Asia Pacific - NYTimes

1. They Called Sam Neill ‘Skux.’ (It Was a Compliment.)

2. Trump Pursues a Deeper Bond With China’s Leader, Despite Hostile Speech

3. Lam Wing-Kee, Hong Kong Bookseller Who Defied Authorities, Dies at 70

4. Hundreds of Rohingya Feared Drowned at Sea

5. Xi Jinping of China Pitches ‘Openness’ in Push to Shape the Path of A.I.

6. Beijing Rejects Trump’s Claim of Meddling, but Avoids a Fight

7. ‘Suddenly, I Was Free’: A Chinese Pastor’s Journey From Jail to the U.S.

8. Philippines Condemns AI Video Posted by Chinese State Media Depicting It as a Monkey

9. Japan Passes New Law Banning Flag Desecration in Nationalist Push

10. Global Opinion Shifts Toward Favoring China Over the U.S., Poll Finds

11. Sam Neill’s Cause of Death Was Pneumonia, Actor’s Agent Confirms

12. A 59-Year-Old Hunger Striker Joins a Gen Z Protest Movement in India

13. Hong Kong Police Raid Independent Bookstores and Arrest 5 People

14. India Is Moving Fast to Build A.I. Data Centers. A Coastal City May Pay the Price.

15. Archaeologists Unearth a 2,400-Year-Old Sanctuary for the Worship of Odysseus

16. Brazen Japanese Bears Are Breaking Into Homes and Raiding Pantries

17. Australia to Put Environmental Brakes on A.I. Data Centers

18. U.S. Presses China to Free American Seismologist Accused of Spying

19. Trump Paid $2 Million by South Korean Company Facing Trade Investigation

20. Bloomberg Loses Landmark Libel Case in Singapore