Tag Archives: United States

• Sangay on US tour to seek support for Tibet Policy and Support Act 10 November 2020 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has one comment

  Lobsang Sangay, President of CTA, will tour the US from next week to seek support for moving forward the Tibet Policy and Support Act, to eventually have President Donald Trump sign it into law before he leaves the White House. ...

• China declines to acknowledge Biden victory 9 November 2020 This post has 4 comments

  China declined Monday to congratulate Joe Biden as the winner of the US presidential election, saying the outcome was still to be determined. Incumbent Donald Trump has yet to concede, many world leaders congratulated Biden and Harris. ...

• Dalai Lama congratulates Joe Biden on election as US President 8 November 2020 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has 2 comments

  Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama congratulated Joe Biden on his election as the next president of the United States, hoping that he would be able to contribute to shaping a more peaceful world without poverty and injustice. ...

• Joe Biden wins US presidential election, vows new direction for divided US 7 November 2020 | Jonathan Lemire and Zeke Miller This post has 6 comments

  Democrat Joe Biden defeated President Donald Trump to become the 46th president of the United States on Saturday, positioning himself to lead a nation gripped by the historic pandemic and a confluence of economic and social turmoil. ...

• Trump or Biden, new US president faces troubled economy 5 November 2020 | Ann Saphir and Jonnelle Marte This post has 4 comments

  It’s still not clear yet if the next US president will be incumbent Donald Trump or Democratic challenger Joe Biden, but whoever triumphs will face monumental challenges on the economic front. ...

• US presidency still undecided; Biden opens leads in key Midwestern states 4 November 2020 | Trevor Hunnicutt and Jeff Mason This post has 2 comments

  The excruciatingly close US presidential election hung in the balance on Wednesday, with a handful of closely contested states set to decide the outcome in the coming hours or days, even as President Donald Trump falsely claimed victory. ...

• India, US, Japan and Australia kick off large naval drills 3 November 2020 | Sanjeev Miglani This post has 3 comments

  India, the United States, Japan and Australia began their largest joint naval exercises in over a decade on Tuesday, Indian government sources said, seen as part of efforts to balance China’s vast military and economic power in the region. ...

• US to pursue autonomy for Tibet: Special Coordinator Destro 2 November 2020 | Tribune News Service This post has 13 comments

  The US is committed to advocating autonomy for Tibet within China and to foster the middle way approach for a dialogue with Beijing proposed by the Dalai Lama, American Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues, Robert Destro, has said. ...

• US warns of threat posed by China, signs military pact with India 27 October 2020 | Neha Arora and Sanjeev Miglani This post has one comment

  The United States and India signed a pact to share sensitive satellite and map data on Tuesday as US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned of the threat posed by an increasingly assertive China. ...

• Second COVID wave swells across US and Europe as winter looms 26 October 2020 | James Mackenzie and Lisa Shumaker This post has no comments yet

  The United States, Russia and France set new daily records for coronavirus infections as a second wave swelled across parts of the Northern Hemisphere, forcing some countries to impose new curbs. ...