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Jasjit Singh, Jakara Movement’s director of legal services, speaks with a Sacramento truck driver who was attacked in Wyoming on Sunday. Photo: Jakara Movement via TNS
US immigration

Sikh trucker stabbed in Wyoming, stirring fresh fears in US community

The attack came after deadly crashes involving Sikh drivers led to debate about licensing requirements and rising anti-immigrant sentiment.

France

French must come first, Le Pen declares at 2027 campaign launch

United States

Americans mark 25 years since 9/11 attacks amid enduring grief, reflection

Switzerland

‘Angel of Death’: Switzerland publishes 200-page dossier on Nazi doctor

The war criminal was infamous for carrying out horrific medical experiments on inmates at Auschwitz.

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Forensic doctor Daniel Munoz shows the skull of Nazi war criminal Josef Mengele at the school of medicine of Sao Paulo University in Brazil in December 2016. Photo: AP
Singapore

Singapore police question 5 over racist posts on Nepal floods, Air India deal

Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam had denounced the remarks as ‘shameful and totally unacceptable’.

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United States

White House pulls ‘Build the Wall’ game after warning from Tetris

Arcade game removed amid copyright review and sharp criticism over racist themes and anti-immigrant tropes.

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Singapore

Minister defends Singapore Airlines’ Air India stake amid racist rants

Transport Minister Jeffrey Siow said the carrier funded investments from its own balance sheet, urging it to grow overseas to expand further.

Singapore Airlines’ 25.1 per cent stake in Air India has weighed on its earnings. Photo: Reuters
United States

UN demands accountability over deaths in US immigration custody

Human rights chief voices alarm over rising detention fatalities and reported ICE plans to deploy electric shock gear.

Singapore

‘Pull us apart’: Singapore’s Lawrence Wong warns against normalising racism

The prime minister said racist views expressed online did not represent Singapore as a whole and warned against dismissing them as harmless.

Britain

Masked anti-immigrant protesters block UK port

‘Having the path of your vehicle blocked by men wearing black paramilitary gear and balaclavas is extremely intimidating’.

Black-clad and masked demonstrators gather at a train station after blocking roads in the UK port town of Dover. Photo: via dpa
Singapore

Singapore probes ‘nasty’ racism over China-Nepal flood, Air India investment

Minister K Shanmugam has asked police to look at an ‘online mob’ after various comments, including missing Singaporeans being ‘not our own’.

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People in Nepal search for belongings on Saturday in the debris of a collapsed building following last week’s deadly flash floods. Photo: Reuters
United States

Tetris says it didn’t give White House permission for ‘Build the Wall’ game

The company says it takes copyright infringement ‘very seriously’ and is currently reviewing the matter.

US-China relations

Another Chinese national dies in US immigration custody, raising profiling fears

Wei Lianyong, 51, reportedly died in Northern Mariana Islands on August 23, after he was found unresponsive at a local detention facility.

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United States

Celebrated US feminist activist Gloria Steinem dies at 92

The life of the Ms Magazine co-founder was the subject of a feature film, The Glorias: a Life on the Road, based on her 2015 memoir.

Then US president Barack Obama presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to women’s rights activist Gloria Steinem in the White House in Washington in 2013. Photo: Reuters
Malaysia

Malaysian heritage site caught in row over non-local staff

A viral video shot at the Sultan Abdul Samad Building has sparked a backlash, despite management insisting the worker was not a tour guide.

A still from a social media video shows a member of staff helping tourists at the KL City Gallery in the Sultan Abdul Samad Building, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Photo: YouTube
United States

John Galliano cancels Met Gala exhibition after backlash over past racism, antisemitism

British designer apologises to Jewish and Asian communities for ‘words in the past’ as he pulls out of 2027 exhibition.

Diversity and inclusion

Opinion | Jason Arday’s death is not just a ‘woke Cambridge’ tragedy

In our globalised knowledge system, his death indicts universities, the press, online mobs – and those of us imagining ourselves safely outside culture wars.

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United States

Far-right activist Milo Yiannopoulos deported after immigration arrest in US

The British commentator is accused of overstaying in the US then failing to show up for an immigration hearing.

Milo Yiannopoulos speaks during a news conference in New York in February 2017. Photo: AP
Malaysia

‘I hate Americans’: Malaysian politician’s anti-US rant draws backlash

Former PM Mahathir Mohamad’s son Mukhriz defended his anti-US rant, claiming ordinary citizens share blame for Washington’s foreign policy.

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Australia

Albanese: Canberra to join Australia’s gun buy-back programme after Bondi attack

Australia’ capital territory, home of the capital Canberra, has agreed to a scheme which will tighten checks for gun licences and crack down on hate.

South Korea

‘What is he thinking?’: Japan influencer mocks K-pop idol with racist gesture

Gamix faced backlash over the racist gesture in a video parodying the Ateez idol’s dance challenge.

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Japanese influencer Gamix (left) and K-pop singer San: Photo via Korea Times
Britain

University suspends academic behind Jason Arday plagiarism accusations

Self-defined ‘race realist’ Nathan Cofnas spearheaded the charges against the young ex-Cambridge professor, who was found dead last week.

Nathan Cofnas, self-styled “race realist” and former Cambridge research fellow, in 2023. Photo composite: SCMP/Luke Ford CC BY 4.0
US-China relations

Fewer anti-Asian hate crimes in US, but immigration crackdowns raise concerns

Advocates say new FBI figures likely represent only ‘tip of the iceberg’ and many suffering abuse decline to report it to authorities.

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Israel

Israeli military ‘paralysis’ on settler violence exposed in West Bank siege

The government’s support for extremist settlers puts the military in an ‘impossible situation’, observers say.

Britain

Thousands mourn ex-Cambridge professor Jason Arday in London vigil

Arday, who became Cambridge’s youngest black professor, was found dead on Friday after accusations of plagiarism.

People lay flowers at the end of a vigil by Stand Up To Racism to remember former Cambridge professor Jason Arday, who died aged 41 on Friday after resigning amid plagirism allegations, at Trafalgar Square in London on Monday. Photo: Reuters
Britain

Arday, ex-Cambridge star professor at centre of plagiarism scandal, found dead

The UK academic had resigned after the university opened an investigation into various accusations against him.

Jason Arday carries the Olympic Flame in London in July 2012. Photo: PA via AP
China’s internet censorship

China targets pseudo-history conspiracists who claim civilisations were stolen

Zhejiang agency says pseudo-historical claims – made worse by AI – reflect ignorance and fracture social cognition.

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Britain

UK Conservatives defend picking former neo-Nazi as election candidate

Joshua Bonehill-Paine was convicted in 2015 of racially aggravated harassment of then Labour MP Luciana Berger.

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