• A request for documents from the White House revealed telling details to date about the breadth of the special counsel’s investigation, including that some lines of inquiry focus squarely on Mr. Trump’s behavior as president. [The New York Times]

• Amazon is reviewing its website after a British report said the online retail giant’s algorithms were suggesting bomb-making ingredients that were “Frequently bought together.” [The New York Times]

• Shanghai police are using facial recognition software to crack down on errant cyclists. [Shanghai Daily]

• Video of a recent dam overflow in Laos shows workers running for their lives. [9News]

• The Philippines’ lower house of Congress agreed to restore the $13 million budget of the human rights commission, which had been slashed to $20 by lawmakers allied with President Rodrigo Duterte. [Reuters]

• From the Op-Ed desk: A Filipino professor argues that President Duterte’s “enablers” — the cogs in his political machinery — are also to blame for the thousands of deaths in the country’s brutal antidrug war. [The New York Times]

• “KPOP,” a new show opening on Broadway, aims to get beyond Americans’ “Gangnam Style” stereotype. [The New York Times]

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