Topic: Weather — Neutral reports only
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[2026-08-14 10:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: TOKYO -- Sumo lessons, kabuki performances and traditional meals are part of the latest fusion of Japanese culture put together to satisfy the appetites of foreign visitors.
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[2026-08-14 10:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Eyre Peninsula farmer Dion Williams says his crops are looking "absolutely amazing" this year. (Supplied: Dion Williams)
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[2026-08-14 10:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Temperatures are forecast to hit 34C (93F) in parts of south-east England on Friday as the UK's fifth widespread heatwave of the year continues - but it is predicted to be the last day of sweltering temperatures for most people.
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[2026-08-14 08:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-14 07:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Giannis Antetokounmpo habla durante una conferencia de prensa en la que fue presentado como nuevo miembro del equipo de los Heat de Miami, el jueves 16 de julio de 2026, en Miami. (Foto AP/Marta Lavandier)
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[2026-08-14 07:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: LONDON — Firefighters were tackling multiple fires in central England on Thursday after the U.K. recorded its hottest day of the year as an intense stretch of hot weather continued to grip Europe.
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[2026-08-14 07:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-14 06:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Big Issue vendors are struggling to sell magazines in the UK's extreme heat, which is having an "immediate" impact on their earnings, Big Issue's managing director says.
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[2026-08-14 06:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-14 05:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Giannis Antetokounmpo speaks during a news conference where he was introduced as a new member of the Miami Heat team Thursday, July 16, 2026, in Miami. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)
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[2026-08-14 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Food / Eating out (Bris)] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: It’s cold, you forgot your lunch, and you need something to lift your spirits for the afternoon. In short, you need a piping hot bowl of noodle soup.
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[2026-08-14 04:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: On a sunny afternoon in early August, the hot air rippled above a sandbar in Casco Bay as a group of researchers dove into the water. Wearing wetsuits and flippers, they swam out over sand, rocks and kelp until they reached their destination: a verdant seagrass meadow.
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[2026-08-14 04:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-14 04:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Millions of people across Europe, including in France, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom are sweltering through another wave of extreme temperatures as the continent’s latest heatwave intensifies.
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[2026-08-14 03:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Fidel Castro, the revolutionary leader who ruled Cuba for nearly five decades, was one of the defining figures of the Cold War, defying successive US administrations and surviving hundreds of reported assassination attempts.
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[2026-08-14 03:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Fidel Castro, the revolutionary leader who ruled Cuba for nearly five decades, was one of the defining figures of the Cold War, defying successive US administrations and surviving hundreds of reported assassination attempts.
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[2026-08-14 02:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The ruins of the ancient Roman Neronian bridge, emerge from the riverbed of the Tiber river due to drought, in Rome, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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[2026-08-14 02:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A woman shades under an umbrella as she walks past the London Eye during the fifth heatwave of the year in London, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
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[2026-08-14 02:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: A STUDY conducted by the Social Weather Stations (SWS) found that the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) “Walang Gutom” (No Hunger) Food Stamp program reduced involuntary hunger and food insecurity among beneficiaries.
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[2026-08-14 02:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The second of the two 706-megawatt nuclear reactors at Cernavodă was disconnected just before midday on Thursday
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[2026-08-14 01:48 UTC+10:00] [UK weather] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Kew Gardens in London hits 38.1C and 40C-plus recorded in parts of Europe with continent trapped under heat dome
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[2026-08-14 01:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-14 01:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: TOKYO (AP) — Record-breaking heavy rain pounded eastern Japan Thursday, flooding roads and homes, paralyzing traffic and causing power outages to tens of thousands of homes near Tokyo, officials said. At least one person was found dead.
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[2026-08-14 01:34 UTC+10:00] [Budget] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: PARIS — French firefighting unions are calling for a nationwide protest next month after accusing the government of failing to adequately support them during a summer of unprecedented heat.
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[2026-08-14 01:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Tyumen, one of Siberia’s largest cities, made national headlines in July when flooding along the local Tura River began to resemble scenes of a biblical plague.
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[2026-08-14 00:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Heat Stress at Work Warning system is intended to alert outdoor manual workers and those indoors with limited ventilation to risks
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[2026-08-14 00:39 UTC+10:00] [scmp] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Heat Stress at Work Warning system is intended to alert outdoor manual workers and those indoors with limited ventilation to risks
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[2026-08-13 23:38 UTC+10:00] [Climate change] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Romania shut down Cernavodă’s second and last operating nuclear reactor Thursday after the drought-hit Danube River fell too low to supply its cooling pumps.
