Topic: Education — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-13 16:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Mayon Volcano erupted shortly before noon on Wednesday, sending a big volume of pyroclastic density tumbling down the Miisi gully in Daraga town. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology reiterated the no-entry policy within the 6 kilometer permanent danger zone.
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[2026-05-13 15:40 UTC+10:00] [Breaking News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: A collision involving a school transport bus and a Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB) bus was reported this morning (13) on the Colombo–Kataragama main road in Dikwella, near the Polgahamullla private garment factory.
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[2026-05-13 15:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: An intrepid teenage powerlifter died of sepsis a mere two months after graduating high school and one month after getting engaged when his doctors failed to clean a stitched-up wound infested with “plant matter,” his grieving father alleged in a lawsuit.
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[2026-05-13 15:29 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
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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[2026-05-13 15:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The Bezos Family Foundation will pump as much as $150 million into an anti-poverty charity to help fund early childhood education in New York — as Mayor Zohran Mamdani pushes his ambitious universal free child-care agenda.
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[2026-05-13 15:07 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: North Korea has raised the mandatory retirement age for office workers by three years to reflect the country's population aging and demographic changes, according to a North Korean academic paper Wednesday.
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[2026-05-13 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A Florida real estate bigwig faced mockery and boos for proclaiming “artificial intelligence is the next industrial revolution” during her commencement speech at the University of Central Florida last week.
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[2026-05-13 14:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Parent company Instructure says hackers returned and destroyed data of thousands of users after deal, with no extortion expected after global breach
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[2026-05-13 14:57 UTC+10:00] [Polytechnic University] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Parent company Instructure says hackers returned and destroyed data of thousands of users after deal, with no extortion expected after global breach
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[2026-05-13 14:43 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Unionized workers in the education sector on Wednesday urged authorities to address staffing shortages and improve working conditions for school cafeteria workers at a press conference in front of the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education.
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[2026-05-13 14:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Britain’s Princess Kate is seen at the British Fashion Council at 180 Studios in central London on May 13, 2025. (Aaron Chown, Pool Photo via AP, File)
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[2026-05-13 14:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A University of California, Berkeley-linked teacher training program funded with taxpayer dollars is under fire after a watchdog group claimed it promotes activist-oriented ethnic studies that cast controversial revolutionary figures as heroes.
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[2026-05-13 14:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Sixth graders read a passage and give constructive feedback to their partners during Nancy Barajas’ class at Fairview Elementary School on Wednesday, May 6, 2026, in Modesto, Calif. (AP Photo/Annie Barker)
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[2026-05-13 14:00 UTC+10:00] [Television & radio] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Soapy, spicy and incredibly moreish, there’s a new hockey romance in town and I love it. Move over, Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie!
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[2026-05-13 13:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Bassam Freiha Art Foundation, which marked its second anniversary in March, has announced new scholarships, educational partnerships and student-led programmes aimed at supporting the next generation of Emirati creatives.
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[2026-05-13 12:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 13 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has raised the mandatory retirement age for office workers by three years to reflect the country's population aging and demographic changes, according to a North Korean academic paper Wednesday.
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[2026-05-13 12:28 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Non-profit Datayanolja expands Korean AI education across Asia
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[2026-05-13 12:13 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Tens of thousands of Argentines flooded the streets of major cities nationwide on Tuesday to protest funding cuts by libertarian President Javier Milei to the public university system that represents a near-universal point of pride in this crisis-prone country.
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[2026-05-13 12:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Before Rhamell Burke allegedly threw Ross Falzone down subway steps, killing him in a shocking random attack, he allegedly assaulted three Port Authority police officers. Here, Frank Conti, president of the 1,800-member Port Authority Police Benevolent Association, writes that, far too often, criminals and the violently mentally ill are let free in New York:
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[2026-05-13 11:37 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Auto news: These are Australia's safest roads.
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[2026-05-13 11:36 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Foreign teachers spared from direct crackdown, but lawyers warn of visa risks
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[2026-05-13 11:31 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: I’m a staff reporter for The Korea Herald, covering national security and foreign policy across the Defense, Foreign and Unification Ministries, as well as the National Assembly. Before entering journalism, I served as an Air Force lieutenant, working as an interpreter and junior planner at the ROK–US Combined Forces Command.
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[2026-05-13 11:30 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A car parking stoush is brewing at the University of NSW as a coalition of prominent academics moves to derail a $66.7 million expansion of a campus car park, warning the project risks locking in car dependence and undermining the institution’s climate goals.
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[2026-05-13 11:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A Pennsylvania piano teacher was sentenced to up to 54 years in prison on Tuesday for abusing 18 young boys whom he taught in private lessons from the 1990s until today.
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[2026-05-13 10:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A North Carolina fourth-grader submitted a carefully crafted persuasive essay in favor of electric vehicles to his congresswoman as part of a school assignment — and received a scathing response where his work was degraded to “propaganda.”
