177 articles
Civil Rights
New York ‘equal rights’ proposal slammed for potential discrimination against Asian students
Critics argue that New York’s “Equal Rights Amendment,” also known as Proposition 1, intended to expand anti-discrimination protections, cou...
Carl Samson
Australia
4 Vietnamese exchange students disappear in Australia within a month
Four Vietnamese students participating in an exchange program in South Australia have gone missing within a month, with 17-year-old student ...
Michelle De Pacina
Education
Twin brothers named valedictorian, salutatorian at New York high school
A pair of 17-year-old twins from Long Island, New York, has been named top students of their graduating class this year. What they achieved:...
Social Media
Thai father warms netizens’ hearts by dressing as woman for child’s Mother’s Day school event
A single father in Thailand has tugged on several netizens’ heartstrings after dressing up as a woman for a Mother’s Day event at his daught...
Isa Peralta
Coronavirus
Discrimination during pandemic significantly harmed Asian American students’ mental health: study
The mental health of Asian American students was significantly harmed due to the rise of anti-Asian discrimination fueled by the COVID-19 pa...
Health
Missouri high school student wins $50,000 science prize for monkeypox bio-computational models
A high school student from Columbia, Missouri, was named one of the winners of a top science fair prize for his project that analyzes mpox, ...
Bryan Ke
Filipino student faces scrutiny after claiming he was admitted to 30 universities in US, UK
A 20-year-old student in the Philippines recently made headlines after claiming on social media that he had been accepted into 30 different ...
Ryan General
Crime
Taiwanese student alleges NY Public Library guards did not help after assault
A Taiwanese student residing in the United States alleges she was the victim of an assault and racial discrimination following an incident a...
Canada
Brutal group attack on Sikh student in Canada denounced as ‘absolutely horrendous’
A Canadian city councilor has spoken up after a Sikh international student was brutally beaten by a group of people on his way home in what ...
China
Viral video shows girl in China begging on her knees before woman finally returns her dropped money
A teenage girl was forced to beg after dropping her 200 yuan (approximately $29) allowance, with the older woman who picked it up claiming t...
Video: Thai woman accused of fatal hit-and-run of Michigan student extradited back to US
The Thai woman who fled to Thailand after being accused of hitting a Michigan State University student with her car and leaving him for dead...
Death of Princeton student who was reported missing ruled a suicide
Princeton University student Misrach Ewunetie, whose dead body was found behind a secluded campus tennis court on Oct. 20, was determined to...
Ines Shin
Texas A&M student found dead after ‘uncharacteristic’ disappearance
A Texas A&M University (TAMU) student was found dead in Austin, Texas, after being reported as missing for just over a week. Tanner Hoan...
Chinese girl treks alone for 40 minutes to ask stranger for homework help
A 9-year-old girl from a remote village in China is making headlines for her devotion to studying, even if it means trekking alone for 40 mi...
Chinese mom sparks online discussion on sex education after finding condom inside son’s schoolbag
A mother from the Chinese province of Zhejiang sparked an online discussion about the importance of sex education after finding an unwrappe...
News
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...
Viral video captures moment 5-year-old is slapped out of his chair by classmate’s father in China
A 5-year-old kindergartener in Nanjing, China, suffered a bruised and swollen face after being slapped by the father of his classmate on Sa...
Cincinnati man charged with hate crime for anti-Asian attack on student
Darrin Johnson, 26, was charged with federal hate crime on Wednesday in connection with an anti-Asian attack against a University of Cincin...
Asian student stabbed by alleged bully at New York high school
An 18-year-old Asian student was stabbed by a 17-year-old classmate at Proctor High School in Utica, New York, on Monday morning. Teachers...
Career criminal who struck Asian student with a pole in Vancouver walks free after bail
Mohammed Majidpour, the 35-year-old career criminal charged with assault after hurling anti-Asian slurs and striking a 19-year-old Asian wo...
Vigil held in honor of Purdue University student found murdered in his dorm room
Hundreds of Purdue University students gathered around their campus’ "Unfinished Block P" statue on Wednesday evening to honor 20...
Vancouver police identify man accused of striking Asian student with a pole
Mohammed Majidpour, 35, is now wanted Canada-wide for allegedly attacking a 19-year-old Asian woman in downtown Vancouver on Sept. 27. The...
Woman found dead in Taiwan temple carried notes warning against ‘casual communication with spirits’
A 20-year-old student, surnamed Zhong, was found dead in the women’s bathroom of a temple in Taiwan on Sept. 29. In her bag, two notes war...
Student hit in the head with pole in apparent anti-Asian attack in Vancouver
A 19-year-old Asian student was hit on the back of her head with a pole by a man on Tuesday in what police are investigating as a racially ...
22-year-old Kent State University student killed in hit-and-run crash
A 22-year-old university student was killed in a hit-and-run crash in Franklin Township, Ohio, on Monday. Colin Vinh Pho, who was a Kent Sta...
India
Teacher in India apologizes after video of him threatening to beat student over her BTS fandom goes viral
A video of a teacher in India has gone viral for showing his aggressive verbal tirade toward a BTS fan. Siddhartha Mishra, a teacher from...
Daniel Anderson
Chinese student needs 16 stitches after teacher punches him in the face for not paying attention
A physics teacher in northwest China was fired on Saturday after punching a 15-year-old student in the face for not paying attention. Foll...
Rebecca Moon
NYU student takes to social media to get Campus Safety to act on his assault case
New York University (NYU) Campus Safety has finally sent a campus-wide Safety Alert email addressing an alleged assault on an Asian student,...
Nathan Burke
Asia
Father suffers burns after 5-year-old blows up homework assigned over Lunar New Year with firecrackers
A boy in China reportedly blew up his Lunar New Year holiday homework using his grandfather’s lighter and cousin’s firecrackers on Feb. 10....
Chicago
Report: University of Chicago sees rise in anti-Black sentiment after murder of Asian student
An increase in anti-Black sentiment has reportedly been observed at the University of Chicago after the fatal shooting of a Chinese internat...
Authorities investigate Filipino American UNLV student’s death following charity boxing event
Police have launched an investigation into the death of Nathan Valencia, a junior at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) who succumbe...
Videos
Chinese man who ran away because he failed college is reunited with his family after 16 years missing
A Chinese man who ran away because he failed college due to video game addiction is now back with his family after finding out they reported...
Sri Lankan grandma makes history as oldest master’s degree earner at Canada’s York University
A Sri Lankan grandma has just earned her master’s degree from a Canadian university at the age of 87. Just a number: Varatha Shanmugan...
Wisconsin man charged with hate crime in alleged attack on Asian student
A man has been charged with a hate crime after allegedly attacking an Asian student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison last month. What ...
Chinese student goes viral after he stands up during opera performance to sing male lead
An opera fan was praised on Chinese social media as a “hero” for his impromptu performance during a concert featuring Cuban American operati...
Chinese Professor Rants About Daughter’s ‘Lower IQ’ Than His and His Wife’s
A professor at China’s Peking University (PKU) has sparked discussions on tiger-parenting after complaining about his daughter’s poor grades...
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