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The actor’s production company, 3AD, is uniting with the two organizations as Sunrise Collective, which will host events Jan. 20 through 22 at Riverhorse on Main Street.

The Clark County Commission on Tuesday appointed the first Asian American to serve in the Nevada Senate. Newly appointed state Sen. Rochelle Nguyen — who was a state assemblywoman until a unanimous ...

If Beijing is expecting an immediate boost from abandoning its tough controls it is mistaken
From zero tolerance to “let it rip”. China has not just changed its mind on how to cope with Covid, it has executed the mother of all in response to slower growth and mounting civil unrest at the draconian lockdowns.
If Beijing is expecting an immediate economic boost from abandoning its tough controls it is mistaken. There will be a growth dividend from the policy shift but the state of the world’s second biggest economy will get worse before it gets better, and it will be next spring at least before the easing of restrictions starts to pay off.

The Purdue University Northwest chancellor's “joke” is the same rhetoric fueling discrimination and bias against Asians.

Millions are desperate to get their hands on fever-reducing drugs and antivirals such as Pfizer’s Paxlovid as infections across China outpace supplies.

How culture improves business — a Shen Yun case study. If you're looking to unleash brilliant ideas and build a tight-knit team in your workplace, forget about corporate retreats and trust falls.

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Crossbench say Australia needs to ‘get cracking’ on Cop15 commitments
More reactions are coming in after the close of the biodiversity Cop15 – which , because it decides the “fate of the living world”.
We need to get cracking on implementation to deliver on commitments.

State media reports on increased efforts to boost health infrastructure, staffing and supplies
Chinese authorities are rushing to boost the number of intensive care beds and health workers and increase medication supplies as Covid-19 surges through the country.
Since the abrupt dismantling of the stringent zero-Covid regime, . A full picture of the impact is difficult to gauge. Authorities have conceded it is “impossible” for the testing system to keep track, and the narrow parameters for attributing deaths to the virus mean the official count – fewer than 10 this week – is at odds with widespread anecdotal reports of fatalities and high traffic at funeral homes.

With its wooden script and earnest tone, Tsui Hark’s government-sanctioned Chinese war epic may not win many hearts and minds
War is hell and so is a certain type of war movie: bloated, self-important and glassy-eyed with solemn patriotism. Directed by action veteran Tsui Hark, The Battle at Water Gate Bridge is the giant follow-up to China’s colossal military epic and domestic box-office smash, . It revives the tale of how, during the Korean war in the unimaginably cold winter of 1950, the Chinese army took on the US forces in Changjin county in North Korea and forced Uncle Sam to retreat towards the 38th parallel, gleefully picking up artillery and ammo that the Americans had been forced to abandon.
The first film took us to the “” – an event which was for America something between Dunkirk and a foretaste of Saigon – in which many American and UN personnel had to be airlifted out. Now the movie continues, with more of the same mega greenscreen effects: people getting blown up with grenades and run over with tanks, as well as plenty of bullet-time slo-mo and freeze-frame set pieces of battlefield chaos.

The actor’s production company, 3AD, is uniting with the two organizations as Sunrise Collective, which will host events Jan. 20 through 22 at Riverhorse on Main Street.