The battle for supremacy in semiconductor manufacturing in East Asia has always been brutal. From Taiwan to Kumamoto prefecture in Japan, the South Korean city of Pyeongtaek, and Arizona in the United States – a global rush to build new semiconductor manufacturing capacity is underway. They also form what is […]
Day: April 20, 2024
NEW YORK: More than 2,500 people were killed or injured in gang violence in Haiti from January through March, up 53 per cent from the last three months of 2023, the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) said yesterday. At least 590 were killed during police operations, BINUH said […]
SAN FRANCISCO: Elon Musk yesterday came out against banning TikTok in the United States, even if it would mean less competition for his social media platform X, formerly Twitter, as the initiative sees fresh bipartisan momentum in Congress. The US House of Representatives is set to vote today on a […]
SINGAPORE: Kayaker Stephenie Chen narrowly missed out on qualifying for the Tokyo Olympics three years ago but the Singaporean was not to be denied on Saturday (Apr 20). The 32-year-old punched her ticket for the Paris Olympics after finishing third in the women’s K1 500m final at the ACC Canoe […]
DUBAI/JERUSALEM: Explosions echoed over an Iranian city on Friday in what sources said was an Israeli attack, but Tehran played down the incident and indicated it had no plans for retaliation – a response that appeared gauged towards averting region-wide war. Iran’s foreign minister said the drones, which the sources […]