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Newest first · UTC+11:00Iran's top targets in retaliatory strikes likely to include key Israeli infrastructure, US bases
Iran's top-priority targets in the event of a war with the US will be Israel, as well as America's military bases in the Middle East, according to an analysis from the Alma Research and Education Center published on Wednesday.
Ateneo Law School dean Joey Hofileña dies at 64
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· Mia Gonzalez
Mirae Asset’s TIGER Kosdaq150 ETF crosses W2tr mark
Mirae Asset Global Investments said Thursday that its TIGER Kosdaq150 ETF had surpassed 2 trillion won ($1.5 billion) in net assets, buoyed by strong market performance and renewed policy momentum surrounding the Kosdaq market.
· Im Eun-byel
This Manly youngster played against future NFL stars. Now he's trying to crack the NRL
Hart is pushing for a first-grade debut with Manly this season. (Supplied: Manly Media/Joel Seeto)
· https://www.abc.net.au/news/nick-campton/13913790
OpenAI says Canada mass shooter evaded ban
Police tape surrounds a school in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, Canada, Feb. 12, 2026, two days after a mass shooting. (Christinne Muschi/The Canadian Press via AP, File)
Sinkhole in Sydney CBD forces school to close
A large hole has opened on a busy CBD street, forcing the closure of a nearby school and cutting water supply to nearby businesses. It comes after the city was hit by flash flooding on Thursday night, triggering dozens of rescues across the metropolitan area.
· Daniel Lo Surdo
Bible-infused public school curriculum in Texas to correct thousands of errors
Optional textbook contains factual and punctuation errors, and images with licensing or copyright issues
· Associated Press
Education minister Jason Clare speaks on failing childcare centres
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Board OKs hundreds of corrections for Texas' Bible-infused curriculum
Students work under Ten Commandments and Bill of Rights posters on display in a classroom at Lehman High School, in Kyle, Texas, Oct. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
· https://apnews.com/author/sara-cline
Lee vows policy measures to cut benefits of homeownership as speculation
President Lee Jae Myung has said the government will come up with policy measures to reduce the benefits of homeownership as housing speculation, while actively protecting the rights of home buying for residential purposes.
· Yonhap
National White House says Trump remains open to dialogue with Kim 'without any preconditions' US President Donald Trump remains open to dialogue with North Korea "without any preconditions," the White House said Thursday, after North Korean leader Kim Jong-un expressed Pyongyang's willingness
US President Donald Trump remains open to dialogue with North Korea "without any preconditions," the White House said Thursday, after North Korean leader Kim Jong-un expressed Pyongyang's willingness to talk with the United States if it drops its "hostile" policy toward his regime.
· Yonhap
Lee vows policy measures to cut benefits of homeownership as speculation
SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung has said the government will come up with policy measures to reduce the benefits of homeownership as housing speculation, while actively protecting the rights of home buying for residential purposes.
· Kim Eun-jung
(URGENT) Lee to make state visits to Singapore, Philippines from March 1-4
(2nd LD) N. Korea's Kim says willing to get along with U.S. if Washington drops hostile policy
· Kim Eun-jung
Anchorage School Board approves ‘severe’ budget with hundreds of staff layoffs and 3 school closures
The Anchorage School Board has approved deep reductions to the district’s budget. At a meeting Tuesday night, the board voted to cut more than 500 staff, including over 300 teachers. They also opted to close three elementary schools in order to preserve some programs and teachers.
Trump and Mamdani meet for second time, discuss housing, detention of student
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said he had a productive meeting with US President Donald Trump at the White House on Thursday, discussing issues including housing and a federal immigration enforcement operation.
The Great Reversal: Trump's Real Progress In Tackling Legal Immigration
Via White Papers Policy Institute,
· Tyler Durden
Mamdani meets Trump in unannounced visit to the White House
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani met President Donald Trump in the White House on Thursday, in an unannounced trip to discuss housing and the detention of a student.
· Jihan Abdalla
Columbia University says US immigration agents lied to detain student
Condemnation has poured in after Columbia University in New York said United States immigration enforcement agents “made misrepresentations” to gain access to one of the school’s residential buildings to detain a student.
