Global Nation: Fil-Chinese hurt in another violent attack on an Asian in San Francisco; No early sign of racial motive in Atlanta-area Asian spa shootings – authorities; Fil-Canadian director’s film pays homage to Filipino seafarers

[Inquirer.Net](k1zZ8Prk9Bg1z_iXW5D1r4oEjLxGJog) Global Nation  USA & CANADA  [Eight killed including 6 women of Asian descent at shootings at Atlanta day spas](k1zZ8Prk9Bg1z_iXW5D1r4oEjLxGJog) k1zZ8Prk9Bg1z_iXW5D1r4oEjLxGJog Eight people, six of them women of Asian descent, were shot dead in a string of attacks at day spas in and around Atlanta, and a man suspected of carrying out the shootings was arrested in southern Georgia, police said. Although authorities declined to offer a motive for the violence, the attacks prompted the New... 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