Photo essay: Thirty-six hours: a port through day and night
From the pilot boat before dawn to the cranes still working at midnight, we spent a day and a half on the docks recording a port that never stops.
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Workplace mental health: companies bought the service, staff will not use it
Awareness is not the problem. Most employees know the support exists; usage has stayed in single figures.
A city changing in old photographs: the same junction, six times in forty years
A retired teacher took his first photograph here in 1986 and returned every few years. He has now put them side by side.
Festival line-up announced with a record number of first-time directors
Debuts and second features make up almost half the programme — the result, selectors say, of a deliberate shift.
Summer box office passes 9bn yuan as animation takes a record share
Three domestic animated films sit in the year’s top ten, and cinemas say September scheduling will favour mid-budget releases.
Academy audit: first-team minutes are the only test that counts
We analysed three seasons of academy data. The gap between how many players are produced and how many actually play is wider than expected.
Generated-content labels arrive, splitting "AI-made" from "AI-assisted"
Labelling has moved from a single tag to a graded system, but where "assisted" begins is defined differently on every platform.
As heat becomes routine, cities start rewriting building and street rules
From reflective roof coatings to canopy cover targets, keeping cities cool is moving from emergency measure to written standard.
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Documentary: Half past five at the morning market: the busiest ninety minutes of the day
Traders arrive at four, the market opens at half five, and 60 per cent of the day’s sales are done by seven.
Buying appliances: measure first, read the specs second, compare prices last
Returns data shows the wrong size is the leading reason appliances go back — well ahead of disappointing performance.
Stadiums complete security and evacuation upgrades, changing the matchday experience
Wider evacuation routes, zoned ticketing and identity checks, with some grounds restoring free movement between stands.
Where homework help should stop
Three teachers gave near-identical advice: parents handle the setting and the habit; the school handles the subject.