[2026-05-21 12:15 UTC+10:00] [COMMENTARY] [Factuality: 95]

Source: The Japan Times

Title: China’s messaging is as important as its policy

Snippet: After the first day of meetings between U.S. President Donald Trump and China’s supreme leader, Xi Jinping, a supporter of the U.S. president was ecstatic, exulting on X that Xi had “stunned the room” with his declaration that the two countries “should be partners, not rivals.” In her reading, the call for partnership was a sign of the newfound respect the Chinese leadership has for the U.S.

Read full article: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/05/21/world/chinas-messaging-important-as-policy/

[2026-05-21 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South Korea

Title: S. Korea, EU discuss ways to expand supply chain cooperation

Snippet: SEOUL, May 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and the European Union (EU) held a policy dialogue Thursday to discuss ways to deepen bilateral supply chain cooperation in strategic industries amid heightening geopolitical uncertainties, Seoul's industry ministry said.

Read full article: https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20260521003100320

[2026-05-21 10:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: ABC News

Title: Police evacuate Cairns high school after threat reported

Snippet: Thu 21 May 2026 at 10:44am

Read full article: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-21/police-evacuate-cairns-high-school-after-threat-reported/106705008

[2026-05-21 10:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: New York Post

Title: Fla. teacher allegedly hanged doll of black child by neck to get her students’ ‘attention’: ‘It was wrong and racist’

Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.

Read full article: https://nypost.com/2026/05/20/us-news/fla-teacher-allegedly-hanged-doll-of-black-child-by-neck-to-get-her-students-attention/

[2026-05-21 09:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: New York Post

Title: Rich suburb on lockdown as cops swarm car outside Southern California high school

Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.

Read full article: https://nypost.com/2026/05/20/us-news/aliso-niguel-high-school-placed-on-lockdown-as-cops-swarm-car/

[2026-05-21 09:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: New York Post

Title: Jeff Bezos torches Mamdani for pouring $43B into mismanaged NYC schools

Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.

Read full article: https://nypost.com/2026/05/20/us-news/jeff-bezos-torches-mamdani-for-pouring-43b-into-mismanaged-nyc-schools/

[2026-05-21 08:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: New York Post

Title: Schools hiding gender transitions from parents would lose federal funds under House-passed bill

Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.

Read full article: https://nypost.com/2026/05/20/us-news/schools-hiding-gender-transitions-from-parents-would-lose-federal-funds-under-house-passed-bill/

[2026-05-21 08:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: ABC News

Title: By Piper Duffy

Snippet: Piper Duffy is a multi-platform reporter with ABC News. She joined the ABC while finishing her journalism degree at Curtin University.

Read full article: https://www.abc.net.au/news/piper-duffy/103032054

[2026-05-21 08:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: Meet Antonio Cipriano, who plays Garrett’s best friend Logan in Prime Video’s Off Campus

Snippet: The Broadway star – who was once rumoured to be dating Mean Girls’ Renée Rapp – plays Logan in the hit hockey sports romance

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3354247/meet-antonio-cipriano-who-plays-garretts-best-friend-logan-prime-videos-campus?utm_source=rss_feed

[2026-05-21 08:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: Meet Antonio Cipriano, who plays Garrett’s best friend Logan in Prime Video’s Off Campus

Snippet: The Broadway star – who was once rumoured to be dating Mean Girls’ Renée Rapp – plays Logan in the hit hockey sports romance

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3354247/meet-antonio-cipriano-who-plays-garretts-best-friend-logan-prime-videos-campus

[2026-05-21 06:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: New York Post

Title: School administrator admitted she didn’t search 6-year-old who shot teacher Abby Zwerner after hearing he may have a gun

Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.

Read full article: https://nypost.com/2026/05/20/us-news/school-administrator-admitted-she-didnt-search-6-year-old-who-shot-teacher-abby-zwerner-after-hearing-he-may-have-a-gun/

[2026-05-21 06:00 UTC+10:00] [Consumer affairs] [Factuality: 95]

Source: Guardian Australia

Title: My Tough Mudder event was cancelled but they won’t refund my tickets. What are my rights?

Snippet: Your consumer rights depend on the reason for the cancellation, policy professional Kat George writes, and whether the circumstances were beyond the organiser’s control

Read full article: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/may/21/event-cancelled-no-tickets-refund-what-are-my-rights-customer-service

[2026-05-21 05:00 UTC+10:00] [National / Queensland] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The Age

Title: Private school given go-ahead to cut down koala habitat for new ovals

Snippet: The deputy premier has given a private school in Brisbane’s east the green light to cut down koala habitat for sporting ovals after the plan was knocked back by the local council.

