In recent years, there have been more prominent TV shows and movies featuring Asians and Chinese Americans, with many of them targeting younger audiences. The increase in media showing Asian Americans is …
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From Iranian Jail to Wimbledon Royal Box, Thanks to Andy Murray
Andy Murray said he had an emotional meeting with Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who spent six years in an Iranian jail cell, after inviting her to watch him from the royal box …
your ads here!Former Refugee Upcycles Life Jackets to Raise Awareness
Founded by a former refugee, Minnesota-based company Epimonía turns material from life jackets worn by refugees into fashion accessories and other items of clothing. VOA’s Kahli Abdu has the story. …
your ads here!Why Is Hollywood Making More Movies About Chinese Americans?
In recent years, TV shows and movies featuring Asians, including Chinese Americans, have been on the rise, with many of them aimed at younger audiences. Students at a Taiwanese School …
your ads here!Russians, Belarusians Back at Wimbledon as War in Ukraine Continues
WIMBLEDON, ENGLAND — When Victoria Azarenka walked into Court 15 Monday morning for her first Wimbledon match in two years, she was greeted by polite clapping. When the two-time Grand …
your ads here!Vietnam Bans ‘Barbie’ Movie Because of ‘Nine-Dash-Line’ in Map of South China Sea
HANOI, July 3 (Reuters) – Vietnam has banned Warner Bros’ highly anticipated film “Barbie” from domestic distribution over a scene featuring a map that shows China’s unilaterally claimed territory in …
your ads here!Indiana Jones’ Box Office Destiny? A Lukewarm No. 1 Debut
Indiana Jones, and executives at the Walt Disney Co. and Lucasfilm, made a somewhat dispiriting discovery this weekend. Moviegoers didn’t rush to the theater in significant numbers to see “Indiana …
your ads here!China Ends Japan’s Long Reign to Win Women’s Basketball Asia Cup Title
SYDNEY — China rallied to claim its first women’s basketball Asia Cup title since 2012 as it beat five-time defending champion Japan 73-71 in an epic final on Sunday. Trailing …
your ads here!FIFA Reveals Social Justice Armbands for Women’s World Cup
FIFA revealed eight different armbands highlighting social causes that sides will be able to wear at the women’s World Cup as world football’s governing body seeks to avoid a row …
your ads here!Alan Arkin, Oscar-Winning ‘Little Miss Sunshine’ Actor, Dies at 89
Alan Arkin, the wry character actor who demonstrated his versatility in everything from farcical comedy to chilling drama as he received four Academy Award nominations and won an Oscar in …
your ads here!California Screenwriters Continue Strike Costing Hollywood Millions Daily
A screenwriters’ strike in Hollywood has been going on for two months, grinding scripted TV production basically to a halt and costing California millions in losses each day. Angelina Bagdasaryan has more in this story, narrated by Anna Rice. Camera: Vazgen Varzhabetian …
your ads here!UNESCO Expected to Accept US Return
Members of the U.N.’s cultural agency are gathering Thursday for the start of two days of meetings in Paris that are expected to include a vote to accept the return …
your ads here!Klimt Portrait Sets European Auction Record: $108 Million
A portrait of an unnamed woman by Austrian artist Gustav Klimt sold for 85.3 million pounds ($108.4 million) on Tuesday, setting a record price for any work of art sold …
your ads here!Actor Julian Sands Died While Hiking on California Mountain, Authorities Confirm
Actor Julian Sands, who starred in several Oscar-nominated films in the late 1980s and ’90s including “A Room with a View” and “Leaving Las Vegas,” was found dead on a …
your ads here!Italy Looks for Man Seen in Viral Video Carving Names Into Rome’s Almost 2,000-Year-Old Colosseum
Italy’s culture and tourism ministers have vowed to find and punish a tourist who was filmed carving his name and that of his apparent girlfriend in the wall of the …
your ads here!Women’s World Cup Guide: How to Watch, Schedule and Betting Favorites
The United States will be playing for an unprecedented three-peat at this year’s Women’s World Cup. It won’t be easy for the No. 1 team in the world. Co-hosted by …
your ads here!UNESCO Members to Decide on US Rejoining
UNESCO member states meet later this week on the Biden administration’s bid to rejoin the Paris-based U.N. scientific and cultural body, a move that will inject hundreds of millions of …
your ads here!‘Emotional’ Elton John Closes Out Glastonbury Festival
Elton John gave the final concert at Britain’s legendary Glastonbury Festival on Sunday, bringing down the curtain on the annual spectacular with what could be his final U.K. performance. “I …
your ads here!International African American Museum, Reclaims Sacred Ground for Enslaved Kin
When the International African American Museum opens to the public Tuesday in South Carolina, it becomes a new site of homecoming and pilgrimage for descendants of enslaved Africans whose arrival …
your ads here!‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’ Reclaims Box Office, ‘The Flash’ Drops
“Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” slung its webs back atop the box office ranks while “The Flash” saw a drop faster than the film’s speedy character. The Spidey animated sequel — …
your ads here!In Push for More Black US Players, MLB Hopes Results Are on the Horizon
Zion Rose is well aware that the percentage of Black U.S. players in Major League Baseball has been on the decline for decades. But the 18-year-old catcher from Chicago, still …
your ads here!Ambitious Saudi Plans To Ramp Up Hajj Could Face Challenges from Climate Change
Saudi Arabia has ambitious plans to welcome millions more pilgrims to Islam’s holiest sites. But as climate change heats up an already scorching region, the annual Hajj pilgrimage — much …
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