Monarch

• 美國總統表示，英國君主同意不應允許德黑蘭擁有核武器。 • 這裡引用一點 Oscar Wilde，那裡致敬 Henry Kissinger，散播一些 Charles Dickens，再加上一點 Abraham Lincoln 和 Theodore Roosevelt。大功告成！英國君主在週二動員了一支由已故白人名流組成的精英隊伍，並以幽默和潛在的政治考量為調味，展開了一場旨在繞過 Donald Trump 並直接針對美國國會的魅力攻勢。從他結束時獲得的歡呼聲和長達一分鐘的掌聲來看，這次的軟實力展現成效顯著，且「特殊關係」將繼續維持。 • 我們目前正在處理一些中東事務……而且進展非常順利。我們在軍事上擊敗了那個特定的對手，我們絕不會讓那個對手——查爾斯比我更同意這一點——我們絕不會讓那個對手擁有核武器。

The king faces possibly his most important ever speech and a thin-skinned president, in the shadow of the Sussexes and the Epstein scandal. What could go wrong?On his high-stakes four-day state visit to the US, King Charles will have to walk a diplomatic tightrope as the guest of an erratic Donald Trump against the backdrop of Iran and security concerns after Saturday night’s shooting at the White House correspondents’ dinner.Many challenges lie ahead as he takes up his UK government-decreed task to “reaffirm and renew” bilateral ties amid a worsening “special relationship” on the 250th anniversary of American independence. Continue reading...

The insects covered its largest area since 2018, despite threats from habitat loss, climate crisis and pesticidesThe population of monarch butterflies in Mexico increased 64% this winter, compared with the same period in 2025, offering a glimmer of hope for an insect considered at risk of extinction.The figures, released this week by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Mexico, showed that the area occupied by monarchs expanded to 2.93 hectares (7.24 acres) of forest from 1.79 hectares (4.42 acres) the previous winter, the largest coverage since 2018. Continue reading...