Read full article: https://www.theage.com.au/national/queensland/private-school-given-go-ahead-to-cut-down-koala-habitat-for-new-ovals-20260520-p5zz5q.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed

[2026-05-21 04:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: BBC News

Title: Backlash over Department for Education videos with Gemma Collins

Snippet: The Department for Education (DfE) has received backlash over its collaboration with TV reality star Gemma Collins promoting post-16 education on on social media.

Read full article: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd6pw448nqdo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

[2026-05-21 04:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: AP News

Title: Harvard moves to curb grade inflation by limiting A grades

Snippet: The gates of Harvard Yard at Harvard University, Sept. 30, 2025, in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Read full article: https://apnews.com/article/harvard-university-grade-inflation-limits-49f31504aa93c5409cfb33146d90e4ea

[2026-05-21 04:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: CNBC

Title: Fed officials see rate hike ahead if inflation stays elevated, minutes show

Snippet: A majority of Federal Reserve officials at their most recent meeting anticipated that interest rate increases would be necessary if the Iran war continued to aggravate inflation, according to minutes released Wednesday.Though the rate-setting Federal Open Market Committee again voted to keep its benchmark rate targeted between 3.5%-3.75%, the meeting featured four "no" votes, the most since 1992, and an apparently heightened level of disagreement about where policy should go.At issue was the impact that the Iran war would have

Read full article: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/20/fed-officials-see-rate-hike-ahead-if-inflation-stays-elevated-minutes-show.html

[2026-05-21 03:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The Jerusalem Post

Title: Iran’s digital divide: Iranians without internet suffering from isolation, depression - study

Snippet: Iranians limited to the Islamic regime’s domestic websites are struggling with feelings of isolation and depression, particularly as the applications made available to them do not allow them to connect with relatives outside Iran, engage with entertainment, or properly carry out the research needed for their education, according to a new study published by the Iranian digital rights monitoring organization Filterbaan.

Read full article: https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-896882

[2026-05-21 03:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: AP News

Title: Lawsuit filed by students seeks desegregation of Massachusetts schools

Snippet: Public school buses are parked in Springfield, Ill., on Jan. 7, 2015. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)

Read full article: https://apnews.com/article/school-desegregation-lawsuit-massachusetts-2b7762aa9629c58543e05f2cc7798ec9

[2026-05-21 03:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: Harvard to cap number of A-grades, despite heavy opposition from students

Snippet: The proposal has rocked the Ivy League school, where 60 per cent of undergrad grades were an A in the academic year ending mid-2025

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3354285/harvard-cap-number-grades-despite-heavy-opposition-students?utm_source=rss_feed

[2026-05-21 03:19 UTC+10:00] [harvard] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: Harvard to cap number of A-grades, despite heavy opposition from students

Snippet: The proposal has rocked the Ivy League school, where 60 per cent of undergrad grades were an A in the academic year ending mid-2025

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3354285/harvard-cap-number-grades-despite-heavy-opposition-students

[2026-05-21 02:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]

Source: The National (UAE)

Title: 'We've come out stronger': Abu Dhabi students reunite for graduation ceremony after challenges of war | The National

Snippet: Grateful university students have told of their joy after returning to the UAE to take part in an emotional graduation ceremony more than two months after their campus closed due to the Iran war.

Read full article: https://www.thenationalnews.com/news/uae/2026/05/20/weve-come-out-stronger-abu-dhabi-students-reunite-for-graduation-ceremony-after-challenges-of-war/

[2026-05-21 01:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: New York Post

Title: Longtime ‘Teacher of the Year,’ 61, groomed 15-year-old boy for sex: cops

Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.

Read full article: https://nypost.com/2026/05/20/us-news/teacher-of-the-year-groomed-15-year-old-boy-for-sex-cops/

[2026-05-21 01:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: RT News

Title: There’s a burning sea in the midst of NATO

Snippet: By Murad Sadygzade, President of the Middle East Studies Center, Visiting Lecturer, HSE University (Moscow).

Read full article: https://www.rt.com/news/640293-burning-sea-nato-greece-turkiye/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=RSS

[2026-05-21 01:17 UTC+10:00] [College sports] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Guardian Australia

Title: ‘A Jackie Robinson moment’: Jeffries echoes NAACP calls for college sports boycott over voting rights

Snippet: Top House Democrat calls out SEC schools for silence

Read full article: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/may/20/hakeem-jeffries-naacp-college-sports-boycott

[2026-05-21 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]

Source: New York Post

Title: ‘The Testaments’ Star Lucy Halliday Says Working With Elisabeth Moss Felt Like “The Passing Of The Baton”: “I Learned A Lot From Her”

Snippet: The Testaments star Lucy Halliday was meant to play Daisy. Growing up, the Scottish actor was obsessed with the Margaret Atwood classic The Handmaid Tale’s and vividly remembers the release of the sequel novel, The Testaments, back in 2018. “My friend brought it into school, and we read it then and there,” recalled Halliday.

