'rightful alarm' over its rapid military buildup.
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[2026-05-30 16:22 UTC+10:00] [World / Asia] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Beijing: US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has rejected claims that weapons sales to Taiwan had been paused due to the Iran war, as he chided allies for not spending enough on their own defence while praising Australia for “stepping up”.
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[2026-05-30 16:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: European defense stocks enjoyed a bumper 2025, fueled by a sharp increase in state military spending targets in response to growing geopolitical instability.
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[2026-05-30 15:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Saturday urged Asian allies to ramp up military spending to counter China's growing power and prevent its dominance in the region, warning of "rightful alarm" over its rapid military buildup.
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[2026-05-30 12:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SINGAPORE — US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Saturday urged Asian allies to ramp up military spending to counter China's growing power and prevent its dominance in the region, warning of "rightful alarm" over its rapid military buildup.
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[2026-05-30 11:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Toronto Blue Jays’ Daulton Varsho celebrates after hitting a triple during the second inning of a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles, Friday, May 29, 2026, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
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[2026-05-30 11:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: An $870m debt-relief deal suggests that Iran International, an Iranian opposition outlet, has ties to Saudi Arabian investors, according to a Financial Times report on Thursday. The links stem from documents related to a debt-for-equity swap that Iran International conducted in December to shore up its finances. Iran International has spent hundreds of millions of dollars since its founding in 2017 by British-Saudi investors, the FT reported.
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[2026-05-30 11:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-05-30 10:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-05-30 09:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: British holidaymakers should arrive at European airports three hours before their flight home departs due to lengthy queues caused by new border checks, the UK boss of budget airline Wizz Air has warned.
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[2026-05-30 08:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Unless you have lived under a rock for the last year (or month), you will know that the explosive growth of artificial intelligence is fueling a massive infrastructure buildout.
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[2026-05-30 08:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-05-30 07:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: With Japanese bond yields recently hitting record highs and bond market volatility soaring, overnight Reuters floated a trial balloon that Japan's central bank may pause the unwinding of its massive debt holdings next fiscal year, which would give Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi some relief amid growing investor concerns about her growing spending plans.
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[2026-05-30 06:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Homeowners association president Larry Veray poses for a photo at his Waiau Gardens Kai B townhomes in Pearl City, O’ahu, Hawaii, Wednesday, May 27, 2026. (Craig Fujii/Honolulu Civil Beat via AP)
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[2026-05-30 05:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: An $870m debt-relief deal suggests that Iran International, an Iranian opposition outlet, has ties to Saudi Arabian investors, according to a Financial Times report on Thursday.
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[2026-05-30 04:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-05-30 04:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The first of five men found alive after spending more than a week trapped inside a flooded cave in Laos has been freed.
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[2026-05-30 03:53 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: May 30, 2026 03:53 | News
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[2026-05-30 02:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: An $870m debt-relief deal suggests that Iran International, an Iranian opposition outlet, has ties to Saudi Arabian investors, according to a Financial Times report on Thursday.
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[2026-05-30 02:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: An $870m debt-relief deal suggests that Iran International, an Iranian opposition outlet, has ties to Saudi Arabian investors, according to a Financial Times report on Thursday.
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[2026-05-30 02:01 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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[2026-05-30 02:01 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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[2026-05-30 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Friendship] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Long, unstructured hangouts are increasingly rare – and some young people aren’t experiencing them
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[2026-05-30 00:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Trump’s amnesty stems from a settlement agreement on May 18 of a civil lawsuit between President Donald Trump, Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump, and the Trump Organization vs the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) at the Southern District Court of Florida.
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[2026-05-29 23:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: China Vanke's shareholders meeting was held May 29 at its registered address in Shenzhen's Yantian district, currently a school. (Photo by Wataru Suzuki)
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