Topic: Trade & Sanctions — Neutral reports only
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[2026-08-27 13:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Japan's startup and initial-public offering scenes may get a boost from a new trading platform that will help unlisted companies raise capital.
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[2026-08-27 13:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-27 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Support is growing for an import ban on smart glasses amid an influx of low-cost devices. (ABC News: Kylie Silvester)
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[2026-08-27 11:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US-Canada trade war is reaching the bathroom, with tariffs on paper products threatening to push up prices for toilet paper and other everyday essentials for Americans.
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[2026-08-27 11:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US-Canada trade war is reaching the bathroom, with tariffs on paper products threatening to push up prices for toilet paper and other everyday essentials for Americans.
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[2026-08-27 11:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A vessel was hit by an unknown projectile in the Strait of Hormuz, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) agency said early on Thursday.
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[2026-08-27 10:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Un juez militar de Estados Unidos fijó para el 5 de junio de 2028 la fecha del juicio contra Khalid Sheikh Mohammed y otros tres acusados de planear los atentados terroristas del 11 de septiembre de 2001.
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[2026-08-27 10:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's finance ministry vowed to make efforts to bolster the country's multilateral trade network, noting the government will begin gathering public opinion on possible membership in the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).
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[2026-08-27 10:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Irina Slav via OilPrice.com,
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[2026-08-27 09:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Tsvetana Paraskova via OilPrice.com,
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[2026-08-27 07:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Iran has praised China for rejecting US threats to impose sanctions on countries that continue to trade with the Islamic Republic, with Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf saying on Wednesday that Tehran’s strategic partnership with Beijing “needs no one’s permission.”
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[2026-08-27 07:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Iran has praised China for rejecting US threats to impose sanctions on countries that continue to trade with the Islamic Republic, with Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf saying on Wednesday that Tehran’s strategic partnership with Beijing “needs no one’s permission.”
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[2026-08-27 06:30 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Investors have no shortage of reasons to diversify away from the United States. America’s public debt is rising, political polarization is deepening, trade policy has become unpredictable, the rule of law is now in doubt and financial sanctions have encouraged other governments to seek alternatives to the dollar. Yet there has been no great exodus from US markets.
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[2026-08-27 05:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks at a campaign event for Liberal Party Beaches-East York byelection candidate Tanveer Shahnawaz at The Stone Lion Pub in Toronto, on Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026. (Sammy Kogan/The Canadian Press via AP)
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[2026-08-27 04:15 UTC+10:00] [Trump tariffs] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The US president expected Ottawa to bow to tariff demands, but Canada is striking back – and it could cost Americans
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[2026-08-27 02:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-27 00:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Dutch group Christians for Israel is taking the government to court in the Netherlands over its plans to introduce a ban on importing goods from illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank and Golan Heights.
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[2026-08-27 00:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-27 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Trade barriers, oversupply and falling export prices are squeezing steel producers as the Qiushi Journal warns against letting the industry contract
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[2026-08-27 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Trade barriers, oversupply and falling export prices are squeezing steel producers as the Qiushi Journal warns against letting the industry contract
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[2026-08-26 23:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Cubans struggling with blackouts, fuel shortages and soaring prices voiced frustration after the United States extended its decades-old trade embargo on the island for another year. While the renewal was expected, residents say the worsening economic crisis is making daily life increasingly unbearable.
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[2026-08-26 23:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-26 22:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A person carries a shopping bag in Philadelphia, Dec. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
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[2026-08-26 22:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: An employee checks a customer’s identification card before checking out alcohol at a cash register in a grocery store in Arlington Heights, Ill., Monday, July 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
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[2026-08-26 22:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Cold War rivals used ground rules to make competition more transparent, bounded and predictable. Today’s weaponised trade needs the same ambition
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[2026-08-26 22:30 UTC+10:00] [Asean] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Cold War rivals used ground rules to make competition more transparent, bounded and predictable. Today’s weaponised trade needs the same ambition
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[2026-08-26 22:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Repair works at NKHP, one of three grain terminals at Russia's main Black Sea export port of Novorossiysk, could take up to four months following a Ukrainian attack, the company said on Wednesday.
