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Such visits could help convey Beijing’s interest in stabilizing ties with Washington. But China has been noncommittal. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/U34rsET via IFTTT

The pontiff arrived Friday on a trip that the Vatican said was meant to encourage the fewer than 1,500 Catholics there. But it also brings him close to two great powers that have vexed him. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/3Bp1rvO via IFTTT

Also, the U.S. resists engaging with the Taliban. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/b7DM0Vn via IFTTT

The 2023 event is only slightly bigger this year, but it features expanded programming, and more representation from Asian dealers and galleries with ties to the continent. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/CxTd6u0 via IFTTT

After 12 years of conflict, anger over growing economic hardships has boiled over. Protesters are demanding the ouster of the authoritarian President Bashar al-Assad and an end to the war. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/fd1IUJa via IFTTT

Gina Raimondo, the U.S. commerce secretary, and her Chinese counterparts agreed to continue economic talks, but such dialogues have a disheartening record. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/AJFn9GY via IFTTT

Country Garden, already on the brink of default with nearly $190 billion in debt, reported billions in losses for the first half of the year. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/DFu1Ppl via IFTTT

Some U.S. officials had clung to the hope that the Taliban had moderated since they last controlled the country in the 1990s. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/KSV1qA7 via IFTTT

Also, a referendum divides Australia. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/hfTDL5e via IFTTT

The tropical cyclone was passing near Taiwan on Wednesday and edging closer to Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/m0JjtvY via IFTTT

Also, a legal victory for Imran Khan. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/fpMne8Y via IFTTT

At least 155 Arab citizens have died this year in violence largely attributed to organized crime. Some say the government has not done enough to stop the killing. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/s7yjFof via IFTTT

The campaign began at least four years ago and spanned thousands of accounts on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X, Substack and Chinese websites, Meta said. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/7ViMX8a via IFTTT

After decades without a significant increase, the price of the passes is jumping by as much as 76 percent. But that doesn’t mean they aren’t still a good value, if you know how to use them. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/FSrNmHe via IFTTT

Mr. Khan, who was ousted as prime minister last year, still faces dozens of court cases that could keep him behind bars. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/tfW1r6E via IFTTT

Beijing has characterized concerns about the economic slowdown as being inflated by Western critics. Widespread anxiety and pessimism paint a different picture. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/xpCvmLq via IFTTT

As a real estate meltdown ripples through the economy, small businesses and workers are owed hundreds of billions of dollars, and new projects have dried up. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/4hdOqec via IFTTT

Also, three U.S. Marines died in an air crash in Australia. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/nZfIPLD via IFTTT

During a visit to Beijing, Gina Raimondo, the commerce secretary, said the two sides would meet to discuss export restrictions and intellectual property, among other issues. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/vElPiwg via IFTTT

The foreign minister, Najla el-Mangoush, fled to Turkey after reports emerged that she had met with her Israeli counterpart, sparking unrest in cities across Libya. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/s2b5L4g via IFTTT

In a city where weather that would constitute a deadly heat wave in Europe is just a typical summer day, official “night beaches” have become a popular way to cool down. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/Qam6OIL via IFTTT

Despite announcing a crackdown last year, the illegal operations have continued to flourish, protected by powerful officials with close ties to the government. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/fXVGdx1 via IFTTT

The telescope will help astronomers study some of the most energetic places in the cosmos, while the lunar mission will aid the development of Japanese landing technologies. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/KcV0AfG via IFTTT

The secretary said she planned to discuss U.S. technology controls, commercial disputes and opportunities for doing more business in her visits to Beijing and Shanghai this week. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/yt7OIw5 via IFTTT

In northwestern Syria, a devastating quake six months ago compounded the damage of years of civil war. U.S. lawmakers just visited for the first time in a decade. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/HAXKIbc via IFTTT

Three people, all Black, were fatally shot in a dollar store before the gunman, a white man, killed himself. Investigators are treating the killing as a hate crime. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/Oa4p0Xq via IFTTT

The Osprey aircraft, with 23 people on board, crashed during a joint training exercise near Darwin, in the north of Australia. Several others were seriously injured. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/qvpu09s via IFTTT

The country’s legal marijuana business — a rarity in Asia — is struggling with oversupply, illegal imports and regulatory ambiguity. Investors are piling in anyway. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/g9RphmG via IFTTT

The United States was told last year that Saudi security forces were shooting, shelling and abusing groups of migrants, but it chose not to raise the issue publicly. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/PryT5Rs via IFTTT

In an apparent break with Pentagon advice, Gen. Oleksandr Syrsky, the commander of Ukraine’s eastern forces, called for “all measures” to defend an area where Russia was threatening to take more territory. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/AWU3OPl via IFTTT

