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· Jane Nam
Former presidential candidate Andrew Yang sat down with Fox News Digital at the libertarian FreedomFest conference in Las Vegas on July 16 and warned of “tough” midterms ahead for Democrats, with inflation being a key issue for voters. Yang, who ran as a Democrat in 2020,…
· Jane Nam
Taiwan thanked organizers of the World Cup in Qatar for modifying the identification system by removing the reference to China for Taiwanese attendees. Taiwan’s Foreign Ministry had previously condemned organizers for not including a Taiwan nationality option. The island’s…
· Bryan Ke
Darunbhop Puangsombat, 29, became an online star after making a miniature paper city with different structures, from police stations and apartment buildings to restaurants and a functional train system. The YouTuber took almost a year to finish his project, which was designed…
· Carl Samson
San Francisco’s Lowell High School is seeing a record spike in D’s and F’s among its first batch of students admitted through a new lottery system. The new system replaced the school’s established merit-based admissions practice, which had catapulted it to become one of the best…
· Ryan General
A recent report by the U.S.-based nonprofit Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) says Instagram “systematically fails” to protect women from online abuse and harassment. According to CCDH’s “Hidden Hate” report, the Meta-owned image-sharing platform did not act on 90% of…
· Bryan Ke
China has announced its plan to test its asteroid monitoring and defense system, Wu Yanhua, the deputy director of the China National Space Administration (CNSA), revealed on Sunday. The system will study space rocks and attempt to alter their paths using spacecraft as early as…
· Jane Nam
During a press conference on Monday, South Korean President-Elect Yoon Suk-yeol’s transition committee announced that the administration would amend laws to switch the country to the international age system. South Korea remains one of the only countries to use “age reckoning,”…
· Jane Nam
A page purportedly from an Indian nursing textbook has gone viral for stating that “ugly looking girls can be married off with an attractive dowry.” The point was from a list in the textbook regarding the “merits and advantages” of a dowry system. The post warranted a response…
· Jiselle Lee
In early December, Dartmouth’s Asian Pacific American Alumni Association (DAPAAA) announced that it will start a fund to be put towards an Asian American and Pacific Islander studies department. The fund has raised about $203,000 so far. The establishment of the fund follows a…
· Carl Samson
Most Taiwanese people are against China’s “one Country, two Systems” policy, according to a new poll commissioned by the island’s Mainland Affairs Council. Key findings: The poll, which was conducted by National Chengchi University’s Election Study Center, surveyed 1,072…
· Carl Samson
The American Psychological Association (APA) has issued a formal apology over its contribution to systemic racism in a resolution published on Friday. Why this matters: With over 122,000 members, the APA is the largest scientific and professional organization dedicated to…
· Thy Nguyen
Creatives 4 Systemic Change (C4SC) and APOC are hosting a virtual fundraiser showcasing designers, artists and creatives to raise funds for charities benefitting the Asian community. Event details: The fundraiser will be volunteer-led, and every dollar raised will be donated to…
· Bryan Ke
Shiok Meats, a Singapore startup that creates lab-grown shrimps using stem cells, has received a new round of funding to help its research and development as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to put pressure on the global food supply chains. The new round of Series A funding,…
· Carl Samson
A fundraising director for Andrew Yang criticized MSNBC for “silencing” the candidate in the latest Democratic presidential primary debate, describing the move as a case of “systemic racism.” The debate, which took place in Atlanta on Wednesday, saw the 44-year-old tech…
· Ziye Wang
South Korea may be looking to officially end usage of the country’s traditional age system in favor of the standard international method for counting age. In “Korean age,” a child is considered to be 1 year old at birth, and becomes a year older every New Year’s Day. Thus, a…
· Bryan Ke
A 1 yuan ($0.15) lunch project at a tourist spot in Luoyang, Henan province, China went better than expected after it earned more money than the number of people it served. During the Golden Week holiday in China, the Laojun Mountain National Geological Park decided to offer…
· Ryan General
China’s controversial facial recognition system is now being used in some schools around the country, with Beijing’s top university doing its trial run on Wednesday. Peking University, known as “China’s Harvard,” recently installed a high tech camera on its southwestern gate…
· Ryan General
While it was earlier announced that China’s social credit system will be fully implemented in 2020, it has already been penalizing citizens with travel bans, state-run media has revealed. President’s Xi Jinping’s controversial policy has reportedly prevented people from taking…
· Bryan Ke
A dedicated father from Yangzhou, Shandong Province, China, is doing everything he can to raise money for his daughter’s diabetes medical treatment, including dressing up as the British cartoon character Peppa Pig. Zhou Yingfang had the shock of his life when his daughter was…
· Ryan General
Remember the magical bath house that the Gods travel to in “Spirited Away”? As it turns out, such a fantastical place exists, complete with the same imaginative mechanism, on the southern island of Kyushu, according to Soranews24.
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