Pleasant, intriguing humming produced by thin metal funnels painstakingly being rubbed together at the hands of Tibetan Buddhist monks, who this week are creating a sand mandala in Colorado Springs, reaches deep into the human core, leaving solace and beauty behind.
Just what the world needs, says Geshe Khenrap Chaeden.
The...
Chinese makers of electric vehicle batteries are curtailing their production plans in Germany as falling EV purchases in Europe's largest auto market hamper their sales.
SVOLT Energy Technology, spun off Chinese automaker Great Wall Motor, said last week it would halt plans to build a battery cell plant in Lauchhammer...
“My husband, Ghulam, used to put a stall with samosas outside Empress Market. Last time when an anti-encroachment drive took place, police seized his cart without any prior notice,” said Sakina Wali, a 43-year-old domestic worker in Karachi.
“My husband was abused and humiliated by the staff concerned, and we...
As we mark Africa Day on 25 May, we are reminded of the formation of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) on this day in 1963, which transformed into the African Union in July 2002. Both organizations have faced challenges to peace and security, often relying on external support.
The...
Male , May 27: Indian High Commissioner to Maldives Munu Mahawar and Ahmed Naseer, Ambassador at Large, Maldives Ministry of Foreign Affairs co-chaired the India Maldives Review meeting. The two officials took stock of Indian grant-funded high-impact community development projects in Maldives.
According to the Indian High Commission in Maldives,...
A Uyghur organization in France has alleged it is facing intimidation and harassment amounting to repression by the Chinese state.
The European Uyghur Institute (IODE) said that acts of intimidation stepped up during the visit to France earlier this month of Chinese President Xi Jinping, reported Euractiv.
Beijing is behind acts...
Imagine, if you will, the United States of America fifteen minutes or fifteen years into the future.
The country is at a fever pitch, thanks to public hearings of a bipartisan, bicameral, independent commission that has slowly vetted allegations sparked by a series of leaks from the intelligence community. Having...
The last major Arabic-style mosque in China has lost its dome and had its minarets radically modified raising concerns about the growing intolerance in the country. The recent modifications are part of the Chinese government’s campaign to sinicise the country’s Muslim places of worship.
The mosque in question is the...
Hundreds of people protesting against the closure of a crossing point between Pakistan and Iran in Mashkel area of Rakhshan division in Balochistan, started a long march towards the provincial capital.
The protesters, including traders, had been staging a sit-in for the last one month in the border town Mashkel...
China, which claims democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory, launched military exercises three days after Lai Ching-te became Taiwan's president, a man Beijing calls a "separatist".
Taipei:
China ended two days of war games around Taiwan in which it simulated attacks with bombers and practiced boarding ships, exercises that Taiwan...
