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The Baltimore chapter of the National Association of Asian American Professionals, or NAAAP, set out to build a sense of community for Asian people.

When she logged on, all seemed as anticipated. The test listed her ancestry as 99.9 per cent East Asian and Indigenous American. (At the time, the two were lumped together by the company.) ...

It’s Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, and we are sharing the story of Jaja Chen — the heart and soul of Cha Community.

It’s Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, and we are sharing the story of Jaja Chen — the heart and soul of Cha Community. This is a boba tea ...

In Brazil, the Chinese social media giant TikTok is said to be the latest company planning a supercomputer warehouse that will use vast amounts of water and energy
It is a warehouse the size of 12 football pitches that promises to create much-needed jobs and development​ in Caucaia city, north-east Brazil​. But it won’t have shelves stocked with products. This vast building will be a datacentre, believed to be earmarked for TikTok​, the Chinese-owned video-sharing app​, ​a​s part of a to expand its global datacentre infrastructure​.
As the demand for supercomputer facilities rises, fuelled by the AI boom, . The choice of Caucaia is no accident. Several undersea cables carry data from the nearby capital of Ceará state, Fortaleza, to other continents. The closer to the cables, the greater the traffic capacity and the lower the latency, or response time, between two points on the internet network.

Inland revenue targets eight outlets, union, 20 journalists and their families with supposed ‘random’ checks
Hong Kong authorities have targeted journalists and media outlets with what are supposed to be “random” tax audits, in a move the industry union says adds pressure to waning press freedoms.
The head of the Hong Kong Journalists Association, Selina Cheng, detailed what she said were “strange” and “unreasonable” accusations by Hong Kong’s inland revenue department. Requests or audits were made against the association, at least eight independent media outlets, and at least 20 journalists and their family members, including Cheng and her parents, she said at a press conference on Wednesday.

The Drum Tower in Fengyang County, which dates to the 14th century, is one of many historical sites that have been renovated as cultural tourism has boomed.

Freddy Lim, the founder and lead singer of Chthonic, is well known in Finland, a heavy metal capital of the world.

In the weeks following President Donald Trump’s surprise announcement in early April of a 34% tariff tax on all imports from China (which then escalated into an ever-increasing series of retaliatory ...

The attorney general of Virginia said Wednesday an investigation found the Fairfax County Public School district is intentionally discriminating against Asian American students with its newly ...

Experts say there is huge potential for AI in the mental health sector, but there are risks of turning to technology, rather than human beings when in distress
In the pre-dawn hours, Ann Li’s anxieties felt overwhelming. She’d recently been diagnosed with a serious health problem, and she just wanted to talk to someone about it. But she hadn’t told her family, and all her friends were asleep. So instead, she turned to ChatGPT.
“It’s easier to talk to AI during those nights,” the 30-year-old Taiwanese woman, tells the Guardian.

After two thumping election loses, the Liberal party has a lot of soul-searching to do if it wants to regain government, especially with Chinese Australian communities. In its post-2022 election review, the party admitted more work needed to be done to win votes with Chinese Australians after electorates with significant communities all voted against the Liberal party at a higher rate than others. So why was the drubbing repeated in 2025?