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Chinese youth have increasingly turned to purchasing annual memberships at Disneyland as a unique way to engage in their studies while embracing the concept of “doing the most painful thing at the happiest place in the world.” This trend emerged last March, sparked by several young individuals who shared their experiences of studying at the Shanghai and Hong Kong Disneyland parks. A university student from Hong Kong expressed to Haibao News that she chose the theme park as her study location because the uplifting music resonating throughout the park offered her solace amid the pressures of her academic workload. She invested in the premier Platinum annual pass, priced at...

A young German citizen has told how his life has been destroyed after a London criminal used his ID to rack up a string of convictions that now appear on the German database against his name. The phantom record has left the 24-year-old in despair, effectively blacklisted and unable to get a job for the past four years in his native Bonn, stymying a budding career and the start of his adult life. Rami Battikh has written to the Metropolitan police in London begging them to treat the matter with urgency telling them he feels trapped and powerless after years of futile effort to get the the record deleted.     (Rami Battikh told his potential employers he had proof he was in...

These days, building up to our first property often takes years of saving – unless you’re buoyed by generational wealth or happen to win the lottery. If you’re looking for a unique opportunity to get on the property ladder, a one-bedroom flat has hit the market in Birmingham for just £1. But naturally, there’s a catch. The third-floor flat needs a considerable amount of modernising, so this is definitely a doer-upperproject (unless you want to keep the hot pink bathroom complete with what appears to be a mould-stricken bathtub in-tact). In the past, electricity, water and sewage have been supplied to the property, but the listing notes that the existing...

Billionaire David MacNeil and his wife Melissa just closed on a lake-to-ocean lot in Manalapan, Florida for $55.5 million in cash — bringing their total spending to a staggering $94 million before the couple even begins to build their dream house there. And the billionaire calls it a deal. “I actually think I got a bargain,” MacNeil, the founder and CEO of WeatherTech, a car mat manufacturer, told Gimme Shelter in an exclusive interview.   (An aerial of the assemblage where MacNeil will construct his mansion.Farrell Companies) (David MacNeil, who will be among Manalapan’s newest wealthy residents.Alamy Stock Photo) (The newly purchased lot on the right...

Joshua Van remembers asking his mother why they had to live in Houston. Why couldn't they just go back home where things were familiar? He was 12 years old at the time, and Van wanted to go back to where he lived the first decade of his life, in Myanmar. Life wasn't easy for an undersized pre-teen who spoke little English and was picked on during school for both of those attributes. Looking back, the math adds up that he'd become the first Burmese fighter to compete in the UFC. "I was a small kid," Van recently told MMA Junkie. "From where I come from, you get picked on. It's kind of like I fight everyday, and I got to the point where I enjoyed fighting. I watched clips on street fights...

Fed up with China’s employment situation, young people on the mainland are retreating to the countryside. Job hunting has been particularly difficult for young people as the Chinese economy struggles, said Chung Chi Nien, chair professor at Hong Kong Polytechnic University.   (A girl hugging a young cattle at a breeding farm in Chongqing, China.Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images)   China’s Gen Z and millennials are increasingly documenting their rural day-to-day “retirement” lives on social media after declaring that they got laid off, quit or are simply jobless. These self-identified “retirees,” who often state they were born in the...

President Trump’s childhood home in New York City has been sold at a steep discount — after the previous owner allowed it to fall into disrepair and become overrun by feral cats, The Post has learned. The Tudor-style residence in the leafy Jamaica Estates enclave in Queens — where the young Donald lived until he was four years old — was scooped up for $835,000 by a Brooklyn-based LLC called 1388 Group, according to the sales deed filed March 3. That price is less than half of the $2.14 million the house previously fetched in 2017, when it was purchased in an all-cash deal by Michael X. Tang, a lawyer who reportedly buys real estate on behalf of overseas Chinese...

A woman suffered a severe and highly unusual injury when a fishbone lodged in her throat eventually emerged through the side of her neck before it was surgically removed. The woman's husband posted the details, along with a warning to others. Suriyan Bubpha-art, 43, shared the experience on Facebook. His 45-year-old wife required surgery to remove the large fish bone, nearly 2 centimetres long. He said his wife had eaten a bowl of fish soup, unaware that the belly meat contained sharp bones. She spooned it into her mouth, swallowed and immediately felt a stabbing pain in her throat. Initially, the couple attempted a traditional remedy, swallowing more food in the hope it dislodges the...

A high-end South Florida home that is rumored to have hosted Tom Cruise, Leonardo DiCaprio, and the cast of “The Real Housewives of New York” has rocketed onto the market for a very A-list price. The $39.5 million property in Miami Beach, FL, was designed by architect Zeb Jarosz, who has created homes for Dan Marino and Matt Damon and designed a 40,000-square-foot mansion for Michael Jordan in Jupiter, FL. Intriguingly, this is the home’s third price since it was listed at the start of 2024. It initially popped up on the market for the staggering sum of $42,500,000, but that price was slashed to $38,900,000 in April. Its listing was taken down just one month later,...

Thai government approves Thai citizenship for 483,000 people – forwards to Interior Ministry for implementation within 60 days, expected to stimulate economy. Jirayu Huangsap, Government Spokesperson, announced after the cabinet meeting on October 29, 2024, that the National Security Council (NSC) proposed to the cabinet to approve criteria to expedite citizenship and status solutions for long-term immigrants in Thailand and their children born in Thailand, replacing the cabinet resolution of January 26, 2021. Currently, there are long-term immigrants in Thailand in several groups: The first group, from 1984-1999, consists of approximately 120,000 people, and the second group, from...