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Racism
Video of woman attempting to pronounce ‘Din Tai Fung’ goes viral
A TikTok video of a woman butchering the pronunciation of “Din Tai Fung” has gone viral. Uploaded on Dec. 24, 2022, by Joelle Uzyel (@joelle...
Iris Jung
China
Chinese basketball star apologizes following backlash over sexist taunt
A Chinese basketball star has publicly apologized after drawing outrage on social media for taunting a rival player with a sexist comment. Z...
Ryan General
Music
The Wiggles’ latest member creates a new audience for the show: thirsty moms and gay men
Singer John Pearce, a Filipino Australian member of The Wiggles, has moms looking to join the group’s audience. The Wiggles, an Australian m...
Culture
Video of Japanese woman snowboarding in red kimono goes viral
A Twitter video of a Japanese woman snowboarding in a red kimono for Coming of Age Day has gone viral. Uploaded on Jan. 9 by Sumire Morino ...
Rebel Wilson slammed online for Dubai trip months after coming out
Several Instagram users heavily criticized actor Rebel Wilson for taking her fiancée on a trip to Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), months ...
Bryan Ke
Business
‘Bad game of Russian roulette’: ‘Blindsided’ ex-Google employee documents her layoff in viral video
A video posted by a former Google employee documenting her unexpected layoff has quickly gone viral. The video comes shortly after Google’s ...
Ana Yoo
News
Utah high school students accused of chanting racial slurs at visiting basketball team
A Utah school district has announced an investigation after receiving complaints that a group of Roy High students began chanting racial slu...
Chinese woman claims to be detained by police in secret location after Beijing protest
Before you read: Twitter users find porn after searching about COVID protests in China Physics equations, white papers, alpacas: a guide to ...
Michelle De Pacina
Crime
Malaysian woman praised for defending hawker against machete-wielding men
A Malaysian woman received praise online after a video of her defending a male hawker against two machete-wielding men went viral on social ...
Environmental
Heartbreaking video shows mother elephant desperately trying to revive newborn calf
The Zurich Zoo in Switzerland recently uploaded a heartbreaking video showing an elephant and her mother desperately attempting to revive a ...
Food
Comedian Uncle Roger slams Gordon Ramsay’s Thai papaya salad in new video
Malaysian British comedian Nigel Ng, better known by his viral persona Uncle Roger, gave a brutal review of celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay’s T...
Entertainment
Winners Ke Huy Quan, Brendan Fraser have emotional reunion at Critics Choice Awards
Ke Huy Quan reunited with his previous costar Brendan Fraser at the Critics Choice Awards on Sunday. The 28th Annual Critics Choice Awards s...
Activist criticized for questioning Chinese players at Australian Open about Peng Shuai’s whereabouts
Before you read: #WhereIsPengShuai: Tennis star now missing after her Me Too accusations against ex-CCP official Peng Shuai says her sexual ...
Chilling Facebook Live video shows final moments inside Nepal plane before deadly crash
A Facebook Live video recorded by a passenger captured the final moments inside the Yeti Airlines flight before it crashed in Nepal. On Sund...
Philippines
Filipino couple shares video of their budget-friendly gender reveal in a toilet
A Filipino couple shared a video of their budget-friendly gender reveal in a toilet. Unlike the extravagant gender reveal parties that make ...
Chinese tourist slammed online for crashing his drone into world’s 2nd tallest building
Reddit users criticized a tourist after he accidentally crashed his drone into the world’s second tallest building, Merdeka 118 in Kuala Lum...
‘I would rather die than look like you’: Australian woman’s anti-Asian rant caught in TikTok video
A TikTok user found herself on the receiving end of a racist rant at a tram station in Australia. On Wednesday, Hazel Chan (@siewngap) poste...
Singapore teen ridiculed for calling $60 bag gifted to her by her father ‘luxury’
A video of a Singaporean girl sharing her excitement after receiving a bag went viral on TikTok for the wrong reasons. On Sunday, TikTok us...
