Topic: Tax & Budget — Neutral reports only
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[2026-09-09 03:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) presented a proposed P47.057 billion budget for 2027 before the House of Representatives on Tuesday, with employment generation, worker protection and labor services among its priorities.
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[2026-09-09 02:17 UTC+10:00] [Budget] [Factuality: 90]
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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[2026-09-09 01:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: A 48-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of carrying out a spate of sabotage attacks on Germany's electricity grid after spending several days on the run.
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[2026-09-09 01:53 UTC+10:00] [Artificial Intelligence] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: BRUSSELS — Tax Big Oil, make Big Tech invest in renewables and protect Europe from climate disasters. Teresa Ribera’s post-summer policy wishlist isn’t short of ambitious ideas.
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[2026-09-09 01:22 UTC+10:00] [Actualité] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: BRUXELLES — Pour la France, les nouvelles taxes européennes, discutées dans le cadre du prochain budget pluriannuel de l’UE, devraient s’élever à plus de 60 milliards d’euros, selon trois diplomates européens qui ont souhaité garder l’anonymat en raison du caractère confidentiel des discussions.
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[2026-09-09 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Tobacco industry] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Rates of smoking in Australia are the lowest they’ve ever been, but at the same time, the illicit trade has never been bigger. It’s estimated 80% of the tobacco trade is now illicit and the same taxes that helped curb smoking are now fuelling organised crime.
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[2026-09-08 22:30 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The cost of the age pension to taxpayers will fall even as more than 9 million people reach retirement age over the next 40 years, Treasurer Jim Chalmers will reveal on Wednesday amid accusations that the next election will be an existential fight for the future of superannuation.
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[2026-09-08 21:57 UTC+10:00] [Borders] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: BRUSSELS — France said new EU-wide taxes should generate over €60 billion toward the bloc's next seven-year budget, according to three EU diplomats, granted anonymity to about closed-door talks.
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[2026-09-08 20:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Jim Reid, Deutsche Bank global head of macro research,
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[2026-09-08 19:00 UTC+10:00] [Criminal Justice] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ProPublica
Snippet: Before I joined ProPublica in 2021, I had spent a year writing about a Georgia prison physician named Carlo Musso, one of the rare doctors who’d openly talked about his role in lethal injections. After he stepped away from that work, I wanted to know who replaced him, so I filed open records requests for documents that would shed light on that.
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[2026-09-08 18:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Britain’s highest taxpayers have been drifting offshore since the non-dom regime was scrapped in April 2025 and inheritance tax was extended to worldwide assets.
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[2026-09-08 17:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Foreign Affairs
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[2026-09-08 16:30 UTC+10:00] [Government] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: Don't pay so you can read it. Pay so everyone can!
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[2026-09-08 16:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Official think tank urges broader retirement-fund investments, more mainland institutional capital and reforms to boost listings, bonds and corporate restructuring
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[2026-09-08 16:30 UTC+10:00] [Hong Kong] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Official think tank urges broader retirement-fund investments, more mainland institutional capital and reforms to boost listings, bonds and corporate restructuring
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[2026-09-08 16:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEJONG, Sept. 8 (Yonhap) -- The government briefed global credit appraiser Moody's Corp. on the latest developments in the South Korean economy and its efforts to pursue both growth and fiscal soundness through next year's budget proposal, the finance ministry said Tuesday.
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[2026-09-08 15:39 UTC+10:00] [The West Report] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: by Michael West | Sep 8, 2026 | The West Report
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[2026-09-08 14:24 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Lee Jae Myung meets with Korean directors, actors and industry figures ahead of film summit in France, pledges to review tax break for film investors
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[2026-09-08 14:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Qinwen Zheng rode a roller-coaster ride of highs and lows into the US Open quarter-finals on Monday, upsetting major winners Madison Keys and Iga Swiatek in back-to-back matches in the start of an epic career comeback.
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[2026-09-08 13:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Budget carrier Cebu Pacific (CEB) kicked off the "Ber" months by relaunching its iconic Piso Sale, allowing budget-conscious Filipino travelers to book affordable trips and check off their bucket lists.
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[2026-09-08 13:16 UTC+10:00] [Budget] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Rixa Fürsen, Maximilian Stascheit und das POLITICO-Team nehmen Euch mit durch die Hauptstadt – kurz, präzise, hintergründig. Montags bis samstags ab 5 Uhr.
