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Analysis of bones found in 1987 suggest Jurassic-era sauropod was animal with longest known neck
A dinosaur that roamed east Asia more than 160m years ago has been named a contender for the animal with the longest neck ever known.
A new analysis of bones from the beast’s neck and skull revealed that the dinosaur, known as Mamenchisaurus sinocanadorum, sported a neck 15metres long, or one-and-a-half times the length of a doubledecker bus.

Two years after the death of eight people at three Atlanta-based Asian-owned or operated spas, Asian Americans are uniting in cities across the nation to demand action against racist hate, violence ...

Sisters Vanessa and Kim Pham, co-founders of Asian flavor kit company Omsom, recently took to social media to document their experience during Silicon Valley Bank’s (SVB) overnight collapse. In their ...

Sisters Vanessa and Kim Pham, co-founders of Asian flavor kit company Omsom, recently took to social media to document their experience during Silicon Valley Bank’s (SVB) overnight collapse. In their ...

In 2020, she became the first Asian American woman elected to serve as a Wake County Commissioner. "My primary election was the day of case zero of COVID-19. I was able to serve as an epidemiologist ...

American Born Chinese has a brand new poster ahead of the show's release on Disney+. The platform has been hyping the series for a while now. Things got even more interesting as one of the series' ...

Ban on Chinese owned video-sharing app marks U-turn from previous relaxed position
Britain is expected to announce a ban on the Chinese owned video-sharing app TikTok on government mobile phones imminently, bringing the UK inline with the US and European Commission and reflecting deteriorating relations with Beijing.
The decision marks a sharp reverse from the UK’s previously relaxed position, but some critics and experts said Britain should also extend the ban to cover personal phones used by ministers and officials – and even consider a complete ban.

Taiwanese-American artist James Jean has released a special edition poster for the upcoming Disney+ series American Born Chinese at SXSW 2023.

A hydrophone-equipped buoy could use oceanographic research as a cover, but actually be recording the sounds of passing subs.

As federal and state legislators express increasing concern about Chinese ownership of American companies and land, one American company acquired a decade ago by a Chinese firm tried to push back this ...

Xi Jinping’s vision. Plus: pictures that changed the way we see sport.
In his closing speech at China’s annual parliamentary meeting on Monday, Xi Jinping, the country’s most powerful leader in generations, had an ominous message for his people and for those listening beyond its borders. “After a century of struggle, our national humiliation has been erased … the Chinese nation’s great revival is on an irreversible path,” he warned.
The abrasive tone of much of the rhetoric coming out of Beijing last week may have dashed the hopes of those in the west who had hoped for a softening of mood between Beijing and Washington. But the fact remains that China still needs to maintain nuanced relationships with much of the world if it is to achieve its goals. Senior China correspondent looks at the geopolitical relationships Beijing must navigate, as well as Xi’s own rising ambitions as a player on the global stage.

Former Labor PM blasts ‘incompetence’ of his party for backing nuclear submarine agreement with US and UK
Paul Keating has labelled the as the “worst deal in all history” and “the worst international decision” by a Labor government since Billy Hughes tried to introduce conscription.
The former Labor prime minister launched an extraordinary broadside against the Albanese government at the National Press Club on Wednesday, blasting the “incompetence” of Labor backing the decision to sign up to Aukus while in opposition and when it had “no mandate” to do so.