Asia Pacific

Plus, Venezuela’s election and the Olympics’ first weekend

By Whet Moser

The two governments said the moves were a response to growing aggression by China, whose rapid military buildup has many leaders worried.

By Edward Wong

The partial lifting of a communications blackout is providing a picture of the young victims of a brutal crackdown on protesters. Thousands of others have been swept into jails.

By Mujib Mashal and Saif Hasnat

The U.S. secretary of state pressed China’s top foreign policy official on Beijing’s support for Russia’s efforts to rebuild its military industries during the Ukraine war.

By Edward Wong

It’s highly unusual for the nation’s authorities to publicly acknowledge a leak from the command​, which is one of South Korea’s top two spy agencies.

By Choe Sang-Hun

Zhang Yufei, one of 23 athletes who tested positive for a banned substance before the last Olympics, said China did not allow doping, and offered a window into the stress the accusations have caused.

By Jenny Vrentas

Here is what we know about the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee’s views on issues like migration and the wars in Ukraine and Gaza.

By Eve Sampson

The former president met with the Israeli leader in Florida, a day after his main opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, and he both criticized Israel’s conduct of the war.

By Michael Gold and Matthew Mpoke Bigg

In Paris, Chinese swimmers have been under extra scrutiny by doping watchdogs, but that hasn’t satisfied competitors like American star Caeleb Dressel.

By Jenny Vrentas and Tariq Panja

Asian officials will press Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken about the former president and about Kamala Harris as he visits the region.

By Edward Wong

The use of artificial intelligence is exploding around the world, but the technology’s language models are primarily trained in English, leaving many speakers of other languages behind.

By Sara Ruberg

The storm has already left a trail of destruction in Taiwan and the Philippines, where it killed at least 15 people.

By Tiffany May and Amy Chang Chien

The country is famous for its hospitality. But businesses have had enough of people screaming at workers or tormenting them on social media.

By Motoko Rich and Hisako Ueno

Plus, a new poll shows Kamala Harris closing in on Donald Trump.

By Daniel E. Slotnik

Each new disaster, including a crash that killed 18 people on Wednesday, leads to another investigation. A serious conflict of interest is always left unaddressed.

By Bhadra Sharma and Mujib Mashal

Two Russian and two Chinese bombers patrolled the airspace near American territory and were intercepted by U.S. and Canadian jets.

By Paul Sonne

The solar sector shows how China conducts industrial policy: It chooses industries to dominate, floods them with loans and lets companies fight it out.

By Keith Bradsher

ShadowCam, a NASA instrument aboard a South Korean spacecraft, is taking pictures of the moon where the sun doesn’t shine.

By Kenneth Chang

The birthplace of anime, manga and, of course, Pokémon, has child-friendly attractions at every turn. Here, six spots your children will thank you for visiting.

By David LaHuta

The coast guard rescued 16 of the vessel’s 17 crew members, but Typhoon Gaemi’s remnants were complicating efforts to contain the oil spill in Manila Bay.

By Camille Elemia