Read full article: https://decider.com/2026/05/20/the-testaments-lucy-halliday-daisy-interview-elisabeth-moss-baby-nicole/

[2026-05-21 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]

Source: The National (UAE)

Title: On America's Middle East policies, the Arab world is losing patience | The National

Snippet: One reason US policy in the Middle East has been so problematic is that policymakers refuse to consider its impact on the needs of most of the citizens of the Arab world.

Read full article: https://www.thenationalnews.com/opinion/comment/2026/05/20/us-arab-gulf-iran-israel-middle-east-opinion-poll-surveys-bush-obama-biden-trump/

[2026-05-20 23:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: New York Post

Title: Speaker Menin to put up new school buffer bill to counter Mamdani’s veto

Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.

Read full article: https://nypost.com/2026/05/20/us-news/speaker-menin-to-put-up-new-school-buffer-bill-to-counter-mayors-veto/

[2026-05-20 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: New York Post

Title: Shocking twist in water bottle death of 12-year-old outrages parents as cause of death revealed

Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.

Read full article: https://nypost.com/2026/05/20/us-news/medical-examiner-in-water-bottle-death-of-la-student-reveals-new-details/

[2026-05-20 22:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Zero Hedge

Title: NANO Nuclear's Reactor Construction Permit Accepted For Review

Snippet: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has formally begun its review of the construction permit application for an advanced microreactor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

Read full article: https://www.zerohedge.com/energy/nano-nuclears-reactor-construction-permit-accepted-review

[2026-05-20 22:15 UTC+10:00] [John Travolta] [Factuality: 95]

Source: Guardian Australia

Title: The lesson from John Travolta’s dramatic new look: always dress for the job you want | Morwenna Ferrier

Snippet: The first-time director admitted he wore a beret to channel ‘old school’ auteurs at Cannes – though mimicry can only take you so far

Read full article: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/20/john-travolta-cannes-festival-beret-glasses-new-look

[2026-05-20 22:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Zero Hedge

Title: Meta Axes 8,000 Workers As Zuckerberg Admits AI Is Watching, Replacing Labor

Snippet: Welcome to another day of corporate America hemorrhaging engineers and other white-collar workers with insurmountable student debt as AI adoption accelerates. This era will likely be remembered in history as the great "white-collar purge," and the response will be continued hatred of data centers.

Read full article: https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/meta-axes-8000-workers-zuckerberg-admits-ai-watching-replacing-labor

[2026-05-20 21:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]

Source: RT News

Title: Pentagon accused of ‘endless stalling’ over Iran school bombing

Snippet: The Pentagon has once again refused to admit responsibility for a strike on an Iranian school that killed more than 170 people, most of them children, despite pressure from US lawmakers.

Read full article: https://www.rt.com/news/640250-pentagon-endless-stalling-school-strike/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=RSS

[2026-05-20 21:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]

Source: RT News

Title: endless stalling

Snippet: The Pentagon has once again refused to admit responsibility for a strike on an Iranian school that killed more than 170 people, most of them children, despite pressure from US lawmakers.

Read full article: https://www.rt.com/news/640250-pentagon-endless-stalling-school-strike/

[2026-05-20 21:13 UTC+10:00] [Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Politico

Title: EU Commission eyes major restructure of departments that handle funds

Snippet: BRUSSELS — Every European Commission department that handles EU cash could be in the firing line as part of President Ursula von der Leyen’s restructuring plans, according to five officials familiar with the discussions.

Read full article: https://www.politico.eu/article/european-commission-restructure-departments-funds-dg-regio/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication

[2026-05-20 20:25 UTC+10:00] [National / Queensland] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The Age

Title: One in 10 Queensland students need support for emotional, mental struggles

Snippet: The percentage of Queensland students needing special resources because they struggle with mental health, behaviour, or emotional regulation has doubled in 10 years, the national curriculum body has found.

