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Belly Laughs will feature stand-up sets and appearances from 30 comedians and a sampling of more than 20 Asian restaurants from across the city.

Vance calls for a closer U.S. partnership with Greenland to counteract Russian and Chinese influence in the North Atlantic region.

The state was immune from the lawsuit, the judge wrote, and the association representing Arab and Asian deli owners didn't show that they were harmed by the policies under scrutiny.

Death toll rises in both countries after tectonic plates rub sideways against each other along Sagaing fault
An earthquake with a 7.7 magnitude has hit central Myanmar, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) has said, with Thailand’s capital, Bangkok, . We take a look at the origins of the event and the scale of the disaster.

Kevin Wang had been teaching at the small liberal arts college in Sarasota for nearly two years when the school terminated his contract March 12.

At his first stop in the Philippines, the U.S. defense secretary promised to strengthen deterrence against Chinese “threats” in the region. He also plans to visit Japan.

The University of North Georgia (UNG) will host multiple cultural celebrations as part of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month during the month of April. AAPI Heritage Month is ...

Wettest March day for 15 years in some parts of northern Australian state, while storms and hail hit Mediterranean
More heavy rain has hit Queensland, Australia, just weeks after the devastation of Cyclone Alfred. Much of north and central Queensland was put under severe weather alert for heavy rainfall earlier this week, as six-hourly rainfall totals of 30-60mm were anticipated, with the risk of seeing up to 120mm locally in this period.
In the north-west of the state, this rain caused the Haughton River to rise rapidly, with water levels reaching 2.68 metres on Wednesday night, exceeding the 2.5-metre major flood level.

Lee was the first Chinese American woman to fly for the U.S. military. This is the story of how she lived up to her name. Up on a hill in Portland’s River View Cemetery, with a clear view of Mount ...

Prospect of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan has forced Japan to step up measures to protect islands in Okinawa prefecture
has for the first time released plans to evacuate more than 100,000 civilians from some of its remote islands near Taiwan in the event of conflict in the region, amid escalating tensions between Beijing and Taipei.
Under the contingency, ships and planes would be mobilised to take about 110,000 residents and 10,000 tourists off five islands in the Sakishima chain in Japan’s far south-west.

Shenzhen-based Tencent, which owns the popular messaging app WeChat, will hold about a quarter of a new subsidiary.

China wants to protect against the volatility of Trump’s tariffs, and now has more than a dozen free trade agreements with global south countries
Chinese vice-premier Ding Xuexiang has pledged to give stronger policy support to the Chinese economy as he delivered the keynote speech at a forum focused on bolstering the country’s role in Asia and ties with the global south.
With the tariffs on Chinese goods mounting, China is trying to find a foundation for growth that does not rely on an increasingly capricious United States. At the Boao Forum for Asia, a conference in south China’s Hainan province, Chinese officials and academics stressed the need for . Despite its rapid economic growth in the past three decades, China still identifies as being part of this group.