Latest Dalai Lama News

Dalai Lama returns to Indian headquarters after knee replacement surgery in the US

Aug. 28, 2024 05:26 AM EDT

DHARAMSHALA, India (AP) — The Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, returned to the headquarters of the Tibetan government-in-exile in northern India on Wednesday after undergoing a knee replacement surgery in New York. Hundreds of followers in colorful, flowing robes, waving...

Walz's China experience draws GOP attacks, but Beijing isn't counting on better ties

Aug. 17, 2024 00:04 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has a history with China. And Republicans are seizing on it. At 25, Walz taught a year of high school in China. He returned for his honeymoon and many more times with American exchange students. As a congressman, he served on a committee...

Hundreds of mostly exiled Tibetans celebrate the Dalai Lama's 89th birthday in India's Dharamshala

Jul. 06, 2024 12:55 PM EDT

DHARAMSHALA, India (AP) — Hundreds of mostly exiled Tibetans gathered in India’s hillside town of Dharamshala to celebrate the birthday of the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism, the Dalai Lama, who turned 89 on Saturday. The Dalai Lama has made the hillside town his...