· Joseph Stepansky
#DoItLikeHarry - from viral Twickenham mascot to England U18s prospect
Harry Westlake is a student at Exeter College and is planning to attend the city's university to do a degree in sports coaching, alongside his rugby
· https://www.facebook.com/BBCSport/
How Trump shifted from opposing foreign wars to threatening war in Iran
The rationale to justify the US striking first has shifted from the country killing protesters to its developing weapons
· https://www.theguardian.com/profile/roth-andrew
Melania Trump to lead UN security council session, White House says
First lady to preside over meeting on ‘children, technology and education in conflict’ in New York next month
· https://www.theguardian.com/profile/marina-dunbar
SC dismisses two petitions challenging Emergency Regulations following Ditwah - DailyNews
The Supreme Court yesterday dismissed two Fundamental Rights petitions challenging President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s decision to impose Emergency Regulations in the aftermath of Cyclone Ditwah. The petitions, filed by the Centre for Policy Alternatives and attorney Aazath Atham Lebbe, were taken up before a three…
· Gayan Abeykoon
'Very afraid': Canadian Jewish parents horrified after newspaper singles out Jewish students
Parents of children in Canadian Jewish schools told The Jerusalem Post of their horror after discovering that the schools were aggressively singled out by a major newspaper on Thursday morning.
Trump Advisers Want Israel To 'Attack Iran First' For Better Optics: Politico
Politico is out with a crazy story on Thursday, but which will make sense to those following the trajectory of US foreign policy over the past couple decades plus.
· Tyler Durden
Story of ‘Never give Up’ Sri Lankan still taught in Japanese schools – Ambassador - DailyNews
The remarkable story of Ranatunge Karunananda, the Sri Lankan athlete who participated in the men’s 10,000 metre run at the Tokyo Olympics of 1964 and finished last, but never gave up on the race, continues to be taught in Japanese schools, as a core lesson of the importance of ‘Never Giving Up’, Japanese Ambassador…
· Gayan Abeykoon
Minnesota Gov. Walz unveils legislation to combat fraud amid federal funds dispute
Vice President JD Vance and Administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Dr. Mehmet Oz take questions from reporters following remarks on the administration’s efforts to combat fraud during a news conference in the Old Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus Wednesday, Feb. 2…
· https://apnews.com/author/steve-karnowski
President’s Trophy battle begins in Schools Rugby Knockouts - DailyNews
The Dialog Schools Under-19 Rugby Knockouts 2026 for the prestigious President’s Trophy will kick off on March 11 with 16 leading school teams locked in a ruthless do-or-die battle, where a single defeat will end title hopes and only one champion will lift the coveted trophy at Sugathadasa Stadium on April 4.
· Gayan Abeykoon
BBy Briana Fiore
Briana Fiore is an Adelaide-based reporter and visual storyteller, known for character-driven journalism. A 2021 Walkley Young Australian Journalist of the Year, three-time Walkley finalist and former Andrew Olle Scholar, she has worked on Four Corners investigations and contributed to Australian Story and 7.30 in S…
Analysis by Thomas Kelsall
Thomas is a reporter for the ABC in Adelaide with experience covering politics, urban development and higher education.
Agentes federales detienen a estudiante de Columbia que buscaban a "persona desaparecida"
Un agente de policía de la ciudad de Nueva York vigila el campus de la Universidad de Columbia en Nueva York, el 6 de mayo de 2024. (Foto AP/Seth Wenig, archivo)
· https://apnews.com/author/jake-offenhartz
Los Angeles school board to discuss superintendent after FBI search
Los Angeles District Superintendent Alberto Carvalho, at podium, holds a news conference as SEIU Local 99 Executive Director Max Arias, left, and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, right, listen, in Los Angeles City Hall, Friday, March 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)
· https://apnews.com/author/christopher-weber
Can the US use this ethnic conflict to break Iran from within?
By Farhad Ibragimov – lecturer at the Faculty of Economics at RUDN University, visiting lecturer at the Institute of Social Sciences of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
· RT
EPA To Reform $5 Billion 'Clean School Bus' Program
Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
· Tyler Durden
Federal agents detained Columbia student after posing as investigators, school says
NEW YORK (AP) — Federal immigration agents detained a Columbia University student early Thursday after gaining access to a residence hall by posing as investigators searching for a “missing person,” according to the school’s president.
