By NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY The Wall Street Journal reported on Aug. 10 that the Trump administration has ordered Chinese conglomerate HNA Group Co. to sell its majority stake in a Manhattan building whose tenants include a police precinct tasked with protecting Trump Tower. The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), which reviews […]
Police chief ‘shaken’ after son accused of beating Sikh man
MANTECA, Calif. (AP) — A San Francisco Bay Area police chief said his family is “shaken to the core” after his son was arrested in the beating of a 71-year-old Sikh man. Tyrone McAllister, 18, and a 16-year-old boy could face charges including attempted robbery, elder abuse and assault following the Aug. 6 attack in […]
PepsiCo’s Indra Nooyi latest high-profile female CEO to exit
PURCHASE, N.Y. (AP) — With Indra Nooyi exiting PepsiCo as its longtime chief executive, the circle of CEOs in the Fortune 500 is losing one of its highest profile women. Nooyi, who was born in India, is a rarity on Wall Street as a woman and a minority leading a Fortune 500 company. She oversaw […]
Nguyen returns home after release from Vietnamese jail
HOUSTON (AP) — An American man who was convicted by a Vietnamese court of disturbing public order after he took part in a rare protest is back in the United States. The Houston Chronicle reports William Nguyen returned to his home in Houston on Aug. 3 after spending 40 days in detention before being deported […]
Man who shot 2 Indian men sentenced to life
By Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Kan. — A Kansas man who opened fire a suburban Kansas City bar, killing an immigrant from India and wounding two other men, was sentenced on Aug. 7 in federal court to three consecutive life prison sentences for what federal prosecutors said was a hate crime. Adam Purinton, 53, of […]
Chinese missionary fatally shot in Kansas City
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Christian missionary from China who was visiting Kansas City with his wife and four children was shot to death after he crossed paths with an 18-year-old who was shooting at people while high on drugs, police say. The victim, Xindong Hao, had just arrived in the city late last […]
Manzanar detainee who found reason for WW2 internment dies
By JOHN ROGERS Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga, who uncovered proof that thousands of Japanese Americans incarcerated in the United States during World War II were held not for reasons of national security but because of racism, has died at age 93. Bruce Embrey, co-chair of the Manzanar Committee, told The Associated […]
Return by NK of possible remains stir relatives’ hopes
By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — News that North Korea is sending home 55 sets of remains is being welcomed by relatives of those missing from the Korean War. But most know they still face long odds at achieving any closure: Thousands of soldiers are still unaccounted for, and identifications could […]
Chinese national dies while hiking in Mount Rainier National Park
MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK, Wash. (AP) — A hiker has been killed in Washington state after being swept away by rushing river waters inside Mount Rainier National Park. Park officials said the woman was swept away on July 25 while attempting to cross the West Fork of the White River while hiking the Northern Loop […]
Radio hosts suspended for slur against Sikh attorney general
By MICHAEL RUBINKAM The hosts of a popular New Jersey radio show were suspended for 10 days for calling the nation’s first Sikh attorney general “turban man’’ — the latest slur against a career prosecutor who says he faces countless “small indignities and humiliations’’ no matter how far he rises or how important his position. […]
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