Topic: Education — Neutral reports only
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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 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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[2026-05-17 14:11 UTC+10:00] [Donald Trump] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Proposal to fund $1bn in security additions for White House campus and president’s new ballroom fails to meet procedural rules
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[2026-05-17 14:10 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Norway’s Princess Ingrid Alexandra has shed her anonymous student life to make her first official public appearance in Australia since becoming a University of Sydney student last year.
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[2026-05-17 14:04 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Justice Ministry says penalties could be given if Education Ministry requests it, but Education Ministry says it will not target individual teachers
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[2026-05-17 13:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Andrew Williams is a multi-platform journalist based in Esperance, Western Australia.He started with the ABC South West WA team in 2024 while he finished his journalism degree at Curtin University.
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[2026-05-17 13:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [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 13:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A Tel Aviv University student and IDF soldier who had been wounded in Gaza found a swastika drawn on his car, KAN News reported on Thursday.
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[2026-05-17 13:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Palestinian Authority is officially reinstituting its "pay-for-slay" policy, according to a Thursday statement from Israel's Foreign Ministry citing Palestinian Media Watch.
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[2026-05-17 12:11 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: A report showed Sunday that looking back on their time as students, Seoul citizens in their 20s said they felt the highest level of stress when they were attending the first year of high school.
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[2026-05-17 11:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump is facing a difficult choice over policy toward Iran after military pressure and diplomatic efforts both failed to produce clear results, CNN reported.
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[2026-05-17 11:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A transgender high school athlete dominated multiple girls track and field events at a California regional final Saturday, igniting backlash from parents, competitors and activists. Ultimately prompting officials to award duplicate gold medals to female runners-up.
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[2026-05-17 08:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The Pentagon has canceled plans to deploy 4,000 troops to Poland amid growing tensions between President Donald Trump and US allies over policy toward Iran.
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[2026-05-17 08:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The Pentagon has canceled plans to deploy 4,000 troops to Poland amid growing tensions between President Donald Trump and US allies over policy regarding Iran.
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[2026-05-17 07:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Sun 17 May 2026 at 7:58am
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[2026-05-17 07:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Daniel Brown brought some old-school vibes to the PGA Championship on Saturday.
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[2026-05-17 07:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Over the last year, the Anti-Defamation League has raised Cal Poly’s grade on its antisemitism report card from an F to a C – but does the critical assessment fairly reflect what it is like to be Jewish on campus?
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[2026-05-17 05:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Sun 17 May 2026 at 5:32am
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[2026-05-17 05:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Kai Trump celebrated her high school graduation with her famous family.
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[2026-05-17 04:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: School’s not yet out for the summer.
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[2026-05-17 04:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: These are some Strong Island studiers.
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[2026-05-17 04:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Facing a sea of newly minted college graduates, John Harbaugh didn’t hide from a recent experience that could await many of them in their professional careers.
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[2026-05-17 03:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Tarik Cyril Amar, a historian from Germany working at Koç University, Istanbul, on Russia, Ukraine, and Eastern Europe, the history of World War II, the cultural Cold War, and the politics of memory
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[2026-05-17 03:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Tarik Cyril Amar, a historian from Germany working at Koç University, Istanbul, on Russia, Ukraine, and Eastern Europe, the history of World War II, the cultural Cold War, and the politics of memory
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[2026-05-17 02:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: This California town wants to reverse its woke policy on new and expanded gas stations so it can attract a Costco store, lawmakers signaled last week.
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[2026-05-17 02:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The parents of a University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) student who was allegedly raped and strangled near campus are demanding that outside law enforcement be brought into the investigation, saying they fear campus police could mishandle the case just as they believe happened following another student’s death last year.
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[2026-05-17 02:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: ALMOST everyone has been informed about the recent backlash against the Commission on Higher Education’s (CHED) proposed revised General Education (GE) curriculum. The resistance was so strong that a barrage of official public statements from several institutions has been posted on various media platforms.
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[2026-05-17 02:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: IN many wet markets across the Philippines today, ordinary conversations no longer revolve around elections, ideology, or constitutional theory. They now revolve around rice prices, transport fares, tuition, electricity and water bills, and whether salaries can still be stretched until the next payday.
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[2026-05-17 02:02 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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[2026-05-17 01:48 UTC+10:00] [Andy Burnham] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Greater Manchester mayor says programme of renationalisation would be key policy if he succeeds Keir Starmer as PM
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[2026-05-17 01:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Sloppy decision-making and an inability to agree on key issues have rendered the EU effectively irrelevant on the global stage, the bloc’s former foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has argued.
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[2026-05-17 01:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Sloppy decision-making and an inability to agree on key issues have rendered the EU effectively irrelevant on the global stage, the bloc’s former foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has argued.
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[2026-05-17 01:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israel stands today at a precipice – not merely of a political cycle – but of a historic transformation in the Middle East. We are witnessing the most dramatic reconfiguration of the region since the carving up of the Middle East by the British and French over a century ago.
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