Topic: Trade & Sanctions — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-08 05:55 UTC+10:00] [Business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Maldives currently runs a trade deficit with Sri Lanka of over $166 million. While this reflects the strong presence of Sri Lankan goods in the Maldivian market, it also signals an opportunity to deepen and rebalance the partnership through greater two-way trade, targeted investments and high-impact joint ventures, Mohamed Saeed, Minister of Economic Development and Trade, Maldives told the Sri Lanka, Maldives Business Forum held in Colombo on Tuesday (5).
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[2026-05-08 05:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Indianapolis Colts cornerback Kenny Moore II (23) runs on the sidelines during an NFL football game against the San Francisco 49ers, Dec. 22, 2025, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Zach Bolinger, File)
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[2026-05-08 05:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The Red Sox and Rays enter Thursday’s series opener at Fenway Park both hot off series sweeps.
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[2026-05-08 05:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump meets with UFC fighters, Wednesday, May 6, 2026, in the Oval Office of the White House, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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[2026-05-08 04:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has met US President Donald Trump at the White House, for talks that were expected to focus on trade, security, and critical minerals as Lula seeks to reset their rocky relationship.
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[2026-05-08 04:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: For an $18 billion market-cap company, data-center owner Iren trades like one of the AI giants.The company had two of the top 20 biggest options trades in the market on Thursday and a total $173 million of premium traded hands, with 73% of that in calls.By comparison, less than a million dollars of options traded in total between data-center real-estate stocks Equinix and Digital Realty Trust, whose combined market cap is almost ten times Iren's.
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[2026-05-08 02:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Bill Yuen, London office’s manager, and Peter Wai found guilty of assisting foreign intelligence service on Thursday
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[2026-05-08 02:18 UTC+10:00] [scmp] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Bill Yuen, London office’s manager, and Peter Wai found guilty of assisting foreign intelligence service on Thursday
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[2026-05-08 01:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Over the weekend, we reported that in what some called a "watershed moment", Beijing ordered Chinese companies not to comply with US sanctions on five domestic refiners linked to the Iranian oil trade, deploying for the first time a blocking measure introduced in 2021 that was aimed at protecting its firms from foreign laws it deemed unjustified.
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[2026-05-07 22:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Dubai ports operator DP World has launched cargo war risk insurance as Middle East trade routes remain severely disrupted by the fallout from the Iran war.
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[2026-05-07 21:06 UTC+10:00] [Big Tech] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: BRUSSELS — An agreement to implement the EU’s trade deal with the United States is on track to be finalized later this month, senior lawmaker Bernd Lange told POLITICO.
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[2026-05-07 20:07 UTC+10:00] [Trade] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-05-07 19:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Rwanda and Botswana have signed six cooperation agreements aimed at deepening bilateral ties and boosting collaboration across key sectors including trade, transport and regional connectivity.
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[2026-05-07 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, right, listens to Rep. John James, R-Mich., left, speak during a tour of Atomic Industries’ manufacturing facility, Thursday, April 9, 2026, in Warren, Mich. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
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[2026-05-07 18:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The U.S.-Iran war had created a "new wake-up call" for global trade, Maersk CEO Vincent Clerc told CNBC on Thursday, warning that the impact could worsen in the coming months.
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[2026-05-07 18:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing is pushing for a stronger yuan to help globalise the currency, but the upswing could create issues for the country’s export giants
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[2026-05-07 18:22 UTC+10:00] [United Arab Emirates] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing is pushing for a stronger yuan to help globalise the currency, but the upswing could create issues for the country’s export giants
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[2026-05-07 17:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Kenya’s new president William Ruto holds up a ceremonial sword as he is sworn in to office at a ceremony held at Kasarani stadium in Nairobi, Kenya Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga, File)
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[2026-05-07 16:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 7 (Yonhap) -- Creditors of Yeochun NCC, a major producer of ethylene products in the country, decided to raise the upper limit of the company's letter of credit (L/C) to US$300 million, to help secure naphtha supplies, the financial regulator said Thursday.
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[2026-05-07 15:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 7 (Yonhap) -- South Korea has called on the international community to jointly respond to the recent spread of trade restrictive measures by major economies in a high-level meeting of World Trade Organization (WTO) member nations, the trade ministry said Thursday.
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[2026-05-07 15:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 7 (Yonhap) -- Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO) and Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. (KHNP) have failed to cooperate properly on nuclear power plant export projects, resulting in overlapping expenditures and other inefficiencies, the Board of Audit and Inspection (BAI) said Thursday.
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[2026-05-07 13:11 UTC+10:00] [Australian politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Albanese government announces east coast gas reservation policy, which will require producers to set aside 20% of export volumes
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[2026-05-07 09:15 UTC+10:00] [Donald Trump] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: BRUSSELS — Talks between EU lawmakers and governments on implementing a U.S. trade deal ended without a breakthrough on Wednesday night.
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[2026-05-07 09:15 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea's first plans to invest in the United States under a bilateral trade deal can be announced after a relevant law goes into effect in June, Seoul's Industry Minister Kim Jung-kwan said Wednesday.
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[2026-05-07 09:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: By Song Sang-ho and Hong Jung-kyu
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[2026-05-07 08:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Trade, Taiwan and global tensions will likely top President Donald Trump’s agenda when he travels to China next week for a two-day summit.
