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 […]
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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 […]
Tesla cut the U.S. prices of its Model Y, Model X and Model S vehicles by $2,000 each on Friday, days after the first-quarter deliveries of the world’s most valuable automaker missed market expectations. Elon Musk’s electric-vehicle (EV) maker lowered the prices for its Model Y base variant to $42,990, […]
PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES: Thousands of Gazans flooded the coast road north yesterday after hearing that several people managed to cross a closed checkpoint towards Gaza City, despite Israel denying it was open. An AFP journalist saw mothers holding their children’s hands and families piling onto donkey carts with their luggage as […]
CAIRO: Iran’s attack on Israel drew applause from many Palestinians in Gaza yesterday as rare payback for the Israeli offensive on their enclave, although some said they suspected Tehran had staged the assault more for show than to inflict real damage. “For the first time, we saw some rockets that […]
Cathie Wood’s Ark Investment Management said it holds a stake in Microsoft-backed OpenAI, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing the company’s mail to its clients. “As of April 10, 2024, the ARK Venture Fund invests in OpenAI,” Ark said, referring to its $54 million VC fund, the report said.
WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden pledged yesterday to defend the Philippines from any attack in the South China Sea, as he hosted the first joint summit with Tokyo and Manila amid growing tensions with Beijing. “The United States’ defence commitments to Japan and to the Philippines are ironclad,” Biden said […]