In Brooklyn Center and Brooklyn Park, a push to count Asian-Americans
The cities of Brooklyn Park and Brooklyn Center will hold a community meeting Thursday to discuss how to make sure every Asian-American resident is counted for the 2020 census. Asians make up nearly a fifth of the population in those two suburbs, so city leaders say it’s important that members from that community lead the discussion. […]
Is your situation forcing you to file bankruptcy?
FACING serious debt problems can be depressing to a lot of people. It may seem like the end of the world. You may feel angry, depressed, guilty- or a combination of all three. You may even be blaming yourself for making the decisions that led you to your present situation. I’m here to tell you, however, that […]
FilAm Arts’ Burlesque Las FilipinX celebrates Filipina empowerment
CLOSING out 2019, FilAm Arts’ Burlesque Las FilipinX returns to Genever Lounge in Historic Filipinotown to present a celebration of Filipina Empowerment and the Art of Burlesque on November 17, 2019, Sunday from 8-11 p.m. The event boasts of three FilipinX American Burlesque Artists that are already widely performing in the scene of burlesque and […]
Suspected Suicide Bombing at Police Headquarters in Indonesia’s Medan
MEDAN, Indonesia (Reuters) – A 24-year-old university student blew himself up outside police headquarters in the Indonesian city of Medan on Wednesday, wounding six people, just a month after an Islamist militant attacked a former security minister.Police stand guard at the entrance of the local police headquarters following a blast in Medan, Indonesia November 13, […]
Santa Clarita, California, high school shooting leaves multiple people injured, suspect located
Multiple people were injured, at least two of them critically, in a shooting at a Southern California high school on Thursday morning, officials said. About an hour after the shooting at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita was reported at 8 a.m., authorities said they had located the suspected shooter and that the person is […]
US warship sails through Taiwan Strait in message to China
For the first time since September, a U.S. warship has transited the Taiwan Strait. The move by the USS Chancellorsville, a guided-missile cruiser, is likely to irk China, which views the island of Taiwan as a breakaway province. “Guided-missile cruiser USS Chancellorsville (CG 62) conducted a routine Taiwan Strait transit Nov. 12 (local time) in accordance with international law. […]
Outstanding Men & Women of the Year (Philippines) awards honor trailblazers
Manila, Philippines – They are game-changers, rule breakers, and trailblazers. The country’s “Outstanding Men and Women of the Year” for 2019 were feted at a glittery gala in late November in Teatrino (“the biggest little theatre” in the heart of Manila’s shopping haven, Greenhills). This year’s batch of awardees was led by Isko Moreno who […]
Crazed man in China burns 51 kindergartners with chemical substance: reports
A crazed man burned 51 schoolchildren and three teachers with a chemical substance after scaling the wall of a kindergarten in southwestern China, according to reports. The incident happened Monday in the Yunnan province city of Kaiyuan, according to ANI News and other media. Government officials said a 23-year-old man with the surname Kong had been charged with […]
Rep. Jim Banks: China may be spying on you through your phone – Urgent investigation needed
Many of you have downloaded TikTok on your phone – it’s the world’s fastest-growing social media platform. But chances are low that you know the seemingly innocent app to create short videos is owned by the Chinese government and can be used to harvest your data. That’s why the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) […]
New York tech firm sold Chinese equipment with ‘made in USA’ labels to American government: prosecutors
A New York-based technology firm allegedly engaged in a decade-long fraud scheme that created a potential national security risk by importing Chinese-made surveillance and security equipment and selling the technology to the U.S. government as “made in the USA,” prosecutors said Thursday. Aventura Technologies, located in Commack, N.Y., began to falsely represent their equipment as made in the U.S. back in 2006, and […]