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[2026-05-07 07:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A suspected stash house in South Los Angeles run by gang members accused of deadly drug dealing at notoriously MacArthur Park was swarmed Wednesday morning by federal agents — who caught their targets allegedly trying to flush fentanyl down the toilet.
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[2026-05-07 06:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: They’re loud. They’re massive. And, if you live anywhere near one, you probably don’t want it in your backyard.
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[2026-05-07 06:00 UTC+10:00] [Business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sri Lanka remained resilient through fiscal discipline, structural reforms, strengthened governance and strong international support, despite facing several challenges during recent times, including global uncertainties and tensions, shifting trade conditions and the impact of severe weather, Prime Minister Dr Harini Amarasuriya told the Sri Lanka Maldives Business Forum held in Colombo on May 5.
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[2026-05-07 05:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Kalshi has a welcome bonus for first-time users who want to sign up for the fast-growing prediction market platform this spring.
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[2026-05-07 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Cars] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: ROME — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio heads to Rome this week with two sensitive missions: contain a public spat with the Vatican and ease tensions with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni over defense and trade.
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[2026-05-07 04:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Just a week after Amy Oldenburg, Morgan Stanley’s head of digital assets, spent the better part of an hour making a case for bitcoin that few clients have heard in full (a gap she says is the industry’s most urgent problem), the bank announces the launch of crypto trading on E*Trade, charging 50bps in a pilot that undercuts rivals like Coinbase, Robinhood, and Charles Schwab.
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[2026-05-07 02:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The Nature Boy is very upset with the Lakers’ wonder boy.
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[2026-05-07 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Mayor Karen Bass and Councilwoman Nithya Raman went to war Tuesday night in a blistering mayoral debate that exploded into a public brawl over crime, homelessness, police staffing and who voters should blame for Los Angeles spiraling deeper into chaos.
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[2026-05-06 22:51 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: LEIPZIG, Germany -- Transport ministers and senior officials from member countries of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) gathered in Germany on Wednesday to discuss how to strengthen the resilience of transport systems as global trade and travel face growing disruptions.
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[2026-05-06 22:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: LEIPZIG, Germany, May 6 (Yonhap) -- Transport ministers and senior officials from member countries of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) gathered in Germany on Wednesday to discuss how to strengthen the resilience of transport systems as global trade and travel face growing disruptions.
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[2026-05-06 22:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Japan's defense minister pledges to deepen military cooperation with the Philippines during a visit to Manila, aiming for the 'early transfer' of Abukuma-class destroyers to the archipelago. Shinjiro Koizumi's visit comes as a contingent of 1,400 Japanese personnel participated for the first time in the annual US-Philippine military exercises, and just weeks after Tokyo eased decades-old arms export rules in a major policy shift.
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[2026-05-06 22:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Trade and Industry (DTI) Undersecretary Allan Gepty underscores the importance of the Asean Power Grid initiative as a key priority in strengthening regional energy security and economic resilience during a briefing in Cebu ahead of the 48th Asean Summit. In a press conference on May 5, 2026, Gepty stressed the need for stronger coordination in energy security, food supply, logistics, and supply chain resilience amid global challenges, noting that no country can address these pressures alone.
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[2026-05-06 20:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 6 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and Morocco agreed to closely cooperate for the early launch of negotiations for a bilateral comprehensive economic partnership agreement (CEPA), Seoul's trade ministry said Wednesday.
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[2026-05-06 17:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Jordanian fighter jets struck what they described as “factories and laboratories” for narcotics in southern Syria on Sunday, highlighting the emergence of Suwayda province as a key hub for the production of Captagon, a highly addictive amphetamine.
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[2026-05-06 16:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: European stocks are set to rise on Wednesday as oil prices trade lower on renewed hopes of a negotiated settlement to the Iran war.
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[2026-05-06 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Penny Wong announced the fuel funding after meeting with Fiji's leader Sitiveni Rabuka. (Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, file)
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[2026-05-06 14:10 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The Export-Import Bank of Korea is stepping up financial cooperation with India to support investments in key minerals, clean energy and other strategic industries, as Korean companies seek to expand their presence in one of the world's fastest-growing markets.
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[2026-05-06 14:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Late last month, the EU failed to suspend its trade agreement with Israel despite international pleas, including from UN human rights experts, to do so and despite an arrest warrant against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from the International Criminal Court.
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[2026-05-06 11:52 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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[2026-05-06 11:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Oil prices edged lower in early Wednesday trade in Asia after US President Donald Trump raised hopes for an agreement with Iran to end the war.
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[2026-05-06 10:49 UTC+10:00] [Latest Stories] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Inquirer
Snippet: Japan and the Philippines agreed Tuesday to establish a framework for working-level talks on the export of used destroyers to the Philippines, with the two countries sharing concerns over China’s maritime assertiveness.
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[2026-05-06 08:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The White House’s Section 301 investigations were launched to identify structural excess capacity among 16 trading partners, including China
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[2026-05-06 08:45 UTC+10:00] [Section 301] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The White House’s Section 301 investigations were launched to identify structural excess capacity among 16 trading partners, including China
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[2026-05-06 08:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Texas Rangers right fielder Brandon Nimmo catches a Detroit Tigers’ Matt Vierling fly ball during the second inning of a baseball game Friday, May 1, 2026, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
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