Topic: Trade & Sanctions — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-17 08:21 UTC+10:00] [California] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Donald Do allegedly sought to export 292 loggerhead musk turtles under the false claim they had been captive-bred
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[2026-05-17 07:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Pakistan’s Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi arrived in Tehran on Saturday for an unannounced visit, holding talks with his Iranian counterpart Eskandar Momeni.
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[2026-05-17 04:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The Yankees and Mets continue the first Subway Series of the season, and new users can apply the Kalshi promo code NYPMAX to trade $10 and get $10.
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[2026-05-17 02:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Anthony Richardson hasn’t played enough football to play hardball.
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[2026-05-17 01:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The world’s two biggest economies also agree to roll back tariffs, deepen investment and establish a new board to manage disputes
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[2026-05-17 01:05 UTC+10:00] [Scott Bessent] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The world’s two biggest economies also agree to roll back tariffs, deepen investment and establish a new board to manage disputes
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[2026-05-17 01:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: For the first time since Canadians started boycotting travel to the US to protest the trade war, trips south of the border have started to pick up — slowly.
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[2026-05-17 00:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Chinese President Xi Jinping greets U.S. counterpart Donald Trump outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on May 14. © Reuters
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[2026-05-16 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: China granted five-year export licenses to 77 US beef facilities, while renewing expired licenses of 425 other plants for another five years
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[2026-05-16 23:00 UTC+10:00] [US Trade Representative] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: China granted five-year export licenses to 77 US beef facilities, while renewing expired licenses of 425 other plants for another five years
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[2026-05-16 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: It’s moving day at the 2026 PGA Championship, and new users can trade on a number of markets for Saturday’s action at Aronimink Golf Club with the Polymarket promo code NYPMAX.
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[2026-05-16 07:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: India's trade deficit soared in April by more than analysts expected, as the surge in oil and gas prices hiked the Indian energy import bill.
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[2026-05-16 07:01 UTC+10:00] [Tennessee] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: With third-highest number of books banned, state removes renowned work about slave trade from library shelves
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[2026-05-16 05:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — Democrats accused US President Donald Trump of corruption on Friday after the disclosure of major stock market transactions carried out in his name, although his son denied there was wrongdoing.
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[2026-05-16 05:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: India has increased export duties on petrol, diesel and aviation fuel, one day after raising domestic fuel prices for the first time since the US-Israeli war on Iran began on 28 February.
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[2026-05-16 05:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The UAE says it will double the amount of oil it can export by bypassing the Strait of Hormuz via a new pipeline set to be operational in 2027.
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[2026-05-16 03:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: United States President Donald Trump has departed China following a three-day trip, touting several broad trade deals but suggesting little progress on key issues related to Taiwan or the US-Israeli war in Iran.
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[2026-05-16 03:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: President Donald Trump reported thousands of financial transactions totaling hundreds of millions of dollars — including large purchases and sales of tech giants Nvidia, Microsoft, Amazon and Meta — in the first three months of 2026, new disclosure forms reveal.
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[2026-05-16 03:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One, Friday, May 15, 2026, as he returns from a trip to Beijing, China. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
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[2026-05-16 02:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United Arab Emirates is fast-tracking the construction of a new pipeline which will double the export capacity through Fujairah, a port city in the country’s east, as Gulf nations seek to bypass the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-05-16 02:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BEIJING — Donald Trump said on Friday he had made “fantastic trade deals” with China’s leader Xi Jinping, as the pair ended a superpower summit that the United States president said had also reaped a Chinese offer to help open the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-05-16 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The Top 20 Global Concert Tours ranks artists by average box office gross per city and includes the average ticket price for shows Worldwide. The list is based on data provided to the trade publication Pollstar by concert promoters and venue managers.
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[2026-05-16 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: It’s elimination night in the NBA playoffs, and new bettors can get in on the high-stakes action with the Kalshi promo code NYPMAX to trade $10 and get $10.
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[2026-05-16 01:27 UTC+10:00] [Batteries] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: BRUSSELS — The EU will step up efforts to reduce its economic reliance on China and protect its industries from a glut of cheap imports, under new proposals drafted by Brussels that are due to be discussed by leaders next month.
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[2026-05-16 01:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Days after the U.S. bombing campaign against Iran began, we pointed out on March 3 that the conflict was likely to accelerate a major Gulf infrastructure push to bypass the Strait of Hormuz. Saudi Arabia's East-West pipeline to the Red Sea stood out as the clearest signal that regional producers needed a credible Plan B for moving crude and crude products when the Hormuz chokepoint becomes disrupted.
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[2026-05-16 00:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: U.S. and Chinese leaders agreed to establish a new "Board of Trade" and a parallel "Board of Investment" during President Donald Trump’s two-day visit to Beijing - a summit that ended much as it began: with significant pageantry, warm personal rapport between the leaders, and modest, incremental progress on trade.
