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Chinese AI Firms, Chipmakers Form Alliance To Ditch Foreign Tech
Chinese AI Firms, Chipmakers Form Alliance To Ditch Foreign Tech

Chinese developers of large language models and artificial intelligence chip manufacturers including US-sanctioned Huawei, Biren, and Moore Threads will join hands to build an AI 'ecosystem'

Thailand, Cambodia Agree to Ceasefire After 5 Days of Clashes
Thailand, Cambodia Agree to Ceasefire After 5 Days of Clashes

Leaders accept peace proposal, while debate rages on why fighting flared. Bangkok says it stems from a Thai crackdown on a notorious scam centre operator.

EU Strikes a Pricey Deal With Trump to Avert a Trade War
EU Strikes a Pricey Deal With Trump to Avert a Trade War

EU agrees to invest $600 billion and buy more US products in return for Trump halving his threatened tariff on most European goods to 15%

US, China Set For Talks in Stockholm on Tariff Truce Extension
Australian Court Ends Coal Mine Approval After ICJ Climate Ruling
CK Hutchison Ports Deal Deeply Entangled in US-China Trade War
UN Court Lays Ground For Action Against Countries’ Climate Inaction
China’s Actions on Ukraine Will Determine Relations, EU Warns
India’s Modi Shows His Preference: a Free-Trade Pact With Britain
Clashes Along Disputed Thai-Cambodian Border Claim 10 Lives

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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