The United Kingdom has long been a prime destination for Malaysians seeking the higher education “gold standard”. Around 12,000 Malaysian students are currently enrolled in UK institutions and there are five British franchise campuses and many twinning programmes locally, making the bilateral educational link a major commercial enterprise. Unfortunately, the UK’s reputation for quality, integrity and global leadership is eroding due to news of job losses, a collapse in international student access and the monetisation of the “British brand” through a recruitment model that rewards numbers over suitability and fees over transparency. This is a critical governance and trust problem…
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“The one thing that professional investors or sophisticated investors fear the most is uncertainty.” Rene Vanguestaine Key Takeaways A major portion of China’s massive $1.2 trillion trade surplus is flowing into the Hong Kong stock market, according to a Caixin analysis The recent passing of legendary investor Mark Mobius underscores a reality that an old guard of early China bulls is dying out and not being replaced By Doug Young & Rene Vanguestaine We’re currently witnessing a pair of fascinating developments in the Chinese equities space. A recent analysis by Caixin suggests that a significant portion of China’s $1.2 trillion trade surplus…
The world is being swept by a morally unanchored torrent of words and actions. As the US and Israel fight Iran, there are no principles, no restraining voices, and no alliance partners to broker compromise. This is the geopolitics of hubris. Only the power to overwhelm matters. As US Vice President J.D. Vance declared in May 2025: “…when we throw a punch, we throw a punch hard and we do it decisively.”But there is no decisive punch in the Iran conflict. Nor are there compromises amid the irreconcilable positions. This war of attrition will end when one side walks away…
ASEAN moves to prevent hoarding, explore alternative energy sourcesA gas station attendant fills the tank of a car in Bangkok, Thailand, March 9, 2026. (PHOTO / AP)Editor’s note: In this weekly feature China Daily gives voice to Asia and its people. The stories presented come mainly from the Asia News Network (ANN), of which China Daily is among its 20 leading titles.As crude prices soar amid Middle East conflict destabilizing the global supply chain, ASEAN governments have prioritized a singular mission: preventing collective “panic hoarding” while intensifying the search for alternative energy sources to secure national supplies.In Thailand, authorities have…
Declining Economic Burden of Coronary Atherosclerosis Relative to the United States Economic Output and Healthcare Sector Growth Cureus Source link
The spring Classics season wrapped up with Liège–Bastogne–Liège 2026. As expected, the Monument reshaped the UCI WorldTour Ranking thanks to Tadej Pogacar’s victory, just as La Flèche Wallonne did with Paul Seixas on top, the Tour of the Alps dominated by Giulio Pellizzari, and the Vuelta a Asturias where Nairo Quintana sealed the overall for Movistar Team. Those four races headlined the week and scattered a hefty haul of points in a table still led by UAE Team Emirates XRG.The Emirati squad has already surged past the 12,000 UCI-point mark in 2026. UAE sits on 12,269.4, driven by Pogacar’s win…
Air China, the flag carrier of China, will launch a new route between Chongqing, China, and Manila, Philippines, on May 1.The airline will operate four round-trip flights per week, on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays. The route will be served with Boeing 737-800 aircraft. The flight time is 4 hours from Chongqing and 3 hours 50 minutes from Manila.This route will be operated exclusively by Air China.■ TimetableCA481 Chongqing (20:50) → Manila (00:50+1) / Mon, Wed, Fri, SatCA482 Manila (01:50) → Chongqing (05:40) / Tue, Thu, Sat, Sun⇒For more information Source link
The TDM Global Summit (Thailand) 2026 opens in Bangkok right now with record-breaking attendance and a strong sense of momentum, bringing together some of the most influential leaders from the travel and tourism industry under one roof. Hosted at the Amari Bangkok Hotel, the summit is beginning with high energy as industry executives, innovators and decision-makers gather to discuss the future of global tourism. Organisers are describing this year’s edition as the largest gathering in the summit’s history, with a packed house of C-suite executives, owners and industry leaders reflecting growing interest in the platform. While only in its second…
Feel strongly about these letters, or any other aspects of the news? Share your views by emailing us your Letter to the Editor at [email protected] or filling in this Google form. Submissions should not exceed 400 words.Your editorial, “Breaches reveal worrying gaps in Hong Kong’s data defences” (April 10), rightly warns that data security failures threaten Hong Kong’s innovation hub ambitions. Recent incidents include the data leak involving more than 56,000 patients served by the Hospital Authority and a breach affecting 6,800 staff of the Correctional Services Department. In 2025, there was a 21 per cent rise in data breach…
Elea Technology will present its latest Pulsed Electric Field (PEF) solutions for snack processing at SnackEx 2026, taking place on June 17–18, 2026 at the FIL Expo in Lisbon, Portugal. The company will highlight new system developments and demonstrate how PEF can support efficiency, product quality and process optimization in potato and vegetable snack production.Visitors to Booth 215 will have the opportunity to explore Elea’s latest technologies and discuss practical applications for improving processing performance across snack production lines. PEF systems and innovations on displayElea will showcase its compact PEF Advantage B Micro system alongside the PiCon system, an AI-driven inline…