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Around the world, many people had already seen what Ngawang Tashi was just learning:
Lobga Rangzen, 52, had set himself on fire in front of the United Nations headquarters in Manhattan,
streaming the act live on Facebook.
He had planted a Tibetan flag on the pavement and taken out fliers that demanded
FREE TIBET and CHINA OUT OF TIBET.
Then he lit his chuba, or Tibetan robe, on fire.
Ngawang Tashi couldn’t make sense of the news.
He had just seen L…

Lobga Rangzen, the Tibetan Activist Who Set Himself on Fire in Manhattan
No one doubted the intensity of Lobga Rangzen’s commitment to a Tibet free of Chinese control. But they were not prepared for what he did next.

Across New York’s Nepali and Tibetan diaspora,
the flood has stirred grief and fear for relatives back home,
and desperation to help in any way possible.
More than 600 people have been confirmed dead,
and almost 3,000 remain missing,
including Tamang’s grandmother’s sister.
“My grandmother’s sister, she’s really like a grandmother to me,” Tamang said, her voice trembling.
“I don’t think there’s any chance she survived.”
Across the border in Tib…

‘The world needs to pay attention’: Nepalis and Tibetans in New York respond to the Himalayan disaster
Half the world away, a Himalayan diaspora reacts in sorrow and pitches in to help victims in their home countries

Georgia Republicans are snubbing Donald Trump’s pick for U.S. Senate.
A cadre of conservative mayors in the Peach State have opted to publicly back Democratic incumbent Jon Ossoff -- rather than get behind Trump-endorsed Representative Mike Collins.
Those mayors include Gail Fry of Toccoa,
James Matheson of Valdosta,
and Julie Smith of Tifton.
The key to their successful bipartisan relationship with Ossoff rests in the senator’s attentiveness to Georgia’s myriad…

Key Senate Race Is Already Backfiring on Trump
Multiple Republican governors have endorsed a candidate in the race—and it’s not who Donald Trump backs.

The international community is scrambling to get aid into
flood-stricken parts of Nepal and Tibeton
as authorities warned that a lake ⁠formed at the ⁠site ⁠where the deadly torrents occurred ⁠was rising and ⁠at risk of ‌bursting.
The catastrophic flash floods that hit Nepal and Tibet on Wednesday,
thundering down valleys and obliterating entire villages,
killed at least 359 people
and left more than 1,300 missing.
Efforts to locate those unaccounted …

Race to get aid into Nepal and Tibet amid warnings flood lake could burst
Flash floods have killed at least 389 people while homes and infrastructure have been swept away