Topic: War & Conflict — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-21 19:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The slashed price on the GX model ‘surprised the market’ in a segment carmakers have high hopes for amid slumping EV sales
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[2026-05-21 19:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The slashed price on the GX model ‘surprised the market’ in a segment carmakers have high hopes for amid slumping EV sales
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[2026-05-21 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Some shipping industry workers based in Dubai are looking to relocate from the UAE as a result of the US-Israeli war on Iran, one ship-owner and two industry sources familiar with the matter told Middle East Eye.
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[2026-05-21 18:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Here’s something you don’t see every day in diplomacy: the prime minister of one country saying he visited another country, only for that country’s foreign ministry to deny the visit ever took place.
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[2026-05-21 18:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Stakes are high for Asia’s tech-driven economies amid a global sell-off in bond markets that signals investor fears
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[2026-05-21 18:30 UTC+10:00] [interest rate] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Stakes are high for Asia’s tech-driven economies amid a global sell-off in bond markets that signals investor fears
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[2026-05-21 18:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: This is a locator map for Myanmar with its capital, Naypyidaw. (AP Photo)
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[2026-05-21 18:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 21 (Yonhap) -- North Korea on Thursday warned of countermeasures against Washington's recent approval of arms sales to Seoul, denouncing it as part of a "reckless military buildup."
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[2026-05-21 18:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has condemned Israel's decision to establish a military complex on the former compound of UNRWA in occupied East Jerusalem's Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood.
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[2026-05-21 17:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: While the United States backs away from threats to resume bombing Iran if it does not agree to a peace deal, Israel’s political establishment is reportedly itching for war.
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[2026-05-21 17:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Iran on Thursday said it is reviewing the Trump administration's latest proposal for bringing an end to the war after the U.S. president said he was prepared to wait a few more days to "get the right answers" from Tehran.
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[2026-05-21 17:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The president criticised Israel for ‘going too far’ in detaining two South Koreans who were at sea trying to send aid to Gaza
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[2026-05-21 17:32 UTC+10:00] [Seoul] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The president criticised Israel for ‘going too far’ in detaining two South Koreans who were at sea trying to send aid to Gaza
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[2026-05-21 17:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Although the Prime Minister’s Office is still refraining from publicly discussing the identity of Maj.-Gen. Roman Gofman’s successor as the Prime Minister’s military secretary, the security establishment already sees the race entering its decisive phase.
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[2026-05-21 17:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 21 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean won rose slightly against the U.S. dollar Thursday on expectations that the United States may be close to reaching a deal with Iran to end the war in the Middle East.
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[2026-05-21 17:22 UTC+10:00] [Ukraine] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Dobré ráno, or good morning from Prague.
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[2026-05-21 17:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Washington said it supported the deal after the row raised questions over US influence on weapons with American-made parts
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[2026-05-21 17:06 UTC+10:00] [USNI News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Washington said it supported the deal after the row raised questions over US influence on weapons with American-made parts
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[2026-05-21 17:00 UTC+10:00] [Business / Consumer affairs] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
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[2026-05-21 16:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Iranian state media said on Thursday that the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs is reviewing the United States’s response received via mediator Pakistan to Tehran’s latest proposal to end the war.
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[2026-05-21 16:35 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-05-21 16:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli army carried out a large bombing operation in the southern Lebanese town of Khiam early on Thursday, the National News Agency reported.
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[2026-05-21 16:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Rescue workers searched through collapsed buildings on Wednesday in the southern villages of Deir Qanoun al Nahr and Al-Maashouq, a day after Israeli airstrikes killed at least 19 people, according to Lebanon’s Health Ministry. Bulldozers cleared concrete and twisted metal while emergency teams looked for bodies beneath the rubble in Tyre province.
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[2026-05-21 16:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The Strait of Hormuz – a critical chokepoint accounting for 20% of seaborne oil trade prior to the US-Israeli war against Iran – remains effectively blocked despite the tentative ceasefire. The traffic has ground to a halt due to the risks posed by mines, recurring attacks, and ship seizures, as well as insurers’ reluctance to step in.
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[2026-05-21 16:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The Strait of Hormuz – a critical chokepoint accounting for 20% of seaborne oil trade prior to the US-Israeli war against Iran – remains effectively blocked despite the tentative ceasefire. The traffic has ground to a halt due to the risks posed by mines, recurring attacks, and ship seizures, as well as insurers’ reluctance to step in.
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[2026-05-21 16:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 21 (Yonhap) -- The chief of the country's financial regulator said Thursday that local insurers and other financial firms will provide full support to small and mid-sized shipping companies hit by the war between the United States and Iran in the Middle East.