The Egyptian government has demolished historic tombs, cultural centers, artisan workshops and gardens in pursuit of large-scale urban renewal. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/py7HSnR via IFTTT

Beijing has become more aggressive in its pursuit of dissidents overseas, as highlighted by the arrest of a Chinese rights lawyer in Laos. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/mXZqCfx via IFTTT

The commerce secretary’s trip may be the clearest demonstration yet of the balancing act the Biden administration is trying to pull off in its relations with China. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/VUSe78C via IFTTT

A noted educator and anthropologist, she spent almost her entire life in China, where she was a committed friend of the Communist government. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/X6zjvs2 via IFTTT

The invitation came after a tumultuous year of domestic unrest and economic gloom, and follows a pivot by the country toward Russia and China. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/Zepo8Ab via IFTTT

China’s economy, which once seemed unstoppable, is plagued by a series of problems, and a growing lack of faith in the future is verging on despair. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/HSfDha5 via IFTTT

Sushi is among several shunned foods as Japan dumps treated radioactive water into the Pacific. Experts say the fear is irrational but understandable. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/BZ7JjCw via IFTTT

Also, the tiny forests with big benefits. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/rWSYGDp via IFTTT

Its celebrated lunar landing produced not only a wave of pride at home but also a road map for other countries dreaming big. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/IqZRtuG via IFTTT

Malka Leifer, extradited from Israel after a lengthy process, was found guilty in April of sexually abusing two students decades earlier. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/FMpVkiL via IFTTT

Officials in South Korea aren’t saying who crossed 200 miles of ocean to reach its shores. But people who know Kwon Pyong say it wasn’t his first audacious move. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/vT67k3G via IFTTT

The nuclear plant failed 12 years ago in an earthquake and tsunami, and officials say they have run out of space to store water used to cool the ruined reactors. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/MRT4K9d via IFTTT

The ​rocket failure was an embarrassment for the country’s leader, Kim Jong-un, who badly needed a morale booster for his people. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/gzIblcP via IFTTT

Also, a paralyzed woman regains her voice. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/Es20IF5 via IFTTT

China’s leader, Xi Jinping, pitches his country as a leader of the developing world, rallying support for an alternative to the U.S.-dominated global order. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/IpMy5Ht via IFTTT

Coming on the heels of Russia’s lunar lander crash over the weekend, India is hoping to become on Wednesday the first nation to set down in the moon’s south polar region. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/09bzHIu via IFTTT

Leaders of Brazil, India, China and South Africa addressed other topics, but Russia’s president, unable to attend in person because he is wanted for war crimes, put the war in Ukraine at center stage in the meeting. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/28Og9wv via IFTTT

Also, exploring street food in Fukuoka, Japan. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/bR5z46E via IFTTT

An apparently unarmed Palestinian man and an Israeli teacher were among the recent victims. Israel’s government has pledged to strike at Palestinian assailants. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/Hx0kBDv via IFTTT

The trip by Gina Raimondo, the secretary of commerce, comes at a tense moment for the U.S.-China relationship and the Chinese economy. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/eu1ECt9 via IFTTT

As Volodymyr Zelensky went on a diplomatic blitz of Europe, a top Iranian general made his way to Moscow. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/mV2nJ1s via IFTTT

Businesses fear that efforts to look tough on Beijing, which have the potential to be more expansive than moves by the federal government, could have unintended consequences. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/vWsAuPi via IFTTT

Photos of Arwa Sheikh Ali’s cheek after his arrest showed wounds including triangular marks and lines. The police denied the accusations and said the shapes had been made by an officer’s shoelaces. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/xTAeukV via IFTTT

Some experts want to apply recent neuroscience research to the decision making that could lead to doomsday. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/fcR0Ovs via IFTTT

Japan’s plan to discharge treated water from its destroyed Fukushima nuclear plant has triggered a backlash in the region, especially in highly polarized South Korea. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/5RhG2Kj via IFTTT

Fukuoka, known for its outdoor food stalls, is a popular destination for Japanese tourists. Now it’s starting to draw more international travelers, too. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/MN2CHT8 via IFTTT

Consumers and business owners say they feel paralyzed by despair, and their reluctance to spend and borrow is feeding what could become a dangerous cycle. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/scUdIT3 via IFTTT

Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa will consider at their summit this week whether to admit more countries to their bloc. China wants to expand it, to challenge the West, but the members’ conflicting interests may get in the way. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/aeh2tUO via IFTTT

Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa will consider at their summit this week whether to admit more countries to their bloc. China wants to expand it, to challenge the West, but the members’ conflicting interests may get in the way. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/aeh2tUO via IFTTT

The action by the People’s Bank of China, the central bank, the latest in a series of steps to try to spur lending, was more modest than expected. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/Ozxhn0a via IFTTT

