Topic: Weather — Neutral reports only
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[2026-08-19 20:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Notre Dame coach Marcus Freeman shakes hands with his players as they come off the field after scoring a touchdown against Arkansas during an NCAA college football game Sept. 27, 2025, in Fayetteville, Ark. (AP Photo/Michael Woods, File)
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[2026-08-19 20:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Florida State head coach Mike Norvell has words with an official during the first half of an NCAA college football game against Florida, Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025, in Gainesville, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux, file)
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[2026-08-19 19:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The extreme weather arrives during a prolonged pre-Christmas peak shipping season for the port
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[2026-08-19 19:30 UTC+10:00] [Maersk] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The extreme weather arrives during a prolonged pre-Christmas peak shipping season for the port
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[2026-08-19 19:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- Going up against elite fields in the two remaining tournaments of the annual PGA Tour playoffs, South Korean veteran Kim Si-woo knows his time is running out to pick up a win in 2026.
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[2026-08-19 18:15 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Stray Kids have reached new milestones on the Billboard charts, earning the group’s highest-ever Hot 100 ranking on Wednesday while extending their record-breaking run atop the Billboard 200 the day before.
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[2026-08-19 18:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The World Meteorological Organization predicts the sea surface temperature anomaly in the El Niño/La Niña indicator area in the Pacific Ocean to rise to an average of +2.9° Celsius in the August-September-October period.
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[2026-08-19 16:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Local Spain
Snippet: Colombian visitor accused of starting Huesca wildfire, lawyers arrested in Málaga for stealing €1 million from deceased foreigners, last day of heat before significant temperature drop and more news from Spain on Wednesday August 19th.
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[2026-08-19 16:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: County Court judge John Kelly described the men's conduct as "appalling and inexcusable". (ABC News: Danielle Bonica)
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[2026-08-19 15:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- The Seoul metropolitan government announced Wednesday a sweeping urban initiative to provide continuous shaded paths across all city sidewalks starting in 2028, framing extreme heat as a critical public safety disaster.
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[2026-08-19 15:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines —Tropical Depression "Neneng" maintained its strength while moving northwestward, enhancing the southwest monsoon that has been dumping rain and causing flooding in Metro Manila and a wide swathe of Luzon over the past few days, said the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) on Wednesday.
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[2026-08-19 14:39 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The Seoul Metropolitan Government plans to create shaded walking routes across the city to protect residents from increasingly severe summer heat, Mayor Oh Se-hoon said Wednesday.
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[2026-08-19 14:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Mist showers help visitors cope with the heat at the Tokyo Disney Resort in Chiba prefecture near Tokyo on July 1. (Photo by Marie Yoshimura)
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[2026-08-19 14:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Debris is seen along Hawaiʻi Belt Road near Pahala, Hawaii, Sunday, Aug. 16, 2026, after a severe weather system went through the area. (Stephen Lam/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)
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[2026-08-19 14:16 UTC+10:00] [SPORTS] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: It was the heat wave over the Fourth of July weekend that finally pushed Jen Dimascio-Donohue to hit the “checkout” button on an item that had been sitting in her cart for months.
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[2026-08-19 13:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Readers discuss how to better assess heat exposure at work, the accessibility of the Wang Fuk Court fire inquiry documents, and the US-Iran war
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[2026-08-19 13:30 UTC+10:00] [Hong Kong Observatory] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Readers discuss how to better assess heat exposure at work, the accessibility of the Wang Fuk Court fire inquiry documents, and the US-Iran war
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[2026-08-19 13:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Ticket holders to the Mundi Mundi Bash have reported waiting hours to enter the festival site. (Supplied: Monique McGrath)
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[2026-08-19 12:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- K-pop boy band Stray Kids' new single "This & That" debuted at No. 38 on the Billboard Hot 100, according to the latest chart released Tuesday (U.S. time), marking the group's highest-ever position on the chart.
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[2026-08-19 12:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Domestic political heat and unhappiness over the sultanate’s negotiations with Tehran are behind the US president’s outburst
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[2026-08-19 12:37 UTC+10:00] [Strait of Hormuz] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Domestic political heat and unhappiness over the sultanate’s negotiations with Tehran are behind the US president’s outburst
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[2026-08-19 12:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Very bad weather forced one flight to execute a missed approach while four others performed go-around maneuvers to land safely on Wednesday, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP).
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[2026-08-19 12:34 UTC+10:00] [Climate Change] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-08-19 12:26 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Katseye’s prerelease “Animal” ranked No. 30 on Billboard’s Hot 100, climbing up five places from the previous week.
