Affirmative action took a major blow Thursday. The Supreme Court ruled that universities can no longer give preferential treatment to black students over other races—or preferential treatment to any race, for that matter. It will bring back a degree of “colorblindness” where the color of a person’s skin can no longer be used as a…

Affirmative action took a major blow Thursday. The Supreme Court ruled that universities can no longer give preferential treatment to black students over other races—or preferential treatment to any race, for that matter. It will bring back a degree of “colorblindness” where the color of a person’s skin can no longer be used as a…

Stock markets of several Asian countries, including Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, and India, have surged, some reaching highs that have not been seen in years. However, the Chinese stock market has faced significant challenges, struggling to escape a bear market. Financial analysts suggest that this declining performance reflects investors’ attitudes towards the future economic outlook…

A New York man was sentenced Friday to 22 years in prison for the fatal beating of a 61-year-old Chinese immigrant who was collecting cans for money. Jarrod Powell, 51, pleaded guilty in January to manslaughter as a hate crime in the 2021 death of Yao Pan Ma. Ma, who came to the United States…

A woman who falsely claimed to have been the victim of an Asian grooming gang in the northwest of England has been jailed for eight-and-a-half years for conspiring to pervert the course of justice. Eleanor Williams, 22, posted pictures of her so-called injuries and gave an account of having being groomed, trafficked, and beaten by…

This film is only available in the United States because of territorial licensing. The intriguing world of the Asian working elephant. Unnaturally bent legs slip on a steep hillside as thick chains draw blood under the dragging weight of vast logs. Asian elephants have worked for mankind for over 4,000 years. Generations of labor, performing,…

BANGKOK—Shares rose Monday in Asia in thin post-Christmas holiday trading, with markets in Europe, some Asian cities, and the U.S. closed. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 index gained 0.7 percent to 26,405.87 and the Kospi in Seoul added 0.2 percent to 2,317.14. The Shanghai Composite index rose 0.7 percent to 3,065.56 and the SET in Bangkok added…

This film is only available in the United States because of territorial licensing. Inside Qatar’s labor camps, African and Asian migrant workers building the facilities of the 2022 World Cup compete in a football tournament of their own. * Click the “Save” button below the video to access it later on “My List.” – Feature…

Child sexual exploitation “thrived” for 30 years in the English town of Telford because of a failure to investigate offenders, who were largely Asian, over the belief it would “inflame racial tensions,” a report has concluded. The chairman of a public inquiry into what happened in Telford, Tom Crowther QC, said, “The overwhelming theme of…

“Thai cuisine is not fixed. You can adjust it any way,” says Ms. Ruchaneevan “Yui” Indragarunwet of Baipai Thai Cooking School in Bangkok. I attended her school to learn how to make one of my favorite Thai dishes: tom yum kung, or hot and sour soup with shrimp. It’s the national soup of Thailand, but when…