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CGTC-I and ITCO Campaign in Kalimpong to Strengthen Tibet Support Group

Kalimpong: With the aims to re-strengthen and re-ignite the flame of Tibbat Mukti Sadhna in this crucial time, the Core Group for Tibetan Cause – India (CGTC-I) in coordination with India Tibet Coordination Office (ITCO) continued its campaign to...

Nurse Required at Tibetan Primary Health Care Centre in Bir

The Tibetan branch health clinic in Bir incorporated under the Department of Health’s Tibetan Voluntary Health Association announces a job vacancy for nurse on contractual basis. Interested applicants are requested to submit their requisite documents by 4pm on 16...

Pope Francis Visits Mongolia Amid Vatican’s Strained Relations With China and Russia

It's the first time a pope has visited the landlocked Asian country and comes at a time when the Vatican’s relations with Mongolia’s two powerful neighbors, Russia and China, are strained.

Parliamentary Delegation Calls on MP Jugal Kishore Sharma

Dharamshala: A Tibetan parliamentary delegation consisting of MPs Dawa Tsering, Tenpa Yarphel, and Yeshi Dolma called on Shri Jugal Kishore Sharma, Member of Lok Sabha (Bharatiya Janata Party) on 1st September 2023 in Jammu. They urged for the MP’s continued...

‘So many precious things were lost’: Rhodes after the fires – photo essay

The photographer Gideon Mendel travelled to Rhodes a month after the fires as part of his Burning World project. He sought to document the impact on lives and landscapesJuly 2023 was the hottest month ever recorded, and Rhodes in...

Film-maker Martin McDonagh calls no campaign ‘rightwing swine’ for using scene in voice referendum ad

Exclusive: Response comes after Fair Australia shared clip from Seven Psychopaths with face of Anthony Albanese superimposed over gun-toting thugRead our voice referendum explainer and the latest voice poll resultsOscar-winning film-maker Martin McDonagh has said he “definitely wasn’t aware”...

Russia-Ukraine war live: Moscow stages ‘sham’ elections in illegally occupied areas of Ukraine

Russian-installed authorities held ‘illegal elections’, Ukrainian officials say, using candidates handpicked by Moscow Continue reading...

Parliamentary Delegation Concludes Tibet Advocacy in Jammu

Dharamshala: A delegation of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile successfully concluded their official Tibet advocacy tour in Jammu on 31st August 2023. The parliamentary delegation consisting of MPs Dawa Tsering, Tenpa Yarphel, and Yeshi Dolma met with Prof. Rahul Gupta, Registrar of...

Australian Labor Party Adopts Resolution Condemning Erosion of Rights and Freedom in Tibet

Australia: The Australia Labor Party (ALP) during its 49th National Conference held from 17-19 August at Brisbane unanimously adopted a resolution condemning erosion of rights and freedom inside Tibet. MP Julian Hill of ALP has introduced this resolution. The...

China’s “Order Number 19” Escalates its Continuous Religious Repression in Tibet

Dharamshala: The DIIR is concerned about the new Chinese regulation which is set to go into effect on 1 September 2023 that will intensify restrictions on religious freedom inside Tibet and elsewhere in China. China’s State Administration for Religious...

World News | Pope Arrives on First Visit to Mongolia as Vatican Relations with Russia and China Remain Strained

Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. Pope Francis arrived in Mongolia on Friday morning on a visit to encourage one of the world's smallest and newest Catholic communities.

Seriously injured boy allegedly abandoned and dog Tasered after Sydney crash

Child, 12, suffers broken leg and hip injuries after allegedly stolen car crashed into tree in CranebrookFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA seriously injured...

Qantas should be fined ‘hundreds of millions’ if guilty to send message to companies, ACCC says

Watchdog chair Gina Cass-Gottlieb wants to deliver new record penalty in case alleging Qantas sold tickets for already cancelled flightsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news...

Snowy Hydro 2.0 eyes return to tunnelling after delays and cost blowouts

Chief executive says pumped hydro project remains ‘critical’ to energy transition away from fossil fuelsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastSnowy Hydro’s bogged tunnel boring...

Burning tires and bridges: US residents shocked by firm’s Bitcoin-mining plan

Stronghold Digital Mining contends it is repurposing waste material, but those living near by are ‘shocked’ by the proposalA crypto-mining company in Pennsylvania is seeking to burn tires to produce Bitcoin, prompting an outcry from residents and environmental groups.Stronghold...

