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An ad from Citizens for Sanity, a non-profit started by former Trump administration officials, is blaming Joe Biden for the uptick in anti-Asian racism and attacks during the start of the pandemic. 

The ad is titled “Why Don’t Asian Lives Matter to Joe Biden and His Left-Wing Allies?” and shows 17 attacks on Asian Americans since 2020. While none of the images are dated in the advertisement, nearly every incident shown came during or shortly after Trump took office, in which time he often referred to Covid-19 as “the Chinese virus” and “the Kung flu.”

• Namiko “Nami” Hirasawa Chen operates one of the most popular English language blogs for Japanese home cooking called “Just One Cookbook.”

• The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music is hosting a symposium on Saturday, Oct. 29 about Asian representation in popular and artistic media.

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• Adnan Syed, whose charges were recently dropped in the killing of Hae Min Lee, may be entitled to a payout of $2.2 million from the state of Maryland.

• The U.S. State Department has said it is prepared for any possible threat from North Korea, who is believed to be preparing for a nuclear test.  

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• Amid continuing unrest, Iranian security forces have fired teargas at a girl’s school in Tehran after a clash broke out where staffers attempted to inspect students’ phones.

• Billboard is introducing the K-Billboard Awards to honor achievements from K-pop artists on the Billboard music charts. 

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• Henry Golding will star as Willy Wonka in a bedtime stories series for the mediation and sleep app Calm.

• Game and anime music composer Hidekazu Tanaka was arrested Monday by Tokyo police for alleged sexual assault of a teenage girl.
   
• The Saudi crown prince could face a U.S. lawsuit over the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
   
• European supermarket giant Aldi may soon sell edible insects.
   
• Saudi Arabia is constructing a futuristic sci-fi megacity called The Line.
   
• Rune Naito, who helped pave the way for the concept of “kawaii” will have an art exhibition in celebration of his 90th birthday.