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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Sunday that the Biden administration hopes to push a new weapons package for Israel and Ukraine through Congress that will be significantly higher than $2 billion.

Taiwanese company Acer, which sells laptops and other electronic hardware products, has entered India's electric scooter segment and will be marketing vehicles designed and manufactured by urban mobility startup Think Ebikego. The company unveiled its first electric scooter MUVI 125 4G on Sunday priced at Rs 99,999. Under a licencing agreement, Mumbai-based Think Ebikego will produce electric two- and three-wheelers for Acer in the Indian market.

The United States government is considering additional measures to curb Chinese developers from gaining access to artificial intelligence (AI) semiconductor chips made in the U.S. via third parties.

Americans are uneasy as war returns to another part of the world, and Washington is slow to confront the growing danger. Priority No. 1 is an all-out national effort to expand U.S.

TAIPEI (Reuters) — Taiwanese chipmaker TSMC has received from the United States a waiver extension to supply U.S. chip equipment to the company's factories in China, Taiwan Economy Minister Wang Mei-hua said on Friday.

Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin may be in pipeline this year. The venue and timings of the meeting are yet to be finalised while the two sides are in touch to finalise they meet, ET has learnt. The two last met at Samarkand in 2022 on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit sidelines.

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Taiwan has repeatedly pushed for the conclusion of a Bilateral Investment Agreement (BIA) with the EU, saying it would help encourage more Taiwanese investment, especially from chip companies.

Taiwan's defence ministry said the U.S. aircraft had flown in a northerly direction through the strait and stuck to its median line. Taiwan's forces kept watch the situation was "as normal", the ministry added.

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It’s been a year since the rollout of 5G technology began in India. In this time the country has emerged as one of the fastest-growing 5G markets. The number of 5G users now stands at over 100 million, according to the country's top two telecom companies, Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel, which have driven the rollout.

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US bond yields also eased nervous sentiment as traders covered some of their bearish bets, pushing the markets higher. NSE's Nifty rose 177.5 points, or 0.91%, to close at 19,689.85. BSE's Sensex climbed 566.97 points or 0.87% to close at 66,079.36.

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Schumer says he is grateful for a stronger statement from China condemning the deadly Hamas attack on Israel issued during his visit to Beijing that included a lengthy meeting with President Xi Jinping

BEIJING/TAIPEI (Reuters) — China on Monday extended an investigation into what it calls Taiwan's trade barriers against it by three months to the eve of the island's presidential election, prompting Taipei to accuse Beijing of attempting to interfere in the vote.

chipmakers, diamond processors and software-services providers. Saturday’s assault has sparked fresh concern about geopolitical risks among investors just when global financial markets were already grappling with the impact of high-interest rates and the slowdown in China’s economy. Oil surged more than 5% while US equity futures dropped in Asia trading, as the risk of the conflict escalating across the Middle East region remains acute. “The Israel-Hamas conflicts over the weekend may escalate geopolitical tensions in the Middle East region, causing risk-off trades,” Tina Teng, an analyst at CMC Markets wrote in a note. “Markets will be concerned about the rippling effects to the region.” The MSCI Asia Pacific Index treaded water as markets in Japan, South Korea and Taiwan were closed for a holiday, while trading in Hong Kong was halted due to a typhoon. Here are some global themes to watch: Technology Chip stocks from Nvidia Corp.

Nijjar, in Canada, an independent blogger, Jennifer Zeng, has said that China's «purpose was to frame India creating discord between India and the West». She also alleged that it was a part of the CCP's sinister «Ignition Plan» to disrupt the world in line with Xi Jinping's military strategy regarding Taiwan. Jennifer Zeng is a Chinese born rights activist, journalist who is currently living in the US. In a video posted on the social media platform, X, Zeng dubbed the killing of Nijjar as an assassination claiming, «Today shocking revelations about the 'assassination ' of Sikh religious leader, Hardeep Singh Nijjar, in Canada have emerged from within the CCP.

Taiwan's economy minister has confirmed that regulators are investigating four Taiwanese companies suspected of helping China’s Huawei Technologies to build semiconductor facilities

Taiwan is looking forward to joining hands with India and other like-minded partners to strengthen the global supply chain and safeguard peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait and Indo-Pacific, Taipei's de-facto Ambassador Baushuan Ger has said. Without naming China, the envoy said Taiwan, confronted by «unceasing cross-Strait military intimidation and grey-zone threats», has continued to strengthen its self-defence capabilities and has consistently strived to serve as a force for good.

US President Joe Biden indicated the possibility of holding a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping during the upcoming Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in San Francisco next month, AP reported. “There has been no such meeting set up, but it is a possibility," Biden told reporters when asked about the prospects of a face-to-face meeting with the Chinese leader. Biden and Xi have not engaged in any discussions since their last meeting in November, which took place on the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit in Bali, Indonesia.