Topic: Education — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-18 13:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Financial Times
Snippet: Simply sign up to the Business education myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox.
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[2026-05-18 12:20 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Members of Zonta International, a global women’s service organization, gathered in Seoul to discuss ways to expand advocacy, education and leadership programs for women and girls.
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[2026-05-18 11:53 UTC+10:00] [Editors' Pick] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article.
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[2026-05-18 11:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Can an administration that finds it hard to take feedback from lawmakers truly listen to the public in consultation on the city’s five-year plan?
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[2026-05-18 11:30 UTC+10:00] [Xia Baolong] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Can an administration that finds it hard to take feedback from lawmakers truly listen to the public in consultation on the city’s five-year plan?
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[2026-05-18 11:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent meets with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi during his visit to Japan on Tuesday. (Photo by Ken Suzuki)
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[2026-05-18 10:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: California continues to allow biological males to compete in, and dominate, girls’ high school sports.
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[2026-05-18 09:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A Minnesota high school graduate who followers say is a reincarnated Buddhist lama left home to study in Tibet — but still keeps up with pop culture in the US.
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[2026-05-18 09:00 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Only 3 in 10 elementary, middle and high schools in Seoul have conducted or planned field trips this year, according to data from the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education, highlighting a sharp decline in student experiential learning programs.
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[2026-05-18 08:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Teenagers are known for dishing out the dirt, but not quite like this.
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[2026-05-18 08:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Cornell University’s board of trustees said it’s standing by the Ivy League school’s president Michael Kotlikoff after a group of students followed him to his car and surrounded him following an Israel-Palestine debate series last month.
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[2026-05-18 08:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Regardless of the meeting’s outcome, the trend towards resolution of the Taiwan question won’t change, according to the Tsinghua academic
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[2026-05-18 08:00 UTC+10:00] [National Taiwan University] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Regardless of the meeting’s outcome, the trend towards resolution of the Taiwan question won’t change, according to the Tsinghua academic
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[2026-05-18 07:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A Long Beach surfing standout who was brutally beaten by his high school surf teammates, threatened with death and repeatedly branded a “pedophile” on campus is suing the Long Beach Unified School District for allegedly failing to protect him.
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[2026-05-18 06:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Higher Education
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[2026-05-18 05:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Kimberly Hayek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
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[2026-05-18 04:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Migration Policy
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[2026-05-18 04:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: ABUJA — At least 17 police officers were killed in Nigeria’s northeast Yobe state after suspected Islamist militants attacked a specialised military school that also trains police officers, the national police spokesman said late on Saturday.
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[2026-05-18 03:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Less than one-fourth of Israeli teenagers trust Israeli decision-makers, according to a recent study conducted by the National Student and Youth Council, with the organization's chairman, Dror Cohen, describing the findings as "a wake-up call for the entire system."
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[2026-05-18 03:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A student from an orphanage school that was abducted with others by gunmen in late April, is photographed following his released in Lokoja, Nigeria, Thursday, May 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Haruna Yahaya)
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[2026-05-18 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: ON its founding anniversary today, May 18, 2026, the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) finds itself at a pivotal moment. Pending in the Senate is Senate Bill 1427, which seeks to amend and strengthen the commission’s three-decade-old charter. This is more than a legislative update. It is an opportunity to clarify CHED’s mission, improve its governance, and align its powers with the vision of its founders.
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[2026-05-18 01:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Education Ministry is set to ban cell phones in middle schools at the start of next school year, Education Minister Yoav Kisch announced on Sunday.
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[2026-05-18 01:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: New York City is dealing with elevated crime and disorder, failing and emptying schools, taxpayer flight and a fiscally crunched City Hall.
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[2026-05-18 01:01 UTC+10:00] [Foreign policy] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Jamieson Greer said President Donald Trump is "considering" how to approach a deal.
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[2026-05-18 00:49 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: For over a decade, I’ve navigated the complexities of North Korean affairs, security, and foreign policy from both Seoul and Washington, D.C. As the National Desk Political Team Lead, I track the pulse of geopolitics, closely following developments from the Unification Ministry and the Foreign Ministry. My mornings start with Rodong Sinmun—North Korea’s state mouthpiece—before diving into the day’s headlines from Seoul and Washington.
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[2026-05-18 00:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Back to the good old days.
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[2026-05-18 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Ballots went out last month for leadership positions at the American Sociological Association. Here’s some advice for candidates: Emphasize your Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion credentials. Among the past 13 ASA presidents, 11 were women, and 2 were black men.
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[2026-05-17 23:49 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: For over a decade, I’ve navigated the complexities of North Korean affairs, security, and foreign policy from both Seoul and Washington, D.C. As the National Desk Political Team Lead, I track the pulse of geopolitics, closely following developments from the Unification Ministry and the Foreign Ministry. My mornings start with Rodong Sinmun—North Korea’s state mouthpiece—before diving into the day’s headlines from Seoul and Washington.