Australia news live: all change at Andrew Forrest’s FMG; Victoria Liberal leader loses key ally

CFO becomes 11th executive to leave in three years as former UK chancellor joins as adviser; frontbencher Matt Bach quits to go back into teachingGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAustralian home values...

China brushes aside India’s objections as more countries reject its expansionist 2023 ‘standard map’

(TibetanReview.net, Aug31’23) – China has on Aug 30 justified its cartographic assertion of sovereignty over Aksai Chin and much of the state of Arunachal Pradesh, when asked about India’s lodging of a strong protest over the inclusion of these...

Mitch McConnell cleared for work by congressional doctor after freezing

Physician says 81-year-old Senate Republican leader is ‘medically clear’ to continue with schedule after second freezing episodeMitch McConnell, the Republican leader in the US Senate, was given a clean bill of health by the congressional physician, a day after...

Johannesburg fire: survivors describe jumping from windows, as death toll rises to 74

Blaze at five-storey block puts spotlight on dangerous state of ‘hijacked’ city buildings occupied by vulnerable residentsSurvivors of a fire that ripped through a building in Johannesburg described jumping out of windows to escape the flames, as questions were...

India News | Tibetan MPs Exhort Indians to Stand Up Against China's 'expansionism'

Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. The exiled members of Tibetan Parliament on Thursday criticised China for committing atrocities on the people of Tibet and urged people of India to stand up against the nation and...

Chinese Prez Xi Jinping unlikely to attend G20 Summit amid border tension

By Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, Aug 31: Chinese President Xi Jinping is reportedly set to skip the upcoming summit of G20 leaders scheduled to be held in India next week. According to sources cited by Reuters, Premier Li Qiang is...

Tibetan rights group demands end to enforced disappearance in Tibet, seeks international support

By Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, Aug 31: On the occasion of the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearance on Wednesday, Dharamshala based Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD), voiced their concern against enforced disappearances in Tibet...

Crumble-risk concrete is latest upheaval to hit England’s schools

After years of squeezed funding, teachers are furious at government’s ‘shocking neglect’ of buildingsThousands of pupils may have to start term online as over 100 schools affected by crumble-risk concretePencils are sharpened, shirts are ironed – but classrooms are...

UK electricity firms face penalties for ‘manipulating’ grid

Ofgem aims to stop power plants’ tactic that costs households hundreds of millions of poundsElectricity companies will no longer be able to deploy a controversial tactic that forces up bills at the expense of consumers, the energy watchdog said...

Former Proud Boys organizer sentenced to 17 years for Capitol attack

Joseph Biggs, who played leading role on January 6, said: ‘I know that I messed up that day but I’m not a terrorist’A former organizer of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group was sentenced on Thursday to 17 years...

Theresa May says she regrets using term ‘hostile environment’

Ex-home secretary’s memoir blames Windrush scandal on Home Office staff and previous governments including Clement Attlee’sTheresa May has expressed regret for using the term “hostile environment” and has criticised Home Office staff for an “inbuilt cynicism” she believes contributed...

World News | Pope Makes First Visit to Mongolia as Vatican Relations with Russia and China Are Again Strained

Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. Pope Francis is travelling to Mongolia to encourage one of the world's smallest and newest Catholic communities, the first papal visit to the Asian country at a time when the...

Hurricane Idalia brings intense flooding to Carolinas as Biden declares major disaster in Florida – live

Over 50,000 customers in Carolinas still without power while disaster declaration provides Florida with federal resourcesCleanup is happening in several counties across Georgia following destruction after Hurricane Idalia.Here’s a video from Weather Nation showing debris after Hurricane Idalia in...

Iceland allows whaling to resume in ‘massive step backwards’

Activists say that whales will still suffer agonising deaths despite new regulations and monitoringAnimal rights groups and environmentalists have described as “hugely disappointing” the news that Iceland has given the green light for commercial whaling to resume, after a...

World News | Barack Obama to Visit Karnataka’s Mandya in December

Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. Former US President Barack Obama will be visiting Karnataka’s Mandya in December this year, along with Dalai Lama to lay the foundation stone of the International Yoga and Meditation Centre.