diff --git a/includes/class-peptide-news-rest-api.php b/includes/class-peptide-news-rest-api.php
index 70c444d..367bf7c 100644
--- a/includes/class-peptide-news-rest-api.php
+++ b/includes/class-peptide-news-rest-api.php
@@ -248,21 +248,10 @@ class Peptide_News_Rest_API {
         // Fallback 2: strip trailing nbsp-separated publisher names.
         // Google News RSS excerpts use double non-breaking space + publisher name
         // when the source field doesn't match (e.g., source = "news.google.com").
-        // Uses string search instead of regex to avoid UTF-8/PCRE edge cases.
-        $double_nbsp = $nbsp . $nbsp;
-        $nbsp_pos    = strrpos( $text, $double_nbsp );
-        if ( false !== $nbsp_pos ) {
-            $after = substr( $text, $nbsp_pos + strlen( $double_nbsp ) );
-        } else {
-            $nbsp_pos = strrpos( $text, $nbsp );
-            if ( false !== $nbsp_pos ) {
-                $after = substr( $text, $nbsp_pos + strlen( $nbsp ) );
-            }
-        }
-        if ( false !== $nbsp_pos && $nbsp_pos > strlen( $text ) * 0.4 ) {
-            // Only strip if what follows looks like a publisher name (< 60 chars, starts uppercase).
-            if ( ! empty( $after ) && strlen( $after ) < 60 && preg_match( '/^[A-Z]/u', $after ) ) {
-                return rtrim( substr( $text, 0, $nbsp_pos ) );
+        // Uses mb_ereg for reliable multibyte matching.
+        if ( preg_match( '/^(.{10,}?)\x{00A0}{1,2}([A-Z][^.!?\x{00A0}]{0,55})$/u', $text, $m ) ) {
+            if ( mb_strlen( $m[1], 'UTF-8' ) > mb_strlen( $text, 'UTF-8' ) * 0.4 ) {
+                return rtrim( $m[1] );
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/peptide-news-plugin/includes/class-peptide-news-rest-api.php b/peptide-news-plugin/includes/class-peptide-news-rest-api.php
index b5d0300..e4e3d97 100644
--- a/peptide-news-plugin/includes/class-peptide-news-rest-api.php
+++ b/peptide-news-plugin/includes/class-peptide-news-rest-api.php
@@ -242,21 +242,10 @@ class Peptide_News_Rest_API {
         // Fallback 2: strip trailing nbsp-separated publisher names.
         // Google News RSS excerpts use double non-breaking space + publisher name
         // when the source field doesn't match (e.g., source = "news.google.com").
-        // Uses string search instead of regex to avoid UTF-8/PCRE edge cases.
-        $double_nbsp = $nbsp . $nbsp;
-        $nbsp_pos    = strrpos( $text, $double_nbsp );
-        if ( false !== $nbsp_pos ) {
-            $after = substr( $text, $nbsp_pos + strlen( $double_nbsp ) );
-        } else {
-            $nbsp_pos = strrpos( $text, $nbsp );
-            if ( false !== $nbsp_pos ) {
-                $after = substr( $text, $nbsp_pos + strlen( $nbsp ) );
-            }
-        }
-        if ( false !== $nbsp_pos && $nbsp_pos > strlen( $text ) * 0.4 ) {
-            // Only strip if what follows looks like a publisher name (< 60 chars, starts uppercase).
-            if ( ! empty( $after ) && strlen( $after ) < 60 && preg_match( '/^[A-Z]/u', $after ) ) {
-                return rtrim( substr( $text, 0, $nbsp_pos ) );
+        // Uses mb_ereg for reliable multibyte matching.
+        if ( preg_match( '/^(.{10,}?)\x{00A0}{1,2}([A-Z][^.!?\x{00A0}]{0,55})$/u', $text, $m ) ) {
+            if ( mb_strlen( $m[1], 'UTF-8' ) > mb_strlen( $text, 'UTF-8' ) * 0.4 ) {
+                return rtrim( $m[1] );
             }
         }