VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — The smells of crispy lumpia, caramelized plantains and other Filipino street foods beckoned attendees of a Vancouver festival as they flooded out of a concert on an…
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — The smells of crispy lumpia, caramelized plantains and other Filipino street foods beckoned attendees of a Vancouver festival as they flooded out of a concert on an…

Drag’s biggest stars have paid tribute to Jiggly Caliente, the RuPaul’s Drag Race star who helped champion Asian representation on the reality television show.
The Filipina-American transwoman, whose real name is Bianca Castro-Arabejo, died early…

Vancouver’s Lapu Lapu festival, meant to be a celebration of Filipino pride, ended in a wail of sirens and screams on Saturday.
Eleven people – the youngest just five – died and many more were hospitalised after a man drove an SUV through the…

A 27-year-old university student who climbed Mount Fuji outside of its official climbing season was rescued twice in four days, after he returned to look for his mobile phone.
The Chinese student, who lives in Japan, was first rescued by…

WASHINGTON (AP) — One went to the United States. The other went to China. It was a sign of the times.
While the Swiss president was in Washington last week to lobby U.S. officials over President Donald…

North Korea has for the first time confirmed that it sent troops to fight for Russia against Ukraine.
In a report on state news agency KCNA, Pyongyang’s military claimed its soldiers helped Russian forces “completely liberate” the Kursk border…

BBC News, Washington
ReutersEleven people were killed after a suspected car ramming attack in the Canadian city of Vancouver on Saturday.
The incident, which took place at the annual Lapu Lapu festival which celebrates Filipino…