Tech war: US seeks help of allies Japan and Netherlands to curb China’s AI chip progress

ASML and Tokyo Electron machines are used to produce dynamic random access memory dies, which are stacked together to make HBM chips. The United States’ Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security, Alan Estevez, oversees the country’s export controls. Photo: Getty Images The Biden administration has tried for years to limit China’s ability to … Read more

Court convicts 6 over Dutch crime reporter’s murder – POLITICO

The court on Wednesday convicted six of the nine men on various charges after a grinding three-year trial. It did not hand down a life sentence to the three main suspects, instead sentencing two of them to 28 years in prison and the other to 26 years. A seventh man was also sentenced to just … Read more

Israeli president sparks protests in visit to Amsterdam’s new Holocaust museum – POLITICO

Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s visit to the Netherlands’ first National Holocaust Museum on its opening on Sunday was met by a demonstration protesting the bloodshed in Gaza. The museum’s opening was attended by Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, as well as King Willem-Alexander, who gave a speech in Amsterdam’s Portuguese Synagogue before the museum visit … Read more