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India is set to sign a $3-billion deal with the US for 30 top-level military drones for surveillance of their border with China and the Indian Ocean
Treasurer Jim Chalmers said his department would list the types of digital currencies within the country, as a first step to identify which crypto assets to regulate, and how.
Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb is making the third trip to Taiwan this month by a U.S. delegation after U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's earlier visit infuriated China.
The Taiwanese group signed a $300m agreement with local developer Kinh Bac City to expand its facilities northeast of Hanoi, amid reports it will make the Apple Watch there
The Singapore-based lender said the layoffs were to reduce the company's expenditure and leave it with only about 10 employees.
The decision to stop the buyout is the UK's latest move to protect its technological edge from Chinese ownership, The Guardian reported.
The meeting comes on the heels of a new US CHIPS Act that includes $52 billion in subsidies for companies that make chips or conduct chip research in the United States.
The world's largest memory chipmaker said plans to invest about $15 billion in the centre at Giheung, south of the capital Seoul, over the next six years, it said
The Cyberspace Administration of China also said it supports overseas listings, and that the aim is to ensure that data is not abused by foreign governments.
Seoul's participation in the first meeting of the 'Chip 4' group could heighten the stakes as it seeks to navigate the divide between the US and China over semiconductors
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