Tag Archives: Politics

• Nancy Pelosi wants Trump ‘in prison’: report 8 June 2019 This post has one comment

  Donald Trump should be sent to "prison," US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told fellow Democrats in a closed-door meeting about whether to launch impeachment proceedings against the president. ...

• Indian prime minister Modi names Cabinet after decisive election 31 May 2019 This post has no comments yet

  India's newly sworn in Prime Minister Narendra Modi named a Cabinet on Friday, handing the powerful home affairs portfolio to the president Amit Shah of his Hindu nationalist party. ...

• Stop interfering in Tibet: China tells US 28 May 2019 This post has one comment

  China on Tuesday told the US to stop interfering in Tibet after the American envoy advised Beijing to hold talks with Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama who is living in India. ...

• China bridles at rare meeting between Taiwan and US security officials 27 May 2019 This post has one comment

  China responded angrily on Monday as Taiwan confirmed the first meeting in more than four decades between senior US and Taiwanese security officials. ...

• India’s president appoints Modi as prime minister for 2nd term 26 May 2019 This post has no comments yet

  India's president on Saturday appointed Narendra Modi as the prime minister, soon after newly elected lawmakers led by Modi's Hindu nationalist BJP chose him as their leader. ...

• Europe’s voters elect new parliament amid rising nationalism | Mike Corder and Lori Hinnant This post has no comments yet

  Voters from 21 nations in Europe went to the polls Sunday in the final day of the European Parliament election that could see major gains by the far-right, nationalist and populist movements ...

• US urges China to talk to the Dalai Lama | Christopher Bodeen This post has 3 comments

  The US ambassador to China urged Beijing to engage in substantive dialogue with exiled Tibetan Buddhist leader the Dalai Lama during a visit to the Himalayan region over the past week. ...

• India’s opposition Congress backs Gandhi after poll defeat 25 May 2019 This post has no comments yet

  Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi, scion of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty, offered to resign Saturday after his Congress party was trounced in a second straight national election. ...

• China asks US envoy to make ‘unbiased judgement’ during his Tibet visit 22 May 2019 This post has one comment

  China, which granted a rare permit for US Ambassador Terry Branstad to visit Tibet, on Monday hoped that the American envoy would make an "unbiased judgement" about the conditions in the Him ...

• China hopes US ambassador will better understand Tibet through visit This post has no comments yet

  China hopes the US Ambassador to China Terry Branstad will have a deeper understanding of Tibet Autonomous Region through his visit, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Lu Kang said Monday. ...