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In recent years, as the global trade gradually grew more volatile due to conflicts, tariffs and pandemic-related disruptions, Japan has been working to rebuild its domestic semiconductor industry. The country once dominated the market of high-performance electronics and still boasts some of the most cutting-edge chip fabrication technology in the world. In the 1980s, however, Japan effectively…

Bill Gates is personally lobbying Trump administration officials to keep funding health programs worldwide, from childhood vaccination to HIV treatment, and warning that his foundation cannot step in to fill gaps, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. Gates, the billionaire Microsoft (MSFT.O), co-founder turned global health philanthropist, met with the National Security Council as well…

IN the vast and frozen wilderness of Antarctica, scientists at the Sanae IV base are living a real-life horror movie. Trapped at the remote research base, isolated from the rest of the world, they are now begging for help after a colleague allegedly sexually assaulted a fellow researcher and threatened to kill another. The alleged aggression was…

The astronauts disembarked the capsule on stretchers, as is customary, CNN reported. This precaution is taken by SpaceX for all astronauts returning from long-duration space missions. NASA Crew-9 astronauts Sunita Williams, Nick Hague, Butch Wilmore, and Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov breathed earthly air for the first time in over nine months on Wednesday after the successful splashdown…

A federal judge on Monday gave the Trump administration a Tuesday deadline to provide details about plane loads of Venezuelans it deported despite orders not to, in a brewing showdown over presidential power. President Donald Trump claims the deported Venezuelans are members of the prison gang Tren de Aragua, which he designated as a Foreign Terrorist Organization.…

“Urgent security consultations took place at the top security and political levels,” it has been reported. Israeli security convened an emergency meeting after “a recent unusual event that may indicate a Hamas attempt to prepare for a ground invasion into Israel,” according to a new report. Israeli i24 News’ Ariel Oseran shared information about a sudden meeting…

The Trump administration has deported alleged members of a Venezuelan gang from the U.S. despite a court order forbidding it from doing so, saying in an extraordinary statement that a judge did not have the authority to block its actions. The deportation operation followed a move by Judge James Boasberg to block President Donald Trump’s use of…

Violent tornadoes ripped through parts of the U.S., wiping out schools and toppling semitractor-trailers in several states, part of a monster storm that has killed at least 32 people as more severe weather was expected late Saturday. The number of fatalities increased after the Kansas Highway Patrol reported eight people died in a highway pileup caused by…

U.S. President Donald Trump launched large-scale military strikes against Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis on Saturday over the group’s attacks against Red Sea shipping, killing at least 31 people at the start of a campaign expected to last many days. Trump also warned Iran, the Houthis’ main backer, that it needed to immediately halt support for the group. He…

FURIOUS Kim Jong-un could send his own officials to face the firing squad for their “reckless” behaviour. Iron-fist ruler Kim has wiped one of North Korea’s party committees off the map after being left outraged by their antics. Dozens of party officials were involved in an embarrassing “drinking spree” that ended in a “major incident” at Ryonggang…

Witnesses and livestream viewers said they heard Ms Sato screaming for help during the attack in the Japanese capital on Tuesday. Police in Japan have arrested a man after a YouTuber was stabbed to death while livestreaming in downtown Tokyo. Officers said they arrested Kenji Takano, 42, on suspicion of attempted murder at the scene in the…

Russia will spare the lives of Ukrainian soldiers in its western Kursk region if Kyiv tells them to surrender, President Vladimir Putin said on Friday after U.S. President Donald Trump urged him to avoid a “horrible massacre” there. Ukraine denied its men were encircled, describing that as a Russian fabrication, but President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called the situation…