Category Archives: News

• Tibet Initiative Deutschland demand Allianz Group withdraw from winter Olympics 2022 15 August 2021 | Tibet Sun Newsroom no comments

  The Tibet Initiative Deutschland has started an online petition asking the Allianz Group (insurance company) to withdraw as a sponsor of the winter Olympics 2022 in China, saying that that the human rights situation in China has gone from b ...

• Sikyong Penpa Tsering congratulates India on 75 years of independence 15 August 2021 | Lobsang Wangyal no comments

  The political leader of the Tibetans-in-exile Sikyong Penpa Tsering hoisted the Indian flag as the national anthem was played at the Tibetan Secretariat (Kashag) courtyard, with top officials of the exile administration in attendance. ...

• Haiti hit by 7.2-magnitude earthquake; at least 29 killed 14 August 2021 | Evens Sanon no comments

  At least 29 people were killed when a 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti on Saturday, just days before a tropical storm is expected to make landfall, and Prime Minister Ariel Henry said he was mobilizing all available government resource ...

• Fresh flooding in central China kills another 21 people 13 August 2021 no comments

  Flooding in central China continued to cause havoc in both cities and rural areas, with authorities saying Friday that another 21 people had been killed and another four were missing. ...

• Taiwan, US coast guards meet despite Chinese pressure 12 August 2021 one comment

  Officers from the US and Taiwanese coast guards have met to discuss improving cooperation and communication despite efforts by China to isolate the self-governing island democracy. ...

• Ten dead, 13 rescued as landslide hits Kinnaur yet again 11 August 2021 no comments

  Ten people were killed, 13 rescued and several others feared buried under debris after a landslide trapped a bus and other vehicles in Himachal Pradesh's Kinnaur district on Wednesday, officials said. ...

• India shuts last consulate in Afghanistan and evacuates citizens 10 August 2021 no comments

  India sent a military plane to northern Afghanistan on Tuesday to pull out its citizens, officials said, as fighting raged between Afghan security forces and the advancing Taliban. The Indian government shut its consulate in Mazar-i-Sharif. ...

• Acceleration of global warming ‘code red’ for humanity 9 August 2021 | Marlowe Hood no comments

  We ignored the warnings, and now it's too late: global heating has arrived with a vengeance and will see Earth's average temperature reach 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels around 2030, a decade earlier than projected. ...

• Massive forest fire in Greece still burning for 7th day 9 August 2021 | Elena Becatoros no comments

  Firefighters and residents battled a massive forest fire on Greece’s second largest island for a seventh day Monday, fighting to save what they can from flames that have decimated vast tracts of pristine forest, destroyed homes and business ...

• Tibet Sun is setting 8 August 2021 | Lobsang Wangyal 21 comments

  Launched on 8 August 2008, at 8:08am, Tibet Sun today completes 13 years of continuous publication. unfortunately it is time to end, and that too at such a young age. We believe it is not feasible or viable to keep it going any more. ...