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Entertainment
Interview: Bretman Rock wants everyone to know ‘You’re That Bitch’ in new memoir
“My first thought was to write a coffee table book of tasteful nudes, maybe a couple of actual nudes.” This was internet sensation Bretman...
Daniel Anderson
Film & TV
‘Married at First Sight’ groom compared Asian tourists to ‘animals’ in social media post
“Married at First Sight” star Harrison Boon reportedly posted anti-vaccine tirades and a racist rant against Asian tourists on social media....
Bryan Ke
Crime
Amid California mass shootings, older Asian Americans feared to be radicalized by ‘unreliable’ information
With recent mass shootings in California zeroing in on elderly Asian Americans as suspects, community members are left shaken, fearful and d...
Editorial Staff
Business
COVID-related stigma cost Asian restaurants in US $7.4 billion in lost revenue: study
A new study reveals that COVID-related stigma cost Asian American restaurants over $7.4 billion in lost revenue in 2020. As anti-Chinese sen...
Michelle De Pacina
China
China says 80% of its population has been infected with COVID-19 since December
Before you read: COVID cases skyrocket in China following easing of zero-COVID policy COVID is being omitted from Chinese death certificate...
Ines Shin
COVID is being omitted from Chinese death certificates, relatives of patients say
Before you read: Videos show bodies in China being burned on the streets as crematoriums fill up due to COVID surge CCTV captures moment Chi...
Ryan General
Fil-Am couple turns challenging wedding amid pandemic into feature film with appearances from Kane Lim, Heart Evangelista
“The Wedding Hustler,” a feature film inspired by the real struggles of a Filipino American couple in their journey to get married during th...
Health
Filipino American nurses join massive strike against NYC hospitals
Filipino American nurses who participated in the Monday walkout of over 7,000 nurses in New York City have earned the support of the city...
Coronavirus
China stops issuing visas for travelers from S. Korea, Japan in retaliation for COVID restrictions
Before you read: Advocates fear new COVID testing requirements for Chinese travelers will stoke anti-Asian hate US announces negative COVID ...
News
Advocates fear new COVID testing requirements for Chinese travelers will stoke anti-Asian hate
Before you read: China’s lack of transparency on COVID outbreak sparks international concern US announces negative COVID test requirement fo...
Videos show bodies in China being burned on the streets as crematoriums fill up due to COVID surge
Before you read: China’s lack of transparency on COVID outbreak sparks international concern US announces negative COVID test requirement f...
China’s lack of transparency on COVID outbreak sparks international concern
Before you read: China eases restrictions on inbound travelers after more than 2 years COVID cases skyrocket in China following easing of ze...
Hong Kong drops major COVID restrictions amid push for tourism
Before you read: COVID cases skyrocket in China following easing of zero-COVID policy CCTV captures moment Chinese doctor collapses from ex...
US announces negative COVID test requirement for travelers from China
CCTV captures moment Chinese doctor collapses from exhaustion amid massive COVID resurgence
Before you read: COVID cases skyrocket in China following easing of zero-COVID policy ...
Chandler Treon
COVID cases skyrocket in China following easing of zero-COVID policy
After China’s zero-COVID policy garnered heavy criticism, Chinese authorities announced an easing of restrictions on Dec. 7. Within days, ...
Iris Jung
China warns citizens that peaches cannot treat COVID amid hoarding of the fruit for its ‘magic’ healing
Chinese state media are refuting viral online claims that canned peaches can help fight against COVID-19. Demand for canned peaches skyroc...
Physics equations, white papers, alpacas: a guide to the symbols of China’s COVID protests
Physics equations, blank white sheets of paper, alpacas — these are just some of the symbols protesters in China are using to show dissent ...
Khier Casino
Twitter users find porn after searching about COVID protests in China
Thousands of protestors in China took to the streets to decry the country’s COVID-19 restrictions in more than a dozen cities, including Sh...
Maskless crowds at World Cup cause uproar in China
Qatar World Cup coverage in China has sparked an uproar among Weibo users, who have been speaking out against the Chinese government’s imple...
Daniel Dae Kim’s ‘Bad Axe’ captures immigrant family’s struggles amid COVID-19
“Bad Axe,” a documentary film on an Asian American family’s experience during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, is now available in thea...
Carl Samson
China eases restrictions on inbound travelers after more than 2 years
On Friday, the National Health Commission of the People's Republic of China announced its first step toward easing its strict zero-COV...
Chinese woman sealed in during lockdown dies after pleas ignored
The Hohhot government in northern China’s Inner Mongolia confirmed that a woman died inside a community complex on Friday. The community b...
Father says 3-year-old son died due to China’s zero-COVID policy
Tuo Shilei, 32, has blamed China’s strict zero-COVID policy for the death of his 3-year-old son Wenxuan in the city of Lanzhou in China’s G...
FDA reviews evidence pulse oximeters less accurate on people with darker skin
A panel from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently met to review the reported inaccuracy of pulse oximetry in patients with ...
Events
Millions of Filipinos visit cemeteries for All Saints’ Day
Millions of people in the Philippines gathered in cemeteries to honor their deceased loved ones on All Saints’ Day. For the first time sin...
‘Like drinking a cup of milk tea’: China debuts world’s first inhalable COVID-19 vaccine
China began administering the world’s first inhalable COVID-19 vaccine in Shanghai. The vaccine is a mist that is inhaled through the mout...
Canada
Vancouver couple pleads guilty to anti-Asian attack on coffee shop manager despite claiming incident was staged
Michel Jean-Jacque Berthiaume, 74, and Astrid Maria Secreve, 76, each pleaded guilty to a charge of mischief in connection with an anti-Asi...
Hong Kong
Los Angeles-Hong Kong business class fare reaches $13,000 after quarantine requirements dropped
Hong Kong saw a massive surge of inbound and outbound travelers after Chief Executive John Lee uplifted its mandatory COVID-19 hotel quaran...
‘The pandemic is over’: Dr. Leana Wen voices agreement with Biden in Washington Post op-ed
Dr. Leana Wen, an emergency physician at George Washington University, agreed with President Joe Biden’s comment that “The pandemic is over...
Viral video shows panicked shoppers attempting to escape an Ikea outlet in China during flash lockdown
Chaos ensued at an Ikea outlet in Shanghai’s Xuhui district after security announced a flash lockdown on Saturday due to potential COVID-19...
China’s birth rates plummet as more women choose to not have babies due to COVID-related factors
Demographers attribute China’s rapidly declining birth rate to the country’s strict COVID-19 restrictions, with some cities reporting doubl...
Jane Nam
Singapore
Singaporean TikTok user orders food with remote-controlled car in viral video
TikTok user Steve Ho, 35, wowed the internet after ordering food using a remote-controlled car to stay safe amid the recent surge of COVID-...
Thai Buddhist monk claims whiskey helps prevent COVID-19 after being busted for DUI
Phra Thanakorn, 63, is a Buddhist monk from Thailand’s Mueang Loej district who recently got caught driving intoxicated by local police. T...
Bay Area
Asians more likely to be hospitalized with COVID than other Bay Area racial groups, study finds
A study published in the Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities on Tuesday found that Bay Area residents of Asian descent were mor...
Feature
Filipino nurse who administered world’s first COVID-19 vaccine receives UK’s highest civilian honor
May Parsons, the Filipino nurse who administered the world’s first approved COVID-19 vaccine in 2020, received the prestigious George Cross...