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Gangs in Cambodia have compelled thousands of captives to defraud unsuspecting victims. Because of political connections, no one is stopping them.

Gina Raimondo, who is in China this week, has said banning TikTok could “lose every voter under 35, forever.”

Gina Raimondo, who is in China this week, has said banning TikTok could “lose every voter under 35, forever.”

“Never forget the legacy,” Francis said in a video speech on Friday to young Catholics in St. Petersburg. “You are the heirs of Great Russia: Great Russia of saints, rulers, Great Russia of Peter I, Catherine II, that empire.”

Also, Cambodia’s cyber-scam industry.

The United States has enough geothermal energy to power the entire country. Some are trying to unlock it by using techniques from the fracking boom.

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.

Times readers were invited to share their drawings of the avian life around them. Here are more of our favorites.

The country’s legal marijuana business — a rarity in Asia — is struggling with oversupply, illegal imports and regulatory ambiguity. Investors are piling in anyway.

For every devoted birder, there is a bird that continues to elude sighting.