Christophe Fouquet, the CEO of ASML, a leading Dutch chip equipment manufacturer, has said that the geopolitical landscape indicates the US will persist in exerting pressure to impose stricter restrictions on ASML’s exports to China, according to a report by Reuters. “One of the debates is, is it really about national security? The other debate you start to see … is does it help us or does it hurt us? I see a lot of companies in the US that start to also ask that question,” he said at a…
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Reuters recently published an “exclusive” story about a so-called Chinese “Manhattan Project,” claiming that Chinese scientists have built what Washington has spent years trying to prevent: a prototype extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography machine. Regardless of whether the report – replete with “sources say” – was a smokescreen or not, the anxiety it conveys over China’s technological progress is palpable. This anxiety precisely reveals to the world an unhealthy mindset that often appears in the West. Lithography machines are major technical equipment that some countries believe it is the “last bastion”…
Keira Knightley has revealed she’s sold the beloved French vineyard where she married musician James Righton, admitting it was ‘difficult’ to keep their passion project going. The Love Actually star, 40, opened up this week about letting go of the property – previously valued at £3 million – as she reflected on the realities of trying to run a hands-on, organic wine operation with Klaxons keyboardist James, 42, who she married in 2013. ‘I have written about wine, and I’ve written about food just because I like eating it –…
Package includes medium-range missiles, howitzers and drones, and has drawn an angry response from China. The Trump administration has announced a massive package of arms sales to Taiwan valued at more than $10bn that includes medium-range missiles, howitzers and drones, drawing an angry response from China. The state department announced the sales late on Wednesday during a nationally televised address by president Donald Trump, who made scant mention of foreign policy issues and did not speak about China or Taiwan at all. US-Chinese tensions have ebbed and flowed during Trump’s…
Bazai Pipeline, on the North Shore of Oahu, is the most photographed wave in the world. From its sheer natural beauty to all the action that surrounds it in the Winter, it’s one of the most exciting waves to watch especially when the conditions are near perfect. This high quality HDR video shows you three days at Pipe full of excitement, carnage, and beauty. Enjoy the beautiful surf and scenery of Hawaii.
APPLE Martin proves she did not fall far from the tree — as she looks the spit of her mum Gwyneth Paltrow in one of her old dresses. The model, 21, attended the premiere of Gwyn’s new movie Marty Supreme in a black Calvin Klein slip dress — almost 30 years after the actress wore the same outfit to the 1996 opening of Emma. Gwyneth, 53, also wore a black outfit for Tuesday’s screening in New York, where she was joined by her son Moses, 19, her other child with…
AN AIRLINE has admitted it recently found a missing Boeing passenger jet it lost over a decade ago – and now faces a hefty parking fine. Air India said it misplaced one of its aircraft in Kolkata Airport back in 2012. The jet seemly disappeared from records until the airport contacted Air India to request the Boeing 737-200 be removed. Now the airline has been slapped with a parking fine of nearly 10 million rupees (about £85,000). Air India initially insisted the aircraft was not theirs, according to reports. But…
ROMAN Abramovich has been ordered to transfer £2.5 billion in frozen assets from the sale of Chelsea football club – or face court action. Sir Keir Starmer said Britain will formally issue a licence for the transfer in a last-ditch bid for the oligarch to comply, with the money going to humanitarian causes in Ukraine. The Prime Minister told MPs: “I can announce that we’re issuing a license to transfer £2.5 billion from the sale of Chelsea Football Club, those funds have been frozen since 2022. “My message to Abramovich…
President Xi Jinping has urged the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions to actively align with the nation’s 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-30), and better integrate into and serve the country’s overall development. Xi made the remarks on Tuesday while meeting separately with Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region John Lee Ka-chiu and Chief Executive of the Macao Special Administrative Region Sam Hou-fai, both of whom are on duty visits to Beijing. During his meeting with Lee, Xi heard a report from the Hong Kong SAR chief…
For decades, the issue of cannabis reform was firmly viewed as a leftist pipe dream. To most conservatives, particularly US Republicans, legalising weed was as realistic as nuclear disarmament, or abolishing national borders. Think of the phrase “war on drugs” and the first people that probably come to mind are Republican presidents Nixon, Reagan and George HW and George W Bush. Although the clampdown reached its harshest levels during the presidency of Mr “I didn’t inhale” Bill Clinton, it always seemed as if the GOP owned the position of being…