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[2026-08-26 21:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Dutch Foreign Minister Tom Berendsen on Wednesday dismissed Israel's decision to expel his officials from a Gaza support centre in retaliation for a ban on trade with illegal Israeli settlements.
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[2026-08-26 21:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: By Robert Walton of UtilityDive
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[2026-08-26 20:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The move came after the Trump administration imposed 50% tariffs over the weekend on Canadian goods following the collapse of trade negotiations. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney accused Washington of trying to subordinate Canada.
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[2026-08-26 20:00 UTC+10:00] [Trump tariffs] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Paper products among hardest-hit sectors after trade negotiations broke down, with 25-50% tariffs estimated
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[2026-08-26 18:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and Vietnam vowed to further bolster economic exchanges with the goal of increasing bilateral trade to US$150 billion by 2030 and strengthening supply chain cooperation, Seoul's industry ministry said Wednesday.
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[2026-08-26 16:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Shanghai bourse index shows growth of 3.8% for energy, banking and transport industry stocks, crushing a 0.2% artificial intelligence gain
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[2026-08-26 16:00 UTC+10:00] [dividend stocks] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Shanghai bourse index shows growth of 3.8% for energy, banking and transport industry stocks, crushing a 0.2% artificial intelligence gain
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[2026-08-26 14:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The move came after the Trump administration imposed 50% tariffs over the weekend on Canadian goods following the collapse of trade negotiations. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney accused Washington of trying to subordinate Canada.
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[2026-08-26 13:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the US is considering renaming Lake Ontario to “Lake America” amid escalating trade tensions with Canada.
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[2026-08-26 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: As next-gen EV tech accelerates, the global standard agency’s nod could allow Beijing to export its domestic testing benchmarks worldwide
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[2026-08-26 13:00 UTC+10:00] [Europe] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: As next-gen EV tech accelerates, the global standard agency’s nod could allow Beijing to export its domestic testing benchmarks worldwide
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[2026-08-26 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's fair trade watchdog on Wednesday imposed a fine and issued a corrective order against Duo Information Co., a major matchmaking firm, for exaggerating the number of its members with professional occupations and degrees from prestigious universities.
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[2026-08-26 12:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-26 12:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: OTTAWA — Canada on Tuesday announced counter-tariffs on US goods ranging between 15 and 50 percent, intensifying the trade war between the historically close allies.
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[2026-08-26 12:30 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Australia’s illegal tobacco trade has become a matter of national security after entrenching criminal networks that can be exploited by terrorists, the Coalition’s taskforce on the black market has warned, as the party weighs up slashing the excise by up to 80 per cent.
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[2026-08-26 11:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Hello, this is Hui Jie writing to you from Singapore. Welcome to another edition of CNBC's Daily Open.
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[2026-08-26 10:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping arrive a state dinner at the Great Hall of the People May 14, 2026, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
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[2026-08-26 08:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MONTREAL — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is more seasoned as a banker than a politician but has shown a confident touch in standing up to US President Donald Trump and navigating a trade war that threatens his nation's economy.
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[2026-08-26 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Yonhap) -- Mexico is committed to continuing long-stalled talks with South Korea on a free trade agreement (FTA), the country's top diplomat has said, stressing the importance of strengthening ties with Seoul in artificial intelligence (AI), space and other advanced sectors.
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[2026-08-26 06:56 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: August 26, 2026 06:56 | News
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[2026-08-26 06:52 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 90]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Published 26 August 2026 6:52am
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[2026-08-26 06:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Community living near AI facility in Virginia reports invasive levels of noise, fumes and gas turbines – and it’s not Chinese propaganda
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[2026-08-26 06:46 UTC+10:00] [OpenAI] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Community living near AI facility in Virginia reports invasive levels of noise, fumes and gas turbines – and it’s not Chinese propaganda
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