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Thai PM Faces Pressure as Major Partner Leaves Ruling Coalition
Thai PM Faces Pressure as Major Partner Leaves Ruling Coalition

The government's second biggest party quit on Wednesday after the leak of a phone call between the young PM and Cambodia's influential former leader Hun Sen

‘National Emergency’: China’s Antimony Blockade Hits Battery Firms
‘National Emergency’: China’s Antimony Blockade Hits Battery Firms

China's global exports of antimony are now just a third of the levels seen this time last year

Trump Set to Extend TikTok Sale Deadline For a Third Time
Trump Set to Extend TikTok Sale Deadline For a Third Time

“President Trump will sign an additional executive order this week to keep TikTok up and running,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said.

Firms Underestimating Risks From Carbon-Fuelled Climate Change
China AI Firm Used SE Asia Data Centre to Beat Chip Curbs – WSJ
Bank of Japan Unveils Plan to Slow Sale of Government Bonds
Taiwan Blacklists Chinese Chipmakers Huawei, SMIC
S Korea Forms Task Force to Speed up Trade Talks With US
US May Ban Entry to Citizens of 36 More States: Rubio Memo
Mixed Economic Data in China in May: Factories Down, Retail Up

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ASML in the Centre of the Chip War

With a market cap of$240 billion, chipmaker ASML is Europe’s most valuable tech company. Its market-leading position comes from its monopoly in Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography (EUV) machines which allow chipmakers to make smaller, faster and smarter semiconductors