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[2026-05-13 10:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: RSPCA ACT CEO Michelle Robertson has welcomed the federal government's $30 million to build a new RSPCA campus at Pialligo. ( ABC News: Lottie Twyford )
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[2026-05-13 10:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: One day after Lane Kiffin opened up on why the location of Ole Miss hurt him in recruiting at his old school and how “diversity” has helped him at LSU, the college football coach apologized.
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[2026-05-13 09:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Moves to regulate the moneylender sector must be accompanied by strengthening law enforcement and stepping up education efforts
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[2026-05-13 09:15 UTC+10:00] [licensed money lenders] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Moves to regulate the moneylender sector must be accompanied by strengthening law enforcement and stepping up education efforts
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[2026-05-13 09:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Lucas Scibetta opened for Pharrell Williams off the back of his 2012 hit and launched a clothing line at 18. Now he’s an Ivy League student
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[2026-05-13 09:15 UTC+10:00] [Lucas “Skibs the Kid” Scibetta] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Lucas Scibetta opened for Pharrell Williams off the back of his 2012 hit and launched a clothing line at 18. Now he’s an Ivy League student
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[2026-05-13 08:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A special education instructor placed on paid leave for allegedly abusing an autistic third-grader was elected president of the Seattle teachers’ union on Friday.
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[2026-05-13 08:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: In a stunning discovery made by biblical scholars, researchers at the University of Glasgow have uncovered 42 pages previously thought to be lost from Codex H — a rare sixth-century Greek manuscript.
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[2026-05-13 08:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: People protest to demand more funding for public universities in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, May 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
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[2026-05-13 07:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Students may soon be able to earn bachelor’s degrees in as little as three years at California State University campuses as system leaders contend with a need to attract more working-age students and those without a degree eager to lift their job prospects. The system’s trustees voted unanimously last week to allow campuses to create three new types of shortened bachelor’s degrees:
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[2026-05-13 06:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Sebastian Muñoz-Najar has only just finished primary school. The 13-year-old is still years away from learning how to drive. He cannot legally work. He's too young to even have a social media account.
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[2026-05-13 06:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Millions of student loan borrowers fell into default earlier this year — and a second wave of delinquencies could be on its way, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said Tuesday.
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[2026-05-13 06:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Roughly 76,000 fewer students enrolled in Texas public schools this academic year — the first non-pandemic decline in nearly four decades — with Hispanic students accounting for the overwhelming majority of the loss, according to a report released Monday.
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[2026-05-13 06:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Environmental Policy
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[2026-05-13 06:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Migration Policy
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[2026-05-13 06:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Move over, Heated Rivalry, there’s a new steamy hockey series that’s heating up the ice: Prime Video’s buzzy new romantic drama Off Campus!
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[2026-05-13 05:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Supreme Court has ordered the University Grants Commission to prevent a professor who was attached to the Peradeniya University from obtaining any academic appointment, paid or honorary, in universities and institutions under its control, after finding serious concerns arising from allegations of sexual harassment and emotional abuse of a female junior academic.
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[2026-05-13 05:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Court of Appeal has affirmed that the Right to Information (RTI) Act takes precedence over university by-laws, ruling that examinees are entitled to obtain copies of their evaluated answer scripts while preserving the anonymity of examiners.
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[2026-05-13 05:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Education is the backbone of Sri Lanka’s development. Denying access to tens of thousands of qualified students risks wasting talent, fueling inequality, and undermining national progress. The gap is not simply about seats in lecture halls—it is about the future of a generation. Academics, as custodians of knowledge, cannot remain passive observers.
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[2026-05-13 05:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The NY Federal published its latest report on Household Debt and Credit for the first quarter: the report showed total household debt increased by $18 billion, just a 0.1% increase, in Q1 2026, to $18.8 trillion.
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[2026-05-13 05:34 UTC+10:00] [Local] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: ‘The Methsaviya Maithri Bhushana Awards’ Ceremony and the organisation’s 23rd anniversary were held on Sunday at the Nawa Rangahala theatre of the Colombo University.
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[2026-05-13 05:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University hosted a Sri Lanka – India collaborative academic event to celebrate another milestone, the launch of an inter-disciplinary scholarly book centred on fuzzy logic based managerial and mathematical models in higher education institutions, underpinned by the growing significance of partnership spirit in international academic endeavours recently.
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[2026-05-13 05:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya pointed out how over the years, T.B. Jayah Zahira College has made a significant contribution to develop education in Sri Lanka by nurturing generations of students who have gone on to serve the nation with integrity, knowledge and commitment.
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[2026-05-13 05:32 UTC+10:00] [Sports] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: St. Aloysius’ College Galle officially launched its 2026 school rugby season last week with a special ceremony held at the school auditorium to unveil the team’s new official match jersey.
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[2026-05-13 05:32 UTC+10:00] [Business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The American College of Higher Education (ACHE), Dehiwala, together with Seneca Polytechnic, Toronto, Canada, launched an international education partnership aimed at creating affordable and globally recognised higher education opportunities for Sri Lankan students.
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