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[2026-05-21 15:56 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: ABC chair Kim Williams has hit out at “inflammatory” and “divisive” media critics after News Corp published a piece attacking the national broadcaster’s coverage of Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza.
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[2026-05-21 15:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Defence Industry
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[2026-05-21 15:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: President Donald Trump said that negotiations with Iran were "in the final stages” as Iran said it was studying a new US proposal to end the war.
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[2026-05-21 15:35 UTC+10:00] [ENVIRONMENT] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: DHAKA – Factories across Bangladesh, the world’s second-largest clothes supplier, have turned off fans and coolers due to energy cuts caused by the Iran conflict, with workers sweltering and a drop in productivity likely costing billions of dollars.
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[2026-05-21 15:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: In today's episode of Trending Middle East, Tehran receives Washington’s latest proposal to end the war and is reviewing its terms, Iranian media has reported.
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[2026-05-21 15:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The government on Wednesday approved a 250 million NIS plan to preserve heritage and antiquities sites across the West Bank, Jordan Valley, and the Judean Desert, ahead of the anniversary of the Six-Day War in June.
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[2026-05-21 15:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Ukrainian drones recently caused concern by entering Baltic airspace, leading to tensions with NATO countries. On Wednesday, Lithuanians sheltered in Vilnius due to drone activity in Belarus. No injuries were reported, but these incidents have raised questions about NATO’s air defenses.
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[2026-05-21 15:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Montenegro marks 20 years of independence from a union with Serbia this week, celebrating a two-decade transformation that has already brought the small Balkan country into NATO. Now it is eyeing its next milestone: full integration into the European Union. (AP video shot Milos Vujovic)
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[2026-05-21 15:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Iran’s Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi briefs the media on elections in Tehran, Iran, March 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)
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[2026-05-21 15:04 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Staff reporter at The Korea Herald’s National Desk, based in Seoul. Covers South Korea’s national security and foreign policy, with a focus on the Defense, Foreign and Unification Ministries, as well as the National Assembly.Before entering journalism, served as an Air Force officer. Experience includes providing translation and interpretation, as well as strategic input for planning efforts, at the ROK-US Combined Forces Command.
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[2026-05-21 14:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Kaouther Ben Hania’s gripping docudrama about a young girl trapped in a car uses real voice recordings to help expose the brutal cost of war
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[2026-05-21 14:32 UTC+10:00] [The Voice of Hind Rajab] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Kaouther Ben Hania’s gripping docudrama about a young girl trapped in a car uses real voice recordings to help expose the brutal cost of war
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[2026-05-21 14:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Israel’s assassination of Hamas's military commander in Gaza last week has compounded the group’s woes, with layers of its leadership now eliminated, its military capabilities significantly diminished, and infighting threatening its unity.
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[2026-05-21 14:12 UTC+10:00] [National / Victoria] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A teenage boy accused of attempting to hijack a Jetstar aircraft stopped off at Hungry Jack’s shortly before sneaking onto a plane wearing a high-vis disguise and carrying a bag containing weapons and a teddy bear.
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[2026-05-21 13:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Hezbollah said it carried out 24 military operations over the past day targeting Israeli forces, military vehicles and positions across southern Lebanon.
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[2026-05-21 13:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iran possesses modern weapons that have not yet been used in battle during conflict with the US and Israel, an Iranian military source told Russian state-owned outlet RIA Novosti on Thursday.
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[2026-05-21 13:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 21 (Yonhap) -- The defense ministry said Thursday it is working to fix errors in the list of service members and civilian military employees eligible for a one-time government cash payment aimed at easing the burden of rising fuel prices.
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[2026-05-21 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The most thrilling moment in Hull City’s Championship play-off semi-final against Millwall came in the first minute. Mohamed Belloumi, the club’s 23-year-old Algerian winger, weaved in and out of the Millwall defence before hitting a shot which skimmed the post.
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[2026-05-21 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: If anything were to underline the seriousness with which the international community has taken Sunday’s drone attack on the UAE’s Barakah nuclear power plant, it is the sheer number of global voices that have condemned it.
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[2026-05-21 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Top diplomats from Nato's 32 member countries are gathering this week in Sweden, where the Iran war and the Strait of Hormuz could take up as much attention as European countries' push for new support for Ukraine.
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[2026-05-21 12:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
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[2026-05-21 12:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks traded sharply higher late Thursday morning as Samsung Electronics averted a strike and other market heavyweights advanced on hopes for a possible agreement between the United States and Iran to end the war in the Middle East.
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[2026-05-21 12:21 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: There are signs the war against Iran, the surge in inflation and the Reserve Bank’s hikes to interest rates are starting to hit the jobs market.
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[2026-05-21 12:07 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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