L.A. Officials Say Asian Teen Was Assaulted, Bullied Over Coronavirus Fears
An Asian middle school student in Los Angeles County was sent to the emergency room this week after being assaulted over unfounded fears of the coronavirus outbreak, according to local authorities. L.A. County officials held a news conference on Thursday to condemn the rise in anti-Asian sentiment, fearmongering and apparent violence that stems from misinformation […]
Are packages from coronavirus-hit China safe to handle?
As the deadly coronavirus continues to spread across the world, you may be wondering: Do imported goods from China pose a health risk? The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on its website warns human coronaviruses most commonly spread through the air when an infected person coughs or sneezes, close contact with an infected person (shaking […]
Bill Gates: Coronavirus may be ‘once-in-a-century pathogen we’ve been worried about’
Billionaire and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said the coronavirus that has killed at least 2,859 people and infected more than 83,700 globally may be the “once-in-a-century pathogen we’ve been worried about.” “I hope it’s not that bad, but we should assume it will be until we know otherwise,” Gates wrote in an article published Friday in The New England Journal of Medicine. Gates […]
Asian American lawmakers denounce ‘rumors’ and ‘xenophobia’ about coronavirus
WASHINGTON – In a press conference outside the Capitol Friday morning, Asian American lawmakers called on their colleagues and the American public not to spread “xenophobia” or “rumors” in their response to the coronavirus outbreak. Rep. Judy Chu, D-Calif., the chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, slammed “fake news meant to create fear” and “rumors directed […]
Asian-Americans Are Being Attacked Over Coronavirus Fears
Dr. Rosalind Chou, an associate professor of sociology at Georgia State University, was on a flight from Atlanta to Los Angeles this week when she witnessed a fellow passenger, a white woman in the row ahead of her, stage a selfie on her phone that also captured an Asian-American male passenger on the flight. “Her […]
Hmong, Laotian immigrants next target of Trump administration for deportation
Some 4,500 Hmong and Lao people in the United States face deportation under a new repatriation agreement being negotiated between the Trump administration and the Lao government, reports the Star Tribune. The talks follow a spike of 279% in deportations since 2017 of Cambodians under President Trump. “Any repatriation agreement resulting in the deportation of Hmong-Lao community members […]
Bruno Mars to Produce and Star in Upcoming Disney Film
The Mouse, the music, and the Mars: Disney and the Hawaiian-born Grammy winner are teaming up to produce a music-centered film, ENews announced last week. Bruno Mars took to Twitter to notify fans, playing a piano cover of “When You Wish Upon a Star” from Disney’s Pinocchio. Although details about the plot and release date are currently unknown, […]
Raytheon Chinese engineer arrested for taking US missile defense secrets to China
When Wei Sun, a 48-year-old engineer at Raytheon Missile Systems, left for an overseas trip last year, he told the company he planned to bring his company-issued HP EliteBook 840 laptop along. Sun, a Chinese-born American citizen, had been working at Raytheon, the fourth-largest US defense contractor, for a decade. He held a secret-level security […]
US charges four Chinese military officers over huge hack
[SIZE=4][B] The US has charged four Chinese military officers over the huge cyber-attack on credit rating giant Equifax. [/B][/SIZE] More than 147 million Americans were affected in 2017 when hackers stole sensitive personal data including names and addresses. Some UK and Canadian customers were also affected. Announcing the indictments, Attorney General William Barr called the […]
A longtime Pacific ally that’s key to confronting China is tearing up a major military agreement with the US
The Philippines, a Pacific ally that has been on the front lines of US efforts to confront and deter China, especially in the contested South China Sea, notified the US on Tuesday that it was officially terminating a bilateral agreement on the status of US troops rotating in and out of the country for military […]