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

SCMP | Aug. 19, 2026, 5:32 p.m. | Original

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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New Federal Bureau of Investigation data shows a downward trend in anti-Asian hate in the US, but serious concerns remain. Photo: Shutterstock

A survey from Stop AAPI Hate, a self-reporting platform formed during the pandemic, paints an even more worrying picture, with almost half of individuals indicating they have been targeted but many decline to report

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王毅：中方積極考慮安排中韓領導人11月在深圳會晤

Radio France Internationale | Aug. 19, 2026, 5:31 p.m. | Original
韓國外交部周三（8月19日）表示，正在首爾訪問的中國外交部長王毅周三表示，中方正“積極考慮”中國和韓國領導人11月在深圳舉行的亞太經合組織領導人會議期間會晤。

Google Assistant is dead, and I won't miss it thanks to my local LLM

XDA developers | Aug. 19, 2026, 5:30 p.m. | Original
My phone assistant runs offline now

It Doesn’t Get Much Bleaker Than The US Army Offering Four Days Of GTA VI In Exchange For Several Years Of Additional Service

aftermath | Aug. 19, 2026, 5:30 p.m. | Original
Four whole days in exchange for a chunk of your life, what a deal

Donald Trump’s blunt remarks offer South Korea an opportunity

SCMP | Aug. 19, 2026, 5:30 p.m. | Original

US Army armoured vehicles gather to cross a river at a training field in Yeoncheon, South Korea, near the border with North Korea, on August 17. Photo: AP

Dr Gabriela Bernal is a North Korea analyst based in Seoul, South Korea.

South Korea’s security strategy has rested for more than seven decades on a single pillar: its alliance with the United States. That pillar has absorbed one blow after another during Donald Trump’s second term as US president. This week brought a fresh signal that has strained the relationship.

In a social media post, Trump criticised joint US-South Korea military
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RBC names former Ontario cabinet minister Caroline Mulroney as vice chair

Citynews | Aug. 19, 2026, 5:29 p.m. | Original
TORONTO — Royal Bank of Canada has hired Caroline Mulroney as vice chair and she is to report to Derek Neldner, the head of capital markets, starting Sept. 14.

特朗普指美韓軍演向朝鮮釋放敵對信號 軍演提前六天結束

Radio France Internationale | Aug. 19, 2026, 5:28 p.m. | Original
韓國與美國8月17日啟動的聯合軍事演習，在美國總統特朗普提出嚴厲批評後，於周三（8月19日）決定將演習日程縮短六天。美國國防部則強調，此次調整不會影響美軍的訓練目標。

【狗主必知】香港大狗咬死兩小狗狗主被控　加拿大法例又如何規管？

Singtao | Aug. 19, 2026, 5:28 p.m. | Original

【星島綜合報道】香港元朗日前發生大型狗隻咬死兩隻小狗事件，涉事52歲男狗主涉嫌未有妥善管控大型狗隻，被漁護署控告違反《危險狗隻規例》，案件周四（20日）提堂。

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美國國債首次突破40萬億美元大關

Yahoo Finance (HK) | Aug. 19, 2026, 5:25 p.m. | Original

CachyOS and AlmaLinux Beat out Windows 11 in Workstation Benchmarks

TechPowerUp News | Aug. 19, 2026, 5:24 p.m. | Original
With the advent of the Steam Deck and the bump in Linux adoption that we've seen since then, a number of Linux distributions have appeared that make tweaks to the Linux kernel in the hopes of gaining performance. CachyOS is one such Linux distribution, and it appears that those kernel performance tweaks are paying off, according to some recent testing by Phoronix.

In a comparison between CachyOS, AlmaLinux 10.2, Ubuntu 26.04, Fedora Workstation 44, and Windows 11, CachyOS consistently
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