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In the 111-year history of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, no Asian American has ever been elected. Now a new plan to expand the board from five to nine seats hopes to change that, ...

STORY Chinese American impressed by development in Greater Bay AreaSHOOTING TIME July 10 2024DATELINE July 19 2024LENGTH 000210LOCATION ZHONG ...

Hahn and fellow supervisors Hilda Solis and Lindsey Horvath joined the Asian American leaders at a news conference at the Hall of Administration on Thursday.

Analysts play down concerns and maintain confidence in AI boom after index’s worst day since December 2022
The tech-heavy Nasdaq stock index has deepened its losses after this week’s interventions by US presidential candidates, but analysts played down market jitters over chipmakers, saying the artificial intelligence boom would continue to support demand.
New York’s Nasdaq composite index staged a brief recovery on opening on Thursday but was down 0.7% at the end of the day, after posting its worst day since December 2022 on Wednesday.

What's driving Asian American support: No Asian American has ever served on the board since its creation in 1912. Since then, Asian American population has grown to about 1.5 million — or 15% of the ...

Kaleena is a Korean adoptee, and was adopted by her American parents when she was just four months old. “Even though I am all Korean, being an adoptee, I had no exposure to Korean and Asian food.

Semiconductor and related tech shares hit hard by former US president’s calls for Taipei to pay for US protection
The stocks of some of the world’s largest chipmakers have fallen further after comments by Donald Trump that Taiwan, which is central to the global industry, should pay for its own defences against China.
Shares in semiconductor and related tech companies had already plunged on Wednesday after the former president’s comments, as well as a report that suggested Joe Biden’s administration was on the trade of chips to China.

L.A. County’s best-known Asian American leaders came out in strong support of a plan to expand the Board of Supervisors and get voter approval. Increasing the number of seats from five to nine will ...

Dozens were trapped inside the building when the fire started on Wednesday evening in Sichuan Province, local authorities said.

Europe is overrepresented while China is underrepresented, and the US will need to give up its veto
In July 1944, exactly 80 years ago, representatives of 44 countries met in an obscure New Hampshire village to negotiate the establishing the International Monetary Fund. For many, reaching the ripe old age of 80 would be cause for celebration. For the IMF, the anniversary only highlights the urgency of reform.
Some necessary reforms are straightforward and widely agreed, raising the question of why they haven’t been adopted. First, the IMF should provide its members with regular annual allocations of its in-house financial instrument, . This would to the US dollar as a source of global liquidity while also addressing the problem of chronic global imbalances.

Milestone was reached in 2021 and indicates a rise in food security and quality of life; plant-based protein options still play a major role in diets.