Topic: Trade & Sanctions — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-31 21:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Ukrainian drones have struck Russia’s Baltic Sea port of Ust-Luga for the fifth time in 10 days, as Kyiv continues to step up attacks on Russia’s oil export infrastructure.
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[2026-03-31 21:32 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The National Assembly on Tuesday ratified the bilateral Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement with the United Arab Emirates, marking South Korea's first free trade pact with a Middle Eastern country.
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[2026-03-31 21:00 UTC+10:00] [Oysters] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: A death rate of up to 90%, attributed to warming seas, is threatening the trade in Hiroshima prefecture, which produces most of the country’s farmed oysters
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[2026-03-31 16:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: BEIJING — The Iran war is squeezing a global commodities market already pressured by China's export controls and stockpiling efforts.
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[2026-03-31 16:14 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Ilzat Kasymov, Uzbekistan’s deputy minister of investment, industry and trade, and Herald Media Group CEO Choi Jin-young on Tuesday vowed to cooperate in deepening economic ties between Korea and Uzbekistan on Tuesday.
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[2026-03-31 16:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TEHRAN — Iran fired missiles across the Middle East on Tuesday as its capital was hit by fresh explosions, after US President Donald Trump threatened the country's key oil export hub, power stations and desalination plants.
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[2026-03-31 15:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: U.S. President Donald Trump has suggested American troops could seize Iran’s Kharg Island oil export hub, even as he added in comments published Monday that a deal with Tehran to end the war “could be made fairly quickly.”
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[2026-03-31 14:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TOKYO — Asian stocks fell sharply in early trade Tuesday and oil prices rose as the Middle East crisis further escalated with US President Donald Trump threatening to destroy Iran's main export terminal.
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[2026-03-31 14:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: As thousands of US soldiers and marines arrive in the Middle East, Iran is accusing Washington of privately plotting a ground assault while publicly touting ceasefire talks. Donald Trump threatened to ‘obliterate’ Iran’s energy infrastructure, said his ‘preference would be to take the oil’ in Iran and that US forces could seize the regime’s export hub on Kharg Island, while also claiming he was in talks with a new ‘reasonable regime’.
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[2026-03-31 11:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON, D.C. — US President Donald Trump threatened Monday to destroy Iran's Kharg Island, a crude oil export hub, along with oil wells and power plants unless Tehran quickly accepted a deal to end the US-Israeli war.
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[2026-03-31 09:00 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: From trade with China to the Middle East conflict and resulting energy shock, Brussels’ agenda has been repeatedly knocked off course
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[2026-03-31 07:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: San Francisco Giants’ Luis Matos connects for a run-scoring double against the Cincinnati Reds during the second inning of a spring training baseball game Friday, March 6, 2026, in Scottsdale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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[2026-03-31 06:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The National Packaging Centre (NPC) of the Sri Lanka Export Development Board (EDB) recently conducted an awareness workshop on “Packaging strategies for Spices” for exporters and potential exporters, with the aim of enhancing their knowledge on packaging solutions that meet both local and international market standards. Over 65 exporters and potential exporters participated in the workshop held on March 19, 2026 at EDB.
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[2026-03-31 06:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: A delegation of thirty professionals from the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce recently completed a specialized residential training programme on International Trade Facilitation at the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) in New Delhi.
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[2026-03-31 06:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: National Development Bank PLC (NDB) has been named Sri Lanka’s Best Trade Finance Bank at the Euromoney Awards for Excellence 2026, securing the #1 overall domestic ranking among local banks.
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[2026-03-31 06:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Colombo Mayor, Vraie Cally Balthazaar, who visited Australia under the Special Visits Programme of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Australia, delivered a speech on Women in Leadership to a group of Ambassadors and High Commissioners and several members of the Sri Lankan community, at a lunch at the Sri Lanka High Commission (SLHC) in Canberra recently.
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[2026-03-31 06:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Kalshi, the sports prediction market, has been raising the bar all March Madness and that continues into the next round this weekend.
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[2026-03-31 05:00 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: March 31, 2026 — 5:00am
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[2026-03-31 05:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: The tankers passing through Hormuz carry more than oil. They reflect how the Iran/China relationship is shaped by necessity, maintained through adaptation, and now tested under strain. (Reuters: Tingshu Wang)
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[2026-03-31 03:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-03-31 02:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: The WTO's failure to reach significant agreements during high-level talks in Yaounde demonstrates its inability to adapt to a new reality of fragmented global trade, jeopardising a return to multilateralism, experts warn.
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[2026-03-31 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Analysts say disruption at plants could shift more output to China, which already produces more than half of global supply
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[2026-03-31 01:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump pushed concerns about surging world prices aside Monday and threatened to destroy Iran's oil wells, power plants and main export terminal if Tehran does not quickly accept a peace deal.
