Carol Mon Lee is the volunteer Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for ThinkTech Hawaii. She was the University of Hawaii Richardson School of Law’s Associate Dean for Academic Affairs responsible for the academic program and internal operations for 10 years before she retired. Previously she practiced law in Los Angeles and Honolulu and for 15 years was a senior executive/corporate attorney at American Trust Co. of Hawaii and Bishop Trust Co.
The president has proposed new barriers to Chinese electric vehicles, steel and other goods in an attempt to protect his manufacturing agenda. [...]
Beijing’s dominance raises economic and security concerns, and tensions will be high as top climate diplomats meet this week. [...]
Visiting friendly leaders in Eastern Europe, the Chinese president commemorated the 25th anniversary of a misdirected U.S. airstrike that destroyed China’s embassy in Belgrade. [...]
As David C. Banks prepares to testify about antisemitism in the New York City schools, he said he wasn’t intimidated by congressional Republicans. [...]
The United States withheld 3,500 bombs last week out of concern that they might be used in a major assault against the southern Gaza city, officials said. [...]
Ex-Conservative MP Natalie Elphicke says "under Rishi Sunak, the Conservatives have become a byword for incompetence and division". [...]
Keir Starmer's allies believe the Dover MP can help win Tory voters but some on the left are uneasy. [...]
The Duke of Sussex will not meet his father or brother during a brief visit to London. [...]
Israel says lorries are at Kerem Shalom crossing, but a UN agency says they have not entered Gaza. [...]
A leading NHS boss says firms are deliberately targeting areas where nurses are in short supply. [...]
A DW film crew was accompanying a team hanging campaign posters in Dresden when the politicians were assaulted by several individuals. This is just the latest in a series of [...]
Europeans — especially Germans — are increasingly keen on curbing immigration and are less focused on climate change, according to a study by a Danish-based think tank. [...]
The CDU wants to return to power as soon as possible. At its political convention, the party adopted a new conservative platform. The key issues: "Leitkultur," asylum and Islam. [...]
Climate activist Greta Thunberg has been fined for civil disobedience over a protest that included blocking the entrance of the Swedish Parliament. [...]
New Delhi has slammed Nepal's move to come up with a new currency note featuring a map that shows border areas currently under Indian control. [...]
The Gaza Strip's Rafah border crossing with Egypt has been a key lifeline for people in the Palestinian enclave. Here is a timeline of events since Oct. 7, 2023, leading [...]
New medications like Wegovy are changing the way people lose weight and manage obesity, but many Medicaid beneficiaries can't get them. [...]
Rep. Jennifer Wexton of Virginia was diagnosed last year with rare disease that makes it hard to speak. She still advocated for a bill renaming a post office in her [...]
The CDC announced stricter regulations for importing dogs from abroad — or traveling internationally with your furry companions. [...]
The Georgia Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments after former President Trump appealed a decision allowing Fulton County DA Fani Willis to stay on the criminal case involving him [...]
Intense storms threaten large areas of the eastern United States, but the zone including St. Louis, Little Rock and Nashville is most at risk. [...]
Many current and former BetterHelp customers have begun receiving refund eligibility notices spanning from a $7.8 million settlement reached with the online therapy provider last year over allegations that it [...]
Kennedy’s campaign spokeswoman said he contracted a parasite years ago while traveling “extensively in Africa, South America and Asia in his work as an environmental advocate.” [...]
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has confirmed the U.S. paused a shipment of bombs to Israel last week over concerns the country was approaching a decision to launch a full-scale assault [...]
Former Daytona 500 winner Michael McDowell says he will not return to Front Row Motorsports after this season [...]
