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Scientists map genome of ‘Asian unicorn’ last seen in 2013

Scientists have sequenced the genome of the (“Pseudoryx nghetinhensis”), one of the world’s rarest mammals, offering new hope for its ...

Kaitlyn Chen makes WNBA history as 1st Taiwanese player to take the court

On Tuesday night, Kaitlyn Chen became the first player of Taiwanese descent to officially take to the WNBA court. The 23-year-old guard debu...

Henry Golding teases ‘larger, longer-running’ ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ TV series format

Henry Golding has confirmed new details about the long-rumored “Crazy Rich Asians” television adaptation, describing the project as a “large...

Pew: Wide differences among Asian Americans by language, education and religion

New data released by the Pew Research Center on May 1 highlights major internal differences among Asian Americans in language use, education...

Teen tech prodigy uses AI to detect heart issues in just 7 seconds

Siddharth Nandyala, a 14-year-old Indian American student from Frisco, Texas, has developed an artificial intelligence-powered app called Ci...

The Asian American population is now 25 million strong

The Asian American population has reached a record high of 24.8 million, more than doubling since 2000, according to a Pew Research Center a...

13-year-old Vietnamese American accepted to over 100 US colleges

Sunny Nguyen, a 13-year-old Vietnamese American boy from San Jose, California, has been accepted to more than 100 universities across the U....

Lisa Lu, 98, becomes oldest Walk of Fame star recipient

Veteran actress Lisa Lu was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Monday, making history as the oldest recipient of the prest...

East Bay high school coaches suspended amid probe into racist taunts at baseball game

Pinole Valley High School in the East Bay has suspended its varsity baseball head coach and an assistant coach as the West Contra Costa Unif...

Rep. Shri Thanedar rebukes Dinesh D’Souza for mocking his Indian heritage and accent

U.S. Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-Mich.) fired back at conservative commentator Dinesh D’Souza, who publicly mocked the congressman’s accent and In...

Teen survivor of Vancouver festival attack donates $193K to other victims

Andy Le, the 16-year-old who lost his entire immediate family in the April 26 vehicle attack during a Filipino cultural festival in Vancouve...

New bio explores complex life of 1930s Hollywood star who hid her South Asian roots

Mayukh Sen was just a high schooler when he first encountered Merle Oberon in the 1939 film “Wuthering Heights.” “I felt an imme...

DOGE member Ethan Shaotran admits Harvard alma mater ‘hates me’

Ethan Shaotran, a 22-year-old former Harvard student, said he has been ostracized by classmates after dropping out to join a federal reform ...

Deputy national security adviser Alex Wong ousted amid MAGA pressure campaign

Alex Wong, the principal deputy national security adviser under Mike Waltz, was removed from his post on May 1 amid the fallout from the ...

Daniel Dae Kim is first Asian American to be nominated for Tony lead actor award

Daniel Dae Kim has made history as the first Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) actor to be nominated for best leading actor in a pl...

Korean American astronaut Jonny Kim shares gochujang burger recipe from space

NASA astronaut Jonny Kim, the first Korean American to fly to space, recently shared a video of himself preparing and eating a burger made w...

Survey: 40% of Americans say Asian Americans more loyal to other countries than US

A new report released at the beginning of AANHPI Heritage Month points to the enduring gap between the recognition and inclusion of Asian Am...

Vietnamese Gen Zers embrace shifting Vietnam War perspectives

Thousands of Vietnamese youths gathered in Ho Chi Minh City on April 30, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon and the en...

Vietnamese Americans in Orange County commemorate 50 years since fall of Saigon

Hundreds of Vietnamese Americans gathered Wednesday morning at Sid Goldstein Freedom Park in Westminster for the city’s annual Black April c...

Jon M. Chu criticizes Silicon Valley over AI’s ‘original sin’

Director Jon M. Chu voiced strong concerns about the unchecked rise of generative artificial intelligence during a panel at the Los Angeles ...

Female suspect sought in anti-Asian hate crime on Queens subway

The NYPD is searching for a woman suspected of committing an anti-Asian hate crime aboard a northbound R train near Queens Plaza station in ...

Survey: Asian Americans are not optimistic about Trump

Only 10% of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) adults expect their community’s racial and economic fortunes to improve during Presid...

Vancouver’s Filipino community mourns 11 dead after SUV slams into crowd

Eleven people were killed and more than two dozen injured when an Audi SUV sped through a Filipino cultural street festival in the Sunset ne...

Study: US history textbooks marginalize and misrepresent Asians

A recent study from Stanford and UC Berkeley researchers reveals that U.S. history textbooks continue to render Asians and Asian Americans v...

‘Little Saigon Freeway’ on 405 honors OC Vietnamese American community

A stretch of the 405 Freeway in Westminster, California, was officially designated the “Little Saigon Freeway” on April 18 to honor the Viet...

Survey: Over half of Gen Z believes college is not worth it

Over half of Gen Z professionals say their college degrees were not worth the cost — and many believe artificial intelligence has already re...

‘Sinners’ unearths overlooked history of Chinese immigrants in Mississippi Delta

Ryan Coogler’s new supernatural thriller “Sinners,” released nationwide on April 18, is drawing attention not only for its eerie atmosphere ...

Actress Nancy Kwan reflects on breaking Hollywood barriers in the ‘60s

In her memoir “The World of Nancy Kwan” released Tuesday, actress Nancy Kwan delves into her experiences as a pioneering Asian presence in H...

An Asian pope? Filipino cardinal emerges as frontrunner for papacy

Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, 67, of the Philippines, has emerged as among the leading candidates to succeed Pope Francis following the ponti...

Kaitlyn Chen becomes 1st Taiwanese American drafted to WNBA

Kaitlyn Chen attended the 2025 WNBA Draft on April 14 simply to cheer on her UConn teammate Paige Bueckers. Instead, the senior guard found ...

Asian food vendors banned from Fresno farmers market reinstated after backlash

River Park shopping center in Fresno, California announced Friday that Asian food vendors will be welcomed back to its popular farmers marke...

Simu Liu calls out ‘Dragon’s Den’ for behind-the-scenes pressure on Bobba episode

Simu Liu recently shed more light on the controversy involving Canadian bubble tea company Bobba during his appearance on the show “Dragon’s...

Jeremy Lin named coach for Team G League at All-Star Weekend

Basketball star Jeremy Lin is set to return to the NBA stage — not as a player, but as a coach. The NBA announced Monday that Lin, who curre...

Lisa Sanaye Dring’s ‘Sumo’ brings Japan’s national sport to the stage in NY premiere

Ma-Yi Theater Company and The Public Theater are set to bring the intense world of sumo wrestling to the stage with the New York premiere of...

Simu Liu speaks out on Trump’s new tax plan

Simu Liu has spoken out against President Donald Trump’s newly proposed U.S. tax plan, which seeks to extend the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ...

Positive parenting practices linked to well-being in Asian American children

A new study published in JAMA Network this month found that young Asian American children whose parents frequently read to them and told the...