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The White House said Monday it remains "confident" in the US-French relationship after President Emmanuel Macron distanced himself from US policy on Taiwan and warned Europeans not to be American "followers." Macron's remarks to journalists from French business daily Les Echos and news site Politico came after he was hosted for a state visit by China's Xi Jinping. Biden administration remains confident in relationship with France.

Substandard equipment and a lack of accountability has dimmed the promise of renewable energy schemes.

Mohammed Bin Salman and Putin's latest supply cut is Big Oil's last hurrah

The Third Pole speaks with Anoulak Kittikhoun, chief executive of the Mekong River Commission Secretariat, at the organisation's summit in Vientiane

The loss of land surface reflectivity in this region could impact glacier volume and the Asian monsoon rainfall. Owing to global warming effects, the Tibetan Plateau (TP) region has experienced drastic changes in its land surface, characterized by...

Monika Mondal. Monika Mondal is an independent Indian journalist whose work focuses on three P's: people, planet, and progress. Her bylines have appeared in Indian and global media outlets, including The Guardian, Al Jazeera, The Washington Post, Undark, The Caravan, Livemint, Mongabay, The Third Pole, and others. Mondal has been a fellow with the Earth Journalism Network and South Asia Speaks mentorship program. As an in-person reporting fellow from Climate Tracker, she covered the United...

As we join the global community in marking World Water Day with the theme ‘Accelerating Change’, we are yet again reminded how critical this resource is, particularly to those of us living in the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) – a region that is the

Penpa Tsering told the US lawmakers that as the democratically elected leader of the Tibetan people, he is fully committed to following the Middle Way Policy: the way forward shown by the Dalai Lama and adopted by the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile.

In today's edition of the Capitals, find out more about the disruption French unions and left-wing parties have announced ahead of King Charles III's visit to France, Finland denying it promised to help Polish women get an abortion, and so much more.

The Himalayan country has failed to achieve the 10,000 megawatts target because of a complex combination of geological, administrative and financial problems.