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The chip war between the West and its allies and China is escalating.
The Netherlands is investigating the takeover of a Dutch startup chipmaker by a Chinese company, that is itself partly owned by Beijing
Andrew Wood reports from Hong Kong
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North Korea is reaffirming its intention to put a spy satellite into orbit after a failed launch attempt on Wednesday.
The projectile, fired by Pyongyang, triggered alarms in both South Korea and Japan, before crashing into the Yellow Sea.
Chris Gilbert reports.
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Amazon has agreed to settlements of more than 30 million dollars with the Federal Trade Commission over alleged privacy violations involving its Ring and Alexa products.
The FTC accused the online retail giant of improperly holding on to children's user data in order to help improve its algorithm.
Silicon Valley Correspondent Ira Spitzer has more
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Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is poised to announce his second bid for the White House, as he prepares to launch his campaign in the US state of New Hampshire next week.
The 60-year-old ran for the Republican Party nomination back in 2016.
From Washington DC, Benji Hyer reports.
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US Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy and US President Joe Biden are scrambling to get enough lawmakers to support the bill they brokered to suspend the debt ceiling and avoid the country's first ever default.
A 218 vote majority is needed to push it through the closely divided House but there's been criticism from far right republicans and progressive democrats.
Kate Fisher reports from Washington
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Jurors have heard calls made to police during the deadliest antisemitic attack in US history.
50-year-old Robert Bowers is on trial, accused of killing 11 worshipers at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh.
The head of security for Pittsburgh's Jewish community says there has been an "uptick in hate speech" on the internet since the trial began.
Sally Patterson reports.
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Global sports body United World Wrestling has criticized the detention of Indian wrestlers over the weekend during a protest march.
India's top grapplers are demanding the arrest of India's top wrestling body's chief, who's being accused of sexual harassment by female athletes.
Ishan Garg has more from New Delhi.
IN: The United World Wrestling...The US military published a video showing a Chinese fighter jet making what it called an “unnecessarily aggressive” manoeuvre against a US surveillance aircraft over the South China Sea. The Department of Defense says this sort of Chinese action is becoming more common.
Andrew Wood reports from Hong Kong.
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