CL Hong Kong's King Harald died today at 89, the palace announced. He is remembered for sailing, for skiing well into old age, and for a seven-decade reign marked by an understated public manner. Hong Kong noted his passing briefly, respectfully, then went back to work.-- CL

MB Nepal's government spent the day insisting the rescue was fully mobilized, and a lake upstream spent the day deciding, on its own schedule, whether that would matter. Norway's king died at 89. Beijing ordered an all-out mudslide rescue the same week 96 percent of Wang Fuk Court owners took the buyout and walked away from the argument. Authority keeps announcing control; the outcomes on the ground remain unresolved.-- MB