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[2026-05-16 00:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: China will ramp its crude oil imports from the United States because the world's two largest economies are natural trade partners when it comes to energy, Chris Wright told CNBC on Friday.
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[2026-05-15 23:51 UTC+10:00] [China] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: After a much-hyped US-China summit, the leaders of the world’s two biggest powers made no real breakthroughs on big issues, such as Iran, Taiwan and trade. The Guardian's senior China correspondent, Amy Hawkins, breaks down how Donald Trump and Xi Jinping focused on growing their personal rapport instead
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[2026-05-15 23:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The United Arab Emirates will accelarate its construction of the West-East oil pipeline, meant to double the export capacity of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), according to a statement by the media office of the government of Abu Dhabi.
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[2026-05-15 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: We’re onto Round 2 of the 2026 PGA Championship, and new users can trade on a number of markets at Aronimink Golf Club with the Polymarket promo code NYPMAX.
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[2026-05-15 22:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Bond yields, oil and the dollar are surging this morning as US futures tumble from all-time highs, with Tech underperforming driven by a series of factors including i) surging energy prices on lack of Iran war progress, ii) elevated positioning into options expiry; iii) Central bank repricing, iv) Tech sell-off driven by higher yields, and v) strikes at Samsung Electronics.
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[2026-05-15 22:18 UTC+10:00] [Art] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The performance artist was a brilliantly subversive pioneer whose work exposed the predicament of women living in a world that was not made for us Renowned feminist artist and film-maker Valie Export dies aged 85
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[2026-05-15 21:28 UTC+10:00] [Oil] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: State oil company fast-tracks previously undisclosed project, which is expected to double export capacity
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[2026-05-15 21:18 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: A Seoul court has temporarily put on hold the Fair Trade Commission’s decision to designate Coupang founder Kim Bom-suk, better known globally as Bom Kim, as the e-commerce giant’s de facto chief, ahead of a hearing on the company’s request to suspend the measure.
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[2026-05-15 21:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Eight more countries will invest in the project as they accelerate regional trade diversification in sectors ranging from AI to energy
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[2026-05-15 21:07 UTC+10:00] [Denmark] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Eight more countries will invest in the project as they accelerate regional trade diversification in sectors ranging from AI to energy
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[2026-05-15 21:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: This report is from this week's The Tech Download newsletter. Like what you see? You can subscribe here.
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[2026-05-15 21:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Kenya's commercial wildlife trade has expanded sharply over the past decade, with a tenfold rise in the number of captive-bred reptiles exported as exotic pets, a report by World Animal Protection said Thursday.
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[2026-05-15 20:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Visitors are gathered next to a display of an NSM Naval Strike Missile made by Norwegian company Kongsberg, presented at the Euronaval show, in Le Bourget, North of Paris, France, Wednesday Oct. 29, 2014. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)
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[2026-05-15 19:41 UTC+10:00] [United States] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: President Trump departed Beijing on Friday, touting trade deals to sell American-made airplanes, farm goods and other products, the signature outcome of his two-day summit with Xi Jinping, China’s top leader.
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[2026-05-15 19:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Abu Dhabi is accelerating construction of the new West-East pipeline to Fujairah as it looks to expand its oil export capacity and bypass the Strait of Hormuz chokepoint.
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[2026-05-15 19:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: BEIJING — U.S. President Donald Trump's closely watched visit to China this week has gone a long way toward strengthening a fragile trade truce with Beijing and stabilizing the bilateral relationship.
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[2026-05-15 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The United Arab Emirates will accelerate construction of a new oil pipeline to double its export capacity through Fujairah by 2027, the government's Abu Dhabi Media Office said on Friday, vastly expanding its ability to bypass the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-05-15 18:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: As Trump travelled to Beijing for the kind of bilateral dealmaking he prefers, two groups have continued their multilateral efforts
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[2026-05-15 18:30 UTC+10:00] [Global South] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: As Trump travelled to Beijing for the kind of bilateral dealmaking he prefers, two groups have continued their multilateral efforts
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[2026-05-15 18:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: For decades, Muse Omar Jama made a living swapping currencies in Mogadishu’s Bakara market, where customers once lined up to trade Somali shillings for dollars and mobile money. Now his office sits mostly silent, and the safes around him are stuffed with cash no one wants, according to The Guardian.
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[2026-05-15 18:03 UTC+10:00] [World / Asia] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Beijing: Donald Trump has wound up a two-day visit to Beijing that delivered numerous displays of goodwill between the US president and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, but few definitive trade deals.
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[2026-05-15 17:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: As US naval pressure disrupts Iran's access to the Arabian Gulf, Tehran is turning east.
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[2026-05-15 17:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: As US naval pressure disrupts Iran's access to the Arabian Gulf, Tehran is turning east.
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[2026-05-15 17:30 UTC+10:00] [Beijing] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing tightened jet fuel exports after the war broke out, forcing Canberra to seek alternative suppliers
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