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Kyrgyz strongman Japarov bids for second term as president

BISHKEK, Nov 10 - Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov, who has cemented firm control over what was once Central Asia’s most democratic country, filed on Tuesday to run for a second term in an election scheduled for January 27, 2027, the electoral commission said.

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How much will Jensen Huang’s scandal ultimately cost?

Jensen Huang, the chief executive and co-founder of chipmaking company Nvidia, recently admitted to an extramarital affair. However, it’s not just a tabloid story: the woman involved, Alice Huang, has been accused of being a Chinese intelligence agent. Computer chips –

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Don’t let Taiwan’s silicon shield become a US silicon trap

As the midterms loudly demonstrated, there is considerable gloom over the US economy. Cause for economic optimism is in short supply, though there is some encouraging news regarding US-based semiconductor fabrication spurred by enormous investments from the huge Taiwan company

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China fast-tracks mobile ICBM to lock down second-strike edge

China’s rapid operational integration of a new type of intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) underscores an accelerating push to modernize its land-based deterrent, addressing key technical vulnerabilities of earlier systems while fortifying second-strike survivability amid

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