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Gyalo Thondup, Political Operator and Brother of the Dalai Lama, Dies at 97
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New York Times
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Mr. Thondup’s influence in Tibet has been seen as second only to his younger brother, Tenzin Gyatso, the exiled head of Tibetan Buddhism, whom he spent decades trying to help return to their homeland.
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Promoting green growth does not make you an ‘eco-nutter’. It’s the only way forward
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The Guardian
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Heading off the environmental crisis and growing the economy are not at odds. They are two sides of a coin – as our politicians should realise If you care about the world we are handing on to future generations, the news on Thursday morning was dramatic. This January was the ; temperatures in 18 of the past 19 months have exceeded pre-industrial averages by 1.5C. There can be no comfort that the epoch-changing climate crisis is 20 or even 10 years away. It is already upon us....
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Hundreds protest against Chinese ‘mega-embassy’ in London
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The Guardian
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Demonstrators at the proposed site included Hongkongers who fear it could be used to illegally detain dissenters Large crowds gathered outside the proposed site of a new Chinese “mega-embassy” in London on Saturday, as politicians and protesters expressed concerns it could be used to “control” dissidents. More than 1,000 people congregated outside the Royal Mint Court, the former headquarters of the UK’s coin maker, near the Tower of London. The site could soon be turned into a...
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Elon Musk has not bid on TikTok and has no plans to purchase Chinese-owned app
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Bing
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Elon Musk has no interest in purchasing TikTok’s American business from Chinese company ByteDance according to new public comments.
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‘Backsliding’: most countries to miss vital climate deadline as Cop30 nears
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The Guardian
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Developing countries urge biggest polluters to act as Trump’s return to the White House heightens geopolitical turmoil The vast majority of governments are likely to miss a looming deadline to file vital plans that will determine whether or not the world has a chance of avoiding the worst ravages of climate breakdown. Despite the urgency of the crisis, the UN is relatively relaxed at the prospect of the missed date. Officials are urging countries instead to take time to work harder on...
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Trump and Japanese PM Ishiba talk tariffs and vow to stand against Chinese ‘aggression’
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The Guardian
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Leaders praise each other at White House but president warns Japan could face tariffs if it doesn’t cut US trade deficit to zero The Japanese prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba, and the US president, Donald Trump, struck a warm tone at their first meeting on Friday, with Tokyo avoiding tariffs that Trump has slapped on other allies – for now. Heaping praise on each other at the White House, the two leaders pledged to stand together against Chinese “aggression” and said they found a...
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Trump’s foreign aid cuts could be ‘big strategic mistake’, says Lammy
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The Guardian
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Exclusive: Move allows China to further global influence, UK foreign secretary says on Ukraine visit Donald Trump’s plans to make dramatic cuts to the United States’ international aid budget could be a “big strategic mistake” that allows China to step in and further its global influence, the UK foreign secretary has said. David Lammy cautioned that Britain’s own experience of , announced by Boris Johnson in 2020 with little fanfare, was a serious blow to Britain’s “soft...
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Trump delays key piece of China tariff plan amid threats to other countries
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The Guardian
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President halts plan to put tariffs on low-value packages but says he will impose duties on more countries next week Donald Trump halted a key part of his tariff attack on China on Friday, as he threatened to impose new US duties on goods from many more countries next week. Plans to ensure shipments from China to the US worth less than $800 still face tariffs – removing the longstanding duty-free status of low-cast packages – have been delayed to give more time to federal agencies to...
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Prince Andrew aide fights to prevent release of statement about ‘Chinese spy’
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The Guardian
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Media group led by Guardian seeks release of document written by Dominic Hampshire in support of Yang Tengbo Lawyers for an aide to Prince Andrew are fighting to prevent the release of a statement he made in support of a man accused of being a Chinese spy who became a trusted business partner of the prince. The Guardian is leading a group of media organisations seeking the release of a witness statement written by the prince’s fixer and close friend Dominic Hampshire, originally at the...
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Trump suspends tariffs on small packages from China
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BBC News
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The order ending duty-free shipment of packages from China worth less than $800 had caused chaos.
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