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USPS issues new stamp celebrating Lunar New Year
NEW YORK CITY — The U.S. Postal Service held a special event to commemorate the Year of the Tiger on Jan. 20 in New York. The event commemorates the third of 12 postage stamps in the Lunar New Year series. Special guests included Global Artistic Programs Vice President and Director of the Asia Society Museum […]
WA launches website to get at-home COVID tests
Washington residents can now order free, rapid COVID-19 tests delivered to their homes. The “Say Yes! COVID Test” website launched on Jan. 21. But the Seattle Times reported that the state’s inventory of about 650,000 testing kits ran out by about 6 p.m. that day. Only one order can be made per residential address. Each […]
Inside the red envelope: Blessings from The Bellevue Collection
By Ashley Chen NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Lunar New Year 2022 might be another virtual celebration for most people, but don’t worry, The Bellevue Collection has got you covered. From Jan. 26 to Feb. 6, The Bellevue Collection is hosting an array of festivities, from online performances to in-person decorations and activities for all ages. Fill […]
“Disneyland for cats” persevere through pandemic
Taiwanese American Andrew Hsieh and his four co-owners opened a “Disneyland for cats.”
Located in Wallingford, Seattle Meowtropolitan Cafe, the first cat cafe in the state of Washington, was opened in December 2015.
Omicron spreads in New Zealand, spoiling PM’s wedding plans
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is postponing her wedding after announcing new COVID-19 restrictions on Jan. 23 following the discovery of nine cases of the omicron variant in a single family that flew to Auckland to attend a wedding. The so-called “red setting” of the country’s pandemic response includes […]
Thich Nhat Hanh, influential Zen Buddhist monk, dies at 95
By HAU DINH, ELAINE KURTENBACH and HRVOJE HRANJSKI Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Thich Nhat Hanh, the revered Zen Buddhist monk who helped spread the practice of mindfulness in the West and socially engaged Buddhism in the East, has died. He was 95. The death was confirmed by a monk at Tu Hieu Pagoda […]
Map helps Chinese man reunite with his family after decades
By EMILY WANG FUJIYAMA Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Since he was a child, Li Jingwei did not know his real name. He did not know where he was born, or for certain how old he was—until he found his biological family in December with the help of a long-remembered map. Li was a victim […]
Legitimacy of COVID testing site in CID questioned
It’s called “Center for COVID Control”—and one such testing site popped in Seattle’s Chinatown International District (CID) earlier this month at 417 7th Avenue South. It’s just one of nearly a dozen testing sites in Washington state and 300 in the country operated by the Illinois-based company. The company is not affiliated with the King […]