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[2026-08-19 12:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Indiana Fever’s Kelsey Mitchell (0) drives as Toronto Tempo’s Kia Nurse (11) and Marina Mabrey (3) defend during the first half of a WNBA basketball game in Toronto on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026. (Chris Young/The Canadian Press via AP)
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[2026-08-19 12:13 UTC+10:00] [ENVIRONMENT] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: Rising temperatures in the ocean now have the potential to cause intense storms in Europe later this year, according to new research.
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[2026-08-19 11:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A man wades through floodwater as State Deserter Response Force (SDRF) personnel travel on a boat headed to rescue affected people after heavy monsoon rain in Guwahati, India, July 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath, File)
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[2026-08-19 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Weather Forecasts
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[2026-08-19 10:39 UTC+10:00] [ENVIRONMENT] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: NIKKO, Tochigi Pref. – Long after sunset, Motoaki Iijima’s illuminated greenhouse north of Tokyo glows like a lantern as the flower farmer harvests pink and orange gerberas, avoiding a daytime sun fierce enough to be deadly.
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[2026-08-19 10:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: While wet weather is forecast for many this week, some long-range forecasts are suggesting further dry and sunny spells in September.
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[2026-08-19 10:00 UTC+10:00] [Philippine News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-08-19 09:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Debris is seen along Hawaiʻi Belt Road near Pahala, Hawaii, Sunday, Aug. 16, 2026, after a severe weather system went through the area. (Stephen Lam/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)
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[2026-08-19 08:01 UTC+10:00] [Climate change] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: BRUSSELS — Europe’s seas are overheating and climate change is to blame, researchers said Wednesday, warning that marine heat waves are threatening ecosystems and coastal communities.
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[2026-08-19 04:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-19 03:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Pocari Sweat differentiates itself from global competitors through its medical roots. (Photo by Ken Kobayashi)
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[2026-08-19 01:35 UTC+10:00] [Richard Tice] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Telling the country to enjoy the heat while it burns, you have to wonder if Tice has lost all sense of reality
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[2026-08-19 00:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Damage to oil and gas pipelines and other energy infrastructure can be tracked in near real-time from space, using new heat-sensing images.
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[2026-08-18 23:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A man’s shirt is bathed in sweat before seven in the morning as he parks cars and provides security for a downtown cafe July 20, 2023, in Mexicali, Mexico. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)
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[2026-08-18 22:53 UTC+10:00] [Television] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The Vampire Lestat has seduced fans around the world with his eye-popping antics. But this obsession with hot vamps goes way beyond forbidden love, bare chests and a taste for LSD-laced blood
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[2026-08-18 22:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Defense attorney Volker Klein makes a statement at the regional court in Koblenz, Germany, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026, during a recess in the murder trial of an 81-year-old man admitted to sexually abusing and killing an American tourist in Germany more than 30 years ago. (Thomas Frey/dpa via AP)
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[2026-08-18 22:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Tehran has already begun positioning itself to suppress potential domestic unrest and weather the prolonged economic hardship that could result from an extended US blockade or a return to more active conflict with the US, according to international experts. At the same time, reports indicate that Tehran remains open to negotiations, provided any agreement meets all of its demands, including leaving the Strait of Hormuz under Iranian control.
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[2026-08-18 22:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Rain has returned to parts of the UK this week but after months of dry weather will it be enough to end the drought?
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[2026-08-18 22:25 UTC+10:00] [Philippine News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-08-18 22:18 UTC+10:00] [Suburbs] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: A sign outside Cupid’s Hot Dogs, in the San Fernando Valley, alerted customers to the big day this week: “A Love Letter to the Valley,” it read. “Celebrate the 818 on 8/18.”
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[2026-08-18 21:00 UTC+10:00] [Trees and forests] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Woodland Trust says trees struggling in drought stress, with older ‘survivors’ disproportionately affected
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[2026-08-18 19:00 UTC+10:00] [Virginia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Authorities blamed Nanner for knocking over a heat fixture, but Brittany Jacobs contends it was trying to escape blaze
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[2026-08-18 19:00 UTC+10:00] [Comedy films] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Critics might have been sniffy back in 2001 but the silly summer camp comedy has endured and director David Wain has been enjoying the ‘slow-burn’ appreciation
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[2026-08-18 18:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — A new tropical depression developed over the Philippine Area of Responsibility, enhancing the southwest monsoon and bringing more rain to Metro Manila and other areas in Luzon, according to the Philippine Atmospheric. Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa).
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[2026-08-18 17:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Summer in the UAE looks like it is coming to an end, with the Suhail star expected next week.
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[2026-08-18 16:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Local Spain
Snippet: Spain's 'Wolfman' dies , Barcelona remembers victims of Ramblas terror attack, increase in heat-related deaths and more news this Tuesday August 18th.
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