Comedian Bowen Yang set a new Emmy milestone for Asian male performers after earning his fourth acting nomination on July 15 in best supporting actor in a comedy series category. This brings his total Emmy nominations to five, including a 2019 writing nomination.

Filipino boxing legend Manny Pacquiao returned to the ring at age 46 and delivered a remarkable performance against the 30-year-old WBC welterweight champion Mario Barrios in Las Vegas on Sunday. After the bout, Pacquiao said, “I thought I won the fight. It was a close fight. He was very tough.”

Philadelphia’s $160 million Chinatown Stitch project faces an uncertain future after President Donald Trump’s recently signed One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) appears to have eliminated most of its federal funding.

Sanseito, a Japanese populist party that draws inspiration from Donald Trump’s politics, is gaining support ahead of Sunday’s upper house elections, suggesting a notable shift in the country’s traditionally centrist landscape.

International superstar Jet Li recently shared his perspective on death and explained why he chooses not to attend funerals in an interview with Chinese magazine Sanlian Lifeweek.

President Donald Trump has nominated Eric Tung, a Jones Day partner based in Los Angeles, for a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, becoming his seventh AAPI appellate appointee if confirmed.

Rep. Ro Khanna of California is leading a bipartisan effort to force the Trump administration and Attorney General Pam Bondi to release all federal records related to the Jeffrey Epstein investigation.

Gymnast Sunisa “Suni” Lee, the first Hmong American Olympian and the first Asian American woman to win Olympic all-around gold, was named Best Comeback Athlete at the 2025 ESPYs in Los Angeles on Wednesday.

Benjamin Song, a former U.S. Marine Corps reservist wanted for his alleged role in a July 4 attack on an ICE detention center, was arrested by FBI agents in Dallas on Tuesday, ending a weeklong manhunt.

FBI Director Kash Patel has found himself under scrutiny after the Trump administration’s abrupt reversal on releasing the Jeffrey Epstein files sparked rare criticism from the president’s own supporters.