Ex-Mayor Is Sentenced to Life for Human Trafficking Tied to Southeast Asia Scam Centers

A court in the Philippines convicted Alice Guo for trafficking people to a compound that officials have linked to online scams and organized crime.

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Nvidia Earnings Fuel Rally in Global Technology Stocks

The chipmaker’s profit surge and strong revenue forecast helped to ease fears that spending on A.I. infrastructure might be outpacing demand.

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As Trump Tariffs Canada, Carney Turns to Asia for Trade

Mark Carney is pitching Canada as a predictable and responsible alternative to the United States.

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Trump’s Asia Tour: Deals, Diplomacy and a Meeting With Xi

From Kuala Lumpur to Gyeongju, President Trump is casting himself as a deal-maker and peace negotiator, while a wary region looks for tariff relief and steadier ties.

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‘Bluetoothing’: Blood-Sharing Drug Trend Fuels Alarming Global H.I.V. Surge

The practice, in which users inject the blood of already intoxicated individuals, has fueled one of the fastest-growing H.I.V. epidemics in the Pacific and grown widespread in South Africa.

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Trump’s New Tariffs Shock Countries Reeling From His Chaotic Trade War

Throughout Asia, the source of about 40 percent of U.S. imports, countries have little to show for weeks of talks trying to finalize deals.

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How Xi Is Using a TikTok Tradeoff to Court Trump

Agreeing to a deal suggests that the fate of TikTok matters less to Beijing than gaining leverage on issues it cares most about, like tariffs, technology and Taiwan.

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

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the United States would negotiate agreements to deliver aid in new ways and would focus on the Western Hemisphere and Asia Pacific.

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

Scientists thought that an Australian museum’s collection of tektites came from an 800,000-year-old asteroid strike on Earth. Some of them turned out to be much older.

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How China Is Weathering the Trade War With Trump

Tariffs triggered a plunge in China’s exports to the United States, but its global trade surplus is larger because sales to other regions are surging.

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