Purpose-built student accommodation is drawing mainland Chinese university students away from Hong Kong’s traditional rental market, as professionally managed residences gain favour despite charging higher rents than many private flats. Some students said dedicated student housing offered greater convenience, stronger security, more predictable costs and a better living environment, helping offset higher rents and, in some cases, longer commutes. Qi Zhonghao, a mainland Chinese student pursuing.
More than 200 Japanese companies still operating in Russia face growing uncertainty following Moscow’s seizure of three Western firms’ assets, amid deteriorating diplomatic relations. The Kremlin announced on Friday that the assets of Swiss food giant Nestlé, French retailer Auchan and home improvement chain Lemana Pro had been transferred to Russian entity LEV Management under a decree signed a day earlier by President Vladimir Putin. “These are unfriendly nations,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry...
Personal belongings of the late French film icon Brigitte Bardot fetched nearly €1 million ($1.15 million) at auction in Paris on Monday. More than 280 items from Bardot’s estate sold for a total of €953,531 including fees, auction house Millon said. Every item found a buyer. The auction at the Hôtel Drouot lasted almost nine hours. Around 15,000 people had visited the auction house in the six days beforehand to view the personal possessions of the actress, who died in 2025. The items included..
THE HAGUE, September 22. /TASS/. European Union envoys will try again on September 22 to reach a deal that could lift sanctions against Russian businessmen Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman, with restrictive measures against thousands of other individuals and legal entities renewed for three years, Reuters reported, citing diplomats. The proposed agreement…
O suspeito de matar a estudante universitária Thaissa Gabriely de Oliveira Marques, 21, no estacionamento de uma academia em Londrina, foi denunciado nesta segunda-feira (21) pelo Ministério Público do Paraná pelos crimes de feminicídio e tentativa de estupro. Segundo a 14ª Promotoria de Justiça de Londrina, a vítima levou 44 facadas. Leia mais (09/21/2026 - 20h42)
El líder británico aceptó apoyar militarmente a Arabia Saudita contra los ataques hutíes con drones y misiles, limitando la misión a semanas. Aviones del Reino Unido suministrarán combustible a cazas sauditas, mientras ya está desplegado el sistema de defensa aérea británico en la región.