Category Archives: News

• Scientist warns of Everest dangers from pollution, melting 6 June 2019 | Binaj Gurubacharya no comments

  Mount Everest and its surrounding peaks are increasingly polluted and warmer, and nearby glaciers are melting at an alarming rate that is likely to make it more dangerous for future climbers ...

• Penpa Tsering’s case against CTA President: Defendant asks more time 5 June 2019 | Lobsang Wangyal 26 comments

  A defamation case against President of Central Tibetan Administration Lobsang Sangay and his Cabinet had its first hearing today in Dharamshala, seat of the exiled Tibetan administration. ...

• Silence, US tensions mark Tiananmen 30th anniversary in China 4 June 2019 | Poornima Weerasekara and Qasim Nauman one comment

  Beijing marked 30 years since the deadly Tiananmen crackdown on Tuesday with a wall of silence and extra security, as the anniversary turned into a diplomatic slugfest with the US. ...

• US now wants social media details of last 5 years for visa 4 June 2019 2 comments

  All applicants for US visas will have to submit their social media details under new rules by the State Department. It also demand five years' worth of email addresses and phone numbers. ...

• Taiwan lashes back at Chinese defence minister’s threats 3 June 2019 no comments

  Taiwan lashed out at the Chinese defense minister's renewed threat to use force to assert China's claim to the island, accusing Beijing of creating unease in the region and seeking to "expan ...

• On 30th anniversary, China says Tiananmen crackdown was ‘correct’ policy 2 June 2019 | Elizabeth Law one comment

  China on Sunday defended the bloody Tiananmen crackdown on student protesters in a public acknowledgement of the event, days before its 30th anniversary, saying it was the "correct" policy. ...

• China says war with US would be a disaster as tensions mount 2 June 2019 | Lee Chyen Yee one comment

  China’s Defence Minister Wei Fenghe said on Sunday that a war with the United States would be a disaster for the world while issuing a warning to Washington not to meddle in security dispute ...

• US cuts off India preferential trade access 2 June 2019 no comments

  The United States will end preferential trade treatment for India from Wednesday, US President Donald Trump has announced, in a fresh economic headwind for New Delhi alongside slowing growth ...

• US gunman kills 12 in Virginia Beach; suspect shot dead 1 June 2019 | Anita Chang Beattie no comments

  A municipal employee sprayed gunfire "indiscriminately" in a government building complex on Friday in the US state of Virginia, police said, killing 12 people and wounding four in the latest ...

• Assange suffering ‘psychological torture’: UN expert 1 June 2019 | Nina Larson no comments

  Julian Assange has been subjected to drawn-out "psychological torture", a UN rights expert said Friday, accusing the United States, Britain, Ecuador and Sweden of "collective persecution" of ...