Amid slight improvement in Pope Francis’ ailing health, Seattle Catholics gathered at St. James Cathedral on Monday to pray for a religious leader who some said represented a bulwark against dangerous times in the United States and abroad.

Ukrainians decried the war’s “depth of the depravity” and called on Trump to fulfill a pledge to end it. About 6% of refugees in the U.S. settled near Seattle.

FIFA World Cup is still more than a year away, Seattle is actively preparing for the coming economic rush. The city will host six matches of the 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup at Lumen Field in June and July next year.

A Seattle company often referred to as “the Amazon of South Korea” has been named one of LexisNexis’ “Top 100 Global Innovators for 2025” based on its intellectual property. Coupang has 912 active patent families,