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· Ryan General
NC State graduate Abby Lampe becomes world cheese-rolling champion in England
Abby Lampe, 21, won the women’s division of the 2022 Cooper’s Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake near Gloucester, England, on Sunday. The contest involves players rolling a wheel of cheese down a hill and then chasing after it. The player who catches the cheese wheel the fastest wins…
· Ryan General
University Lecturer Brutally Beaten While Jogging in England
A lecturer at the University of Southampton is now recovering from injuries after getting brutally attacked in broad daylight. Dr. Peng Wang was reportedly taking a jog in Woolston, a suburb of Southampton in South East England when four men started berating him with racial…
· Bryan Ke
Miss England 2019 Goes Back to Being a Doctor to Fight on Front Lines
Miss England Bhasha Mukherjee has returned home and hung up her crown to continue her career as a doctor and fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. The 24-year-old beauty pageant winner initially planned to hang up her stethoscope after being invited to become an ambassador for…
· Ryan General
Meet The First Miss England Finalist to Walk the Runway in a Hijab
Sara Iftekhar is a 20-year-old Muslim law student who became the first Miss England contestant to walk the runway in a Hijab. While she eventually lost out on the crown to Miss Newcastle on Sunday, Iftikhar made history, nonetheless, as the first-ever hijabi to be among the Miss…
· Ryan General
Stylish Chinese Grandma Wins the Internet For Looking Exactly Like the Queen of England
A Chinese grandma who uncannily resembles Queen Elizabeth II has become an instant internet darling after her photos were shared online. Images of the stylish 85-year-old grandmother named Zheng Suzhen were posted by her great-grandson-in-law Ding Guoliang on Chinese social…
· Editorial Staff
A Facility That Breeds Dogs For Lab Testing Has Been Approved in England
Plans for a new facility that will breed dogs to be used in laboratory experiments have been approved in England. The application on behalf of B&K Universal, owned by American animal breeding firm Marshall BioResources, for the facility had been rejected twice before because of…
· Editorial Staff
There’s a Job Opening in England That Pays You to Play With Cats All Day
If you’ve ever dreamed of getting paid to play with cats, there’s a job opening in England just for you. A new cat cafe set to open in Manchester is looking for a cafe manager, assistant manager, barista, front of house staff and a cat nanny, reports the Telegraph.
· Ryan General
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, 29, received the Premier League’s Golden Boot award on Sunday after ending the 2021-2022 season with a career-high 23 goals.
· Carl Samson
‘Heartstopper’: William Gao is the breakout star of Netflix’s new hit teen series
Netflix’s latest coming-of-age, LGBTQ plus romance series “Heartstopper” has been receiving glowing reviews since its release last Friday. Among the show’s main stars is newcomer William Gao, who plays Tao Xu. Gao, whose acting career began in the theater, is also part of a…
· Bryan Ke
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 fire extinguisher foam and hurling racist insults at an Asian man at an Indian restaurant in South Shields, England, on April 22, 2018.…
· Rebecca Moon
Korean food companies to produce less spicy, ‘mild kimchi’ for Western tastebuds
South Korean food companies are setting up production of less spicy, “mild kimchi” in the U.S. and Europe. Daesang Corp. has invested 20 billion won (approximately $16 million) into a factory located in Los Angeles that will have the potential to produce around 2,000 tons of…
· Rebecca Moon
Taiwanese jam creator wins top award at British marmalade competition
A Taiwanese jam maker won an award last Saturday for her marmalade at an annual culinary event. The event was hosted at the Dalemain Mansion and Historic Gardens in England. Competing against 3,000 other jars of jam, Kuo En-chi’s “Orange Marmalade with Rose” won a Double Gold…
· Bryan Ke
US formally recognizes Myanmar military violence against Rohingya as genocide
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken officially declared that Myanmar’s military junta has committed genocide and crimes against humanity on Myanmar’s Rohingya minority. The declaration, which occurred at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington on Monday, did not…
· Bryan Ke
Former Radio 1 DJ who preyed on Filipino children called ‘very embodiment of depravity’ by judge
Mark Page, 63, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for arranging sexual encounters with Filipino children as young as 12 in the Philippines through a now-deleted online dating account. The former Radio 1 DJ and Middlesbrough FC's stadium announcer was convicted on two…
· Rebecca Moon
Speed skater gives away his Beijing Winter Olympics gold medal to protest China’s human rights violations
Olympic speed skating champion Nils van der Poel gave away his gold medal to protest human rights violations in China. Van der Poel handed his gold medal to Angela Gui, daughter of Gui Minhai, who disappeared in 2015 after publishing a book that criticized the Chinese government…
· Ryan General
Sandra Oh indicates ‘The Chair’ has been canceled by Netflix after one season: ‘I am sad that it’s over’
Sandra Oh recently revealed that her Netflix show “The Chair” may not be renewed for a second season. The Netflix comedy-drama series stars Oh as the first woman of color to become the chair of a fictional university’s prestigious English department. "No one's called me, so I'm…
· Bryan Ke
Cricket chairman in hot water for citing Black, Asian stereotypes to explain sport’s lack of diversity
Mike O’Farrell, the appointed chairman of the Middlesex County Cricket Club since 2017, apologized for his comment about Black and South Asian cricket players at a Digital, Culture, Media and Sport select committee investigation on Tuesday. He responded to a question about the…
· Ryan General
Controversial 2-year ban on Malaysian badminton star Lee Zii Jia lifted
The Badminton Association of Malaysia has lifted the ban it imposed on local badminton star Lee Zii Jia. Lee and women's singles player Goh Jin Wei were both penalized for quitting the Malaysian national team this month. The ban, which restricts them from playing in all…
· Bryan Ke
Family of dead British hostage-taker in Texas synagogue reveals suspect had mental health issues
Malik Faisal Akram, 44, was shot and killed during an 11-hour standoff with authorities in a hostage situation inside a synagogue in Texas on Saturday. The British citizen held four hostages inside the Congregation Beth Israel synagogue. He released the first hostage six hours…
· Michelle De Pacina
‘Filipinos exist’: Female MMA star of ‘Never Back Down: Revolt’ wants to inspire young girls to ‘kick ass’
Filipino Muay Thai fighter Vanessa Campos starred as Mali in Sony Pictures’ 2021 film “Never Back Down: Revolt.” Campos talked with NextShark about her struggles with depicting a trafficked woman fighter in the action film. The 28-year-old actor discussed the importance of Asian…