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[2026-03-31 00:00 UTC+10:00] [Business / Markets] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Global energy giant Shell is cautioning Australia against taxing gas exporters’ windfall profits, declaring it would destabilise vital trade ties with Asian partners and make it harder for the government to secure increasingly scarce deliveries of petrol, diesel and jet fuel from the region.
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[2026-03-30 23:55 UTC+10:00] [Editors' Pick] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: Background image by Eloisa Lopez/Reuters
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[2026-03-30 21:30 UTC+10:00] [FreeMalaysiaToday] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Surge in fuel prices threatens to wipe out any narrow margins and push the cost of doing business higher, trade associations say
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[2026-03-30 19:21 UTC+10:00] [Business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Asian stocks fall and Brent rises to over $115 a barrel; Trump says US could seize Iran’s export hub on Kharg Island
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[2026-03-30 18:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: World Trade Organization (WTO) talks in Yaounde ended early Monday without agreement on the core issues of reform, agriculture and the renewal of a global ban on customs duties for e-commerce, after deep divisions blocked a deal.
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[2026-03-30 18:39 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-03-30 18:17 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Auto news: Public electric car charging cables cut and stolen at shopping centre
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[2026-03-30 18:07 UTC+10:00] [South Asia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-03-30 15:54 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: March 30, 2026 15:54 | News
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[2026-03-30 15:15 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: World Trade Organization talks ended deadlocked early Monday as Brazil blocked a bid by the US and other countries to extend a moratorium on customs duties for electronic transmissions, dealing a fresh blow to the embattled trade body.
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[2026-03-30 13:38 UTC+10:00] [Transport] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: South Korea’s transport ministry says domestic airlines have asked authorities to redirect export-bound jet fuel back to the local market amid a supply crunch
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[2026-03-30 13:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: President Donald Trump is not ruling out the possibility of US forces seizing Iran’s key export hub on Kharg Island in order to take control of the Islamic Republic’s oil exports, he said in an interview with the Financial Times on Sunday.
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[2026-03-30 13:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump is not ruling out the possibility of American forces seizing Iran’s key energy export hub on Kharg Island in order to take control of the Islamic Republic’s oil exports, he said in an interview with the Financial Times on Sunday.
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[2026-03-30 11:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: U.S. President Donald Trump said he could "take the oil in Iran" and seize Iran's export hub of Kharg Island, as hostilities in the Middle East continued into its fifth week.
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[2026-03-30 09:41 UTC+10:00] [US news] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Anatoly Kolodkin could soon discharge at Matanzas port, US official says, three months after Cuba’s last oil import
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[2026-03-30 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Indian High Commissioner Santosh Jha met with Minister of Trade, Commerce, Food Security and Cooperative Development Wasantha Samarasinghe on Friday (27) and held discussions on further expanding bilateral trade activities.
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[2026-03-30 06:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Ceylon Cold Stores PLC (CCS) has once again affirmed its standing as a powerhouse in Sri Lanka’s export landscape, securing the Gold Award in the Large Category of the Confectionery Products Sector at the NCE Export Awards 2025.
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[2026-03-30 05:30 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Jim Chalmers is facing internal pressure to use the May 12 budget to give more cash to the states and territories so they can ramp up their fight against the illegal tobacco trade amid signs a near-decade long collapse in federal government cigarette excise is easing.
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[2026-03-30 03:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — TNT import Bol Bol finally spoke in a postgame interview following the Tropang 5G’s masterful 118-92 destruction of long-time rival San Miguel Beer in their PBA Season 50 Commissioner’s Cup match on Saturday at the Araneta Coliseum.
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[2026-03-30 03:01 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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[2026-03-30 02:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Yemen’s Houthis have entered the Iran war by launching strikes on Israel, and some analysts have warned their arrival could open another front in the conflict – the potential blockade of Bab al-Mandeb, a strait that presents another chokepoint in the global commodities trade.
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[2026-03-29 21:38 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: March 29, 2026 21:38 | News
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[2026-03-29 19:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Bilateral relations between China and Seychelles are entering a new phase, with rising trade and growing private-sector collaboration, alongside new cooperation in the blue economy and digital innovation.
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[2026-03-29 16:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: SAN FRANCISCO — So far, the bullpen help the Yankees were looking for at last year’s trade deadline has been significantly more effective this season than it was in 2025.
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[2026-03-29 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Despite the renewed investments, the trend may be difficult to sustain as China remains under US export controls, say analysts
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[2026-03-29 09:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: CHICAGO (AP) — The Washington Nationals acquired utility player Curtis Mead from the Chicago White Sox on Saturday in exchange for catcher Boston Smith.
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[2026-03-29 06:14 UTC+10:00] [Friendlies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Scotland’s followers have discovered there is a drawback to World Cup qualification after all. Nobody who paid – and handsomely – to sit through the sheer tedium of this fixture could reasonably deny that. Yes, Scotland, you can come to the party; but only after a clutch of international friendlies.
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