Topic: Education — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-12 06:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: St Peter’s College Bambalapitiya produced a powerful display to defeat Ananda College Colombo by a commanding 45 points (five goals, two tries) to 3 (one penalty) in the opening pre-quarter-final of the Dialog Schools Under-19 Knockout Rugby Tournament for the President’s Trophy played at the Royal Sports Complex yesterday, sealing a comprehensive victory and advancing to the quarter-finals after leading 19-3 at the ‘breather’.
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[2026-03-12 06:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before departing on Marine One from the South Lawn of the White House, Wednesday, March 11, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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[2026-03-12 06:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Battle of the Blues is an amazing cricket encounter. Over the decades this big match has transcended cricket. To me the Royal-Thomian elevates the levels of fraternity to another level. Through strong bonds of friendship,college friends are united in camaraderie.The bonds from our college days have been beautifully sustained decades later.I have heard many past cricketers, from both schools say “Cricket was our life.
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[2026-03-12 06:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Sri Lanka commemorated IORA Day 2026 yesterday (11) with the official launch of the IORA Centre of Excellence on Ocean Sciences and Environment. The hybrid event organised by the Foreign Affairs Ministry and the Ocean University of Sri Lanka, which host the Centre of Excellence, was attended by of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Employment Deputy Minister Arun Hemachandra.
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[2026-03-12 06:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Over the years, Science College, Mt. Lavinia has produced some elegant and successful rugby players, who are also outstanding gentlemen. After representing high stranded of rugby in school and clubs, they have progressed to sport the Sri Lanka Jersey.
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[2026-03-12 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: People’s Bank recently organised a special programme for entrepreneurs in the Mirigama Divisional Secretariat area under its Entrepreneurial Villages initiative, aimed at enhancing financial literacy and strengthening business sustainability among Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs).
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[2026-03-12 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The government has decided to increase the number of banking institutions in implementing an interest-free student loan scheme, for students who have passed the Advanced Level, with no opportunity of enrolling in a state university, to acquire a government-recognised degree at non-state higher education institutions.
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[2026-03-12 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Prof. Priyanga Dunusinghe of the Department of Economics at the University of Colombo said that it is time to resort to methods such as establishing a fuel fund with the aim of minimising the adverse effects on local consumers and producers due to the sharp increase and decrease in fuel prices in the world market.
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[2026-03-12 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Colombo Vivekananda College, in line with celebrations associated with the school’s centenary which falls on March 24, 2026, organised a humanitarian project led by the 1995 O/L and 1998 A/L Alumni groups at which essential items were distributed to children receiving inpatient treatment at the National Cancer Institute (Apeksha Hospital) in Maharagama.
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[2026-03-12 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: A special discussion was successfully held yesterday (11) to engage environmental researchers in establishing a scientific foundation for the national policy-making and environmental conservation processes of the Environment Ministry.
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[2026-03-12 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Iran says its policy for reciprocal strikes “has ended”, a spokesman for Tehran’s Khatam al-Anbiya military command headquarters says in a statement.
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[2026-03-12 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Isipathana College, Colombo won their first-round fixture in the Under-19 Two-Day Inter-Schools Cricket Tournament yesterday, defeating St. Sylvester’s College, Kandy by 8 wickets, with Tharun Perera excelling with the bat and ball, scoring 84 and 40 and taking 2 wickets. Meanwhile, St. Sebastian’s College, Katuneriya played out a hard-fought draw against St.
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[2026-03-12 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Last year’s President’s Trophy runners-up Trinity College Kandy launched their campaign in style with a comfortable 38 points (four goals, two tries) to 8 (one try, one penalty) victory over Thurstan College in their pre-quarter-final of the Dialog Schools Under-19 President’s Trophy Knockout Rugby Tournament played at the CR and FC Grounds in Longden Place yesterday after leading 38-0 at lemons.
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[2026-03-12 06:08 UTC+10:00] [Sudan] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Strike in Shukeiri killed teachers and health care workers and is latest incident in three-year war
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[2026-03-12 06:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: An aerial view of ExxonMobil Houston Campus in The Woodlands, Texas, on May 17, 2016. (Gary Coronado/Houston Chronicle via AP, File)
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[2026-03-12 05:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A puffer-jacketed bozo was busted in the random sucker-punch attack of an NYPD school crossing guard during the morning rush, cops said Wednesday.
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[2026-03-12 05:23 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Strike that killed at least 175 people, most of them children, reportedly due to targeting mistake by US military planners
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[2026-03-12 05:21 UTC+10:00] [US news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Jason Hughes died after slipping into the road as teens fled a prank involving toilet paper
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[2026-03-12 05:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Passengers say a new rule in the friendly skies has them stashing more than just their tray tables.
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[2026-03-12 04:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A University of Kentucky cheerleader accused of leaving her newborn son for dead may soon find herself behind bars.
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[2026-03-12 04:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A pair of twisted Florida teens who allegedly plotted to kill a classmate were caught on camera joking about the murder and discussing how to look good in their mugshots shortly after their arrest, according to a report Wednesday.
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[2026-03-12 03:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Alberto Carvalho, Superintendent of Los Angeles Unified School District speaks about students’ improved rising scores before Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation related to student literacy in Los Angeles on Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)
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[2026-03-12 03:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A Texas teacher whose smiling booking photo shot her to infamy after she was caught having an inappropriate relationship with a teen boy in 2017 is still with her husband, according to a report.