A Human Rights Watch report says the guards regularly fire on African migrants trying to enter the kingdom from Yemen and have killed hundreds in a 15-month period. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/F2MOWTR via IFTTT

Also, the nostalgic craft of miniatures in China. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/rlHIqE1 via IFTTT

Beijing wanted to cool its housing market, but created a bigger problem, as the fallout from debt-laden developers and sinking sales spreads to the broader economy. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/ObLSx1U via IFTTT

Ahmed Douma was one of the best-known faces of Egypt’s 2011 uprising. Rights groups say thousands of political prisoners remain detained under President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/zAHCFbL via IFTTT

What its signers, Japan, South Korea and the United States, call deterrence, China characterizes as encirclement, even provocation. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/1SkZdA9 via IFTTT

Even as the fighting in Syria has largely stalled, more than a decade of conflict has left behind an array of unexploded munitions like cluster bombs. An earthquake in February heightened the risks. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/TFI5iv6 via IFTTT

Sports have always been my ticket to travel: to a surf spot above the Arctic Circle, to a volcano in Mexico and to soccer games in New Zealand. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/JCa0QYc via IFTTT

The joint air and sea drills, widely expected in response to a presidential candidate’s visit to the United States, so far appear to be relatively limited. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/e6gLcqW via IFTTT

While the former president’s name appeared nowhere in the communique issued by three leaders, one of the subtexts was the possibility that he could return to power in next year’s election and disrupt ties with America’s two closest allies in the Indo-Pacific region. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/QbxAvwR via IFTTT

The Hang Seng Index has fallen more than 20 percent from its recent high, as investors grow more pessimistic about China’s post-pandemic recovery. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/eYnd571 via IFTTT

The filing comes two years after the company defaulted on its debt, setting off defaults by smaller Chinese developers. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/GetjNwT via IFTTT

Also, questions about new weight loss drugs. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/JaNkOj5 via IFTTT

At a Security Council meeting, officials gave harrowing accounts of rights abuses in North Korea. But global divisions were clear: Russia denounced the discussion, and China questioned its validity. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/Kf8heJU via IFTTT

The White House needs to persuade two historic adversaries to find common ground. But then the administration faces a potentially more daunting challenge: getting 67 senators to go along with it. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/dGafbok via IFTTT

The Australians and two members of their boat’s Indonesian crew were found after an extensive search off the coast of North Sumatra, Indonesia. A third crew member is still missing. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/EUOjNke via IFTTT

Violence erupted this week in Libya’s capital, Tripoli, again sowing chaos in a country plagued by instability since the ouster of the dictator Muammar el-Qaddafi more than a decade ago. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/lo3481B via IFTTT

And other time-tested ways to cope with extreme heat from cultures around the world. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/AuZdMX8 via IFTTT

The president will host the leaders of the two Asian democracies at Camp David, as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine spurs them to rapidly mend relations. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/ds0m3Hw via IFTTT

Brian Houston, who once led Hillsong, was charged because he did not inform the police after his father admitted in 1999 to sexually assaulting a young boy decades before. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/CPug7Un via IFTTT

The Islamic Revolutionary Court said the director of “Leila’s Brothers,” Saeed Roustaee, and the film’s other producer had been “participating in the opposition’s propaganda.” from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/bUP8R1s via IFTTT

Pita Limjaroenrat won a surprise victory in the general election, but his attempts to form a government and become the nation’s next premier have been thwarted. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/3Qx4yzw via IFTTT

A string of worrying data has taken the fizz out of markets. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/b7H5GKR via IFTTT

Intel calls off its planned acquisition of Tower Semiconductor, an Israeli chip maker, after waiting in vain for 18 months for a review by Chinese regulators. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/FxMUQER via IFTTT

The rapid expansion came as exports have risen and tourists have flooded the country. But a drop in domestic consumption worried economists. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/P6CXemO via IFTTT

The statement was the first public acknowledgment by the country that it has the soldier, Pvt. Travis King, in its custody. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/jRU1Tpv via IFTTT

Country Garden was China’s biggest real estate developer. Now it is staring down default, facing billions of dollars in losses and $200 billion in unpaid bills. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/DS2RX5M via IFTTT

The company, First Solar, said an internal review had found that subcontractors used unethical recruitment tactics and withheld pay from workers. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/e7tYbpr via IFTTT

The heavy rains and winds brought by the storm prompted evacuation warnings and the cancellation of hundreds of flights. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/3dQaUM1 via IFTTT

The disaster occurred in Kachin State, where wildcat jade miners toil in dangerous conditions and landslides are common during the monsoon season. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/Cb02A75 via IFTTT

