Topic: Education — Neutral reports only
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[2026-07-17 06:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: John Esposito, a world-renowned American author, professor, and scholar of Islam who consistently challenged western stereotypes, died aged 86 on Wednesday, his colleagues at Georgetown University in Washington, DC, announced.
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[2026-07-17 05:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump arrives at the United States Army War College for the Pennsylvania Defense and Innovation Summit, Wednesday, July 15, 2026, in Carlisle, Pa. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
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[2026-07-17 05:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-07-17 05:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: The Korea Polar Research Institute's icebreaker Araon set off on July 11 for its 17th Arctic voyage. The ship, which can carry about 45 standard shipping containers, is also used to resupply South Korea's Antarctic research stations. (South Korean Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries)
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[2026-07-17 04:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Keith Sonderling testifies during a Senate Health Education Labor and Pension committee confirmation hearing to be the Labor Secretary, on Capitol Hill, Thursday, July 16, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)
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[2026-07-17 04:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SPEAKER Faustino “Bojie” Dy III is pushing for the inclusion of digital literacy in basic education.
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[2026-07-17 03:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Abu Agila Mohammad Masud, accused of making the bomb that brought down Pan Am flight 103 over the Scottish town of Lockerbie in 1988, was in court on Thursday as legal representatives discussed airline baggage policies in place at the time.
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[2026-07-17 02:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US military leadership has held off on ordering an intelligence review to help determine the events surrounding the US-attributed strike that hit a school in Iran in the initial strikes during Operation Epic Fury, CNN reported on Thursday, citing three sources familiar with the matter.
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[2026-07-17 02:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The Trump administration on Thursday moved to tighten the duration of visas for foreign students, cultural exchange visitors and journalists, a government notice indicated.
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[2026-07-17 02:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The administration of United States President Donald Trump is putting new time limits on visas for foreign students, exchange visitors and journalists, ending a decades-old system that let many of them stay in the US for as long as they remained in school or on assignment.
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[2026-07-17 02:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SOME people were surprised by the figures I cited in my articles on the amount of money that the Department of Education (DepEd) has invested in the procurement of books. A total of P19 billion was released for the current school year to buy mostly textbooks for our public-school students.
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[2026-07-17 02:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: IMAGINE four Filipino migrants in Japan. One teaches English at a university. Another works as an accountant in a multinational company. A third is a nurse in a community hospital. The fourth operates machinery in an automobile factory. At first glance, they seem to have one thing in common: All need Japanese to perform their jobs.
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[2026-07-17 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: ERROR 404 page not found Click here to go to the home page
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[2026-07-17 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Australia news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: ‘We already have more than 1,000 recommendations. The knowledge gap isn’t there. There’s an implementation gap’, policy expert says
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[2026-07-17 00:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: For the first time in over three years, South Korea’s central bank raised its policy interest rate by 0.25% points to 2.75%, inline with expectations, and kicking off a monetary tightening cycle aimed at containing inflationary pressures spurred by the AI-driven semiconductor boom. It also helped spark a fresh rout in Korean stocks whose daily volatility has become borderline farcical with daily 5% swings having become the norm.
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[2026-07-16 23:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: This 2023 photo provided by Old Dominion University shows Professor Kent Carpenter. (Chuck Thomas/Old Dominion University via AP)
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[2026-07-16 22:56 UTC+10:00] [Exam results] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: Already have Rappler+? Sign in to listen to groundbreaking journalism.
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[2026-07-16 22:47 UTC+10:00] [Consumer Policy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: A judge in the United States has ordered a pause in the Trump administration's visa restriction policy targeting disinformation researchers and platform regulators, including former European Commissioner Thierry Breton.
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[2026-07-16 21:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Six haredi women and 10 academics petitioned the High Court of Justice on Thursday to strike down, or sharply restrict, a law expanding gender-segregated studies in Israeli higher education, arguing that the legislation dismantles the safeguards on which the court previously found the practice constitutional.
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[2026-07-16 21:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A British school with hundreds of Muslim students was evacuated after it was subjected to a bomb threat on Tuesday, local media reported.
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[2026-07-16 20:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: This is our flagship newsletter Morning Wire. You can subscribe here and we’ll email it to you daily.
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[2026-07-16 20:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: The Higher School of Economics, one of Russia’s most prestigious universities, announced Thursday that it will offer free tuition to applicants who sign a one-year military contract to fight in Ukraine, even if they fail to meet the university’s entrance exam requirements.
