For Christine Liwag Dixon and others, the bloodshed in Georgia – six Asian women among the dead, allegedly murdered by a man who blamed their “sexual addiction” – was a horrifying new …
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The 68-year-old former international cricketer received his first dose of China’s Sinopharm coronavirus vaccine on Thursday. Sinopharm injection is the only Covid-19 vaccine available in Pakistan. Pakistan’s Health Ministry said it may …
Read More »Japan Earthquake: Tsunami Warning Issued After Preliminary Magnitude 7.0 Earthquake
The most recent information from the USGS shows that the earthquake is 54 kilometers (34 miles) deep. CNN crews in Tokyo felt the shaking. A tsunami watch was issued on Saturday, but …
Read More »South Korea to review rules on mandatory Covid-19 testing for foreigners
The ruling, which took effect on Wednesday, required all foreign workers in the capital to undergo coronavirus screening or face fines of up to 2 million Korean won ($ 1,775). In a …
Read More »Drone attack on Riyadh oil refinery claimed by Houthis causes fire
DUBAI (Reuters) – An airstrike on an oil refinery in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, sparked a fire on Friday that was brought under control, the Energy Ministry said, after Yemen’s Houthi group …
Read More »We defied orders to kill protesters
Fleeing Myanmar Police: Defying Orders to Kill Protesters By ANUPAM NATH March 19, 2021 GMT https://apnews.com/article/myanmar-india-asia-asia-pacific-southeast-asia-7054a0f5671a2a8e8dde33c720c436cc MIZORAM, India (AP) – A group of police officers who defied orders from the Myanmar military …
Read More »Biden and Harris offer comfort to grieving Asian Americans
ATLANTA (AP) – For Asian Americans, 2020 was a year of political success and new influence. But it was also a time of vulnerability to racist attacks.. That painful dichotomy will show …
Read More »Hatred turned my Asian-American mother into a locked up. This is not the country you left your homeland for
It is not because of the virus, as Covid-19 continues to wreak havoc in my home state of California. It is because she is absolutely certain that, as a limping older Asian …
Read More »Indonesia considers reopening Bali to foreign tourists in June
Photographer: Agung Parameswara / Getty Images Photographer: Agung Parameswara / Getty Images Follow Bloomberg on LINE messenger for all the business news and analysis you need. Foreign tourists can visit Bali again …
Read More »North Korea’s Anger Toward the US May Actually Be an Overture
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – After giving the Biden administration the silent treatment for two months, North Korea this week convened two powerful women to warn Washington about the combined military exercises …
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