Current World News and Events Discuss the current news and latest events happening around the world. Fri, 06 Mar 2026 14:54:52 +0000 Fri, 06 Mar 2026 14:54:52 +0000 Dramasian: Asian Entertainment News https://www.dramasian.com/forums/forums/current-world-news-and-events.301/ Chinese boy born with 31 fingers and toes; parents hope for surgery Mon, 05 Jan 2026 17:38:54 +0000 https://www.dramasian.com/forums/threads/chinese-boy-born-with-31-fingers-and-toes-parents-hope-for-surgery.88559/ https://www.dramasian.com/forums/threads/chinese-boy-born-with-31-fingers-and-toes-parents-hope-for-surgery.88559/ invalid@example.com (shinobi) shinobi
Meet Hong Hong. He's almost 4 months old, lives in China and has 31 fingers and toes.

That's not a typo. The boy was born in January with 15 fingers and 16 toes in Pingjiang County in Hunan province. He also has two palms on each hand and no thumbs.
Doctors diagnosed Hong Hong with polydactylism, a congenital condition that happens in humans, dogs and cats, giving them extra...

Chinese boy born with 31 fingers and toes; parents hope for surgery]]> 3 Abby Choi Murdered Mon, 05 Jan 2026 17:37:22 +0000 https://www.dramasian.com/forums/threads/abby-choi-murdered.94550/ https://www.dramasian.com/forums/threads/abby-choi-murdered.94550/ invalid@example.com (ab289) ab289 Feb 24th, 2023
https://www.dimsumdaily.hk/dismembe...o-the-son-of-founder-of-tamjai-international/

Feb 25th 2023
Timeline: https://www.dimsumdaily.hk/a-timeli...-maintains-good-relationship-with-ex-husband/

Feb 26th 2023...

Abby Choi Murdered]]> 13 Hong Kong Protests 2019 Mon, 05 Jan 2026 17:30:53 +0000 https://www.dramasian.com/forums/threads/hong-kong-protests-2019.91987/ https://www.dramasian.com/forums/threads/hong-kong-protests-2019.91987/ invalid@example.com (ab289) ab289 https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/...ong-police-clear-protesters-by-force-1812202/

What a mess - any Hong Kongers care to comment on the progress? Are the protesters out only on Saturdays?
Is it going to end up like France / Yellow Vests protest where Macron is still comfortably in his position?
Doesn't look like Carrie Lam is going anywhere. Is it now a longevity competition - to see who can last longer?]]> 43 In Italy, after a fatal bridge collapse, the fingerpointing begin... Wed, 31 Dec 2025 22:06:56 +0000 https://www.dramasian.com/forums/threads/in-italy-after-a-fatal-bridge-collapse-the-fingerpointing-begin.91325/ https://www.dramasian.com/forums/threads/in-italy-after-a-fatal-bridge-collapse-the-fingerpointing-begin.91325/ invalid@example.com (ralphrepo) ralphrepo After a horrendous bridge collapse in Genoa, political parties and companies are quick to shift and deflect blame, even as rescue crews continue to search for victims.

Story from the New York Times:

Italy Bridge Was Known to Be in Trouble Long Before Collapse
By David Botti

Emergency workers in Italy continue to dig through the bridge’s rubble, as focus turns to the structure’s troubled past. Published...

In Italy, after a fatal bridge collapse, the fingerpointing begin...]]> 1 Sweden Rocked by Mass Arson Wed, 31 Dec 2025 22:06:28 +0000 https://www.dramasian.com/forums/threads/sweden-rocked-by-mass-arson.91322/ https://www.dramasian.com/forums/threads/sweden-rocked-by-mass-arson.91322/ invalid@example.com (ralphrepo) ralphrepo
From the BBC:

Sweden Rocked by Mass Arson]]> 1 Turkish Purges Expanding Wed, 31 Dec 2025 22:04:49 +0000 https://www.dramasian.com/forums/threads/turkish-purges-expanding.88970/ https://www.dramasian.com/forums/threads/turkish-purges-expanding.88970/ invalid@example.com (ralphrepo) ralphrepo
Turkish Purges Expanding]]> 2 Russia invades Ukraine Thu, 21 Jul 2022 17:43:47 +0000 https://www.dramasian.com/forums/threads/russia-invades-ukraine.94115/ https://www.dramasian.com/forums/threads/russia-invades-ukraine.94115/ invalid@example.com (xsugarx) xsugarx 6 Supreme Court Pick; How Come It's Never Asian? Wed, 16 Feb 2022 02:53:55 +0000 https://www.dramasian.com/forums/threads/supreme-court-pick-how-come-its-never-asian.94027/ https://www.dramasian.com/forums/threads/supreme-court-pick-how-come-its-never-asian.94027/ invalid@example.com (ralphrepo) ralphrepo
https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/26/politics/shortlist-breyer-replacement-supreme-court/index.html]]> 5 Donald Trump Meets his Chinese American Fans Wed, 01 Dec 2021 18:11:26 +0000 https://www.dramasian.com/forums/threads/donald-trump-meets-his-chinese-american-fans.88761/ https://www.dramasian.com/forums/threads/donald-trump-meets-his-chinese-american-fans.88761/ invalid@example.com (crasianlee) crasianlee PHILIP 06/08/2016 0 COMMENTS
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The presumptive Republican presidential nominee and soon-to-be opener of the seventh seal as prophesied in the Book of Revelations, Donald Trump, met with...

