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Many parents tell their children never talk to strangers. But Curtis Chin's parents urged their six kids to ask customers at their Chinese restaurant about their background. It was their way of ...

Police focusing on Newnew Polar Bear cargo ship that was in the area when gas pipeline was damaged
Finnish police have said a Chinese ship whose movement coincided with the time and place of the suspected sabotage of is now the focus of their investigation.
After a leak led to the shutdown of the Balticconnector pipeline on 8 October, Finnish authorities have been investigating the damage they say was caused by “external” activity.

Tonight, the place that goes by the nickname of “Mill City” and upholds the motto that “art is the handmaid of human good” is launching its second-ever Lowell Asian American Film Festival (LAAFF). The ...

This is according to a new Pew Research Center survey of religion among Asian American adults who self-identified as Asian, either alone or in combination with other races or ethnicities.

That the author could be prosecuted for comments made 13 years ago is absurd – but also a deadly threat to freedom of speech
The climate for media and free speech in India is in a dangerous place. The country is already ranked countries in the press freedom index, but the actions of prime minister Narendra Modi’s government in the past few weeks have shown how many more clampdowns await. Desperately in need of distraction tactics – given the many failures in governance, tackling inflation or delivering jobs – the regime is after a fresh dose of sound and fury against political opponents.
And so a decade-old case has been dusted off, paving the way for initiating legal proceedings against the novelist, journalist and activist for about Kashmir. The Kashmiri law professor Sheikh Showkat Hussain has also had charges against him approved. It comes after police of more than 40 journalists in Delhi and elsewhere. They have been slapped with terrorism charges and had their phones and laptops seized. They were working for NewsClick, a website accused of having funding links with China: a charge denied by both the website and its funders.

Three people were arrested after burglarizing a DeWitt home of an Asian-American business owner, police said. At 11:20 a.m. Thursday, police saw suspicious activity at a home in the 200 block of ...

The Asian American Journalists Association, the chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus and some state lawmakers have condemned Pillen and demanded that he apologize to Flatwater Free ...

Filipino Americans have been fighting for social justice alongside other communities, for centuries, and you probably didn't know it. For Fil-Am History Month, here are their stories.

The rescheduled Mid-Autumn Festival features music and dancing performances as well as activities, and is free for all to attend.

Government also presses for removal of imposts on wine ahead of Anthony Albanese’s visit to Beijing next month
Australia is moving to repair ties with China ahead of Anthony Albanese’s trip to Beijing, ruling out cancelling a Chinese company’s lease over the strategically important Port of Darwin.
The move, which is likely to be welcomed by the Chinese government, comes as Australia also prepares to scrap tariffs on imports of Chinese wind towers, potentially defusing one of Beijing’s trade complaints.

Czech president calls on western capitals not to fall for Russian leader’s tactic to break European unity
European leaders must not “fall” for the tactics of Vladimir Putin, the Czech president, Petr Pavel, has said, two days after Hungary’s prime minister shook hands with Russia’s leader.
Viktor Orbán, in a rare move for the leader of a country that belongs to the EU and Nato, met Putin in Beijing on Tuesday for what the Hungarian leader’s office described as a discussion on energy cooperation and peace.