Category Archives: News

• Russia acting against Biden; China opposes Trump: US intel 9 August 2020 | Eric Tucker and Deb Riechmann 3 comments

  US intelligence officials believe that Russia is using a variety of measures to denigrate Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden ahead of the November election and that individuals linked to the Kremlin are boosting Trump's reelection. ...

• US sets record as coronavirus cases top 5 million 8 August 2020 | Diane Craft no comments

  The United States set a record for coronavirus cases on Saturday, with more than 5 million people now infected, according to a Reuters tally, as the country’s top infectious diseases official offered hope earlier this week. ...

• Tens of thousands in fresh anti-Kremlin rally 8 August 2020 | Aleksandr Yanyshev no comments

  Tens of thousands of people took to the streets in Russia's Far East for a fifth consecutive weekend as anti-Kremlin rallies showed little sign of dying down on Saturday. ...

• US slaps sanctions on Hong Kong leader in new offensive on China 7 August 2020 | Shaun Tandon and Rob Lever, with AFP in Beijing 4 comments

  The United States slapped sanctions Friday on Hong Kong's leader after effectively forcing Chinese internet giants TikTok and WeChat to end all US operations in a twin diplomatic-commercial offensive set to grow ahead of US elections. ...

• Pakistan demands Kashmir action while ignoring China’s Uyghurs 7 August 2020 | Asif Hassan no comments

  Even as Pakistan this week drew international attention to the plight of Muslims in Indian Kashmir, Islamabad stayed conspicuously silent about another embattled Muslim community -- China's Uyghur population. ...

• Trump issues bans on China’s TikTok, WeChat, stoking tension with Beijing 6 August 2020 | David Shepardson and Alexandra Alper no comments

  US President Donald Trump on Thursday unveiled sweeping bans on US transactions with China’s ByteDance, owner of video-sharing app TikTok, and Tencent, operator of messenger app WeChat, in a major escalation of tensions with Beijing. ...

• Dalai Lama calls for ban on nuclear weapons: 75th anniversary of Hiroshima bombing 6 August 2020 | Tibet Sun Online News 7 comments

  Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama renewed calls to abolish nuclear weapons, a cause he has championed throughout his life, on the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. ...

• Standoff with China will be long, India warns in pulled statement 6 August 2020 no comments

  India’s defence ministry has warned, in a statement since removed from its website, that a military standoff with China that began with border fighting in June is likely to be a long one, despite multiple rounds of talks. ...

• Wait of centuries is over, Modi says, as Ayodhya temple construction begins 5 August 2020 | Saurabh Sharma 3 comments

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday launched the construction of a Hindu temple on a site that has been contested by Muslims for decades in a dispute that has sparked some of India’s bloodiest communal violence. ...

• Exile Tibetans gearing up for general elections 2021 5 August 2020 | Tibet Sun Online News one comment

  The Chief Election Commissioner of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), Wangdu Tsering Pesur, announced the commencement of the 2021 exile Tibetan general elections to elect a new president and Tibetan Parliament members. ...