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Kamala Harris fundraiser receives wave of racist texts, told to ‘go back to India’

Ajay Jain Bhutoria, an Indian American fundraising official for the Harris-Walz campaign and the Democratic Party, has been the target of ra...

‘Overwatch’ actor mistreated by WestJet crew after alleged harassment by white passenger

U.S. actor Charlet Takahashi Chung took to Instagram to share her harrowing experience during a WestJet flight, accusing crew members of mis...

Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao recalled in historic vote

Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao was recalled in last week’s election, marking the first successful removal of a mayor in the Bay Area city. What sh...

How Trump won more Asian American voters in 2024

While most Asian American voters cast their votes for Kamala Harris, a record 39% supported Donald Trump in this year’s election. As many Ha...

Meet the first Indian American elected to Congress from Virginia

Democrat Suhas Subramanyam made history as the first Indian American elected from Virginia, securing a seat in the U.S. House of Representat...

Usha Vance celebrated by Indian American supporters, Indian media

With Kamala Harris’ forthcoming exit from the vice presidency following Donald Trump’s reelection, Indian Americans and Indian media a...

Americans looking to move abroad after Trump’s win flood Google

Following Donald Trump’s re-election victory, a wave of Americans has turned to the internet for information on relocating abroad. Google se...

This is the best K-pop song of 2024, according to industry experts

Aespa’s “Supernova” has been named the best K-pop song of 2024, securing 93 out of 200 votes from industry professionals i...

Filipino Americans make historic election in California Legislature

Jessica Caloza and Christopher Cabaldon have been elected to California’s state Legislature, marking the first time a Filipino American duo ...

Sam Liccardo defeats Evan Low in contentious Silicon Valley House race

Former San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo won the race for California’s 16th congressional district, defeating fellow Democrat Evan Low in one of t...

Diverse groups propelled Trump back to the White House: exit polls

Donald Trump secured victory in the 2024 presidential election by successfully mobilizing a diverse coalition of voters and improving his st...

More Asian Americans voted for Trump this time around, exit poll shows

More Asian Americans voted for Donald Trump this election than in 2020, according to an exit poll by NBC. This year, 38% cast their vote for...

Here’s how to cope with election stress, according to experts

Elections can have profound emotional impacts, especially when stakes feel exceptionally high. The intense stress of political outcomes, esp...

Michelle Steel leads Derek Tran in tight Orange County House race

Republican Rep. Michelle Steel leads Democrat Derek Tran 52.5% (117,378 votes) to 47.5% (106,015 votes) in the race for California’s 4...

Thailand takes historic step to end statelessness

Thailand has launched a landmark initiative to end statelessness by granting citizenship to 483,000 long-term residents and members of ethni...

Astronaut Sunita Williams cast her vote from space

Astronaut Sunita Williams, along with her colleagues Butch Wilmore, Nick Hague and Don Pettit, cast their votes for the U.S. election from t...

Colorado’s Asian business owners targeted in wave of high-tech burglaries

Asian business owners are being targeted in a wave of sophisticated burglaries in Colorado, with suspects employing high-tech tactics to gai...

Chinese Americans hit with culturally specific election disinformation

Chinese American communities are reportedly facing a barrage of election-related disinformation, marked by culturally targeted attacks and w...

Donald Trump reclaims White House in stunning comeback

Donald Trump emerged victorious in the U.S. presidential election, defeating Vice President Kamala Harris in a closely contested race. This ...

Louis Vuitton’s delayed Beijing flagship highlights luxury market woes

Louis Vuitton’s unopened Beijing flagship store symbolizes the struggles of China’s luxury market, which has yet to recover as anticip...

GOP House candidate goes viral for fiery clapback at Democratic rival

Lily Tang Williams, a Republican candidate vying to fill the open seat in New Hampshire’s 2nd District in the U.S. House of Representatives,...

Harris beats Trump in Iowa, gains traction in key swing states: polls

Vice President Kamala Harris has overtaken former President Donald Trump in Iowa, leading 47% to 44% in a stunning reversal in the reliably ...

One of K-pop’s most prestigious awards show is coming to the US

For the first time in its 25-year history, MAMA Awards will debut on U.S. soil, bringing the best of K-pop to Los Angeles’ Dolby Theatre on ...

Seventeen’s Seungkwan speaks out against mistreatment of idols

Seventeen’s Seungkwan took to Instagram to denounce the K-pop industry’s mistreatment of idols, marking the first internal critique from an ...

K-pop idol leaves group hours after return over backlash for smoking, kissing a woman

Amid fan outrage over leaked photos, Seunghan departed Riize on Oct. 13, about 48 hours after Wizard Production, the SM Entertainment produc...

Hybe CEO apologizes for leaked internal doc trashing Blackpink, other K-pop idols

Hybe CEO Lee Jae-sang publicly apologized on Tuesday after an internal document containing disparaging remarks about multiple K-pop artists ...

Xi asked Biden to change language on Taiwan, ‘oppose’ independence: report

Chinese President Xi Jinping asked U.S. President Joe Biden to change Washington’s language on Taiwan’s independence last year, urging direc...

Harris and Trump intensify outreach to Asian American voters

Ahead of Election Day, both Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are vying intensely for Asian American votes, recognizing the group’s growing inf...

Harris and Trump locked in incredibly close race in swing states, latest polls show

Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are in an exceptionally tight race in battleground states, with recent polls showing no clear winner just a w...

Trump praises Xi’s ‘iron fist’ rule of China

Former President Donald Trump lauded Chinese President Xi Jinping’s authoritarian rule during a three-hour interview with podcaster Joe Roga...

Comedian who made anti-Asian remarks spews more racist ‘jokes’ at Trump rally

Stand-up comedian Tony Hinchcliffe sparked outrage on Sunday after launching a series of racist jokes at a Donald Trump rally in New York Ci...

Why North Korea is sending thousands of soldiers to fight for Russia

North Korea is reportedly sending a force of 12,000 troops to Russia to support its war in Ukraine, marking an escalation in military cooper...

Trump courts Asian American voters in Las Vegas rally

Former President Donald Trump headlined an AAPI-focused rally in Las Vegas on Thursday, centering his speech on policies toward economic gro...

Trump calls USA ‘garbage can for the world’ in latest escalation of anti-immigrant rhetoric

Donald Trump described the U.S. as “like a garbage can for the world” at a rally in Tempe, Arizona, on Thursday while denouncing the Biden a...

Vincent Chin to be honored with street sign in Detroit

The city of Detroit is honoring five notable individuals, including Asian American figure Vincent Chin, with street signs bearing their name...

Americans’ views on China drop to historic low, poll shows

Americans’ views of China hit an all-time low, according to a poll from the Chicago Council on Global Affairs released on Thursday. The surv...