Category Archives: News

  • New US Bill to counter China includes policies for Tibet, Xinjiang 22 April 2021 | Shishir Gupta no comments

    The United States in its new Bill to counter China includes policies for Tibet, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Xinjiang, the problem areas of the People's Republic of China, where it aims to uphold democratic values against China's oppression. ...

  • Coronavirus: India Covid surge hits new record as oxygen runs short 21 April 2021 | Aishwarya Kumar no comments

    India's brutal new Covid-19 outbreak set records on Wednesday with more than 2,000 deaths in 24 hours, as hospitals in New Delhi ran perilously low on oxygen. India has been in the grips of a second wave of infections. ...

  • US lawmakers look to advance sweeping bid to counter China 21 April 2021 | Patricia Zengerle and Michael Martina no comments

    US lawmakers expect to boost the country's ability to push back against China if a Senate panel approves sweeping legislation on Wednesday as expected, even as they voiced a need to do far more to counter Beijing. ...

  • Jury finds Derek Chauvin guilty of murdering George Floyd 21 April 2021 | Amy Forliti, Steve Karnowski and Tammy Webber no comments

    Former Minneapolis Officer Derek Chauvin was convicted Tuesday of murder and manslaughter for pinning George Floyd to the pavement with his knee on the Black man’s neck in a case that triggered worldwide protests, violence. ...

  • Xi Jinping hits out, asks US not to meddle in others’ internal affairs 20 April 2021 no comments

    Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday hit out at the US, saying there should be no "bossing" and "meddling" in the internal affairs of other countries as Beijing is increasingly coming under pressure from Washington and its allies. ...

  • Coronavirus: Dekiling records 138 cases; settlement under lockdown 19 April 2021 | Lobsang Wangyal 10 comments

    The Tibetan settlement of Dekiling has been put under indefinite lockdown after 138 infections of coronavirus cases in the last one week were recorded. Four elders are on ventilator support, and many others showed mild symptoms. ...

  • ‘Dire need of beds, oxygen’: India’s capital under siege from COVID-19 18 April 2021 | Mayank Bhardwaj and Aditya Kalra no comments

    India’s capital New Delhi recorded 25,500 coronavirus cases in a 24-hour period, with about one in three people tested returning a positive result, its chief minister said, urging the federal government to provide more hospital beds. ...

  • Covid death toll passes three million as India cases surge 17 April 2021 | AFP bureaus no comments

    The global Covid-19 death toll passed three million on Saturday as the pandemic speeds up despite vaccination campaigns, leading countries like India to impose new lockdowns to fight spiralling infection numbers. ...

  • Prince Philip is laid to rest as somber queen sits alone 17 April 2021 | Danica Kirka and Jill Lawless no comments

    As military bands played and a procession of royals escorted his coffin to the church, Prince Philip was laid to rest Saturday in a funeral ceremony that honoured his lifetime of service to the UK, the crown and his wife the Queen. ...

  • Beijing warns US, Japan against collusion vs China 16 April 2021 one comment

    China said Friday it has expressed “serious concerns” to the United States and Japan over what it calls negative moves and collusion between the two countries against China. ...