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[2026-08-13 23:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Paul Grinvalds, of West Des Moines, Iowa, runs with the Raccoon River Running Club, Sunday, Aug. 9, 2026, in West Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
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[2026-08-13 21:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: England's A&Es are experiencing their busiest period ever, with the record-breaking heat cited as a key factor.
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[2026-08-13 21:40 UTC+10:00] [Philippine News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-08-13 21:00 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Ken Arnold of Leura can back up Rhoda Silber’s remark about the incongruous snow situation in Johannesburg (C8). “I can recall what was probably the same occurrence, around September 1981. A colleague in Johannesburg decided that, being the dry season, it was the ideal time renovate their roof. The day after removing the roof, it didn’t rain – it snowed.”
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[2026-08-13 20:27 UTC+10:00] [Climate change] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: PARIS — France’s historically hot summer will end up costing the country €10 billion to €15 billion — the equivalent of as much as 0.5 percent of French gross domestic product — according to an estimate shared by Minister for Ecological Transition Monique Barbut.
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[2026-08-13 20:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Cernavoda Nuclear Power Plant, which had to close one of it’s reactors due to extremely low water levels on the Danube River, is seen in Cernavoda, Romania, Monday, Aug. 3 2026. (AP Photo/ Andreea Alexandru)
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[2026-08-13 19:59 UTC+10:00] [Climate crisis] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Even the athletes taking part in the European Athletics Championships in Birmingham are feeling the heat today…
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[2026-08-13 18:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Heatwave has taken toll on indoor and outdoor workers, triggering calls for authorities to review heat stress prevention measures
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[2026-08-13 18:30 UTC+10:00] [scmp] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Heatwave has taken toll on indoor and outdoor workers, triggering calls for authorities to review heat stress prevention measures
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[2026-08-13 18:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom – Tom Pearson looks down at a crack in his own field, wide enough to plunge his fingers into.
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[2026-08-13 18:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The Danube and other rivers in Europe are experiencing historic drought conditions which have thrown shipping, tourism and energy supply into disarray.
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[2026-08-13 17:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Hello everyone, it's Cissy from Hong Kong, your #techAsia host this week. It's been seriously hot here recently. On Sunday, the temperature downtown hit 36.9 C, making it the hottest day Hong Kong has recorded since 1884. The heat was partly blamed on Typhoon Dolphin trapping warm air over the city.
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[2026-08-13 17:19 UTC+10:00] [Food / Recipes] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: These sticky, soy-glazed pork noodles deliver all the bold flavours of your local takeaway spot in less time than an app order. Loaded with tender pork, crisp greens and a hot, crunchy chilli-garlic oil, it’s fast-paced satisfaction delivered straight from your own kitchen.
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[2026-08-13 16:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Yonhap) -- The Lee Jae Myung administration is putting greater emphasis on housing supply as the red-hot property market in the wider Seoul area exposes the limits of taxes, tight lending rules and other measures aimed at curbing speculative demand, adding to public discontent over its real estate policy.
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[2026-08-13 16:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s net satisfaction rating has improved to "neutral" in June, a recovery from “poor” rating in March, a Social Weather Stations survey (SWS) showed.
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[2026-08-13 16:17 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Koreans mark the three hottest days of summer with restorative food, and the last one is on Friday
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[2026-08-13 16:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Burnt corn fields stretch across acres of dry land in north-eastern Bosnia-Herzegovina, where farmers said severe heat and drought devastated this year’s crop. The country has seen multiple heat waves this summer. The most recent heat wave reached its peak across the Balkans Thursday as temperatures neared 40 C (104 F) and authorities battled drought and wildfires.
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[2026-08-13 16:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Yonhap) -- Rain is forecast across South Korea over the upcoming three-day weekend, the national weather agency said Thursday, likely bringing relief to southern regions suffering from a severe drought.
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[2026-08-13 15:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Snow cannons are stored during the summer months at the Adelboden-Lenk ski resort facility in the Lenk valley, Switzerland, Monday, Aug. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Hernan Munoz)
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[2026-08-13 14:59 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: A Korean YouTuber has touched off controversy after filming at a mixed-gender outdoor hot spring in Japan despite the facility's no-filming policy.
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[2026-08-13 14:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Temperatures are expected to rise as high as 38 C (100 F) in some parts, in what looks set to be Britain’s hottest summer on record. (AP video: Kwiyeon Ha)
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[2026-08-13 14:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: On many beaches in Southern California, stingray incidents have spiked from a year ago thanks to a marine heat wave that has drawn more swimmers and rays to the shore which should only become more frequent due to expected El Niño conditions. (AP Video by Eugene Garcia)
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