A 2012 change has seen scores of Tibetan Buddhist nuns achieve the highest degree in Tibetan Buddhist philosophy. The implications go beyond just higher learning.

Xi said China will increase the share of non-fossil fuels in total energy consumption to over 30 per cent, expand the installed capacity of wind and solar power to over six times the 2020 levels, scale up the total...

US lawmakers and activists across the political spectrum called on US tech firms to stop selling surveillance equipment to Chinese police and for the US Congress to examine the issue after The Associa...

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In August 2025, 161 Tibetan Buddhist nuns from religious institutions across India and Nepal – a record number – gathered at the Dolma Ling Nunnery in northern India to take various levels of the “geshema” examination. These exams are...

Andrzej Bargiel, braving heavy snowfall, glided down the world's highest mountain on his third attempt.

Rare agitation shakes strategic Indian region bordering China

Both the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) love to boast in their textbooks that “the Chinese nation is a peace-loving people.” Yet the vast empire that grew from w...

Intimate Portraits of the Nenets Capture the Faces of Indigenous People in the Russian Arctic In 2022, Natasha Yankelevich traveled to Yamal for the first time. Nestled in northwest Siberia, the region is remote, icy, and has been “historically...

Zhang Yadi was due to begin her master’s degree at the SOAS University of London in September

Transmitter system originally built for submarine communication enables geologists to send signals deep underground to map resources

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Ryan Routh's daughter shouts after his vehicle

Trump's teleprompter malfunctions during U.N. speech

Every two weeks, a language is lost – and by the end of the century, half of the world’s 7,000 tongues could have vanished. We meet the artist using eyeliner and chokeberries to rescue everything from Ogham to ArablishIn...

Dominican Republic seize cocaine from Venezuelan boat

A collaborative fireworks display in the Himalayas by Cai Guo-Qiang and Arc'teryx has ignited controversy. The "Rising Dragon" event, staged on a Tibetan plateau, drew criticism for its potential environmental impact on the fragile ecosystem. Both Arc'teryx and Cai...

Secret Service shuts down disruptive network in NYC

As Palestinians and much of the Arab and Muslim worlds praised the decision by several European countries to recognize Palestinian statehood, Israeli politicians across the political spectrum reacted with anger and spoke of retaliation. NBC News' Matt Bradley reports...

Zhang Yadi (known online as Tara @Tara.Freesoul), has been incommunicado for 50 days inside China, and is feared to have been detained by state security authorities. Source

Experts push back on Trump's acetaminophen claims

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Bill Nye honored with Hollywood Walk of Fame star

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