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An Aboriginal child watches a dance at Ilpili in Australia’s Central Western Desert Indigenous Protected Area on March 12. Photo: AFP
Australia

‘Racist’ Australia claim as indigenous youth face surge in discrimination

A recent study found 54 per cent of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people reporting racism last year, up from 39 per cent in 2014.

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Britain

Report exposes UK’s failure to confront ethnicity in ‘grooming gangs’

Japan

‘I don’t want Japan to be such a place’: police face racial profiling lawsuit

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United States

US Supreme Court sides with woman alleging work bias because she is straight

The decision to revive Marlean Ames’ lawsuit makes it easier for people from majority backgrounds to pursue ‘reverse discrimination’ cases.

Marlean Ames sits for a portrait in the office of Edward Gilbert, her lawyer, in Akron, Ohio, in February. Photo: Reuters
Donald Trump

Trump bans nationals from 12 countries entering US, citing security concerns

Afghanistan, Haiti, Myanmar among 12 nations facing outright entry ban; seven additional countries to face heightened scrutiny.

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The Netherlands

Dutch government collapses as Wilders quits coalition over immigration

The EU’s fifth-largest economy, the Netherlands is likely facing snap elections and political uncertainty.

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South Africa

South Africa reopens inquiry into police murders of 4 apartheid-era activists

Three teachers and a railway worker were abducted and killed while returning home from a 1985 political meeting, but no one has been brought to justice.

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Elizabeth Hashe, wife of murdered anti-apartheid activist Sipho, at a press briefing in 1997. Apartheid was a racist system that treated black people differently to white people. Some are still hoping for justice, decades on. Photo: AP
Hong Kong economy

Outside In | Mark Twain was wrong. Travel is not as fatal to prejudice as hoped

For every traveller open to learning from our differences, there is another impregnably confident in the superiority of his or her culture.

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George Floyd protests

George Floyd’s uncertain legacy marked in US 5 years on

Police killing of black man George Floyd in 2020 prompted a national reckoning over race and police brutality.

US-China relations

His Asian-American ancestor defined birthright citizenship. He fights to save it

Wong Kim Ark won a landmark 1898 Supreme Court ruling; his great-grandson Norman Wong joins battle against Donald Trump’s bid to unravel it.

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Illustration: Henry Wong
Gun violence in the US

Israel blames Europe after embassy staff shot dead in US

Suspect Elias Rodriguez has been charged with the murder of Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim, a couple planning to marry.

Victims Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim were employees at the Israeli embassy. Photo: TNS
South Korea

‘Go back to China’: South Korea election stokes anti-Chinese hostility in Seoul

Wave of anti-China narratives by far-right groups has left Chinese nationals and ethnic Korean-Chinese in the country afraid for their safety.

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Donald Trump

Trump ambushes South Africa’s Ramaphosa with false ‘white genocide’ claims

US president baselessly alleges mass killings of white South Africans during a tense White House meeting.

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Fame and celebrity

Banned elsewhere, Kanye West’s pro-Hitler song gets millions of views on X

The video shows the hip-hop star rapping about ex-wife Kim Kardashian and ends with an extract of a speech by the Nazi leader.

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Kanye West attends the the Versace fall fashion show in New York in 2018. Photo: TNS
Fame and celebrity

Who is Colin Kaepernick’s long-time girlfriend, activist Nessa Diab?

Former MTV host Nessa Diab, who also presented Emmy-winning interview show Talk Stoop, is an activist who speaks out on racial and gender equality, and she shares a child with the former NFL star.

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Colin Kaepernick and his girlfriend and babymama Nessa Diab. Photos: @nessnitty/Instagram
Donald Trump

US Supreme Court lets Trump’s transgender military ban take effect

The decision could trigger the discharge of thousands of transgender troops under the US president’s orders.

Fashion

How fashion has always been a double-edged sword for black men in the US

The Met Gala will mark the launch of a show about black men’s fashion, something by which they define themselves but which invites prejudice.

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US-China relations

Quarter of Americans see Chinese-Americans as possible threat: poll

Survey by Asian American Foundation also says 63 per cent of Asian-Americans report feeling unsafe.

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A survey found that some 63 per cent of Asian-Americans reported feeling unsafe in day-to-day situations. Photo: Shutterstock
Hong Kong society

Opinion | Hong Kong’s ethnic diversity needs to be better reflected in film and TV

It’s time to break the negative stereotypes of South Asian gangsters and Southeast Asian domestic helpers and showcase Hong Kong’s diversity.

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Donald Trump

Trump fires Kamala Harris’ husband Doug Emhoff from Holocaust board

The former US second gentleman, who is Jewish, responded by saying Holocaust remembrance should never be politicised.

Malaysia

Malaysians poor? ‘We have free healthcare, grandpa,’ they tell Bill O’Reilly

The US political commentator drew the ire of Malaysians by suggesting they were too poor to buy a hat or afford a proper meal.

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Bill O’Reilly hosts the No Spin News channel on YouTube. Photo: Instagram/Bill O’Reilly
US immigration

Mexican leader asks TV stations to pull ‘discriminatory’ US anti-immigration ad

In ad, US homeland security chief Kristi Noem warns migrants who commit crimes ‘we will hunt you down’ because ‘criminals are not welcome’.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum during a press conference at the National Palace in Mexico City on Monday. Photo: EPA-EFE
Myanmar

Letters | Quake-hit Myanmar can draw hope from Nepal’s rebuilding

Readers discuss Nepal’s recovery from the 2015 quake, Disney’s remake of Snow White, and the heartwarming scenes that play out on Hong Kong’s public transport.

Malaysia

‘It stinks’: Malaysian deodorant ad pulled over racial insensitivity claims

The ad featured a dark-skinned man with a religious marking and a light-skinned man with body odour, sparking accusations of racial insensitivity.

Donald Trump

Harvard professors sue Trump over threat to US$9 billion in funding

The US president’s administration is reviewing grants and contracts as it cracks down on diversity programmes and Gaza protests on campuses.

Demonstrators call on Harvard leadership to resist interference at the university by the federal government in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Saturday. Photo: Reuters
South Korea

South Korean man jailed for stabbing business partner after Chinese insult

The incident occurred when one business partner in Seoul called the other Chinese, reflecting ongoing national identity tensions.

A South Korean man has been jailed for attempted murder after stabbing his business partner for calling him Chinese. Photo: Shutterstock
The Philippines

Philippine politician’s ‘sleep with single mums’ remarks spark misogyny row

The action against Christian Sia is ‘a test case’ on the use of sexually charged remarks while campaigning, elections commission says.

Donald Trump

‘Hands off’: thousands protest against Trump and Musk in rallies across US

Organisers expect it to be the largest day of demonstrations in response to policies pushed by the US president and his billionaire adviser.

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