CL The red rainstorm warning landed before most schools sent their first attendance message, and by the time parents were deciding whether to keep children home, the Education Bureau had decided for them. Kowloon Bay construction went on until it stopped, permanently, for one worker., CL-- CL

MB The courts moved faster than the earthquakes this week, both measuring damage in numbers that will be revised upward. The ship burning in the Strait of Hormuz is doing what burning ships in straits do, concentrating minds on insurance premiums and route maps rather than the stated grievance. North Korea launched a destroyer. The Five Eyes said AI would accelerate attacks within months, which most practitioners in the room already knew.-- MB