Difficulty: Summiteer (Level 3) Finnish schools have introduced controversial new rules. Students returning from summer break will need to be mindful of their electronic devices. Finland had long been known for its high-quality schooling. But the Nordic country’s rating recently fell in a ranking that measured how well 15-year-olds knew mathematics, reading and writing, and…
Dubrovnik’s summer heat may be a challenge for visitors, but for Hong Kong architect and travel sketch artist Vanessa Leung, it has become part of the creative process. Leung, who is known for documenting her travels through vibrant sketches, shared her experience on Instagram while staying in Dubrovnik. She described meeting up with a fellow…
Designer Raechel “Rae” Temily tells me a funny story about how her eponymous womenswear brand came to be. “A year before I launched, I was wearing one of the very first prototypes of a [Temily] jumpsuit and ended up in the elevator with Gabriela Hearst,” she remembers. Her creation caught the designer’s eye and elicited…
Hong Kong rail giant the MTR Corporation has reported a 15.7 per cent drop in recurrent-business profit to HK$3.39 billion in the first six months of this year from the same period in 2024 due to higher operating costs. After taking into consideration property gains and losses from a one-off revaluation of investment properties, the…
This weekend, Hong Kong’s dining scene is stuffed with unique options. You can enjoy an exquisite six-hands feast celebrating seasonal wild mushrooms, a sumptuous Indian buffet in honour of India’s national day, or an innovative afternoon tea that blends fine dining with bespoke fragrances. Whether savouring the rich and earthy flavours of Yunnan fungi or…
Hong Kong police have arrested a motorist who hid in a hotel room for five days after allegedly hitting three vehicles, injuring another driver, while fleeing from a roadblock. The man, 30, was detained in connection with seven offences including furious driving and drug trafficking, Chief Inspector Law Chin-hon said on Saturday. The suspect is…
BEFORE HIS meeting with Vladimir Putin in Alaska, Donald Trump reportedly called Norway’s finance minister to float the idea that he should win a Nobel prize once he had secured peace in Ukraine. Instead, the summit has handed Mr Putin what he wanted: a red carpet and a chance to boast that Russia’s isolation is…
In July 2025, the Trump administration paused export controls on advanced AI chips to China in an effort to restart trade talks. The decision drew criticism from national security circles concerned about China’s expanding tech dominance. Yet a quieter and more enduring pipeline of technological transfer remains largely overlooked: America’s elite universities. Institutions such as…
With watches as technically and aesthetically groundbreaking as those made by Richard Mille, extremely limited editions are an inevitability. That makes a trusted supplier of pre-owned Richard Mille watches a must-visit resource for fans of the boundary-pushing Swiss luxury watch brand, who are sure to be beating a path to the newly opened Value of…
Jennifer Aniston, 56, is still making headlines with her new boyfriend, hypnotist Jim Curtis, amid whispers of a potential elopement in Cabo this year, according to Women’s Day. She also recently revealed to Vanity Fair that she and Gwyneth Paltrow chat about their shared ex, Brad Pitt, and reflected on her feelings about the infamous…