Donald Trump Meets his Chinese American Fans]]> 19 Attack in Manhattan, NY during Halloween Wed, 01 Nov 2017 02:35:45 +0000 https://www.dramasian.com/forums/threads/attack-in-manhattan-ny-during-halloween.90904/ https://www.dramasian.com/forums/threads/attack-in-manhattan-ny-during-halloween.90904/ invalid@example.com (xaznxryux) xaznxryux http://edition.cnn.com/2017/10/31/us/new-york-shots-fired/index.html

looks like it was done for ISIS, stay safe guys!]]> 1 Mother in China selling hugs to raise money for daughter's treatment Wed, 04 Oct 2017 15:32:57 +0000 https://www.dramasian.com/forums/threads/mother-in-china-selling-hugs-to-raise-money-for-daughters-treatment.86502/ https://www.dramasian.com/forums/threads/mother-in-china-selling-hugs-to-raise-money-for-daughters-treatment.86502/ invalid@example.com (Phoenix) Phoenix Seems like there's been an abundance in the news about the strength of parental love/parental negligence.
What parents would do for their children ~ here's another example:

A mother in China is selling hugs to strangers for £1 in order to raise money for medical treatment for her 4 year old daughter who has leukemia....

Mother in China selling hugs to raise money for daughter's treatment]]> 5 Las Vegas Shooting - 58 Dead Wed, 04 Oct 2017 15:28:41 +0000 https://www.dramasian.com/forums/threads/las-vegas-shooting-58-dead.90853/ https://www.dramasian.com/forums/threads/las-vegas-shooting-58-dead.90853/ invalid@example.com (xaznxryux) xaznxryux
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/02/us/stephen-paddock-vegas-shooter.html

stay safe out there whoever is in the West Coast or in Vegas at the time]]> 2 Hard to Eclipse: Once in a Century Spectacle is Looming Tue, 22 Aug 2017 16:03:07 +0000 https://www.dramasian.com/forums/threads/hard-to-eclipse-once-in-a-century-spectacle-is-looming.90750/ https://www.dramasian.com/forums/threads/hard-to-eclipse-once-in-a-century-spectacle-is-looming.90750/ invalid@example.com (hoyeah!) hoyeah! A total eclipse, when the moon completely blocks the sun, will stretch along the US coast from Oregon to South Carolina.





Don't miss it! This is rare, says NASA
"The hair on the back of your neck is going to stand up, and...

Hard to Eclipse: Once in a Century Spectacle is Looming]]> 3 This 50-Year-Old Singaporean Photographer Stunned The World With The Body Of A 20-Year-Old Fri, 04 Aug 2017 23:08:17 +0000 https://www.dramasian.com/forums/threads/this-50-year-old-singaporean-photographer-stunned-the-world-with-the-body-of-a-20-year-old.90671/ https://www.dramasian.com/forums/threads/this-50-year-old-singaporean-photographer-stunned-the-world-with-the-body-of-a-20-year-old.90671/ invalid@example.com (crasianlee) crasianlee This 50-Year-Old Singaporean Photographer Stunned The World With The Body Of A 20-Year-Old


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1 week ago byJames Gould-Bourn

Meet Chuando Tan, the Singaporean photographer who will make you wonder just what the hell you’re doing wrong in life. Because believe it or not, Tan is actually 50 years old. Yes. That’s right. Five zero. And he seems to be getting younger every day.

His friends call him...

This 50-Year-Old Singaporean Photographer Stunned The World With The Body Of A 20-Year-Old]]> 6 Teenage Cancer Patient Wins Historic Case to Be Cryogenically Frozen Fri, 18 Nov 2016 09:11:16 +0000 https://www.dramasian.com/forums/threads/teenage-cancer-patient-wins-historic-case-to-be-cryogenically-frozen.89632/ https://www.dramasian.com/forums/threads/teenage-cancer-patient-wins-historic-case-to-be-cryogenically-frozen.89632/ invalid@example.com (Phoenix) Phoenix View attachment 88597
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​A terminally ill teenager has won the right to be brought back to life using cryogenic freezing technology.

