Ireland's President Catherine Connolly begins three-day official visit to Britain
Ireland's President Catherine Connolly is beginning a three-day official visit to Britain later today, with meetings planned in London and Leeds and an expected audience with King Charles at Buckingham Palace. The trip is her first to Britain since taking office last November and her second overseas visit overall. It begins in London at the Irish Cultural Centre in Hammersmith, where she is due to meet local community groups and speak about links between the two countries and the contribution of the diaspora.The visit is also expected to include a reception at the Irish embassy in London, where Connolly and... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 18 May 2026 00:30 LONDON
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Chinese influence case in US leads to convictions over alleged foreign agent activity
A Chinese community group president in Manhattan has been found guilty of acting as an unauthorised foreign agent for China, in a case that US authorities say involved the first known overseas police station in the country. In a separate case in California, Arcadia Mayor Eileen Wang pleaded guilty to posting propaganda for Beijing. The two outcomes were announced in the same week and add to a growing set of US prosecutions linked to alleged Chinese influence operations.Lu Jianwang, 64, had set up an office above a ramen store in Manhattan's Chinatown in 2022, according to the case described in... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 17 May 2026 01:01 LONDON
