Tibetans in exile struggle to see beyond Dalai Lama
At a prayer meeting for the health of the Dalai Lama at his base in northern India, Tibetan refugees said they are worried that their fight for a homeland will die with the 83-year-old Buddhist monk as China’s international influence grows.
DUP says its Brexit position has not changed
The Democratic Unionist Party’s (DUP) position on Brexit remains unchanged, a spokesman for the Northern Irish party which props up Prime Minister Theresa May’s government said on Wednesday.
Thailand’s opposition parties form alliance, demand junta step aside
Thailand’s opposition “democratic front” of seven parties on Wednesday said it had won a majority in the lower house of parliament after a messy election, and had the right to try to form a government after five years of military rule.
Mozambique confirms first cholera cases in wake of cyclone
Mozambique said on Wednesday five cases of cholera had been confirmed around the badly damaged port city of Beira after a powerful cyclone killed more than 700 people across a swathe of southern Africa.
Link between Christchurch attacker, Identitarian Movement: Austria’s Kurz
Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz on Wednesday said there was a financial link between the man who killed 50 people in mass shootings at mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, and the far-right Identitarian Movement in Austria.
Macron’s party reaches out to Greens for coalition in European Parliament
French President Emmanuel Macron’s party will seek to draw Greens in the European Parliament into a centrist coalition it hopes to build after May’s elections, a candidate on Macron’s ticket said on Wednesday.
Factbox: Anti-satellite weapons: rare, high-tech, and risky to test
India tested an anti-satellite weapon on Wednesday, saying the indigenously produced interceptor was used to destroy an object in orbit.
India opposition leader criticizes Modi’s announcement of anti-missile test
An Indian opposition leader, Mamata Banerjee, said she was lodging a complaint against Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his announcement of an anti-satellite test on Wednesday, saying he had done it to “reap political benefits” before an election.
India says anti-satellite missile test aimed to deter threats to its ‘space assets’
India said it carried out an anti-satellite missile test on Wednesday to deter threats to its space assets from long-range missiles but that it had no plans to enter into an arms race in outer space.
May expected to offer her job for Brexit deal as parliament tries multiple choice
British Prime Minister Theresa May is expected on Wednesday to indicate a date for quitting as the price for getting her twice-defeated Brexit deal ratified, while parliament tries to select its own alternative from a multiple-choice list of options.