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[2026-03-12 03:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: AS my good friend and colleague Stephen CuUnjieng explained in a television interview earlier this week, the government’s move to drop the excise tax on fuel — and possibly remove or modify the value-added tax as well, although that seems unlikely — in order to provide some cushion against skyrocketing oil prices is a reasonable short-term measure, but not a sound, long-term solution to the risks that import dependence impose on the Philippines.
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[2026-03-12 03:00 UTC+10:00] [World / North America] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Washington: An ongoing military investigation has determined that the United States is responsible for a deadly Tomahawk missile strike on an Iranian elementary school, according to US officials and others familiar with the preliminary findings.
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[2026-03-12 02:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Schools in parts of northern England have been warned that some pupils' drawings could be viewed as blasphemous under Islamic law, according to media reports.
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[2026-03-12 02:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A California girl who was kidnapped in 2020 has been found all the way across the country, enrolled in school under an alias.
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[2026-03-12 01:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: CAIRO (AP) — An explosive-laden drone blamed on Sudanese paramilitaries struck a secondary school and a health care center in southern Sudan Wednesday, killing at least 17 people, mostly schoolgirls, a hospital official and a medical group said.
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[2026-03-12 01:42 UTC+10:00] [Professor Xiang Zhang] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: ‘We might be the only university that stands out to say humanities are important,’ HKU head tells media at reception event
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[2026-03-12 01:35 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 90]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Auto news: Will Australians spend over $100,000 on a Chinese car?
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[2026-03-12 00:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth reportedly gutted Pentagon oversight offices that would normally help investigate the deadly US strike on an Iranian girls’ school that killed at least 170 people last month, according to a Politico report.
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[2026-03-12 00:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth reportedly gutted Pentagon oversight offices that would normally help investigate the deadly US strike on an Iranian girls’ school that killed at least 170 people last month, according to a Politico report.
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[2026-03-12 00:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The grieving mother of a 12-year-old girl who died after getting into a fight with another student when getting off the school bus has recalled the sickening moment she discovered her daughter lying motionless on the ground.
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[2026-03-11 23:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The EU has approved new sanctions on 19 Iranian officials and entities, its foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said Wednesday, citing "serious human rights violations" during Tehran's deadly crackdown on mass protests.
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[2026-03-11 23:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: University of Perpetual Help System Dalta, a 9-time champion, attempts to bring home the crown anew in the NCAA Cheerleading Championship on Thursday at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City.
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[2026-03-11 22:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US is “not worth fighting for” if it was behind the attack on an Iranian school that killed more than 160 people but refuses to admit responsibility, American journalist Tucker Carlson has said.Speaking during a podcast on his YouTube channel on Tuesday,
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[2026-03-11 22:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The United States is “not worth fighting for” if it carried out the bombing of an Iranian school but refuses to admit responsibility, American journalist Tucker Carlson has said.
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[2026-03-11 22:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: One of the perks of a Columbus podcaster’s alleged “inappropriate relationship” with disgraced ex-Ohio State President Ted Carter may have been complimentary office space — on campus.
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[2026-03-11 22:05 UTC+10:00] [AI (artificial intelligence)] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Users posing as would-be school shooters find AI tools offer detailed advice on how to perpetrate violence
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[2026-03-11 20:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni condemned on Wednesday a deadly missile strike on a school in Iran early in the Middle East war, calling for those responsible to be identified.
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[2026-03-11 20:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: The Professional Regulation Commission on Wednesday announced that 7,838 out of 9,317 (84.13 percent) examinees passed the March 2026 Medical Technologists Licensure Examination.
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[2026-03-11 20:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A 75-year-old math teacher who died over the weekend was discovered inside a Maryland elementary school, officials said Monday.
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[2026-03-11 20:30 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Universities have been forced onto a “morphine drip” of international student revenue to survive decades of declining public funding, former Labor leader Bill Shorten has warned, as he proposed a new sovereign wealth education fund to help stabilise the sector.
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[2026-03-11 20:22 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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[2026-03-11 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The Big Apple needs to reign in its out-of-control spending by more than $6 billion — including massive cuts to a controversial housing voucher program and school funding, the city’s fiscal watchdog said.
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[2026-03-11 19:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Boston University Terriers (17-16, 12-8 Patriot League) at Lehigh Mountain Hawks (17-16, 13-7 Patriot League)
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[2026-03-11 18:00 UTC+10:00] [Photography] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: View image in fullscreenKwunTong #54 HongKong, 2022Beginning in 2019, Austin Bell embarked on a quest to document all 2,549 basketball courts across Hong Kong, using Google Maps and drone photography to navigate the city’s diverse topography. His project involved 140 days of shooting and over 40,000 photos. Here we see a school in Kowloon, rarely accessible to the public, with a faded pink colour scheme matching the surrounding housing estate.
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[2026-03-11 18:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: SEOUL, South Korea, March 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- On March 5, 2026, Philips monitors officially signed a donation agreement with HUFS C&T and held the grand inauguration ceremony for the Philips Evnia Esports Lab. This collaboration aims to provide students in esports-related majors with a practical platform through the deep integration of cutting-edge hardware facilities and educational resources, thereby contributing to the cultivation of esports talent and the development of industry.
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[2026-03-11 17:55 UTC+10:00] [South China Morning Post] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The SCMP and the Asia Society Policy Institute’s Center for China Analysis will co-host a webinar to discuss China’s ‘two sessions’
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[2026-03-11 17:51 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
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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