The 80-year-old Nobel Peace Prize laureate was greeted at the airport by Salt Lake City mayor Jackie Biskupski and Salt Lake County mayor Ben McAdams. SALT LAKE CITY (AP) " The Dalai Lama is set to speak about compassion and universal responsibility at the University of Utah on Tuesday. The sentiment echoes Beijing's position on President Barack Obama's meeting with the Dalai Lama last week. The Tibetan spiritual leader was greeted by an admiring crowd of a few hundred people who waited in nearly 100-degree heat outside his Salt Lake City hotel when he arrived in Utah on Monday. The appearance at the University of Utah was scheduled after the Dalai Lama had to cancel a speech last year after doctors at the Mayo Clinic told him to rest.

Source: New Zealand Herald June 21, 2016 20:03 UTC