Day: January 30, 2023
Opinion – US Export Controls and China’s Semiconductor Industry
The US believes that impairing China’s prospects in industries run on high-end chips will be more fruitful than aiming to retain leverage in other ways.
Sources detail Twitter’s nascent moves to facilitate payment processing for users, a key to becoming a “super app”, as the company files for regulatory licenses (Hannah Murphy/Financial Times)
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Sources detail Twitter’s nascent moves to facilitate payment processing for users, a key to becoming a “super app”, as the company files for regulatory licenses — Company has started appl…
Europe embargoes Russian diesel to de-fuel war efforts
Europe is cutting more energy ties with Russia to stop feeding the war in Ukraine. Diesel prices have already jumped since the war started on Feb. 24, 2022, and they could rise again. Europe is looking for suppliers in the U.S., the Middle East, and Asia.
Woke’s no joke: breakfast cafe’s name awakens US conservative ire
Carmen Quiroga called her cafe ‘Woke’ to signal to customers ‘Wake up and have a coffee’. What could possibly go wrong?A Connecticut restaurant has been forced to defend itself in the face of conservative anger over its name: “Woke”.The owner of the ne…
Israel clears a hurdle for visa-free U.S. travel — but there are strings attached
The State Department has announced Israeli tourists may qualify for visa-free travel to the U.S., but only if Israel stops discriminating against Arab Americans.
Russia claims gains in relentless battles in east Ukraine
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Moscow’s ‘big revenge’ has begun, Zelenskyy says, as Russia claims Ukraine gains
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Rohingya refugees risk death at sea to escape Bangladesh camps
In early December, a video showing Rohingyas on an overcrowded makeshift boat made the rounds on social networks. It was drifting in the Andaman Sea, between Bangladesh, Myanmar, Indonesia and Thailand, but no country came to its rescue – despite appe…
Venezuela: fears new bill will put stranglehold on civil society – The Guardian
Venezuela: fears new bill will put stranglehold on civil society The Guardian