The February 5 event will mark President Obama’s first public meeting with the Tibetan spiritual leader-in-exile, whom China has long lambasted as an anti-Beijing separatist.
China condemns Obama’s meeting with Dalai Lama
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Germany and Hungary in icy dispute over Russia
This was reportedly the first official meeting of the two heads of state, whose countries have had a chilly relationship since Orban’s widely condemned conservative government took power in 2010. But this was no moment for bridge-building: in fact, the meeting and subsequent press conference between Merkel and Orban seem to have had more to do with each country’s orientation toward Moscow than with each other.
Chile, Dominican Republic propose relief for abortion bans
If passed, both proposals will legalize the procedure in limited circumstances, but the majority of women throughout Latin America continue to face dire structural and legal obstacles to accessing reproductive healthcare.
Sri Lanka’s vow to investigate atrocities raises questions
A spokesman for the new government under President Maithripala Sirisena told reporters that “We are thinking of having our own inquiry acceptable to them to the international standards,” and added that “It will be a new local inquiry. If we need, we will bring some foreign experts.”
Azerbaijan hedges its bets amid Armenian tensions
Although Armenia brushed off the charge as “absurd,” the episode is the latest in a series of escalating tensions between the uneasy neighbors of the South-Caucasus region.
Kosovo unrest reflects transnational and economic anxieties
Tuesday’s violence exposes Kosovo’s complicated and still unresolved relationship with Belgrade, and raises questions about the sustainability of its precarious independence.
Egypt’s FGM ruling is not the key to ending practice
The ruling has been widely heralded as a massive victory and important precedent in the global fight against FGM, but its wider impact remains unclear. Legislation and judiciaries have ultimately been ineffective at eliminating the practice, which is deeply entrenched within local cultures.
Syriza victory provides powerful counter-example to E.U.’s rising Right
While proponents of austerity have bemoaned the impending horrors of a radicalized Greek Parliament, Syriza will provide a powerful example to the rest of Europe of an alternative to the continent’s rising nationalist right.
North Korea to boost tourism with English volunteers
The move is the latest in a series of unusually proactive steps taken by Kim Jong-un’s government to expand tourism in the so-called “Hermit Kingdom” beyond its Chinese base.
Bahrain human rights activist sentenced for a tweet
Rajab’s sentencing is the latest episode in a long-running crackdown against challenges leveled against the U.S.-backed al Khalifa monarchy.
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