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King Charles received 12 standing ovations as Congress listened to his speech in Washington DC

A Hong Kong man has been jailed for two months for sharing a social media post urging residents to shun last year’s Legislative Council election. Security guard Wong Wah-kwong, 63, pleaded guilty at West Kowloon Court on Wednesday to inciting others to boycott the December poll – the second under a Beijing-imposed “patriots-only” election overhaul in 2021. Wong admitted sharing a Facebook post dated October 15 last year by fugitive activist Alan Keung Ka-wai, who urged Hongkongers to avoid...

SEATTLE — In his record-breaking tenure as Washington House speaker, Frank Chopp never spearheaded legislation, preferring to work behind the scenes.  So when, in 2019, he brought forward a bill to create a new psychiatric teaching hospital at the University of Washington, his fellow lawmakers quipped that he might not understand the legislative process. That […]

State officials and environmentalists point to a new report on Washington’s greenhouse gas emissions as an indicator that the state’s climate policies are working.  Others look at the same data and say it raises doubts about whether those policies significantly reduce carbon emissions at all.  The Department of Ecology report shows emissions in the state […]

China is flexing its dominance over the global supply chain – claiming the world’s largest reserves of 14 essential minerals, including rare earths and graphite – while preparing to ramp up exploration through the end of the decade. The Ministry of Natural Resources disclosed the information at a monthly media briefing on Wednesday, vowing that China would continue accelerating its search for minerals during the 15th five-year plan period spanning 2026 to 2030. The message underscores Beijing’s...

The UK has issued similar advice, telling citizens who stay, that they do so at their own risk.

The Please Touch Museum in Philadelphia plans to expand it's hands on learning through play.

A park spokesperson said that an operator stopped the ride after seeing a guest holding their cell phone on the ride, violating the park's safety policy.

King Charles III and Queen Camilla are headed to New York on Wednesday as part of their closely watched diplomatic visit to the U.S.

Since launching his war on Iran, the US president’s relationship with transatlantic allies has rapidly deteriorated

An appeals court sentenced ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol to 7 years in prison for resisting arrest and bypassing a Cabinet meeting before his brief imposition of martial law in December 2024.

Talks between Iran and the United States on ending the war seemed stalled Wednesday, despite U_S_ President Donald Trump earlier claiming Iran had informed his administration that it was in a “State of Collapse.”