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Jaylin Williams is the NBA’s 1st Vietnamese American champion

Jaylin Williams became the first Vietnamese American NBA champion on Sunday evening when the Oklahoma City Thunder clinched a 4–3 Finals vic...

Air India 787 crash likely due to dual engine failure: investigators

A rare dual engine failure during initial climb is the leading theory behind the crash of Air India Flight AI171, investigators said, as the...

Young Asian American adults strongly reject student deportations, college funding cuts: poll

A majority of Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (AAPI) adults oppose federal efforts to defund colleges with diversity, e...

Scale AI CEO Alexandr Wang heads to Meta as part of $14 billion deal

Alexandr Wang, co-founder and CEO of Scale AI, told employees Thursday he is stepping down to join Meta Platforms, confirming his exit just ...

Amy Wang shares update on ‘Crazy Rich Asians 2’

Screenwriter Amy Wang says the long-awaited sequel to “Crazy Rich Asians” is still in the works, but fans will need to be patient. Speaking ...

Timbaland debuts an AI-generated ‘Asian’ pop singer

A virtual singer depicted as a young Asian woman named TaTa was unveiled on June 5 as the first act from Stage Zero, an AI-focused entertain...

Minnesota Hmong American lawmaker responds to backlash over her immigration story

Minnesota State Representative Kaohly Vang Her, one of the nation’s few Hmong American lawmakers, clarified on Monday that she and her...

How ILRC’s ‘Red Cards’ can help protect immigrants during ICE encounters

As immigration enforcement actions grow under the Trump administration, the Immigrant Legal Resource Center’s “Red Cards” remain a practical...

Air India Boeing 787 crash leaves hundreds dead, 1 survivor

An Air India Boeing 787‑8 Dreamliner, Flight AI171, en route to London Gatwick, crashed into the B.J. Medical College hostel in Ahmedabad sh...

3rd Chinese researcher arrested for smuggling biomaterials to University of Michigan lab

Chengxuan Han, a doctoral student from Wuhan’s Huazhong University of Science and Technology, was arrested June 8 at Detroit Metropolitan Ai...

NIH scientists publish declaration criticizing Trump’s deep cuts in public health research

Scientists at the National Institutes of Health released a rare internal protest letter known as the “Bethesda Declaration” on Monday to pub...

Asian performers make history at 2025 Tony Awards

Three Asian and Asian American performers won major acting honors at the 78th annual Tony Awards, held June 8 at Radio City Music Hall in Ne...

Manny Pacquiao fights back tears as he enters Boxing Hall of Fame

Boxing legend Manny Pacquiao delivered an emotional speech as he was enshrined in the International Boxing Hall of Fame on Sunday in Canasto...

Smartphone smuggled from North Korea automatically censors ‘oppa’

A North Korean smartphone smuggled out of the country by Seoul-based media outlet Daily NK in late 2024 has revealed new evidence of the reg...

Asian Americans no longer healthiest older adult group, study finds

Asian Americans have lost their long-held status as the healthiest racial group among older U.S.-born adults, according to a recent study. T...

World Bank: 1.8 billion South Asians at risk to extreme heat by 2030

More than 1.8 billion people across South Asia could face life-threatening exposure to extreme heat by 2030, according to a new report from ...

Nearly half of Japanese workforce engages in ‘quiet quitting’: survey

Around 45% of full-time employees in Japan are “quiet quitting,” a practice where workers do only what their roles require, without extra ef...

Pete Hegseth: US will go to war to stop China from taking Taiwan

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the U.S. would take military action to stop China from invading Taiwan, outlining a defense policy that ...

Did the ‘Lilo & Stitch’ remake forget what ‘ohana’ means?

Disney’s 2025 live-action remake of “Lilo & Stitch” has sparked backlash for altering the original film’s ending...

First-time actor Sora Wong delivers breakout performance in ‘Bring Her Back’

Australian teenager Sora Wong, who has limited vision due to her coloboma and microphthalmia, makes her acting debut in the A24a horror film...

New report highlights gains and gaps in Asian representation in Hollywood

A new study released by the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, in partnership with the Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment (...

Jaylin Williams becomes 1st Vietnamese American to reach NBA Finals

Jaylin Williams, a reserve forward for the Oklahoma City Thunder, is set to make history as the first NBA player of Vietnamese descent to ap...

This ‘Tamagotchi vape’ dies if you stop puffing

A satirical device called the Vape-o-Gotchi links a virtual pet’s survival to the user’s vaping habits — puff to keep it alive. ...

JD Vance accuses universities of racial bias against whites and Asians

Vice President JD Vance accused U.S. universities of racially discriminating against white and Asian students and alleged widespread scienti...

Former DEI supporter selected as University of Florida’s new president

The University of Florida Board of Trustees voted unanimously on Tuesday to select Dr. Santa J. Ono as the university’s 14th president, desp...

Jackie Chan wants ‘Rush Hour 4’ and ‘Shanghai Dawn’

Martial arts icon Jackie Chan has confirmed his enthusiasm for returning to the “Rush Hour” (1998) and “Shanghai Noon” (2000) franchises. Sp...

South Korean students warned to clean up their socials amid US visa crackdown

South Korean students, the third-largest group of international students in the U.S., are being urged to carefully manage their online prese...

Hate group numbers dipped because their beliefs became mainstream, new report warns

While the number of hate and extremist groups in the U.S. decreased slightly in 2024, a new report from the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPL...

COVID-19 surges in East and Southeast Asia

COVID-19 cases are climbing across East and Southeast Asia, with notable increases in Thailand, China, Hong Kong and Singapore. Health autho...

Seven children charged for violent assault on Chinese couple in Sydney

Seven minors have been charged in connection with a violent assault on a Chinese couple at an apartment complex in Eastgardens, a suburb in ...

Tesla’s reputation plunges in US brand survey

Tesla has dropped to 95th place in the 2025 Axios Harris Poll 100, a steep fall from 8th in 2021, reflecting growing disapproval from Americ...

Filipino immigrant wins Canada’s largest-ever lottery jackpot

Justin Simporios, a Filipino immigrant in British Columbia has won the largest individual lottery prize in Canadian history, claiming the en...

Families need 3 children each to avoid extinction, study warns

A new study published April 30 in PLOS ONE finds that families need to have an average of 2.7 children to avoid extinction — far higher than...

Michele Wong McSween’s ‘Gordon & Li Li’ children’s book series helps families learn Mandarin

When Michele Wong McSween couldn’t find Mandarin learning books for her children, she created her own — launching a beloved bilingual series...

Survey: Most Americans say Asians face discrimination in US

A majority of Americans say Asian people face at least some discrimination in the U.S., according to a new Pew Research Center survey releas...

Survey finds most Asian Americans see Trump as a ‘dangerous dictator’

A majority of Asian Americans agree with most Americans in viewing President Donald Trump as a “dangerous dictator” whose power should be li...