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[2026-09-08 12:18 UTC+10:00] [Barnaby Joyce] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Jim Chalmers says One Nation’s superannuation policy is ‘an absolute shambles’
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[2026-09-08 10:54 UTC+10:00] [Business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: This is AI-generated. Read the article for full context. Report any errors.
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[2026-09-08 10:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Government and Politics
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[2026-09-08 09:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Hi, this is Evelyn, writing to you from Singapore. Welcome to the latest edition of The China Connection — a snapshot of what I'm seeing and hearing from local businesses.
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[2026-09-08 07:14 UTC+10:00] [Anthony Albanese] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Follow the day’s news live
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[2026-09-08 06:45 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
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[2026-09-08 06:10 UTC+10:00] [US Open Tennis 2026] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Zheng makes astonishing recovery to win 7-5, 6-3
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[2026-09-08 04:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Travel and Tourism
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[2026-09-08 04:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Government Debt
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[2026-09-08 04:33 UTC+10:00] [Agriculture] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: BRUSSELS — António Costa's EU budget tour is reaching the bigger capitals, with Berlin, Warsaw and Madrid on the agenda for the coming days. The settings may change, but the main question the European Council president is asking remains the same: Can we all agree on new EU taxes to help fund the long-term budget?
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[2026-09-08 04:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Qinwen Zheng, of China, reacts during a match against Iga Swiatek, of Poland, during the fourth round of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Monday, Sept. 7, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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[2026-09-08 01:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The chancellor may have thought about shifting the venue of his first major speech this morning.
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[2026-09-07 23:30 UTC+10:00] [Beijing] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Heritage is the latest sector targeted by authorities, following similar efforts in the sports, winter tourism and nightlife industries
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[2026-09-07 23:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Heritage is the latest sector targeted by authorities, following similar efforts in the sports, winter tourism and nightlife industries
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[2026-09-07 22:29 UTC+10:00] [Budget] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: BRUSSELS — The Irish Council presidency welcomed “consensus” among governments to introduce new EU-wide levies on foreign polluters and electronic waste to finance the bloc’s next seven-year budget, according to a document seen by POLITICO.
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[2026-09-07 22:07 UTC+10:00] [Politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-09-07 21:56 UTC+10:00] [National News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: Already have Rappler+? Sign in to listen to groundbreaking journalism.
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[2026-09-07 20:51 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Barnaby Joyce’s latest interview on ABC’s 7.30 program devolved into chaos when he shouted that he was One Nation’s treasury spokesman – “not Jesus Christ” – when pressed on modelling central to his party’s controversial superannuation policy unveiled on Monday.
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[2026-09-07 19:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Turkey plans to increase defense spending by 229% over the next three years as part of a push to develop its own technologies and produce higher-value products in the defense industry, Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz announced on Sunday, according to Turkish media reports.
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[2026-09-07 19:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Capital boost strengthens buffers of financial institutions, but stronger fiscal support is needed to reignite credit demand: analysts
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[2026-09-07 19:30 UTC+10:00] [ANZ Bank] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Capital boost strengthens buffers of financial institutions, but stronger fiscal support is needed to reignite credit demand: analysts
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[2026-09-07 18:56 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-09-07 18:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: When a public employee who says he was fired for reporting wrongdoing sought emergency protection from Israel’s state comptroller, the office had no authorized head to consider his case. He turned instead to the labor court, spending nearly 90,000 shekels - about $30,000 - on legal action, according to an attorney who advised him.
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[2026-09-07 17:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:State and Territory Government
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[2026-09-07 16:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Iran is raising the price of petrol for heavier users as the country's wartime economy comes under growing strain, with a widening fuel deficit exposing the limits of its ability to maintain subsidised supplies.
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[2026-09-07 16:25 UTC+10:00] [ASIA PACIFIC] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: SYDNEY – Australia’s hard-right One Nation party, which has surged in recent polls, on Monday proposed redirecting a portion of people’s future pension contributions to take-home pay, a move criticized by the ruling center-left Labor party.
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[2026-09-07 16:05 UTC+10:00] [Superannuation] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The party proposes splitting the 12% compulsory super payment so that 3% could be used prior to retirement. Critics say it would just push up inflation
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[2026-09-07 14:42 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: It’s unclear what is worse about One Nation’s plan to allow millions of Australians to dip into their superannuation – depriving people of future retirement income years into the future, or adding to the nation’s inflationary pressures right now.
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[2026-09-07 12:38 UTC+10:00] [scmp] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Corporate giving makes up the largest share of philanthropic spending in Hong Kong, report says
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