US nationals arrested, charged for climbing world’s 2nd tallest building in Malaysia
A group of Americans who broke into and climbed the Merdeka 118, the world’s second tallest building located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, have...
History
History professor makes surprisingly cute discovery on lost roll of film labeled ‘The Philippines 1942’
An assistant ecclesiastical history professor discovered footage of puppies playing around on a silent 8mm roll of film labeled “The Philipp...
Social Media
DoorDash driver eats a customer’s order on TikTok after getting a $1 tip
A DoorDash driver recently went viral on social media for purportedly eating a customer’s order after getting a dollar for a tip. The driver...
Viral TikTok shows white host in Chinese outfit interviewing strangers to see if they are offended
A viral TikTok video from PragerU shows its non-Chinese host interviewing strangers in order to find out the answer to “Who’s go...
Health
Video: Wash your hands — and smartphone — at McDonald’s in Japan
A video of a phone cleaning station at a McDonald’s in Japan has gone viral. Uploaded to Twitter by Sho Sawada (@shao1555) on Oct. 26, 2022,...
Art
Dave Bautista shows off his Filipino-inspired tattoos in breakdown video
Before you read: Dave Bautista says he ‘never wanted to be the next Rock’: ‘I just wanted to be a good f*cking actor’ Dave Bautista had Mann...
Dave Bautista had Manny Pacquiao tattoo covered up after his ‘anti-gay statements’
Before you read: Dave Bautista says he ‘never wanted to be the next Rock’: ‘I just wanted to be a good f*cking actor’ In an interview with G...
Chandler Treon
Japan
Livestreamers ‘joke’ about atomic bombs, ‘radioactive p*ssy’ while streaming in Hiroshima
Editor’s Note (1/5/2023): A previous version of this story published earlier today misidentified one of the streamers in the mentioned clip ...
Carl Samson
Watch: TikToker attempts to eat 10 durians at AYCE durian buffet in Singapore
A TikToker shared a video of their visit to an all-you-can-eat durian buffet in Singapore. According to the video from Singaporean travel gu...
Sports
Malaysian volleyball coach sparks backlash for slapping female students
A Malaysian volleyball coach who was caught on camera slapping his students during a match has received a wave of backlash in the country. T...
‘Not my hero anymore’: Salt Bae loses super fan after brushing him off in viral video
A viral TikTok video captures the moment Salt Bae lost a huge fan. In the video, Masala Bae (@masala_bhai) can be seen meeting Nusret Gökçe,...
Video captures Asian woman screaming as man pulls her away from Good Samaritans in California
A video of an Asian woman screaming while being pulled away by a white man during a confrontation with Good Samaritans has gone viral on Ins...
Asians hailed as better photographers than the British in viral TikTok
A TikTok video depicting Asians as better photographers than British people has gone viral on social media. The video was produced by Britis...
Beauty
K-pop idols make their mark on ‘The 100 Most Beautiful/Handsome Faces of 2022’ lists
K-pop stars dominate this year’s “100 Most Beautiful” and “100 Most Handsome Faces” lists by TC Chandler and The Independent Cri...
Dallas woman filmed making ‘slant eyes’ after being confronted over parking spot
Internet sleuths are looking for a woman who was caught making a racist slant-eye gesture on video during a confrontation over a parking spo...
Thai Smile Airways apologizes for viral in-flight altercation
A video of passengers fighting on a flight over a reclining seat went viral on Wednesday, prompting a formal apology by the airline the next...
Chilling footage shows people jumping to escape Cambodian casino fire that killed at least 19
A deadly fire swept through a Cambodian casino hotel on Thursday, killing at least 19 people and injuring at least 60. Located in Poipet, a ...
Exhilarating action scene from 1989 Donnie Yen film ‘In the Line of Duty 4’ leaves netizens enthralled
A stunt from the 1989 martial arts action film “In the Line of Duty 4: Witness” has gone viral ahead of the film’s U.S. HD Blu-Ray release. ...