Topic: War & Conflict — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-18 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Lululemon is showing its teeth.
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[2026-05-18 20:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: In Nairobi, demonstrators burn tyres on key roads, with both the Iran war and corruption cited for rising petrol and diesel costs
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[2026-05-18 20:28 UTC+10:00] [petrol] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: In Nairobi, demonstrators burn tyres on key roads, with both the Iran war and corruption cited for rising petrol and diesel costs
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[2026-05-18 20:00 UTC+10:00] [Renewable energy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Energy security comes from using local, renewable resources to power, heat and cool communities, as Ukraine is doing
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[2026-05-18 19:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina kisses the trophy after winning against United States’ Coco Gauff at the end of the women’s final match at the Italian Open tennis tournament in Rome, Saturday, May 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
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[2026-05-18 19:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Shortly after the Iran war started, with gold unexpectedly tumbling, we showed that the reason behind gold's paradoxical move - after all, the precious metal has traditionally been a store of value in times of geopolitical stress - was the furious liquidation of gold by emerging markets, in this case Turkey, scrambling to obtain reserve dry powder so Ankara could cover soaring costs of energy imports.
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[2026-05-18 19:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United States military’s Africa Command (AFRICOM) says it has carried out additional air strikes against ISIL (ISIS) fighters in northeastern Nigeria in coordination with the Nigerian government.
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[2026-05-18 19:31 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Freshly cashed-up with a new $1.8 million war chest, PLC Resources has wasted no time putting the drill bit to work, kicking off a maiden reverse circulation drilling program at its Rochefort gold prospect in Western Australia’s prolific Murchison region.
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[2026-05-18 19:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-05-18 19:15 UTC+10:00] [Business / The economy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: In Qatar, a desert peninsula protruding into the Persian Gulf, natural gas turned the country from a pearl-diving backwater into one of the world’s wealthiest nations.
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[2026-05-18 19:13 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Hyundai Motor Co. said the prolonged slowdown in electric vehicle demand has ended in Korea following signs of a rebound in the first quarter, as it pushes a more aggressive EV strategy.
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[2026-05-18 19:08 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Augustus Minerals has topped up its war chest with a $2.5 million placement to fast-track a second round of drilling at its Music Well gold project near Leonora in WA, after a stunning maiden drill campaign recently hit wide zones of gold mineralisation.
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[2026-05-18 19:00 UTC+10:00] [Colombia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Civilians left increasingly exposed as a dangerous new front opens up in the country’s decades-old conflict
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[2026-05-18 18:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Israel built two covert military outposts in Iraq’s western desert in advance of the US-Israel war on Iran, The New York Times has reported.
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[2026-05-18 18:55 UTC+10:00] [Oil] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Trump warning over peace talks drives up crude price as UK gilts hit by uncertainty over Starmer leadership
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[2026-05-18 18:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Four crew members safely ejected from two EA-18G Growlers after the mid-air collision during the Gunfighter Skies Air Show at Mountain Home Air Force Base.
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[2026-05-18 18:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Services on Monday, May 18, 2026, a residential building is seen damaged after a Russian strike on Dnipro, Ukraine. (Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP)
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[2026-05-18 18:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-05-18 18:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te has defended purchases of American weaponry after US President Donald Trump characterized weapons deliveries to the island as a bargaining chip in talks with Beijing.
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[2026-05-18 18:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te has defended purchases of American weaponry after US President Donald Trump characterized weapons deliveries to the island as a bargaining chip in talks with Beijing.
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[2026-05-18 18:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Rival-turned-ally Umno, and allies-turned-rivals Rafizi and Nik Nazmi, may force the prime minister to call an early election
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[2026-05-18 18:19 UTC+10:00] [Malaysia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Rival-turned-ally Umno, and allies-turned-rivals Rafizi and Nik Nazmi, may force the prime minister to call an early election
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[2026-05-18 18:12 UTC+10:00] [Budget] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is pressing Brussels to loosen the EU’s fiscal rules to help governments absorb the economic shock unleashed by the Iran war and soaring energy prices.
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[2026-05-18 18:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-05-18 18:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Boats belonging to the Global Sumud Flotilla, carrying activists and humanitarian aid, depart for Gaza from the port of Marmaris, Turkey, Thursday, May 14, 2026, in an attempt to break the Israeli naval blockade. (AP Photo/Murat Kocabas)
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[2026-05-18 17:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Drone strikes by Mali’s army have killed at least 10 civilians as they prepared to celebrate a wedding in the central region of San in another escalation of the conflict since armed groups launched a widespread coordinated assault late last month.
