Haoxi Wang, a China-born hockey player who became the highest-drafted Chinese prospect in NHL history, has asked the media to use his native name in all public and professional contexts. During a San Jose Sharks development camp media session on July 2, the 17-year-old defenseman said he has always identified as Haoxi and wants to move away from the English name “Simon” that he used after moving to North America.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday announced that he had sent letters to the heads of several Asian countries, informing them of a new round of “reciprocal” tariffs after talks failed to produce trade agreements before his self-imposed deadline. The new duties, set at 25% to 40%, are scheduled to take effect August 1 and will hit Southeast Asian nations especially hard.

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), signed by President Donald Trump into law on July 4, is a sweeping tax and spending package with significant implications for Asian Americans. With nearly 25 million people and over 3 million businesses in the country, the community faces both opportunities and challenges from the landmark legislation.

More than half of immigrants arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in recent months have no criminal convictions, suggesting a significant shift from the Trump administration’s stated focus on targeting “the worst of the worst.”

The Trump administration deported eight men — including Asian nationals — convicted of serious crimes to conflict-ridden South Sudan last week, marking an unprecedented expansion of the president’s immigration crackdown to a country the U.S. warns Americans not to visit.

Japanese American activist George Takei, who was incarcerated as a child during World War II, has drawn parallels between the U.S. government’s wartime internment of Japanese Americans and the Trump administration’s detention of undocumented immigrants. Speaking in a recent “The Assignment” podcast interview, the 88-year-old actor, author and activist urged Americans to remember this history and resist hysteria that can lead to widespread injustice.

Filmmaker Jon M. Chu is set to helm the new “Hot Wheels” movie for Warner Bros.

Jeremy Lin, the former NBA guard and current star of the New Taipei Kings, described the 2024-2025 Taiwan Professional Basketball League championship as the most challenging title he has ever won. This championship marks Lin’s second consecutive title with the Kings and the first in the newly formed Taiwan Professional Basketball League (TPBL).

Elizabeth Zimmerman, the former wife of ex-Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte, says Duterte, 79, has become alarmingly thin as he remains in custody in The Hague. Families of victims of the Philippine drug war say they want Duterte to remain alive to stand trial before the International Criminal Court (ICC).

Legendary Japanese game developer Hideo Kojima says the reason so few Asian actors appear in his games is because their smooth skin is difficult to capture realistically using current technology.