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Indian-origin motel manager beheaded in Dallas

A Dallas motel manager was decapitated by a coworker in one of the city’s most shocking killings in recent memory, local authorities say. Th...

South Korean court clears woman who bit attacker’s tongue 61 years ago

As a teenager in 1964, Choi Mal-ja fought to survive when a man pinned her down and forced his tongue into her mouth. She bit off part of hi...

US vows action against foreigners mocking Charlie Kirk’s death

The U.S. government is vowing to punish foreign nationals who ridicule or celebrate the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Deput...

Charlie Kirk fanned far-right flame in Asia before fatal Utah shooting

Days before his death, conservative activist Charlie Kirk brought his polarizing brand of American politics to Asia, delivering speeches in ...

‘Godfather of AI’ warns AI will cause ‘massive unemployment,’ widen wealth gap

Computer scientist Geoffrey Hinton, often called the “godfather of AI” for his pioneering work in machine learning, said in an interview wit...

Reuters deletes hot mic video of Xi and Putin discussing immortality

Reuters withdrew a video capturing hot mic remarks by Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin about biotechnology ...

Nepal PM resigns as army takes control following deadly protest crackdown

Nepal’s Prime Minister K. P. Sharma Oli resigned on Wednesday, two days after security forces fired on protesters in Kathmandu. The crackdow...

Vancouver Chinatown stabbing suspect says God ordered him to ‘hurt somebody’

The British Columbia man who stabbed three people at Vancouver’s Light Up Chinatown festival on Sept. 10, 2023, told the court this week he ...

RFK Jr. links video games, antidepressants to US mass shootings

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. reaffirmed his claims that violent video games and psychiatric medications ma...

China’s Xin Zhilei named best actress at Venice Film Festival

Chinese actress Xin Zhilei won the Volpi Cup for best actress at the 82nd Venice Film Festival in Italy on Sept. 6, for her performance in C...

Naomi Osaka embraces positive outlook in US Open return despite semifinal exit

Tennis star Naomi Osaka reached her first Grand Slam semifinal since 2021 at the U.S. Open in New York on Sept. 5, and though she lost to Am...

Racehorse who never won a race but won Japan’s heart dies at 29

Haru Urara, the Japanese racehorse who became a national symbol of endurance after finishing winless in all 113 of her races, died on Sept. ...

Kim Jong Un introduces daughter — and potential heir — to world stage

Kim Jong Un’s daughter, widely identified as Kim Ju Ae, made her first public appearance abroad on Sept. 3, when she joined him at a militar...

Leading Harvard statistician exits US amid brain drain trend

Liu Jun, one of the world’s leading statisticians and a Harvard University professor since 2000, has left the U.S. to join Tsinghua Universi...

Blackpink’s Rosé and Lisa earn landmark solo wins at 2025 MTV VMAs

Rosé and Lisa of Blackpink earned major solo honors at the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday in New York City, marking a milestone for K...

South Korea chooses Park Chan-wook’s Venice sensation ‘No Other Choice’ for Oscars

South Korea has selected Park Chan-wook’s “No Other Choice” as its entry for best international feature film at the 2026 Academy Awards afte...

Japan’s Suntory CEO steps down amid THC supplement investigation

Takeshi Niinami resigned as CEO of Japanese beverage maker Suntory on Monday after police launched an investigation into his purchase of a s...

Eric Trump gets tossed from sumo ring in Japan

Eric Trump, son of President Donald Trump, was hoisted and spun out of a sumo ring by a grand champion in Tokyo on Sept. 1, in a staged stun...

Hot mic captures Xi and Putin discussing living to age 150

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin were caught on a hot mic discussing organ transplants and the possibility ...

Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders face highest stroke risk nationwide: study

Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander people have the highest rate of ischemic stroke in the U.S., according to a study published in Neurolog...

COVID spike in California as hospitalizations rise

COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are rising across California, with the statewide test positivity rate climbing to 11.6% early this month...

Wong Fu’s Phil Wang says ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ proves Hollywood still doubts Asian-led stories

Wong Fu Productions co-founder Phil Wang says the surprise success of “KPop Demon Hunters” shows how Asian-led projects continue to be under...

Sellout crowd and Korean fans drive Son Heung-min’s LAFC home debut

A sellout crowd of more than 22,000 filled BMO Stadium on Sunday as South Korean fans waved national flags and chanted in support of Son Heu...

Labubu craze fuels China’s growing soft power

The runaway global success of Pop Mart’s Labubu collectibles is a symbol of China’s growing cultural influence in international markets. In ...

French language eclipsed in Vietnam as students turn to English and Chinese

More than six decades after the end of French colonial rule, the language once imposed through classrooms and administration is steadily dis...

Australia’s 1st Chinese comfort women statue languishes in garage out of public view

Australia’s first statue honoring Chinese women forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese military during World War II remains without a pe...

Silicon Valley immigrants disprove privilege narrative, claims billionaire investor

Prominent billionaire tech investor David Friedberg argued that immigrants who succeed in Silicon Valley challenge the idea that privilege d...

Chinese supercar sets EV speed world record

China’s BYD achieved a new electric vehicle speed record when its Yangwang U9 Track Edition reached 293.54 mph at the ATP Automotive Testing...

Chinese doctor in Texas accused of stealing US-funded cancer research

Yunhai Li, a 35-year-old doctor at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, was arrested on Aug. 22 after investigators said he attempted to st...

Jeremy Lin retires after 15 years

For Jeremy Lin, the game that once turned him into a global sensation in New York and later crowned him a champion in Toronto has come to a ...

Liza Soberano says she was treated as the ‘family dog’ during abusive childhood

Filipino American actress Liza Soberano, star of the 2024 film “Lisa Frankenstein,” shared harrowing details of her childhood abuse in the l...

Jackie Chan criticizes Hollywood studios for prioritizing profits over innovation

Action superstar Jackie Chan told audiences at the Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland earlier this month that major Hollywood studios are ...

Rohingya in Bangladesh demand justice and safe return on 8th year of exodus

Tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh gathered at the Kutupalong camp in Cox’s Bazar on August 25 to mark eight years since t...

Coleman Wong leads Asian surge at US Open

Tennis rising star Coleman Wong carried Hong Kong into uncharted territory at the U.S. Open on Thursday, defeating Australia’s Adam Walton t...

Daniel Dae Kim says Asian American actors face unfair ‘overcorrection’ in casting

Korean American actor Daniel Dae Kim said Asian and Asian American actors are increasingly held to stricter nationality-based casting rules ...

South Korean president thanks Korean Americans

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung opened his first official U.S. visit on Sunday evening at a hotel in downtown Washington, D.C., with a ...