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Neil deGrasse: Richard Branson did not go into space
Richard Branson, the billionaire, made the first tourist space flight in history on July 11. His company’s Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity flight was destined for the Earth-space border. Despite the fact that the Briton has achieved a historic milestone, some, including famous astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, a disciple of Carl Sagan, doubt that he has…
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MPs in UK have voted to boycott the 2022 Olympic Games in Beijing.
Parliamentarians in the United Kingdom voted in favor of a motion calling on the government to boycott the Beijing Winter Olympics in 2022 unless alleged atrocities in Xinjiang are put to an end. Another condition was the lifting of Chinese sanctions against British citizens and entities. While the motions are not legally binding, they demonstrate…
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A significant portion of the Amazon Rainforest has now ‘flipped’ to emitting more CO2 than it absorbs.
Researchers reported on Wednesday that climate change and deforestation have flipped a large swath of the Amazon basin from absorbing to emitting planet-warming carbon dioxide (CO2), a transformation that could turn humanity’s greatest natural ally in the fight against global warming into a foe. They reported in the journal Nature that hundreds of high-altitude air…
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University of California Santa Barbara to Translate Vast Tibetan Buddhist Canon
The Buddha is reported to have given 84,000 teachings. The Tibetan Buddhist canon is more than 230,000 pages lengthy in total. A global push to translate it all into English dubbed a “100-year project,” has already been ongoing for some years. That effort now has a new partner to help them get closer to the…
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Two Tibetans Have Been Arrested For Celebrating the Dalai Lama’s Birthday
According to RFA’s Tibetan sources, Chinese officials in a Tibetan-populated district of Sichuan have arrested two Tibetans for celebrating exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama’s 86th birthday this month. According to Golog Jigme, a former political prisoner now living in Switzerland, the duo, Kunchok Tashi and Dzapo, both in their 40s, were apprehended in Kardze…
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The construction boom in Lhasa has exacerbated Tibet’s divisions.
Cranes and newly-built blocks of flats reach up to the blue skies surrounding the Tibetan city of Lhasa, creating a two-tier system of property riches between state personnel and everyone else. A massive infrastructure and construction effort in Tibet has resulted in airports, roads, railways, and new apartments, which Beijing claims are improving life on…
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Jackie Chan wishes to become a member of the Chinese Communist Party.
Jackie Chan, a martial arts legend, has expressed respect for his desire to join the Chinese Communist Party, but other Chinese people have declared he is not welcome. Many people have claimed on social media that he has strayed on his wife and that his son has used drugs, both of which would bar him…
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Virgin Galactic, founded by billionaire Sir Richard Branson, plans to sell $500 million in stock one day after reaching space.
Virgin Galactic, the British-American aerospace business established by Sir Richard Branson, filed to sell up to $500 million in stock to investors on Monday morning, barely one day after completing a historic space voyage that generated huge hoopla and (briefly) raised share prices. On Sunday, Branson and his crew flew more than 50 miles above…
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Biden supports Trump’s rejection of China’s claim to the South China Sea.
On Sunday, the Biden administration endorsed the Trump administration’s rejection of nearly all of China’s important maritime claims in the South China Sea. The administration also warned China that any attack on the Philippines in the hotspot region would be met with a U.S. response under the terms of a mutual defense pact.
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Cars are washed away by a flash flood at Bhagsunag, Himachal’s McLeodganj.
When a flash flood precipitated by overnight torrential rain stormed through Bhasunag hamlet near McLeodganj town of Dharamshala early on Monday, it carried away more than ten cars, the majority of which belonged to visitors. While the majority of the automobiles belonged to tourists, floodwater invaded houses and shops in Dharamshala’s Bagli neighborhood, which received…