Her divorced parents had become embroiled in a dispute relating to whether her remains should be taken to a specialist facility in the United States and cryogenically preserved.

The 14-year-old girl, who lived in the London area with her mother and had a...

Teenage Cancer Patient Wins Historic Case to Be Cryogenically Frozen]]> Incredible four-year-old speaks seven languages fluently Thu, 20 Oct 2016 15:00:11 +0000 https://www.dramasian.com/forums/threads/incredible-four-year-old-speaks-seven-languages-fluently.89475/ https://www.dramasian.com/forums/threads/incredible-four-year-old-speaks-seven-languages-fluently.89475/ invalid@example.com (hoyeah!) hoyeah! FOUR-year-old Bella Devyatkina speaks seven languages.

The polyglot, from Moscow, showed off her linguistic abilities on Russian talent show “Amazing People, speaking English, German, Spanish, French, Chinese, Arabic and Russian.

The show lined up adults who speak each language, and Bella skips between them, switching languages effortlessly and even singing a song.

She has strong literacy skills too. In English, she’s asked to read a question that asks: “Which dinosaur has two rows...

Incredible four-year-old speaks seven languages fluently]]> 1 Japanese pole vaulter’s Olympic dream crushed by his own penis Thu, 18 Aug 2016 06:27:59 +0000 https://www.dramasian.com/forums/threads/japanese-pole-vaulters-olympic-dream-crushed-by-his-own-penis.89102/ https://www.dramasian.com/forums/threads/japanese-pole-vaulters-olympic-dream-crushed-by-his-own-penis.89102/ invalid@example.com (hoyeah!) hoyeah! NEVER before has a member of the male species wished for a smaller manhood. Until now.

Japanese pole vaulter Hiroki Ogita will be ruing the size of his phallus after it caused him to foul during the qualifying rounds in the men’s event in Rio.

Ogita was attempting to clear a height of 5.3 metres in group A of the first round of the pole vault, when his leg came in contact with the bar. As he began to drop back down towards the ground, his shin grazed the bar, causing it to wobble...

Japanese pole vaulter’s Olympic dream crushed by his own penis]]> 3 Chinese Diver Wins Silver then Gets Marriage Proposal Tue, 16 Aug 2016 07:57:22 +0000 https://www.dramasian.com/forums/threads/chinese-diver-wins-silver-then-gets-marriage-proposal.89094/ https://www.dramasian.com/forums/threads/chinese-diver-wins-silver-then-gets-marriage-proposal.89094/ invalid@example.com (Phoenix) Phoenix View attachment 86619 ​
Having just completed the 3-meter springboard event, China's He Zi won more than just a silver medal on Sunday night. Her boyfriend, Qin Kai, a fellow Olympic diver met her by the podium and offered her an engagement ring on one knee in front of a very global TV audience.

She appeared shocked and overwhelmed before Qin placed the ring on her finger and gave a mini fist pump and "thumbs up" to the spectators.
...

Chinese Diver Wins Silver then Gets Marriage Proposal]]> 2 U.S. runs out of investor visas again as Chinese flood program Fri, 22 Jul 2016 15:20:13 +0000 https://www.dramasian.com/forums/threads/u-s-runs-out-of-investor-visas-again-as-chinese-flood-program.88973/ https://www.dramasian.com/forums/threads/u-s-runs-out-of-investor-visas-again-as-chinese-flood-program.88973/ invalid@example.com (crasianlee) crasianlee U.S. runs out of investor visas again as Chinese flood program
by Sophia Yan @sophia_yanApril 15, 2015: 4:08 PM ET
first time last August.

This year, the program has reached the quota even earlier, reflecting the massive jump in demand among wealthy Chinese to...

U.S. runs out of investor visas again as Chinese flood program]]> It may get harder for rich Chinese to buy green cards Fri, 22 Jul 2016 15:16:07 +0000 https://www.dramasian.com/forums/threads/it-may-get-harder-for-rich-chinese-to-buy-green-cards.88972/ https://www.dramasian.com/forums/threads/it-may-get-harder-for-rich-chinese-to-buy-green-cards.88972/ invalid@example.com (crasianlee) crasianlee It may get harder for rich Chinese to buy green cards
by Sophia Yan @sophia_yanOctober 12, 2015: 1:34 AM ET
least $500,000 into a job-creating investment. The controversial immigrant investor program, known as EB-5, has been hugely popular with rich Chinese, but lawmakers are considering changes that could...

It may get harder for rich Chinese to buy green cards]]>