Read full article: https://www.theage.com.au/national/queensland/one-in-10-queensland-students-need-support-for-emotional-mental-struggles-20260518-p5zy4y.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed

[2026-05-20 19:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Nikkei Asia

Title: Bank Indonesia raises policy rate by 0.5%, exceeding market expectations

Snippet: Bank Indonesia has kept interest rates unchanged for the previous seven months. (Photo by Yuki Kohara)

Read full article: https://asia.nikkei.com/business/markets/bank-indonesia-raises-policy-rate-by-0.5-exceeding-market-expectations

[2026-05-20 19:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Nikkei Asia

Title: Bank Indonesia raises policy rate by 0.5 point, exceeding market expectations

Snippet: Bank Indonesia has kept interest rates unchanged for the previous seven months. (Photo by Yuki Kohara)

Read full article: https://asia.nikkei.com/business/markets/bank-indonesia-raises-policy-rate-by-0.5-point-exceeding-market-expectations

[2026-05-20 19:30 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 95]

Source: The Age

Title: Why parents are calling for the return of primary school homework

Snippet: For more than a decade, primary school students have enjoyed the slow death of the dreaded after-school homework sheet. But the party might be over.

Read full article: https://www.theage.com.au/national/nsw/why-parents-are-calling-for-the-return-of-primary-school-homework-20260514-p5zwq9.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed

[2026-05-20 18:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The Jerusalem Post

Title: Hamas planned to spark wider war against Israel with October 7 massacre - study

Snippet: A new study from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem claimed that Hamas's October 7 massacre was part of a careful plan to destabilize Israel and spark a wider regional war against it.

Read full article: https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-896799

[2026-05-20 18:48 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The Korea Herald

Title: Lee questions legality of Israel’s seizure of Gaza-bound flotillas carrying Koreans

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.

Read full article: https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10742246

[2026-05-20 18:45 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The Korea Herald

Title: S. Korean, Indian defense ministers discuss expanding ties

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.

Read full article: https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10742244

[2026-05-20 18:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The Korea Herald

Title: S. Korea, US to launch nuclear sub working groups

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.

Read full article: https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10742243

[2026-05-20 17:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South Korea

Title: 'Peaceful two-state' vision fundamentally different from Pyongyang's Korean policy: minister

Snippet: SEOUL, May 20 (Yonhap) -- Unification Minister Chung Dong-young said Wednesday that the "peace-oriented two-state approach" described in this year's unification white paper is fundamentally different from North Korea's "two hostile states" policy against South Korea.

Read full article: https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20260520010600315

[2026-05-20 17:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Nikkei Asia

Title: Bank Indonesia raises policy rate for first time in 25 months

Snippet: Bank Indonesia has kept interest rates unchanged for the previous seven months. (Photo by Yuki Kohara)

Read full article: https://asia.nikkei.com/business/markets/bank-indonesia-raises-policy-rate-for-first-time-in-25-months

[2026-05-20 17:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Zero Hedge

Title: UK Schools Push Radical Race Doctrine On Kids, Claiming Black People 'Cannot Be Racist'

Snippet: Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news,

Read full article: https://www.zerohedge.com/political/uk-schools-push-radical-race-doctrine-kids-claiming-black-people-cannot-be-racist

[2026-05-20 17:23 UTC+10:00] [Foreign policy] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Guardian Australia

Title: Britain’s second most senior diplomat in Washington abruptly leaves post

Snippet: James Roscoe had served as deputy ambassador to US since 2022 and stood in after Peter Mandelson’s departure

Read full article: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/20/british-diplomat-james-roscoe-abruptly-leaves-washington-embassy-post

[2026-05-20 17:01 UTC+10:00] [AI (artificial intelligence)] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Guardian Australia

Title: Real or AI: can a photographer and internet addict spot fake portraits? – video

Snippet: It's getting harder and harder to guess whether a face is AI. The University of New South Wales recently launched an AI faces test, which challenges users ability to distinguish between real and fake faces. Guardian Australia's Carly Earl and Matilda Boseley take the test to see if it's a science or just vibes

Read full article: https://www.theguardian.com/global/video/2026/may/20/real-or-ai-can-a-photographer-and-internet-addict-spot-fake-portraits-video

[2026-05-20 17:00 UTC+10:00] [Culture / TV & radio] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The Age

Title: School mums, sex workers and Murray Bartlett: This funny whodunit has it all

Snippet: The title and jumping-off point for this new series from David Gordon Green (The Sex Lives of College Girls, Scarpetta) might be salacious, but Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed is part stress-inducing whodunit, part dark comedy.

Read full article: https://www.theage.com.au/culture/tv-and-radio/school-mums-sex-workers-and-murray-bartlett-this-funny-whodunit-has-it-all-20260519-p5zyr2.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed

[2026-05-20 16:37 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The Korea Herald

Title: Korea’s medical school race pushes parents overseas

Snippet: As admission to Korean medical schools grows tougher, more families look abroad for a more attainable path to a medical career

Read full article: https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10742082

[2026-05-20 16:21 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]

Source: The Korea Herald

Title: Seoul says Korean tanker exiting Hormuz under coordination with Iran

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.

Read full article: https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10742061