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Low yield for SMIC-Huawei Nvidia knockoff? So what?

Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC), the world’s third largest chip-foundry after Taiwan’s TSMC and South Korea’s Samsung, is reportedly struggling to increase the production yield of an artificial intelligence (AI) chip for Huawei Technologies. Since last

Supremes, 6-3, make Trump obstruction charge harder

The indictments – and in some cases, the convictions – of hundreds of people charged with participating in the riot at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, will have to be reconsidered and possibly dropped because of a ruling by the US Supreme Court on June 28, 2024. Among those

Okinawa rape revives opposition to American bases

Although another American serviceman has been charged with sexual assault in Okinawa, provoking outrage among the local population and putting the large and controversial US military presence on the island back in the headlines, fear of China appears to have combined with a

Calls for withdrawal after Biden’s humiliating defeat

The double victory that I had hoped for on Thursday — Biden over Trump in the CNN debate and the US soccer team over Panama in Copa America — never happened, as both Biden and the soccer team went down in humiliating defeats. In fact, both bombed, and their fall was heard loud

Populism is on the rise and it can degrade democracy

There’s a widespread view that populism is on the rise, from the United States and Turkey to India and Hungary. What is fueling this movement? Populism is a political ideology that positions “the people” as a morally just, good group in society, in contrast with other people

Southeast Asia has its reasons for pivoting to BRICS

Southeast Asia’s sudden pivot toward the BRICS nations is a global game-changer that few in Washington saw coming. In recent days, Malaysia detailed its ambitions to join Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. Thailand and Vietnam are also among the Association of