Asia Pacific - NYTimes

1. Drones vs. Lasers

2. U.S. to Cut Out Nongovernmental Groups in Refocusing Health Aid

3. Catholics Project Many Images Onto Pope Leo: Liberal? Conservative? Cubs Fan?

4. Internet Shutdowns Hit Parts of Afghanistan

5. What Will China’s Green-Tech Ambitions Cost the World?

6. Hong Kong’s Dim Sum Cart ‘Aunties’ Make Their Final Rounds

7. How China Became a Wedge Between Two South Pacific Neighbors

8. Denmark to Buy Long-Range Weapons in ‘Paradigm Shift’

9. How China Is Losing Its Title as the World’s Sneaker Factory

10. Oldest Dome-Headed Dinosaur Revealed by ‘Shockingly Beautiful’ Fossil

11. Trump’s Birthday Call to Modi Raises Hopes in India for a Trade Deal

12. Young Protesters in Nepal Recover Looted Goods for Shopkeepers

13. How Nepal’s Government Went Up in Smoke

14. A Forgotten Cosmic Impact Was Hidden in a Museum’s Glass Shards

15. Israel’s Push Into Gaza City

16. ‘Squid Game’ Star Lee Jung-jae Talks About Korean Fan Culture

17. How China Is Weathering the Trade War With Trump

18. With a Hashtag, Young Chinese Are Mourning the ‘Beauty of the Boom Years’

19. Trump World’s Deals With the U.A.E.

20. India-Pakistan Tensions Hit New Pitch With Cricket Snub