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Move shows ‘what is happening to the Uyghurs is unacceptable’, says MP after non-binding parliamentary ballot with prime minister’s support
Canada’s parliament has unanimously passed a motion to take in 10,000 Uyghur refugees who fled China, but are now facing pressure to return.
The vote on Wednesday builds on a February 2021 move by Canadian lawmakers to label Beijing’s treatment of Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims in its north-western Xinjiang territory as genocide.

The United States and the Philippines announced on Thursday an agreement to expand American military presence in the Southeast Asian country, where U.S. forces would be granted access to four more ...

U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz and John Cornyn introduced a resolution in the Senate on Wednesday urging the U.S. to "deepen and prioritize" efforts to secure Swidan's release. U.S. Rep. Michael Cloud, R-Vitoria ...

The United States and the Philippines on Thursday announced plans to expand America's military presence in the Southeast Asian nation, with access to four more bases as they seek to deter China’s ...

Yelp, which is based in San Francisco, removed more than 2,000 racist business reviews before they went online — a nearly tenfold jump over the year before.

The U.S. Air Force is telling North Dakota leaders it believes a Chinese company’s plan to build a wet corn milling plant near the Grand Forks Air Force Base poses a national security threat ...

South by Southwest has announced the second half of its line-up for the March 10-19 event. This includes Visions, the Global section presented by MUBI, 24 Beats, and Festival Favorites plus numerous ...

South by Southwest on Wednesday revealed the second half of its lineup for this year’s edition, set for March 10-19. This includes Visions, the Global section presented by Mubi, 24 Beats, ...

Yelp removed more than 2,000 racist business reviews before they went online — a nearly 10-fold increase over the year before. Hundreds more were removed after they were public.

I will not have my dog eat in this place because they might cook him,” read a Yelp review posted to one Chinese-owned restaurant.

In Lloyd Suh's new play 'The Heart Sellers,' two immigrant wives make a turkey and try to figure out how they fit into the American dream.

Washington officials appear to confirm deal to restrict export of semiconductor manufacturing technology to China
A Washington official has made the most direct comments by a US authority to date acknowledging the existence of a deal with Japan and the Netherlands for those countries to impose new restrictions on exports of chipmaking tools to China.
“We can’t talk about the deal right now,” said Don Graves, deputy commerce department secretary, on the sidelines of an event in Washington. “But you can certainly talk to our friends in Japan and the Netherlands.”