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Crime
16-year-old South Asian boy beaten by his family after coming out as gay
A 16-year-old South Asian boy from the U.K. was beaten by his family after coming out as gay. The parents and older brother of the teen all...
Michelle De Pacina
UK woman who falsely accused ‘Asian grooming gang’ of sexual assault found guilty
A woman from the U.K. who falsely accused an “Asian grooming gang” of rape was found guilty of perverting the course of justice. Eleanor Wil...
News
Netizens criticize British PM Sunak’s conversation with a homeless man
Before you read: Rishi Sunak to become UK’s first British Asian prime minister While volunteering at a soup kitchen on Friday, British Prime...
Ines Shin
Culture
Malaysian doctor to take ‘legal action’ against commenters sexualizing her newborn daughter
Dr. Amalina Bakri, a Malaysian doctor based in the United Kingdom, revealed her plans to take legal action against people who left inappropr...
Bryan Ke
China
China insists Manchester protester broke into consulate, vows ‘strong’ countermeasures against UK
China on Thursday accused the United Kingdom of political manipulation regarding the Manchester consulate incident, promising “strong and f...
Carl Samson
Chinese billionaire arrested in London over SF bribery scandal posts $18.4 million bail
A Chinese billionaire allegedly connected to the San Francisco corruption scandal that has rocked the city since 2020 has been arrested in L...
China removes diplomats involved in Manchester consulate violence, UK says
Two months after a violent brawl involving protesters, China removed six diplomats from its consulate in Manchester, England, including Con...
Film & TV
Celebrity doctor calls out British Curry Awards for lack of Asian representation
Celebrity doctor Ranj Singh, 43, called out this year's British Curry Awards for its lack of Asian representation and for letting a wh...
Is this 11-year-old boy smarter than Stephen Hawking?
Yusuf Shah, an 11-year-old student in the U.K., scored the highest possible Mensa test score for people under 18, beating Stephen Hawking’s...
Trevor Noah slammed for saying Rishi Sunak faced ‘racist backlash’ after becoming UK’s new PM
“The Daily Show” host Trevor Noah is under fire after claiming that Rishi Sunak experienced “racist backlash” as the United Kingdom’s first...
Chinese students filmed shouting at Japanese student, blocking his presentation on Taiwan at a UK university
Chinese students at the University of Southampton in England shouted obscenities at a Japanese student and blocked his PowerPoint presentat...
Manchester Chinese consulate staff claims he lost consciousness after being attacked by protestor
More than a week after the violent scuffle at the Chinese consulate in Manchester, United Kingdom, a staff member is claiming he was attack...
Government
Rishi Sunak to become UK’s first British Asian prime minister
Rishi Sunak, a 42-year-old former finance minister, is set to become the U.K.’s first British Asian prime minister after winning the race o...
‘Expel China!’: UK protesters rally against China after assault of Hongkonger in Manchester consulate
Hundreds in the U.K. gathered in separate local protests on Sunday to denounce China and demand freedom for Hong Kong. The protests came a...
‘He abused my country, my leader’: Chinese diplomat says pulling Hong Kong protester’s hair was his ‘duty’
Chinese Consul-General Zheng Xiyuan admitted to pulling the hair of Hong Kong protester Bob Chan during the scuffle that ensued at the Chin...
‘I fear I may be silenced’: Hongkonger assaulted in Chinese consulate in Manchester denies Beijing’s version of events
Bob Chan, the pro-Hong Kong independence protester who was assaulted in the Chinese Consulate in Manchester, has rejected Beijing’s version...
Videos emerge of Hong Kong protester dragged into Chinese consulate in UK and beaten
A Hong Kong pro-democracy protester, only identified as Bob, was beaten up at the Chinese consulate in Manchester, England, on Sunday after...
Editorial Staff
Education
Renaming of University of Oxford college after Vietnamese billionaire ‘Madame Thao’ now ‘in doubt’
Last year, Linacre College announced that it would be changing its name to Thao College after Vietnam’s first and only woman billionaire af...
