Swiss hotel denies Indian couple’s claim of racism in violent incident

A Swiss hotel has rejected racism allegations made by an Indian-origin couple from Canada who claim they were brutally attacked by staff in ...

Wyoming city honors Chinese massacre victims 140 years later

Descendants of Chinese miners killed in an infamous massacre in Rock Springs, Wyoming, in 1885 joined archaeologists this summer to excavate...

South Korean workers return home after Georgia Hyundai raid

South Korean workers detained in last week’s immigration raid at a Hyundai manufacturing facility in Georgia returned home Thursday evening,...

Supreme Court OKs racial profiling by ICE

The Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision Monday lifted restrictions on federal immigration raids in Los Angeles, sparking fears among communities of...

‘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...

Boston’s Wu cruises to November election

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu appears headed for re-election after capturing 72% of the votes in Tuesday’s preliminary election and challenger Jo...

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...

Trump admin’s new $250 visa fee adds more barriers to US travel

The Trump administration’s new $250 “visa integrity fee,” set to take effect Oct. 1, threatens to further reduce international travel to the...

Asian Americans grapple with mixed outcomes post-affirmative action

Two years after the Supreme Court banned race-conscious college admissions, Asian American students face a complex landscape of shifting enr...

Assault of 88-year-old San Jose jewelry store owner sparks community outcry

Community leaders and family members are demanding stronger crime prevention measures after an 88-year-old jewelry store owner was assaulted...

Koreans outnumbered Japanese Americans at Hawaii incarceration camp, research reveals

A University of Hawaii oral history initiative is spotlighting how Korean prisoners of war vastly outnumbered Japanese Americans at the Hono...

WWII vet in Sacramento celebrates 100th birthday

Ken Mar, a World War II veteran, turned 100 on Thursday, celebrating with members of the Gung Ho American Legion in Sacramento. The event re...

Japan auto tariffs cut down to 15%

American consumers will see reduced costs for Japanese vehicles under a new trade agreement that cuts import tariffs from 27.5% to 15% on au...

Trump rants about China filling global leadership void he created

President Donald Trump lamented Friday that the U.S. has lost India and Russia to China, expressing frustration over a geopolitical realignm...

Trump’s use of Alien Enemies Act ruled illegal by appeals court

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has blocked President Donald Trump’s use of the 1798 Alien Enemies Act against Venezuelan gang members, d...

ICE’s largest HSI raid ever detains mostly South Koreans at Georgia Hyundai plant

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested 475 people — most being South Korean nationals — at a Hyundai facility in Georgia ...

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 ...

Trump admin to limit visa durations for students, journalists

The Trump administration has proposed new regulations that would impose fixed time limits on visas for foreign students, cultural exchange v...

Afghanistan war vet arrested and charged for protesting ICE

The arrest of an Indian American Afghanistan war veteran on federal conspiracy charges for participating in an anti-ICE protest in Spokane, ...

ICE poised to deploy Israeli spyware amid immigration crackdown

The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has reactivated a $2 million contract with Israeli spyware company Paragon, giving the ag...

China signals new world order as Trump brushes off ‘conspiracy’

China showcased itself as an alternative to U.S.-led global order in its historic parade this week as Trump dismissed concerns over deepenin...

Indonesia facing economic crisis as deadly protests continue

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto confronts mounting challenges as protests over lawmakers’ perks and economic hardship continue into th...

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...