The Chinese government said it would no longer release monthly data about unemployment in young people, which had risen each month this year and reached 21.3 percent. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/k48wNCA via IFTTT

At least 25 people may be trapped under the structure in the Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh, officials said, as this year’s monsoon season continues to extract a deadly toll. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/64D8zpZ via IFTTT

The outflow of young Talibs has renewed fears of violent extremism spilling across Afghanistan’s borders since the U.S.-backed government collapsed. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/hH0Kopz via IFTTT

Denounced in some Middle Eastern countries for undermining traditional gender norms, the hit movie is finding an audience in Saudi Arabia, illustrating the region’s shifting political landscape. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/nFv6d7y via IFTTT

The Chinese government represses public grief, withholding information and stanching displays of mourning to tell history the way it wants it told. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/p1K3nPc via IFTTT

The Saudi foreign ministry said its ambassador to Jordan would jointly serve as an envoy to the Palestinians. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/ZaD3XEe via IFTTT

Ashura, which mourns the killing of the Prophet Mohamed’s grandson and celebrates Shiite identity, has long symbolized the fight against oppression. This year, its chants have been turned against the government. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/tikawgz via IFTTT

One of the climbers, Kristin Harila, said she continued her summit of the mountain after finding a porter who fell from a cliff and later died. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/8pSLnN3 via IFTTT

The announcement comes amid growing speculation that elections — once expected to happen this fall — will be delayed until 2024. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/IhANT3H via IFTTT

Ultra-Orthodox members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right coalition want to expand the powers of all-male rabbinical courts, and to bar women and men from mixing in many public arenas. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/6Pwp04J via IFTTT

An outspoken critic of Beijing, Lai Ching-te aims to reassure voters and Washington that he will be a safe pair of hands if elected. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/DkNTxrp via IFTTT

The five Americans who are part of a prisoner swap could be released by September under a complicated agreement with Tehran. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/DlbVU5t via IFTTT

The sharply worded comments are the latest example of the president’s willingness to criticize China even as he tries to ease tensions. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/MFdmcRG via IFTTT

More than a million barrels of oil on a tanker off the coast of Yemen were transferred to another ship bought by the United Nations. But now a new hurdle looms: Who owns the recovered oil? from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/eDubrxi via IFTTT

As China’s economy flashes indications of decline, the consequences pose perils for countries around the globe. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/pOSzHg5 via IFTTT

Flavorless (?) Candy, a convenience store product in Japan, spurred debate over what the “taste of nothingness” tastes like, if anything. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/TxlZG6U via IFTTT

Financial troubles at Country Garden, the last real estate giant to avoid default, sparked panic in the markets and angry comments online. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/R2jFtpr via IFTTT

Iran and the United States appear to be observing an informal agreement under which Iran has limited its nuclear program and restrained proxy militias. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/5XCj2cf via IFTTT

Five American detainees will eventually be allowed to leave Iran in exchange for Tehran gaining access to $6 billion for humanitarian purposes and the United States freeing several jailed Iranians. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/raZRb7M via IFTTT

Called the Geran-2, the drones are a Russian-made version of the Shahed-136, which explodes on impact, researchers say. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/9aijkZP via IFTTT

The justices will be scrutinized as never before at a hearing in September on the first part of a judicial overhaul that the government pushed through Parliament, angering many Israelis. from NYT > World > Middle East https://ift.tt/oI2Hpxs via IFTTT

After pummeling southern Japan, killing two people, the storm is expected to move slowly across the Korean Peninsula, bringing heavy rain and wind. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/eCPMX4S via IFTTT

The new limits, aimed at preventing American help to Beijing as it modernizes its military, escalate a conflict pitting the world’s two largest economies against each other. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/eIq57VT via IFTTT

The former prime minister of Pakistan was jailed after being found guilty in a corruption case. The legal fight will determine his political future ahead of elections later this year. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/WPT0Qi1 via IFTTT

Country Garden, China’s last big property developer to avoid default, has spooked investors after missing key debt payments, rekindling memories of China Evergrande. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/BRxD1py via IFTTT

The three guests, and a fourth who fell ill, had symptoms consistent with mushroom poisoning, the police say. The woman who served the meal has been questioned by the police. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/6MwVRCT via IFTTT

The measure to clamp down on investments in certain industries deemed to pose security risks, set to be issued Wednesday, appears likely to open a new front in the U.S.-China economic conflict. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/CGyXxki via IFTTT

The storm, which battered Okinawa last week, made an unusual zigzag move and now threatens the Japanese island of Kyushu. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/kYeAwaD via IFTTT

Under pressure from Beijing, Chinese schools have been told to do more to secure jobs for students, who are facing bleak prospects. from NYT > World > Asia Pacific https://ift.tt/9U8tLTa via IFTTT