Forgotten history: The Los Angeles Chinese massacre of 1871

2022-08-26 23:31:18 By : Mr. JINGGUANG HU

Officials in Los Angeles aim to have proposals for the memorial in October and will select a finalist by March 2023.

Sheffield United striker Oli McBurnie scored his first league goal in nearly two years as the Championship leaders hit back to earn a 1-1 draw at Luton.McBurnie last found the net in a league game in a 2-1 top-flight defeat to Leicester, while his only goal last term came in the Carabao Cup against Southampton, when he scored an equaliser to force a penalty shoot-out the Blades ultimately lost.

Penrith five-eighth Jarome Luai will be putting his hand up for selection as coach Ivan Cleary ponders which star Panthers to rest in the final game before the 2022 finals series.In 2021, the race for the minor premiership stretched into the last week of the season but given Penrith have already secured top spot this time around, Cleary has begun giving key players time off.

Australian companies appear to have emerged stronger after reporting higher profits over the past financial year despite a COVID-19 rebound, supply chain disruptions and soaring commodities prices.Yet the road ahead seems less smooth.

Real Betis have maintained their perfect Spanish league record with a 1-0 win over Osasuna despite playing a man down in the second half on Friday.Borja Iglesias' fourth goal of the season gave Manuel Pellegrini's Betis their third straight win to start the league.

Try machine Bevan French continues to impress in the Super League, helping Wigan to a 30-10 win over St Helens to maintain their unbeaten home record.The former Parramatta and Indigenous All Star scored another two tries to assert his dominance at the top of the UK try-scoring charts.

Lille have bounced back from a humiliating home thumping by Paris St Germain to win 3-1 at newly promoted Ajaccio for their second win of the Ligue 1 season.Yusuf Yazici's breathtaking volley gave the visitors a 17th-minute lead on Friday and was followed by strikes from Jonathan Bamba near half-time and defender Tiago Djalo midway through the second period.

Moderna has sued Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech for patent infringement in the development of the first COVID-19 vaccine approved in the United States, alleging they copied technology that Moderna developed years before the pandemic.The lawsuit, which seeks undetermined monetary damages, was filed on Friday in US District Court in Massachusetts.

Goals from Lazio's Felipe Anderson, Luis Alberto and Pedro secured a 3-1 home victory over Inter Milan to take their side top of Serie A.It was the first time the visitors dropped points this season as coach Simone Inzaghi returned to his old club.

Vanuatu has completely eradicated the blindness-causing disease trachoma, thanks to a mass simultaneous treatment by Australia's Fred Hollows Foundation across the island nation.It is the first Pacific country to do so, following funding from the government's Australian NGO Cooperation Program and the UK government.

Making her first feature film Darklands on a shoestring budget, Sarah Mayberry needed a place to bury a body."That's always a fun request to put out on the local Facebook," she jokes.

Commonwealth Games gold medallist Nina Kennedy has continued her fine summer with a second-place finish in the women's pole vault at the Diamond League meet in Lausanne.Kennedy secured another podium finish with a clearance of 4.

Russia forces based in Syria say four Israeli jets had launched a total of four cruise missiles and 16 guided aerial bombs against a research facility in the city of Masyaf, Russian agencies report.Syrian troops using Russian-made anti-aircraft weapons shot down two missiles and seven guided bombs, Tass and RIA said, quoting a senior Russian officer.

Nick Kyrgios's all-Australian US Open first-round showdown with Thanasi Kokkinakis has been scheduled as the feature men's night match to complete a blockbuster day-one program at Flushing Meadows.Kyrgios and Kokkinakis, doubles partners, great mates and one-time Australian Open junior singles final sparring partners, will duel immediately after an emotion-charged Serena Williams potentially plays the last match of her grand career.

Spain's Alejandro Canizares and South African's Thriston Lawrence still share the lead in the weather-affected European Masters.Almost three hours of play was lost due to a thunderstorm at Crans-sur-Sierre, meaning the second round was not completed on schedule and will resume at 7.

In-form Daria Saville has advanced to her first WTA final in almost five years in another huge US Open confidence booster for the revitalised Australian.Saville progressed to the championship decider in Quebec without even hitting a ball on Friday after her scheduled semi-final opponent, Ukraine's Marta Kostyuk, withdrew with a shoulder injury.

Ukraine's president says the situation at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant remains "very risky" after two of its six reactors were reconnected to the grid following shelling that caused Europe's largest nuclear power plant to be disconnected for the first time in its history.Russian shelling continued to displace civilians in the east of the country, where three-quarters of the population has fled the frontline region of Donetsk, according to the regional governor, and Ukraine continued to d

Government digital infrastructure in Montenegro has been hit by an "unprecedented" cyber attack and timely measures have been taken to mitigate its impact, authorities say."Certain services were switched off temporarily for security reasons but the security of accounts belonging to citizens and companies and their data have not been jeopardised," Public Administration Minister Maras Dukaj said on Twitter.

Popular digital password manager LastPass says hackers recently stole parts of the company's source code and other sensitive data.The company's chief executive said in a blog post its users' passwords were unaffected.

Aussie rider Harrison Sweeny was part of a five-man breakaway that ended in a home victory for Jesus Herrada at the Spanish Vuelta.Following fellow Australian Jay Vine's superb victory in the sixth stage on Thursday, Lotto-Soudal's Sweeny, 24, was well in contention on the 190km mid-mountain stage in northern Spain on Friday.

Red Bull's championship leader Max Verstappen lapped fastest in practice for the Belgian Grand Prix but he will start from the back end of the grid.The Dutchman lapped the daunting Spa-Francorchamps track in one minute 45.