Unwelcome Refugees

The Dalai Lama has defended himself against accusations of sexism after saying that he could only be replaced by a woman if she was "attractive" — a comment he says was a joke taken out of context. "If female Dalai Lama comes, then she should be more a…

Share to facebookShare to twitterShare to linkedin New arrivals from Brazil, Eritrea, and Tibet get trained by 1951 Coffee for careers in the coffee industry. The Bay Area enterprise was part of the Miller Center's acceler…

In an interview with BBC News, the 14th Dalai Lama expressed controversial views on a female successor, while speaking on topics that range from President Trump to Brexit. The Tibetan religious leader told BBCs South Asian correspondent Rajini Vaidyanathan t…

Russian president Vladimir Putin said liberalism has "outlived its purpose" and praised the rise of right-wing populism in Europe in an interview with the Financial Times the day before he and other world leaders will gather in Osaka, Japan for the annual G20…

This spiritual leader has little faith in Donald Trump. The Dalai Lama told the BBC in an interview aired Thursday that the U.S. president has displayed a lack of moral principle during his first two-plus years in office. But I think lack of …

Speaking with the BBC, the guru was asked whether he understood why his 2015 claim that if a woman were to become the next Dalai Lama, she would have to be “very attractive, otherwise not much use,” had offended women.  Also on rt.comDalai Lama hospitalized …

VUCJAK, Bosnia (Reuters) - Aid workers sounded the alarm on Wednesday about health and hygiene conditions in a makeshift forest camp in Bosnia for hundreds of migrants as they face the spread of scabies and other diseases as well as food shortages. Over the…

Denmark’s new prime minister is the youngest in the country’s history. Mette Frederiksen, 41, was able to form a left-wing coalition government led by her Social Democrat party after three weeks of negotiations. “Now we have reached the goal … we have show…

By Francesco Guarascio BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The number of people seeking political asylum in the European Union is rising again, driven up by Latin American refugees, but flows are expected to remain well below the high levels seen during Europe's 2015 migra…

By Francesco Guarascio BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The number of people seeking political asylum in the European Union is rising again, driven up by Latin American refugees, but flows are expected to remain well below the high levels seen during Europe's 2015 migra…