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Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse highlights the working conditions of Latino immigrants in the US. Ideologues scapegoat immigrants from Mexico and Central America despite benefiting from their labour.
Abuse and constant references to Chinese Communist Party by senator right out of McCarthyite era and reason for world to be wary of America.
Struggling US-China ties, a human rights shock and a student in big trouble: these are the highlights from the SCMP’s overseas correspondents from April 2024.
What started as just one week in May has evolved over the decades into a month-long tribute of events in cities big and small.
At least 26 women have been killed this year – one every four days – according to rights lobby group Destroy The Joint.
At an election rally, the Indian prime minister called Muslims ‘infiltrators’ and accused the opposition of wanting to gather Hindus’ wealth ‘and distribute it among those who have more children’.
The US president last week raised the possibility that his uncle, whose plane was shot down over New Guinea in May 1944, might have been eaten by cannibals.
The initiative, launched under then-president Donald Trump, was intended to fight espionage by Beijing, but was slammed as racist and trigger-happy.
‘By restricting housing based on Chinese domicile, Florida is unlawfully restricting housing for Chinese people,’ a lawyer for the plaintiffs contends.
Chao comes from a wealthy family with links to China – through shipbuilding and even the late Jiang Zemin – and served as secretary of labour under Bush and transportation secretary under Trump
A recent survey revealed significant underrepresentation – and lack of public awareness of the diaspora in politics and leadership roles – in a country where Indians form the second-largest migrant group.
University of Bochum’s Lorenz Narku Laing says football has ‘tolerated racism for decades’, but education for fans and tougher penalties for clubs could be the answer.
The Harry Potter author made social media comments about trans women, testing the legislation on the same day it came into effect.
The legislation has raised concerns about a potential chilling of free speech.
The training of UAE police officers by the LAPD has stirred new questions about the appropriateness of its close ties with overseas security services.
Philosopher Xiang Shuchen talks to My Take columnist Alex Lo about her new book, which argues premodern China had no conception of biologically determined races, only a culture of mutual assimilation that may serve as a template for contemporary cosmopolitanism.
Moreno’s contest against the incumbent senator for Ohio, Sherrod Brown, will potentially determine who controls the US Senate based on the Democrats’ current narrow voting majority
The right-wing commentator has slammed Israel’s military actions in Gaza, but her distasteful comments about Jewish people have led her to being labelled as antisemitic
Performers like Medli Dorothea Loo are rare in the mass media of Singapore, where activists say transgender people still face stigma, from job discrimination to family rejection.
Killing of Franco, a black, bisexual city councillor, shook Brazil. Chiquinho Brazão and brother Domingos Brazão were arrested for ‘ordering hit against Franco’.
Democrat opponents say the bill, similar to measures passed in other Republican-leaning states, would lead to discrimination against Asian-Americans.
It is the first criminal case of its kind since Russia banned the so-called ‘international LGBT movement’ in November, amid a crackdown on the community.
US President Joe Biden visited the battleground states of Nevada and Arizona on Tuesday, seeking to shore up support from the crucial Latino demographic.
Letitia James is a Howard law graduate and the first woman of colour to serve in the NY AG position – and her office has sued Brazilian company JBS, and Citibank