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Chinatown businesses from coast to coast sound alarm over Trump’s China tariff

3 days ago | nextshark.com | Carl Samson

President Donald Trump’s tariff on Chinese imports continues to impact small businesses in Chinatowns across major cities, threatening their survival and the cultural fabric of communities that have persevered for generations. Catch up: Trump has slapped sweeping tariffs on all Chinese imports since “Liberation Day” on April 2, with the latest levy at 145%.
Mark Zuckerberg wants you to have more friends … but AI

3 days ago | nextshark.com | Carl Samson

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has embarked on a media blitz promoting his vision of artificial intelligence companions as a solution to the U.S.’ loneliness epidemic, claiming the average American has “fewer than three friends” but desires “meaningfully more.”What he’s saying: Zuckerberg believes AI will transform social interactions, with chatbots functioning as friends, therapists and business agents.
Rep. Shri Thanedar rebukes Dinesh D’Souza for mocking his Indian heritage and accent

6 days ago | nextshark.com | Ryan General

U.S. Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-Mich.) fired back at conservative commentator Dinesh D’Souza, who publicly mocked the congressman’s accent and Indian heritage after Thanedar introduced articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump. D’Souza mocks ThanedarIn a video posted on X on April 29, D’Souza criticized Thanedar’s introduction of articles of impeachment, calling his English “broken” and claiming he only succeeded in the U.S. because of diversity initiatives.
Trump freezes funds to clear unexploded mines in Vietnam

6 days ago | nextshark.com | Carl Samson

The Trump administration has suspended funding for clearing thousands of unexploded mines in Vietnam, threatening reconciliation efforts five decades after the Vietnam War ended. What you need to knowAmid sweeping foreign aid cuts, the State Department announced a three-month suspension of mine clearance in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia in January. The freeze temporarily left 1,000 Vietnamese deminers jobless in Quang Tri province, which has the highest concentration of unexploded ordnance (UXO).
Teen survivor of Vancouver festival attack donates $193K to other victims

6 days ago | nextshark.com | Ryan General

Andy Le, the 16-year-old who lost his entire immediate family in the April 26 vehicle attack during a Filipino cultural festival in Vancouver, is donating half of the funds raised for him to support other victims and their families. Tragedy strikesOn April 26, a man drove an SUV into a crowd gathered at the Lapu Lapu Festival in Vancouver, killing 11 people and injuring more than two dozen others.
New bio explores complex life of 1930s Hollywood star who hid her South Asian roots

6 days ago | nextshark.com | Ryan General

Mayukh Sen was just a high schooler when he first encountered Merle Oberon in the 1939 film “Wuthering Heights.”“I felt an immediate draw to her — not only because she was South Asian like myself, but also because she was raised in Kolkata, the city where my late father had come of age,” he tells The Rebel Yellow. According to Sen, the idea of writing a biography of Oberon came early.
DOGE member Ethan Shaotran admits Harvard alma mater 'hates me'

1 week ago | nextshark.com | Ryan General

Ethan Shaotran, a 22-year-old former Harvard student, said he has been ostracized by classmates after dropping out to join a federal reform team led by Elon Musk under the Trump administration. “I dropped out of Harvard and came here to serve my country and it’s been unfortunate to see lost friendships,” Shaotran said in a May 1 interview with Fox News.
Deputy national security adviser Alex Wong ousted amid MAGA pressure campaign

1 week ago | nextshark.com | Ryan General

Alex Wong, the principal deputy national security adviser under Mike Waltz, was removed from his post on May 1 amid the fallout from the “Signalgate” scandal, which exposed sensitive military plans through an unsecured messaging app. His exit comes alongside the removal of Waltz, who has since been nominated by President Donald Trump to serve as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.
Vietnamese refugee suffering from dementia dies in ICE custody in Texas

1 week ago | nextshark.com | Carl Samson

A 55-year-old Vietnamese refugee with dementia reportedly died of natural causes while in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody at the Long Term Acute Care Hospital in El Paso, Texas on April 16. “Some negligence”? Nhon Ngoc Nguyen, who came to the U.S. in July 1983 and was granted legal status under the Refugee Act of 1980, was detained during a Feb. 24 appointment with ICE in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where he had been living since 2018.
Korean American astronaut Jonny Kim shares gochujang burger recipe from space

1 week ago | nextshark.com | Ryan General

NASA astronaut Jonny Kim, the first Korean American to fly to space, recently shared a video of himself preparing and eating a burger made with Taeyang gochujang aboard the International Space Station (ISS).