UK’s Prince Charles, Wife Camilla to Visit Canada in May

Britain’s Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall. (AFP)
Britain’s Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall. (AFP)
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UK’s Prince Charles, Wife Camilla to Visit Canada in May

Britain’s Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall. (AFP)
Britain’s Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall. (AFP)

Britain's Prince Charles and wife Camilla will visit Canada on a three-day tour in May as part of a year-long celebration marking Queen Elizabeth's 70th year on the throne.

It will be the nineteenth visit to Canada for Charles, the heir to the British throne, and five years since his last one.

"On behalf of all Canadians, Sophie and I look forward to welcoming Their Royal Highnesses and showing them some of the many reasons why we take pride in being Canadian," Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in a statement.

Charles and Camilla will participate in events and activities in the province of Newfoundland, Canada's Capital Region and the Northwest Territories, according to a statement from the Canadian government.

Elizabeth, who turns 96 later this month, is Canada's head of state.



China Launches Shenzhou-20 Mission to Chinese Space Station

The Shenzhou-20 space mission carried by the Long March 2F rocket launches at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, near Jiuquan, China, 24 April 2025.  EPA/ANDRES MARTINEZ CASARES
The Shenzhou-20 space mission carried by the Long March 2F rocket launches at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, near Jiuquan, China, 24 April 2025. EPA/ANDRES MARTINEZ CASARES
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China Launches Shenzhou-20 Mission to Chinese Space Station

The Shenzhou-20 space mission carried by the Long March 2F rocket launches at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, near Jiuquan, China, 24 April 2025.  EPA/ANDRES MARTINEZ CASARES
The Shenzhou-20 space mission carried by the Long March 2F rocket launches at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, near Jiuquan, China, 24 April 2025. EPA/ANDRES MARTINEZ CASARES

China sent three astronauts to its permanently inhabited space station on Thursday, in its 15th crewed spaceflight and the 20th overall in the Shenzhou program that started over three decades ago.
The spacecraft Shenzhou-20 and the crew lifted off atop a Long March-2F rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 5:17 p.m. (0917 GMT), according to state broadcaster CCTV.
According to Reuters, state news agency Xinhua reported soon afterwards that the launch was successful.
The launch comes as China's advances in lunar and space exploration are drawing in more countries.
Pakistan is carrying out a preliminary selection of astronauts, one of whom will eventually be sent to space on a future Shenzhou spaceflight and become the first foreign astronaut to enter China's Tiangong space station.