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Extreme weather kills at least one person in Japan and more than 100 in Afghanistan while parts of China hit record low temperatures
Weather authorities in Japan and the Korean peninsula have issued warnings over freezing temperatures and gales that have killed at least one person, and stranded thousands.
Severe cold weather has already caused fatalities, havoc and record low temperatures across the region in the last fortnight, with at least 124 people dead in Afghanistan and record lows of -53C in northeastern China.

Local governments starved for cash after enormous spending on costly “zero Covid” measures cannot afford to keep up adequate supplies of gas.

Alex Wagner looks at how a change in racist U.S. immigration policy allowed Asian immigrant communities to grow in California but discrimination and threats persisted and spiked through the Covid era, ...

Also, another mass shooting in California and New Zealand’s next leader.

The shootings come as the Asian American and Pacific Islander community is already grappling with a rise in targeted violence in recent years.

Asian and Asian American Pacific Islander representation prevailed at this year’s Oscar nominations, fueled largely by A24’s indie event, Everything Everywhere All at Once with 11 ...

The shootings come as the Asian American and Pacific Islander community is already grappling with a rise in targeted violence in recent years.

The festivities were a precious moment of joy in what has otherwise been a difficult few years for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. We needed this, I thought. Then, sitting on a bench adorned ...

A host of factors, including access to mental health, and a changing attitude toward guns may have played a role in the mass shooting at Asian Communities in Monterey Park and Half Moon Bay, experts ...

Lee asked me if I was aware that Texas is to ban Chinese immigrants from owning real properties in Texas. Lee, a permanent resident with Chinese citizenship, came to Texas three years ago after ...

Locally, in the Dallas area, Asian community activists are left heartbroken by the recent news. DALLAS — At least 18 people are dead after attacks in a Southern California ballroom and at a mushroom ...

For Americans of Asian descent, Monterey Park – a town near Los Angeles, located in the San Gabriel Valley – is a cultural center. It embodies the modern Asian American experience; that is, a place ...