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Prabowo Cuts Lawmakers’ Benefits After Riots in Indonesia
Prabowo Cuts Lawmakers’ Benefits After Riots in Indonesia

Protests that began last Monday over parliamentarians getting excessive pay and housing allowances escalated to riots on Friday after a motorcycle driver was killed during police action

Indian Billionaire Ambani Plans Huge Reliance Jio IPO in Mid-2026
Indian Billionaire Ambani Plans Huge Reliance Jio IPO in Mid-2026

Mukesh Ambani plans to list his telecoms and digital giant Jio Platforms, valued at over $100 billion, next year; he is also branching out into AI with Meta and Google

Top Court Dismisses Thai PM Paetongtarn for Ethical Breaches
Top Court Dismisses Thai PM Paetongtarn for Ethical Breaches

Thailand faces further political uncertainty until a new case involving Thaksin is heard next month; Paetongtarn was the sixth Shinawatra leader ousted by a Thai court

Putin Seen Seeking More Help From Xi to Curb Russian Trade Fall
Japan Wants Issues Sorted Before Trade Rep Seals Big Tariff Deal
India’s Modi ‘Avoiding Trump’s Phone Calls’ As Tariffs Hit: Reports
Three People Charged in Taiwan for Theft of TSMC Chip Secrets
Trump’s 50% Tariffs on Indian Imports Hits Jobs, Bilateral Ties
‘Can Destroy China’: Trump Says Beijing Has to Give US Magnets
Water War: India Plans Dam to Counter China’s Mega Dam in Tibet

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ASML in the Centre of the Chip War

With a market cap of$240 billion, chipmaker ASML is Europe’s most valuable tech company. Its market-leading position comes from its monopoly in Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography (EUV) machines which allow chipmakers to make smaller, faster and smarter semiconductors