Asia Pacific - NYTimes

1. U.N. General Assembly Demands Myanmar Junta End Coup and Stop the Killings

2. Taiwan Orders Some Tech Workers to Stay Indoors to Tackle an Outbreak

3. 1971: U.S. Pledges to Return Okinawa to Japan

4. The Maldives Lured Tourists Back. Now It Needs Nurses.

5. Kim Jong-un Ready for ‘Dialogue and Confrontation’ With U.S.

6. Your Friday Briefing

7. Elite Afghan Forces Suffer Horrific Casualties as Taliban Advance

8. Soho China Sells to Blackstone, Cementing Owners' Exit

9. Ex-Mayor on Duterte’s ‘Narco Politician’ List Is Killed in the Philippines

10. He Warned Apple About the Risks in China. Then They Became Reality.

11. Five Weeks Before the Olympics, Tokyo's State of Emergency Will be Eased

12. As Astronauts Dock, China Takes Up Long-Term Residence in Orbit

13. Hong Kong Police Arrest Apple Daily Executives

14. China Launches Astronauts to Space Station: Live Updates and Stream

15. Your Thursday Briefing

16. These Brittle Stars Have Thousands of ‘Pig Snouts’ on Each Arm

17. Taiwan Accuses China of Blocking Access to BioNTech Vaccines

18. China Denies Radiation Leak at Nuclear Reactor, Admits Fuel Rod Damage

19. North Korea Is Facing a ‘Tense’ Food Shortage

20. Ashes of Hideki Tojo, Japan's Wartime Leader, Were Secretly Scattered at Sea