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Diver detained for allegedly spearing endangered hawksbill turtle – why it matters for Indonesia’s marine protection

Immigration officers stopped Wei Shang, whom police also identify as Wilson Shang, at Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport in Makassar on Sept. 14 as he was about to board a flight to Kuala Lumpur.

20-09-2026

What Daisuke Hori’s 30‑Minute Sleep Test Reveals About the Limits of Self‑Trained Short Sleep

Daisuke Hori heads the Japan Short Sleeper Training Association and sells a sleep-improvement program.

19-09-2026

Edible “homework” snacks in Chinese schools face health warnings and a crackdown

The snack is a sheet of edible rice paper printed to look like a Chinese textbook, exercise book, exam paper or certificate of merit.

19-09-2026

Why Nguyen Khoa Vu Switched from Western Universities to Tsinghua University

Nguyen Khoa Vu, a graduate of Hanoi's Foreign Language Specialized School, has won a 50% tuition scholarship to Tsinghua University's Zhishan College. Tsinghua, often dubbed "China's MIT", ranks 14th in the QS World University Rankings 2027.

19-09-2026

Colleges Flip Admissions: Offering Spots to Students Who Never Applied

The practice, known as direct admissions, has colleges extend offers based on little more than a high school transcript.

18-09-2026

Vietnam to End IELTS Bonus Points in University Admissions

Vietnamese students now take the same national high school graduation exams. Universities have their own admission standards and are allowed to award additional points to applicants for academic awards, language certificates such as IELTS or SAT, or extracurricular achievements.

18-09-2026

How Evans’s Unusual Teaching Still Inspires His Former Students

Wang Yu, a community worker in Shanghai, graduated from East China Normal University in 2005 with a degree in tourism management, she told the South China Morning Post. The teacher, an American she knew only as Evans, taught an elective English course and spent three years coaching her outside class hours without pay.

18-09-2026

What Bangkok’s Five‑Point Plan Can Teach Other Cities About Cutting PM2.5

The move follows a meeting between Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt and PCD Director-General Surin Worakijthamrong, during which the two sides agreed on a five-point action plan focusing on vehicle emissions, pollution sources and public health.

18-09-2026

Why Record 18% of German University Students Are International

Data for the winter semester of the 2025-26 academic year, released by Germany's Federal Statistical Office in August, showed that the number had increased by 24,733 from the previous year, accounting for nearly one-fifth of all university students in the country.

18-09-2026

Why $100,000 College Price Tags Hide Big Scholarships and Real Family Costs

Harvey Mudd College led by charging $104,512, including tuition, fees, housing, food, books and transportation, according to a list by education services company The Princeton Review.

17-09-2026