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Dubai's Global Village passport lets visitors collect pavilion stamps, turning one evening into a world tour/Representative Image At first glance, it looks like a real passport. In reality, the Dubai’s Global Village passport is a playful souvenir that turns a night out into a miniature journey around the world. Sold inside Global Village, the booklet has become a favourite among families, children, and anyone who enjoys collecting memories rather than magnets.So what exactly is it, and why do so many visitors make it part of their visit?A souvenir designed like a world tour
The Global Village passport is a small, themed booklet created as a keepsake for guests exploring the park’s more than 30 international pavilions. Each pavilion represents a different country or region, and each has its own custom stamp. As visitors move from one pavilion to the next, they can add a stamp to their booklet, slowly filling the pages with colourful impressions.The idea is simple. Walk, explore, s..

Dubai’s new property resale rule 2026: What UAE residents and expats should know before participating Long known for its dynamism, transparency and global investor appeal, Dubai’s property market has taken another step toward modernisation and liquidity with the rollout of a new resale rule aimed at activating the secondary property market. This rule, part of the Dubai Land Department’s (DLD) real estate innovation agenda, has the potential to reshape how residents and expatriates invest, sell and trade real estate in the emirate.At its core, the rule targets the secondary market where off-plan or newly built units are resold to buyers and is tied to Dubai’s broader digital transformation and tokenisation efforts in real estate.What is the new resale rule in Dubai?
The recently announced rule, coming in Phase 2 of Dubai’s property tokenisation project, aims to activate resale activity in the secondary market by enabling the resale of millions of digital property tokens linked to real e..

AdvertisementSouth KoreaAsiaEast AsiaInside Seoul’s ‘closet’ homes: YouTube tour reveals reality of gosiwon livingYouTuber Drew Binsky tours Seoul’s US$250-a-month micro-flats, sparking conversation on urban housing and South Korea’s hidden pressures
Reading Time:2 minutesWhy you can trust SCMPThe Korea TimesPublished: 4:43pm, 10 Feb 2026When Drew Binsky stepped into a gosiwon in Seoul, the doorway alone offered a clue to the life inside. The entrance measured barely 61cm (24 inches) across – narrow enough to require a slight turn of the shoulders to pass through.Binsky, an American travel YouTuber with millions of subscribers, documented his experience in his video “Inside Korea’s smallest apartment,” posted on February 1. The video tours several gosiwon facilities across Seoul and drew more than 1.9 million views within days of its release, bringing renewed international attention to one of the city’s least visible forms of housing.“Behind the bright lights and advanced technology, m..

AdvertisementChina & global engagement schemeHong KongEducationUGC fosters global environment for Hong Kong universities by providing students with national and international learning opportunitiesPaid Post:University Grants CommitteeReading Time:9 minutesWhy you can trust SCMPAdvertising partnerPublished: 4:25pm, 10 Feb 2026[The content of this article has been produced by our advertising partner.]
In the past three years, the University Grants Committee (UGC) has been supporting public-funded universities to develop a more global learning environment for Hong Kong’s higher education. With an increase of over 30% since the 2023/24 academic year, non-local students in UGC-funded programmes have become far more culturally diversified in recent years as Hong Kong establishes itself as an international education hub. While many are from Chinese Mainland thanks to geographical proximity and enhanced mobility, those from the Belt and Road countries and regions, as well as the Association of..

UAE public school registration opens February 9 for 2026–27 academic year, Ministry of Education announces/Representative Image Parents planning to place their children in UAE public schools next academic year will have a fixed window to complete enrolment, as the Ministry of Education opens registration from 9 February to 6 March 2026. Officials said applications will be accepted only during this period, with no extensions planned.Who can apply
Registration is open to Emirati citizens and eligible students across the public school system. The ministry stressed that early registration allows schools to prepare properly for the year ahead, from classroom distribution and staffing to textbooks and transport services, helping ensure a smooth start from the first day of term.Admission ages for the 2026–27 intake
Applications will be processed in line with the updated age policy for entry levels:Kindergarten 1 (KG1): Children born between 1 January and 31 December 2022, aged fourKindergart..

Britain's Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood, left, and Prime Minister Keir Starmer attend their visit to Peacehaven Mosque in Peacehaven, England, in Oct. 23, 2025. (Peter Nicholls/Pool Photo via AP) British prime ministers are rarely undone by what they say. More often, they are undone by what they fail to anticipate.Keir Starmer is under mounting pressure not because of any personal wrongdoing, but because of a political misjudgement that has landed at precisely the wrong moment: the decision to bring Peter Mandelson back into the heart of Labour’s power structure just as the Epstein Files resurfaced in public consciousness. Epstein STORM: Starmer ‘HIDES FACE’ As Files Name Personal Donor, Right-hand Man McSweeney Quits Starmer is not accused of misconduct, and Mandelson has consistently denied any impropriety. Yet British politics does not operate solely on legal thresholds. It operates on perception, timing and instinct. The renewed attention on Epstein has revived a broader unea..