Fields of fire drive Delhi’s air quality to unhealthy levels

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NEW DELHI, India, 19 October 2019 When it comes to air quality there are few worse places to live on the planet than New Delhi, and driving north out the Indian capital it is easy to see why, as plumes of smoke rise.

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  Tibetan graduates need to ‘expose and criticise Dalai Lama’ for Chinese govt jobs

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  China propaganda app fraught with security concerns: report

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  US House passes Hong Kong ‘Democracy Act’

  WASHINGTON, DC, 16 October 2019 The US House of Representatives passed a bill Tuesday sought by pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong that aims to defend civil rights in the city, prompting an angry response from China.

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