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[2026-05-18 17:39 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: US president says there ‘won’t be anything left’ of country if it doesn’t come to an agreement
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[2026-05-18 17:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Israel launches strikes across southern Lebanon despite extending ‘ceasefire’
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[2026-05-18 17:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US Central Command (CENTCOM) played a role in regional air defense that helped intercept “more than 6,000 one-way attack drones and over 1,500 ballistic missiles aimed at US forces, Israel, and Arab partners,” during the recent Iran conflict.
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[2026-05-18 17:01 UTC+10:00] [Opinion] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-05-18 16:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Kagome is revamping the packaging of several ketchup products after supply disruptions made white printing ink harder to source, according to Japan Today. The shortage stems from raw material constraints tied to the conflict in the Middle East.
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[2026-05-18 16:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: UPDATES with more info, minor changes in last 2 paras)
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[2026-05-18 16:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Prime Minister’s Office’s unusual decision to confirm that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had visited the United Arab Emirates during the war with Iran was driven by concern that former prime minister Naftali Bennett was also expected to travel to Abu Dhabi, N12 reported on Sunday.
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[2026-05-18 16:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: An analysis by the Wall Street Journal said the United States has so far managed to cover domestic energy demand and offset part of the drop in Gulf oil production caused by the war, but warned that pressures are growing as inventories decline and refineries operate at full capacity.
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[2026-05-18 16:21 UTC+10:00] [Opinion] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-05-18 15:59 UTC+10:00] [Latest Stories] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Inquirer
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said the country should adopt a mindset that it is already in a “political war” amid the ongoing dispute with China in the West Philippine Sea (WPS).
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[2026-05-18 15:54 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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[2026-05-18 15:54 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Since 2017, I have covered South Korea’s political and economic landscape as a reporter, with a focus on foreign affairs, inter-Korean relations and security.As a foreign affairs reporter, I closely follow developments from the Ministry of Unification, the Foreign Ministry and the Defense Ministry, tracking shifts in diplomacy, military policy and North Korea’s evolving posture.
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[2026-05-18 15:50 UTC+10:00] [World / Asia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Male, Maldives: Three Finnish divers have arrived to draw up a fresh plan in the search for the bodies of four Italian divers believed to be deep inside an underwater cave. The initial search was suspended after a local military diver died during a perilous mission to try to reach them.
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[2026-05-18 15:49 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Since 2017, I have covered South Korea’s political and economic landscape as a reporter, with a focus on foreign affairs, inter-Korean relations and security.As a foreign affairs reporter, I closely follow developments from the Ministry of Unification, the Foreign Ministry and the Defense Ministry, tracking shifts in diplomacy, military policy and North Korea’s evolving posture.
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[2026-05-18 15:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 18 (Yonhap) -- The military on Monday resumed an excavation project to locate the remains of four members of a former secret military unit established to train commandos to infiltrate North Korea, the defense ministry said.
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[2026-05-18 15:45 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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[2026-05-18 15:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Former US congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene warned that any decision to deploy American troops to Iran would trigger what she described as a “political revolution” in the United States.
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[2026-05-18 15:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The death-penalty law passed in March by the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, has come into effect after an army commander signed an order implementing the measure, Israeli media has reported.
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[2026-05-18 15:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli broadcaster Channel 13 reported that dozens of US cargo aircraft carrying ammunition from bases in Germany landed in Tel Aviv over the past 24 hours.
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[2026-05-18 15:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: LONDON — European stocks are expected to start the new trading week in negative territory as investors react to the latest developments in the U.S.-Iran war.
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[2026-05-18 14:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli media reported that Israel’s military is preparing for the possibility of renewed conflict with Iran, with public broadcaster Kan citing an unnamed security official as saying Israel would join any new US strikes and target Iranian energy infrastructure.
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[2026-05-18 14:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: There are wars that dominate the global imagination - and others that quietly fall out of it. Sudan has become the latter.
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[2026-05-18 14:22 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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[2026-05-18 14:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The UAE said an unidentified drone struck the territory of its only nuclear power plant on Sunday amid ongoing tensions in the Middle East.
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