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Vote expected to be tight after so-called ‘big beautiful bill’ cleared the Senate by the narrowest of margins with JD Vance breaking a tieSenate Republicans pass Trump’s sweeping policy billWhat’s in Trump’s major tax bill?Legally mandated US national climate...

Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader releases video statement in run-up to 90th birthday celebrationsThe Dalai Lama has said the centuries-old Tibetan Buddhist institution will continue after his death, ending years of speculation that started when he indicated that he might...

The exiled spiritual leader, who turns 90 this week, has met everyone from Nelson Mandela to Lady Gaga while campaigning for autonomy and religious freedom for Tibet Continue reading...

A deeply researched history that examines colonial and post-colonial faultlines, from Aden to MyanmarEarlier this summer, amid renewed tensions between India and Pakistan following a terrorist attack in Indian-administered Kashmir, Donald Trump remarked that the two countries had been...

Players face possible arrest for downloading Taiwan-developed Reversed Front: Bonfire, which lets them ‘overthrow the communist regime’Hong Kong police have warned people against downloading a Taiwan-developed mobile game which they say is “secessionist” and could lead to arrest.The game,...

In the first novel from the author of We Move, descendants of a proscribed intercaste marriage are connected across continents and centuriesGurnaik Johal’s first book, 2022’s We Move, demonstrated how rewarding it can be for a gifted young writer...

The hike offers dramatic views of the Swiss Alps’ ‘murder wall’ – and poignant insights into the climbers who first braved it. For the son of one of those pioneers, it had a special resonanceA few years ago, my...

(Columbia)The singer’s ninth album has grand ambitions but – despite some sparkling songcraft – falls short of its mind-altering promises and the hits that made her a starMiley Cyrus has made some very grand claims for her ninth album....

Team in China demostrate that multiple geological factors contribute to a landscape’s predistribution to landslidesWe know that steep slopes and heavy rain help to trigger landslides, but are some types of landscape more susceptible than others? A study suggests...

Tens of millions of internet users in China’s Henan denied access to five times more websites than usualChina’s authorities appear to have implemented an enhanced version of the country’s internet censorship regime in the central province of Henan, subjecting...

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Today on World Press Freedom Day, there are warnings that US attempts to withdraw from promoting independent journalism will have far-reaching effectsAs Donald Trump’s executive order in March led to the shuttering of Voice of America (VOA) – the...

Social media incitement following last summer’s riots appears to be new tactic against Hong Kong exilesOne morning last August, a troubling message appeared in a social media group for Hongkongers in the UK. It was already a tense time...

It was a nation of dreams, built for the screen. Then it shatteredThe first impression America gave me was gentle carelessness. We were driving down from Canada to visit family friends in Texas sometime in the mid- to late...

Born in Kyiv, trained in a Soviet conservatory and inspired in a Mongolian temple, the experimental musician describes the impulse that led to her first original album in 30 yearsOn 7 October 2023, Kyiv-born, Tallinn-based violinist and electronic musician...

New book by spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism will raise the stakes in a dispute with Beijing over control of TibetThe Dalai Lama’s successor will be born outside China, the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism says in a new...

He turns steelworks into parks and makes ‘rebirth bricks’ from earthquake rubble. As the novelist, meditator and ‘accidental architect’ wins the Pritzker prize, we look at the masterful temples, caves and public spaces of this one-man antidote to Chinese...

Brother of the Dalai Lama and political envoy who led talks on the exiled leader’s return to Tibet with the Chinese governmentThe life of Gyalo Thondup, who has died aged 97, was transformed after one of his younger brothers,...

Leeds, Sheffield United and Burnley are all vying for Premier League returns but fans will ask if it’s really worth itTibetan Buddhist monks will spend months working in cold conditions, icing their fingers, enduring significant discomfort, to create gorgeously...

A bizarre mining business’s fake audit reveals the potential for fraudsters at Companies HouseAt first glance, there is nothing remarkable about Gofer Mining plc. It appears to be just another multibillion-pound corporate giant, with London headquarters in Canary Wharf...

At least 188 people injured and more than 3,600 homes destroyed after the earthquake struck the foothills of the Himalayas on TuesdayRescuers in China’s Tibet region were continuing to search for survivors in freezing conditions on Wednesday after a...

Morning quake damaged buildings in Shigatse and could be felt hundreds of kilometres away in Nepal and the Indian state of BiharA magnitude 6.8 earthquake has struck near one of Tibet’s holiest cities, the China Earthquake Networks Centre has...

Scientists to examine if humans’ and dogs’ brains synchronise when they interact in a way similar to parents and babiesStanding patiently on a small fluffy rug, Calisto the flat-coated retriever is being fitted with some hi-tech headwear. But this...

Sometimes the perfect present is a timely reminder that, even when it absolutely seems like it, all is not lostI discovered the perfect Christmas present at work the other day after eating fish and chips too fast. I was...

Yayoi lands in Melbourne, the Silk Road runs through the British Museum and corsairs real and fictional dock in Cornwall – all in your weekly dispatchSilk Roads This camel journey through China, Tibet, Byzantium and more, seeing endless marvels...