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[2026-05-17 23:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THE Department of Science and Technology (DOST), Commission on Higher Education (CHED), State Universities and Colleges (SUCs), and private Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) are advancing the Philippine Technology Evaluation and Standards for Testing (PhiTest), a national initiative designed to accelerate the commercialization of Filipino technologies and strengthen integration into global value chains.
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[2026-05-17 22:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Studying in Israel comes with its own challenges, especially for olim and lone soldiers balancing academics, military service, and life in a new country.
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[2026-05-17 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Tsinghua University team’s tackles one of most unsettling ideas in theoretical physics to possibly open a new pathway in quantum computing
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[2026-05-17 22:00 UTC+10:00] [Sidney Coleman] [Factuality: 95]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Tsinghua University team’s tackles one of most unsettling ideas in theoretical physics to possibly open a new pathway in quantum computing
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[2026-05-17 21:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A Michigan community college student will be the first female welder to represent the United States at a worldwide competition described as the Olympics of the skilled trades. (AP video: Mike Householder)
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[2026-05-17 21:33 UTC+10:00] [Bilateral trade] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Politico
Snippet: TALLINN — The Trump administration doesn’t like a unified European Union because the bloc is a geopolitical power that Washington has to contend with, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Sunday, urging EU member countries not to weaken the bloc by pursuing bilateral agreements with the U.S.
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[2026-05-17 21:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Chief Minister Abdulraof Macacua has asked Minister Mohagher Iqbal to resign immediately in the face of controversy surrounding some P2.247 billion in questionable transactions involving the Ministry of Basic, Higher and Technical Education in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).
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[2026-05-17 20:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: “You won’t believe what my child’s teacher said about Israel and Jews.”
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[2026-05-17 20:09 UTC+10:00] [Chelsea] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The former Real Madrid manager’s desire to sign and create mentality monsters breaks with previous club policy
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[2026-05-17 19:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: EDUCATION Secretary Sonny Angara announced that the Department of Education (DepEd) is easing the healthcare cost burdens of learners, teachers, and parents through the Yaman ng Kalusugan (Yakap) Caravan, which delivers free medical services directly to schools.
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[2026-05-17 19:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: EDUCATION Secretary Sonny Angara has established a centralized Procurement Information Hub to provide visibility into procurement activities at the Department of Education (DepEd) Central Office.
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[2026-05-17 19:30 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: One of Australia’s top former medical advisers has called for tobacco tax cuts, labelling the emergence of a multibillion-dollar black market controlled by organised crime a “whole of government policy failure”.
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[2026-05-17 19:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SENATOR Win Gatchalian assured that high school graduates from households under the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) will soon be prioritized as beneficiaries of the Tertiary Education Subsidy (TES).
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[2026-05-17 18:25 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The Seoul Metropolitan Government has opened submissions for the 44th Seoul Architecture Awards, inviting both completed works and student ideas.
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[2026-05-17 18:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: TOKYO (Japan News/ANN) -- About 200 rose plants of a variety named in honor of a young diarist who died in the holocaust have bloomed at Takaido Junior High School in Suginami Ward, Tokyo.
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[2026-05-17 18:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: DHAKA, Bangladesh (Daily Star/ANN) -- By late afternoon, Runa Begum was still moving through Shahbagh carrying trays of reshmi bangles across both arms. The morning had already passed between New Market, Nilkhet and the Dhaka University area, but sales remained slow. Every few minutes, she stopped near groups of students or women passing by, briefly lifting the bangles forward before continuing through the crowd.
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[2026-05-17 18:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The federal government’s primary vote has slumped 3 percentage points to just 29 per cent after Labor broke a slew of promises on tax policy, but support has flowed to One Nation rather than the Coalition following the release of the pivotal “tough decisions” budget last Tuesday.
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[2026-05-17 17:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Maryna Homeniuk, an English teacher, and her boyfriend Yurii Orlov, a former hockey player, were killed in this week’s Russian strikes on Kyiv. Homeniuk and Orlov fell in love after meeting on a dating app in Kyiv. They were also planning to get married and have a family. But those future dreams vanished when a Russian strike flattened a Kyiv apartment building.
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[2026-05-17 17:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 17 (Yonhap) -- The presidential office said Sunday that the government will advance key policies in welfare, labor and other areas by prioritizing the protection of people's lives and livelihoods.
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[2026-05-17 17:53 UTC+10:00] [ASIA PACIFIC] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: Donald Trump claims “nothing’s changed” on U.S. policy toward Taiwan. But the U.S. president’s stunning remarks about support for the democratic island — and what they portend following his high-profile summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping — belie a shifting reality on the ground.
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[2026-05-17 15:35 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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[2026-05-17 15:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A breakthrough study published on Tuesday by Hebrew University shows that stem cells in the gut actively defend the body against dangerous infections like Salmonella.
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