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At least six universities in Hong Kong have moved into office buildings or shopping centres over the past three years as classroom space has tightened amid rising non-local enrolment, according to the latest data.
Among them is the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), which spent HK$345.4 million (US$44 million) in 2025 to acquire a 31,410 sq ft campus in Admiralty for its business school teaching centre.
The university unveiled the centre on Tuesday on the fourth floor of…

South Korea may have lost Canada’s multibillion-dollar submarine order, but analysts say its close-run contest with Germany has handed Seoul a different prize: proof that it can challenge one of the world’s traditional undersea warfare powers on a stage watched closely by defence buyers.
Canada chose Germany’s Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) as the preferred bidder for a programme worth about US$40 billion to build up to 12 diesel-electric submarines, along with long-term maintenance and…

A sun-dappled forest clearing with a stream, mossy rocks, and ancient trees. A young woman offers a wooden bird to an appreciative elderly man. Among the many proverbs that have emerged from Finland's forests, few capture the relationship between human behavior and consequence as beautifully as “The forest answers in the same way one shouts at it.” In Finnish, the proverb is often expressed as “Niin metsä vastaa kuin sinne huudetaan.” Literally, it refers to the echo one hears after calling into the woods. Figuratively, it teaches that the world often reflects back the attitude, words, and actions that people direct toward it. Kindness invites kindness, hostility breeds hostility, and respect is often answered with respect.Although the proverb is rooted in the natural environment of Finland, its wisdom extends far beyond the Nordic forests. It has become one of Finland's best-known sayings because it expresses a universal truth: our treatment of others frequently shapes how t..

Image/X Kick streamer Raja Jackson has started serving a 90-day jail sentence after attacking professional wrestler Syko Stu during a live Kick broadcast. Jackson, who is the son of UFC legend Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, appeared in court on July 2 and was taken to an LA County jail. As part of a deal, he will also spend two years on formal probation and must pay $81,000 in restitution to Syko Stu, whose real name is Stewart Smith. The wrestler suffered serious injuries from the attack but said he does not hold any anger toward Jackson.Kick streamer Raja Jackson begins jail term after attacking wrestler Syko Stu during livestreamRaja Jackson’s jail sentence comes after a shocking incident in August 2025, when the influencer entered the ring at KnokX Pro Wrestling Academy while streaming on Kick and repeatedly punched Syko Stu.Before the incident, Jackson had told viewers that it was his “dream” to fight a professional wrestler and suggested he was planning to hit Stu for real. The situa..

Kim Jong-un stood on a cliff top and watched his navy come of age. As the North Korean leader looked on, 10 cruise missiles tore off the deck of the Kang Kon in rapid succession in a display of naval power Pyongyang could once only dream of staging.
Analysts say the weapons test on Friday was no accident of timing – coming just days before Russia and China would begin their Joint Sea 2026 maritime exercise off Qingdao – and North Korea wanted to make sure everyone was watching.
“North Korea is…

Lebanese state media said an Israeli strike on a car in the country’s south on Monday killed four people, including three women, despite a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah.
Lebanon’s official National News Agency (NNA) said a school principal, her mother, a foreign female domestic worker and a male Syrian worker were killed when an Israeli drone targeted their car as they returned from inspecting their family home in Nabatieh al-Fawqa.
The Israeli military said on Monday that it identified…

No snowflake lands the same twice: When snow begins to fall, it rarely feels like a pattern. It feels like interruption, softness, and silence arriving in countless forms at once. In that quiet chaos sits a familiar winter idea often repeated in folk storytelling and popular reflection: no snowflake lands the same twice. It is not a formally recorded scientific law or a traceable ancient proverb with a single author. Instead, it belongs to a wider family of modern folk sayings that borrow from nature to express something deeply human: repetition is an illusion, and every moment carries its own shape.Origins and folk developmentThe phrase no two snowflakes are alike is more widely documented in scientific communication than the exact wording “no snowflake lands the same twice.” The latter appears to be a poetic extension of that idea, often circulated in contemporary winter storytelling, reflective writing, and informal cultural commentary rather than a single canonical text.The scienti..

Don’t look at the teeth of a gifted horse You are handed a gift, something you did not ask for, did not bargain for, and did not earn in that moment. You unwrap it, pause, and then start inspecting its flaws. That quiet pause is exactly what the old Spanish proverb warns against: “A caballo regalado no le mires el diente.” In simple English, it translates to “Don’t look at the teeth of a gifted horse.” The idea is straightforward but deeply human: when something is given freely, it is better to receive it with gratitude than to criticise its imperfections.Meaning and literal interpretationThe proverb comes from a literal practice in horse trading. In older societies, especially before modern veterinary science, a horse’s age and health were often judged by examining its teeth. Wear and condition could reveal how old or strong the animal was. So, inspecting a horse’s teeth was a way of evaluating its value.The proverb flips that logic. If the horse is a gift, the act of inspecting its t..

In the Philippine capital, 85 pesos (US$1.40) is barely enough to buy a meal for one, let alone a family of five.
Yet that modest sum, roughly the price of 1½kg of premium imported rice, is the largest single wage increase ever approved for Metro Manila’s minimum-wage earners.
The government called it “historic”. Labour groups called it an insult.
The increase, to be rolled out in two stages, was confirmed by the Department of Labour and Employment on Tuesday.
Non-agricultural workers will see…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that some Christian villages in southern Lebanon had asked to be annexed by Israel so that they could be protected from Hezbollah militants.
Lebanon was drawn into the wider war in the Middle East on March 2 when Hezbollah fired rockets at Israel in retaliation for the killing of Iran’s supreme leader in US-Israeli strikes.
Israel responded with massive air strikes and a ground invasion of southern Lebanon, where its troops now occupy…