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MC Jin, NE-YO, and Sonu Nigam launch new music label to spotlight Asian artists globally NE-YO, Sonu Nigam, and MC Jin have teamed up with music executive Jonathan Serbin to launch a new Hong Kong–based music label called Pacific Music Group. Their goal is simple: help Asian artists go global and give international artists a real way to enter Asia’s fast-growing music scene. Read more (3 MIN READ) Share

Nikki Haley’s son: Vivek Ramaswamy has 'third world parenting style' Nalin Haley, the 24-year-old son of former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley, called out Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy once again last week, this time over his views on education and parenting. Read more (3 MIN READ) Share

Kash Patel faces mounting criticism as damning report questions his FBI leadership An alliance of retired and active-duty FBI special agents and analysts has issued a 115-page assessment declaring that FBI Director Kash Patel is “in over his head” and managing a “rudderless ship,” intensifying debate over whether the Trump administration’s top Asian American official has sufficient experience to run the nation’s premier law enforcement agency. Read more (4 MIN READ) Share

NYPD response to Chinatown anti-ICE protest sparks condemnation The NYPD is facing backlash for how it handled anti-ICE protests in Manhattan’s Chinatown, where multiple arrests and violent confrontations unfolded over the weekend. Read more (3 MIN READ) Share

Most voters say college degree is not worth the cost, new poll finds A new NBC News national poll finds that 63% of registered voters in the U.S. believe a four-year college degree is not worth its cost, the lowest level of support recorded since the question was first introduced in 2013. Only 33% say the degree remains a sound investment, a sharp shift from earlier years when voters were more evenly divided. The survey, conducted Oct. 24 to 28 among 1,000 registered voters, offers the clearest data yet on how concerns about student debt, job readiness and tuition costs are reshaping public views of higher education. Read more (3 MIN READ) Share

Hong Kong targets contractors and critics in deadly fire probe Hong Kong officials say noncompliant plastic netting used on the Wang Fuk Court scaffolding failed fire resistance tests after the blaze killed at least 159 residents on Nov. 26. Investigators have seized samples from multiple towers and arrested 15 people, including company directors tied to the renovation. National security officers have also detained some individuals who publicly called for an independent inquiry into the disaster. Read more (3 MIN READ) Share

US and South Korea move to repair relations after Georgia raid Washington and Seoul are taking steps to mend diplomatic and economic relations after September’s immigration raid that detained hundreds of South Korean workers at a battery plant in Georgia. Read more (2 MIN READ) Share

Lucy Liu says Hollywood racism stalled her career for decades Lucy Liu says long-standing racial bias in Hollywood created what she describes as a “strange lull” in her career after her early success in films and television. Read more (2 MIN READ) Share

Taiwan’s 2027 defense push reflects deepening U.S.-China-Japan strategic competition President Lai Ching-te unveiled Taiwan’s most ambitious military spending program last week, committing $1.25 trillion Taiwan dollars ($40 billion) over eight years to bolster the island’s defenses as Beijing intensifies pressure and cross-strait relations grow increasingly precarious. Read more (5 MIN READ) Share

NYC teen turns origami into award-winning disaster relief innovation Fourteen-year-old Miles Wu of New York City won the $25,000 top prize at the Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge for his origami-based engineering project. Read more (2 MIN READ) Share