· https://apnews.com/author/jake-offenhartz
White House says Trump remains open to dialogue with Kim 'without any preconditions'
WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Donald Trump remains open to dialogue with North Korea "without any preconditions," the White House said Thursday, after North Korean leader Kim Jong-un expressed Pyongyang's willingness to talk with the United States if it drops its "hostile" policy toward his regime.
· Song Sang-ho
Education Ministry to cancel school if Iran attacks, transition later to remote learning
In the event of renewed war with Iran, Israel's schools will cancel classes during the initial days of the conflict rather than immediately transition to remote learning, according to a Wednesday statement from Arieh Mor, Deputy Director General for Security and Emergency at the Education Ministry.
Mild Q1 rebound seen
ECONOMIC growth will likely post a first-quarter rebound given latest indicators, the University of Asia and the Pacific (UA&P) said, but at a pace slower than forecast at the start of the year.
· Niña Myka Pauline Arceo
"Gold For Me Is A Savings Product": Rick Rule On Debt, Oil Cycles, & Uranium's Political Reversal
Last night’s discussion featuring Rick Rule, Bill Fleckenstein, and Erik Townsend covered the macro landscape from hard assets to energy markets and nuclear policy.
· Tyler Durden
DOST, PSU launch country’s first Asin R&D Center in Binmaley
THE country’s first Asin (Salt) Research and Development (R&D) Center was launched at the Pangasinan State University (PSU) Binmaley Campus on Feb. 17 during the 2026 Regional Science, Technology and Innovation Week in the Ilocos Region.
· The Manila Times
Mother tongue education and the need for lasting commitment
THE recent measures championed by Sen. Loren Legarda in support of early foundational learning and, subsequently, mother tongue education, signal a renewed recognition of something Filipinos have long understood intuitively: Language is not merely a medium of instruction, but the root of identity, thinking and belon…
· Ariane Macalinga Borlongan
PH cities join Marcos, DepEd push to speed up classroom construction
CITY governments across the country have joined the Department of Education (DepEd) and the administration of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in a unified effort to speed up the construction of classrooms, marking the first time cities nationwide formally committed to a single coordinated plan to address the country’…
· The Manila Times
Authorities open to backing universities issuing bonds to fund megaproject campuses
Financial Secretary Paul Chan says issuance of ‘tertiary education bond’ in supporting University Town’s construction would be considerable
· Matthew Cheng
Jordan: Unrwa salary cuts raise fear of agency’s ‘dismantling’
It was not an easy decision for Manal* to remove her two children from Unrwa’s health insurance. But it was a necessary one. Faced with a widening hole in her family’s budget, the English teacher at an Unrwa school in Jordan made a stark calculation: cut health cover or sink deeper into debt.
· https://www.facebook.com/middleeasteye/
Poland tells US it won’t be a ‘sucker’ as Trump reshapes NatoForeign Minister Sikorski pledged loyalty to Washington but called for greater EU security responsibility amid Trump’s policy shifts.
Foreign Minister Sikorski pledged loyalty to Washington but called for greater EU security responsibility amid Trump’s policy shifts
· Reuters
America lied about the Iraq war. Then they weren’t believed about Ukraine | Moustafa Bayoumi
Will US intelligence learn its lessons from the Iraq war, and just how badly their legitimacy has been undermined?
· https://www.theguardian.com/profile/moustafa-bayoumi
Child victims of social media crimes in Japan hit 10-year high
The number of elementary school children in Japan who became victims of sex crimes and other offenses through social media totaled 167 in 2025, the highest level in the past 10 years for which data is available, the National Police Agency said Thursday.
· No Author
Uptick in young people out of work, training and education
The number of young people who are not in education, employment or training (Neet) has risen, edging closer to one million.
· Emer Moreau
National Korea, UAE agree to pursue $65b in joint projects: Cheong Wa Dae South Korea and the United Arab Emirates have agreed to pursue more than $65 billion in joint cooperation projects, including over $35 billion in defense industry initiatives, Cheong Wa Dae said Thurs
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 …
· Ji Da-gyum
Victorian Liberal ‘us and them’ housing policy
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