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Thousands of Tibetan Buddhists were joined by a Hollywood star in India’s Himalayan town of Dharamshala on Sunday to celebrate the 90th birthday of the Dalai Lama.The hilltop temples echoed with chants, while dance troupes performed with clanging cymbals and bagpipes.Actor Richard Gere, a long-time follower, joined other devotees to honour the exiled leader, revered as an advocate for peace.Gere took to the podium at the celebrations with a smile on his face to declare what a “joyous, joyous day” it was “to celebrate this extraordinary life.” He then embraced the Dalai Lama, who he said “totally embodies selflessness”, and…
A Manhattan courthouse became a crime scene last month when a man with multiple open criminal cases slashed two law enforcement officers in the neck and face — inside the very building where justice is supposed to be enforced. Not on the subway. Not in the street. In the courthouse itself. It’s hard to imagine a clearer sign of how broken our justice system has become under Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. The place where consequences are supposed to be delivered has now become one more place where criminals act without fear. In any other city, this would be shocking. In…
Demand for warehouses used to move goods through Los Angeles County ports is expected to fall if widespread tariffs take effect, potentially damaging the economic vitality of one of the world’s largest industrial real estate markets.Leasing of buildings used to collect and distribute imported goods has slowed at least temporarily as businesses wait to see whether the tariffs take hold at their announced rates or ease through negotiations. President Trump on Wednesday temporarily backed down on his tariffs on most nations for 90 days, but raised his tax rate on Chinese imports to 125%.If tariffs cause imports to fall 25%…
Archaeologists have announced the discovery of an ancient city in Peru’s northern Barranca province.The 3,500-year-old city, named Peñico, is believed to have served as a key trading hub connecting early Pacific coast communities with those living in the Andes mountains and Amazon basin.Located some 200km north of Lima, the site lies about 600 metres (1,970 feet) above sea level and is thought to have been founded between 1,800 and 1,500 BC – around the same time that early civilisations were flourishing in the Middle East and Asia.Researchers say the discovery sheds light on what became of the Americas’ oldest civilisation,…
You hear of overseas muggings, and friends losing passports, but when you’re on your own holiday, you’re in vacation mode – what’s the worst that could happen? I was visiting London with my partner and our young son in May. I was out for a run on a Saturday morning. The sun was shining, the endorphins were flowing. I stopped to take a phone call on a footpath in Camberwell, in the city’s south, as to not wake my family sleeping at home. Peter Devlin is recounting how he got his phone back after it got stolen on vacation. In…
(Goldenrod Crab Spider on Calendula, photographed by Rosalie Miller) Notes for today/tonight, mostly from the WSB West Seattle Event Calendar: BIG-BILL AFTERMATH: West Seattle Indivisible is hosting a community gathering to come together and “be in community to process our emotions and potentially learn about or share some ideas for action and resistance” regarding the bill just passed by Congress and signed. 8:30-9:30 pm at Alki Statue of Liberty. (61st SW/Alki SW) ART ON THE CORNER: Last day of three-day art sale, proceeds to nonprofit, 8:30 am-3 pm at 39th SW/SW Holden WESTIES RUN CLUB: No run today. AMERICAN MAH…
Los Angeles’ “mansion tax” that funds affordable housing has probably led to a drop-off in overall apartment construction, potentially worsening the city’s housing situation, according to a new report released Friday. The study, from researchers at UCLA and Rand, focuses on Measure ULA — a voter-approved law that took effect in spring 2023. Though dubbed the mansion tax, the measure applies a 4% levy to nearly all property sales in the city over about $5 million, including apartment buildings, mini-malls and warehouses, and a 5.5% charge to sales above about $10 million. The real estate industry has argued that the…
Uganda’s long-serving president, Yoweri Museveni, 80, has been declared the governing party’s candidate in next year’s presidential election, opening the way for him to seek to extend his nearly 40 years in power. In his acceptance speech, Museveni said that he had responded to the call and, if elected, would press ahead with his mission to turn Uganda into a “high middle income country”. Museveni’s critics say he has ruled with an iron hand since he seized power as a rebel leader in 1986. He has won every election held since then, and the constitution has been amended twice to…
Wittingly or unwittingly, United Airlines gave Donald Trump a birthday present that more than made up for the lackluster army parade put on by Pete Hegseth. On June 14, the day Trump turned 79, the US carrier launched its inaugural flight from Newark to Nuuk, the capital of Greenland — a rugged Arctic expanse possessing vast mineral wealth, stark beauty and huge strategic significance. The possibility that the timing may have been entirely coincidental did nothing to detract from the political symbolism of United’s commercial aviation milestone. A statue of Norwegian missionary Hans Egede in Nuuk, the Capital and largest…
Southern California home prices barely rose last month, as would-be buyers weren’t able — or willing — to bid up housing costs much further. Economists and real estate agents cited a variety of factors probably contributing to the trend, including high mortgage rates, rising inventory and the economic uncertainty caused in part by on-again, off-again tariffs. In March, the average home price across the six-county Southern California region rose 0.38% from a month earlier to $875,908, according to Zillow data. Over the last 12 months, prices are up 1.9%, the smallest annual gain since August 2023. “The housing market is…