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EU-India Free-Trade Deal Could be Signed This Month, Merz Says
EU-India Free-Trade Deal Could be Signed This Month, Merz Says

German government sources said there are high expectations that a deal could be signed at the end of January after "very intensive" talks between Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Modi on Monday

MiniMax Becomes Latest China Tech Firm to Make Bumper Market Debut
MiniMax Becomes Latest China Tech Firm to Make Bumper Market Debut

MiniMax is the second of China's so-called 'AI tigers' to go public, the first being Zhipu AI which made its market debut on Thursday, and also saw solid gains on Friday

Unrest Widens in Iran: Internet Shut Amid Riots, Fires in Cities
Unrest Widens in Iran: Internet Shut Amid Riots, Fires in Cities

Videos on social media show cars and buildings ablaze as riots rage in several cities; dozens have died and the regime looks vulnerable amid a dire economic crisis and strikes last year by Israel and the US

Trump Says He’d be Very Unhappy if Xi Moves on Taiwan
Nvidia Asks Chinese Buyers to Pay Upfront For H200 Chips
Indonesia ‘May Seize Another 5m Hectares of Palm Oil Plantations’
China Reviewing Meta’s Purchase of AI Startup Manus: Report
‘Scam Billionaire’ Chen Zhi Arrested in Cambodia, Flown to China
Japan Says China’s Dual-Use Export Ban is ‘Unacceptable’
China’s Banks Allowed to Extend Bulk Bad Loan Disposals for 2026

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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