Tag Archives: Politics

• Delhi heads to vote amid protests against citizenship law 8 February 2020 This post has no comments yet

  Voters in New Delhi began voting on Saturday in a state election seen as a test of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s popularity following months of deadly anti-government protests over a new citizenship law. ...

• Sikyong 2021: The aspirants and their prospects | Doring Tenzin Phuntsok This post has 33 comments

  We shall forage into some of the Tibetan exile leaders who are likely to have the intention of becoming Sikyong, or at least making a foray into Sikyong elections, and their prospects of getting crowned at the helm of affairs. ...

• US Senate acquits Trump in historic vote as re-election campaign looms 6 February 2020 | David Morgan, Susan Cornwell, Richard Cowan and Patricia Zengerle This post has 2 comments

  President Donald Trump was acquitted on Wednesday in his US Senate impeachment trial, saved by fellow Republicans who rallied to protect him nine months before he asks voters in a deeply divided America to give him a second term. ...

• US House votes to warn China against meddling in Dalai Lama succession 29 January 2020 This post has 2 comments

  The US House of Representatives on Tuesday voted to authorize sanctions against Chinese officials who interfere in the process of determining the Dalai Lama's successor, raising pressure as the Tibetan leader approaches 85. ...

• US President Donald Trump impeached for abuse of power 19 December 2019 | Michael Mathes with Sebastian Smith in Battle Creek, Michigan This post has no comments yet

  President Donald Trump was impeached for abuse of power in a historic vote in the House of Representatives on Wednesday, setting up a Senate trial on removing him from office after three turbulent years. ...

• Former Pakistan leader Musharraf sentenced to death 17 December 2019 | Sajjad Tarakzai This post has 2 comments

  Exiled former Pakistan military leader Pervez Musharraf was sentenced to death Tuesday after being found guilty of treason, an unprecedented move in a country where the armed forces are often considered immune from prosecution. ...

• Trump on track to become third US president to be impeached 16 December 2019 | Susan Cornwell and Arshad Mohammed This post has 2 comments

  Donald Trump is likely to become the third US president to be impeached when the Democratic-led House of Representatives votes on charges stemming from his effort to pressure Ukraine to investigate political rival Joe Biden. ...

• Trump impeachment looms as US House committee approves charges 14 December 2019 | Susan Cornwell This post has one comment

  Democrats in the US House of Representatives on Friday took Republican President Donald Trump to the brink of impeachment by approving two charges against him over his efforts to pressure Ukraine to investigate Democrat Joe Biden. ...

• Boris Johnson vows to get Brexit done after big election win 13 December 2019 | Alice Ritchie, Robin Millard and Phil Hazlewood This post has no comments yet

  UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson proclaimed a political "earthquake" Friday after his thumping election victory cleared Britain's way to finally leave the European Union after years of damaging deadlock over Brexit. ...

• China warns US of a ‘price’ for Uyghur bill 4 December 2019 This post has 2 comments

  China warned Wednesday that a "price must be paid" after the US House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed legislation seeking sanctions against senior Chinese officials over the crackdown on mainly Muslim Uyghurs in Xinjiang. ...