Seattle will activate closed-circuit television cameras near its stadiums during the 2026 FIFA World Cup after city leaders received updated warnings about potential security threats tied to the global tournament.
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It’s been 100 years since the last heir of Gyldan fell into an eternal slumber and doomed the once-mighty kingdom to poverty and invasion—at least according to the fairy tales.
China bans 4 New Zealand lawmakers after they visited Taiwan
Beijing banned four New Zealand lawmakers from traveling to China for a year and demanded they apologize because they visited Taiwan on a parliamentary trip, according to a message from the Chinese Embassy seen by The Associated Press on Thursday.
A lawsuit challenges Hawaii homestead leases limited to those with 50% Hawaiian blood
A lawsuit filed this week in U.S. court in Honolulu challenges a century-old system that provides one of the most valuable benefits for Native Hawaiians: land at almost no cost.
Diwa Festival connects Filipinos the wide world over
For those who don’t remember video stores—they once existed, and they once linked movie lovers to films not in first-run theatres, when that was otherwise almost impossible.
Disability scholar: Ableism is built into everything — In a Seattle lecture, Ly Xīnzhèn M. Zhǎngsūn Brown traced the connections between ableism, eugenics, technology, and power
Listening to Ly Xīnzhèn M. Zhǎngsūn Brown is like listening to a secular sermon.
Seattle proclaims ‘Bush Garden Day’ as iconic restaurant holds a homecoming after years-long closure
When more than 75 people heard the sound of taiko drums and watched a lion dance accompanied by live music and exploding firecrackers, they knew the return of a Japanese American cultural institution was finally taking place.
C.A.C.A. Seattle banquet draws record crowd, raises scholarship funds
The Seattle Lodge of the Chinese American Citizens Alliance (C.A.C.A.) drew a record 240 attendees to its annual banquet on Sunday, May 31, raising more than $1,500 for student scholarships.
Same stadium, new name: Why World Cup venues are getting rebranded for the tournament
The stadiums that will host World Cup matches are removing all traces of their usual corporate sponsors in anticipation of the tournament that starts next week.
First-ever AANHPI Summit held in Seattle to round out AANHPI Heritage Month
The founder of the first-ever Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Summit, John Chen started the summit by telling the story of his ancestor, the first in his family to immigrate to the United States in the early 1900s.