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Dalai Lama says his successor will be born outside China

The Dalai Lama’s successor will be born outside China, the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism says in a new book, ...

Guest essay: To be anti-trafficking requires support for education rights

Editor’s Note: Jonathan Todres is Catherine C. Henson professor of law at Georgia State University. He is the author of ...

A fiery collision in the North Sea has raised fears of an environmental disaster. Here’s what we know

Fears are mounting of a potential environmental disaster off the coast of Britain after a cargo ship carrying toxic chemicals ...

Why is Saudi Arabia hosting talks to end the Ukraine war?

Saudi Arabia’s hosting of top American, Russian and Ukrainian officials for high-stakes meetings underlines the kingdom’s aspirations to become a ...

Militants fire at passenger train in Pakistan, officials say

Separatist militants fired at a passenger train in southwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, injuring a train driver, police and railway officials ...

Trump Organization sues Capital One bank over account closures after Jan. 6 Capitol riot

The Trump Organization sued Capital One in Florida on Friday for allegedly “unjustifiably” closing more than 300 of the company’s bank accounts on the ...

Here’s why banks don’t want the CFPB to disappear

For years, American financial companies have fought the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau — the chief U.S. consumer finance watchdog — ...

Rules for repaying Social Security benefits are about to get stricter. Here’s what to know.

If you receive more Social Security benefits than you are owed, you may face a 100% default withholding rate from your ...

Romanian far-right pro-Russian candidate barred from presidential vote

Romania’s central election authority on Sunday barred far-right pro-Russian candidate Calin Georgescu from running in May’s presidential election re-run. The ...

Canada’s Liberal Party chooses Mark Carney to succeed Justin Trudeau

Mark Carney has been elected leader of Canada’s Liberal Party in a months-long, high stakes race to replace Justin Trudeau. ...