Asia Pacific - NYTimes

1. China’s Exports and Imports Set Records in April Amid High Energy Costs

2. Punch, the Lonely Monkey Who Drew Crowds to a Small Japan Zoo, Is Growing Up. He’s Still a Star.

3. Why the Trump-Xi Summit Matters, Even if Little Seems to Come of It

4. How China’s Leader Lost Faith in His Generals

5. Xia De-hong, 94, Dies; Persecuted in China, She Starred in Daughter’s Memoir

6. Taiwan Breaks Political Deadlock to Approve $25 Billion U.S. Arms Purchase

7. U.A.E. Expels Pakistani Workers, as Pakistan’s Peacemaking Creates a Rift

8. 3 Hikers Dead After Volcano Erupts in Indonesia

9. Philip Caputo, Who Wrote Blistering Vietnam War Memoir, Dies at 84

10. China Sees a ‘Giant With a Limp’ as U.S. Drains Weapons on Iran War

11. As Stockpiles Fall, U.S. Sells More Missiles Worth $17 Billion to Gulf Nations

12. New NTSB Report Into Deadly China Eastern Crash Suggests Struggle in Cockpit

13. China Hands Suspended Death Sentences to 2 Former Defense Ministers

14. Tony Leung Doesn’t Want a Challenge. He Wants a Compatible Director.

15. Australian Women and Children Linked to ISIS Fighters Return Home

16. Oil Prices Waver Amid Mixed Signals on Renewed U.S.-Iran Peace Talks

17. War and Energy Shortages Boost China’s Influence in Asia

18. Air-Conditioning Is in Short Supply as Asia Swelters

19. Meditating or Rebooting? A Robot Buddhist Monk Comes to South Korea.

20. In Talks With Iran, China Calls for Opening of Strait of Hormuz