‘I am racist’: Man dismissed from job after going viral for hurling anti-Asian remarks in England
An investigation is underway after a man was captured in a viral video hurling racist remarks at an Asian couple in Bolton, England, during...
UK seeks to hire Taiwanese teachers amid plan to phase out controversial Confucius Institutes
A group of cross-party Members of Parliament, including Alicia Kearns, a Conservative MP, is currently in talks to hire new teachers from T...
Asia
Asia mourns the death of Queen Elizabeth II
Asia joined the rest of the world in mourning the recent death of Queen Elizabeth II, the United Kingdom’s longest-serving monarch. T...
Ryan General
Health
Asian and Black patients in England wait longer for cancer diagnoses than white patients, study finds
Based on an analysis of 126,000 cancer cases in England between 2006 and 2016, Asian and Black people are forced to wait longer for cancer ...
Entertainment
Gemma Chan, Benedict Wong call on British government to recognize ESEA Heritage Month
Actors Gemma Chan and Benedict Wong have called on the British government to officially recognize East and South East Asian (ESEA) Heritage...
Rebecca Moon
Pokémon take over London as Ed Sheeran welcomes fans to World Championships
Ed Sheeran and a Squirtle plushie greeted fans in a video kicking off the Pokémon World Championships on Thursday. The event is being held...
Daniel Anderson
Korean restaurant chef in London kills co-worker over food prep skills
Li Hunan, a 60-year-old chef, was charged with the murder of his colleague Il Sung, 58, at a Korean restaurant in London on Aug. 15. The t...
PhD student in UK who masturbated to manga about young boys for research paper triggers investigation
The University of Manchester in England and peer-reviewed scientific journal Qualitative Research announced they are investigating the publ...
Stanford professors don’t remember alum Rishi Sunak, who could become UK’s next PM: report
Former U.K. chancellor and current conservative candidate Rishi Sunak, 42, could very well be Britain’s first person of color to be elected...
Jane Nam
4 Vietnamese men identified as victims in Oldham mill fire in the UK
The Greater Manchester Police named four Vietnamese men who were believed to have been burned in the Bismark House Mill in Oldham, Greater ...
History
UK government admits to forcibly deporting Chinese sailors who served the nation in WWII
An investigation conducted by the United Kingdom's Home Office revealed that Chinese sailors who served in the British Merchant Navy d...
Three men who targeted Asian family, threatened to kill newborn in Wrexham home robbery are sentenced
Three men who targeted the home of Berinder Dhaliwal for a robbery in September 2020 in Wrexham, United Kingdom, have been sentenced in cou...
Son Heung-min makes history as first Asian player to lead English football’s Premier League in goals
South Korean footballer Son Heung-min has become the first Asian player to win the title of top scorer in the English Premier League. Son, 2...
Business
US chain Wow Bao threatens family-owned UK bao stall Bao Wow with legal action over name
Bao Wow, a pan-Asian food stall in the U.K., is rebranding after the U.S. chain Wow Bao threatened the owners with legal action. Jonathan ...
‘My Neighbor Totoro’ gets London stage play adaptation produced by Ghibli composer Joe Hisaishi
Studio Ghibli and Britain’s Royal Shakespeare Company are bringing Hayao Miyazaki’s 1988 animated feature film “My Neighbor Totoro” to the ...
‘Queer Eye’ star reveals racist bullying led him to try skin lightening: ‘I know now bleaching is a form of self-harm’
“Queer Eye” star Tan France tackles colorism and skin bleaching in “Tan France: Beauty & the Bleach,” a new BBC documentary that will p...
British man who sprayed fire extinguisher, hurled racist insults at Asian man gets 8 weeks of jail
David Heslop, 36, pleaded guilty to racially aggravated causing fear of provocation or violence at the Newcastle Crown Court for spraying f...
Member of ISIS ‘Beatles’ gets life sentence over fatal kidnappings of American, Japanese and British hostages
El Shafee Elsheikh, 33, was found guilty of eight charges, including four counts of murder conspiracy, hostage-taking resulting in death an...