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[2026-07-16 19:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: A by-product of LNG production, helium is critical for hi-tech industries including semiconductors, medical equipment and aerospace
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[2026-07-16 19:33 UTC+10:00] [China] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: A by-product of LNG production, helium is critical for hi-tech industries including semiconductors, medical equipment and aerospace
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[2026-07-16 19:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Shenzhen’s Pui Kiu College reports 87 per cent pass rate, while ASJNU in Guangzhou says its rate was 71 per cent, compared with 42.7 per cent for Hong Kong
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[2026-07-16 19:05 UTC+10:00] [Guangzhou] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Shenzhen’s Pui Kiu College reports 87 per cent pass rate, while ASJNU in Guangzhou says its rate was 71 per cent, compared with 42.7 per cent for Hong Kong
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[2026-07-16 19:00 UTC+10:00] [Education] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ProPublica
Snippet: These highlights were written by the reporters and editors who worked on this story.
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[2026-07-16 18:51 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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[2026-07-16 17:21 UTC+10:00] [Culture / Movies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Until the opening day of The Odyssey in cinemas, university student Shreeya Singh had never watched a Christopher Nolan film.
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[2026-07-16 16:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BACOLOD CITY — The Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) has cleared the University of Negros Occidental-Recoletos (UNO-R) of any danger after two bullets with a threatening note were found on campus Thursday morning, July 16, 2026.
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[2026-07-16 16:00 UTC+10:00] [Home Office] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The dual national, who missed six weeks of school, is latest of several children affected by recent Home Office policy
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[2026-07-16 15:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 16 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung has named a former Google Korea executive as secretary for youth policy who will oversee the new office designed to address issues affecting young people, a presidential spokesperson said Thursday.
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[2026-07-16 15:56 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Local education authorities and law enforcement are investigating a possible privacy breach concerning a school principal using a teacher's personal information to check her medical records at a hospital.
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[2026-07-16 15:43 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Another university leader has apologised to Jewish students and staff over pro-Palestinian protests on campus, and vowed to “do better”.
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[2026-07-16 15:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Vickrum Digwa murdered Southampton university student, Henry Nowak, on 3 December 2025
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[2026-07-16 15:10 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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[2026-07-16 15:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Two leading Jewish civil rights groups stepped up after Jewish teachers reported antisemitic harassment last year at the National Education Association’s annual convention, only to devolve into disagreement ahead of this year’s convention.
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[2026-07-16 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: China’s growing hunger for critical minerals partly drove the increase, but the tariff reduction is also fuelling trade in several new sectors
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[2026-07-16 15:00 UTC+10:00] [African agricultural products] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: China’s growing hunger for critical minerals partly drove the increase, but the tariff reduction is also fuelling trade in several new sectors
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[2026-07-16 14:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Shares of HKEX have lost about 5 per cent so far this year, roughly in line with the performance of the Hang Seng Index
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[2026-07-16 14:21 UTC+10:00] [Bond Connect Southbound] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Shares of HKEX have lost about 5 per cent so far this year, roughly in line with the performance of the Hang Seng Index
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[2026-07-16 14:15 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: People who report unregistered private academies or illegal tutoring services in South Korea can now receive rewards of up to 2 million won ($1,347), the Education Ministry said Thursday.
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[2026-07-16 14:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Supporters listen to a speaker during a protest by the Cockroach Janta Party demanding the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over alleged examination irregularities and repeated paper leaks, in New Delhi, India, on July 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
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[2026-07-16 13:16 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: July 16, 2026 13:16 | News
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[2026-07-16 13:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Thu 16 Jul 2026 at 1:05pm
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[2026-07-16 12:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Royal Commissions
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[2026-07-16 12:47 UTC+10:00] [Royal commission on antisemitism and social cohesion] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Internal safety review at Australian National University found encampment had ‘high’ psychosocial risk rating
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[2026-07-16 12:01 UTC+10:00] [Far right] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: BRUSSELS — EU lawmakers are heading into recess with a stack of political homework: whether the Socialists should challenge Roberta Metsola, what her political family is prepared to offer to keep her in office, and how each group can protect its share of Parliament’s top jobs.
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[2026-07-16 11:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: ABOITIZ Economic Estates and Batangas State University, The National Engineering University, formally inducted industry leaders into the Industry Advisory Council (IAC) through an Induction and Onboarding Program held at the Talent Edge Hub at LIMA Estate last July 2026, reinforcing collaboration between industry and academia to strengthen workforce readiness and align education with evolving industry needs.
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[2026-07-16 11:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 16 (Yonhap) -- The following is the full text of a statement by the Bank of Korea (BOK) on its monetary policy decision Thursday, where the central bank raised the key rate by 25 basis points to 2.75 percent at its rate-setting meeting in Seoul.
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