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Mails from Indians on immigration akin to spam: New Zealand minister sparks row

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New Zealand Immigration Minister Erica Stanford sparked a row after stating that she "almost regards as spam" the numerous unsolicited emails from Indians seeking immigration advice. Indian-origin Labour MP Priyanca Radhakrishnan, slammed Stanford for "unfairly singling out an ethnic group".

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Expert1324 said:

The new chinese marriage law is extremely dumb if the goal is to boost birth rate. Make it extremely easy to get married and difficult to get divorced. Then how about welfare for women in abusive marraiges??? And why would women get married if divorce is so difficult??? Now they would think a lot harder before comitting, and rightly so.

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Expert1324 said:

The new chinese marriage law is extremely dumb if the goal is to boost birth rate. Make it extremely easy to get married and difficult to get divorced. Then how about welfare for women in abusive marraiges??? And why would women get married if divorce is so difficult??? Now they would think a lot harder before comitting, and rightly so.

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Trump orders US chip designers to stop selling to China​

The Trump administration has told US companies that offer software used to design semiconductors to stop selling their services to Chinese groups, in the latest attempt to make it harder for China to develop advanced chips.

Several people familiar with the move said the commerce department had told Electronic Design Automation groups, which include Cadence, Synopsys and Siemens EDA, to stop supplying their technology to China.

The Bureau of Industry and Security, the arm of the US commerce department that oversees export controls, issued the directive to the companies via letters, according to the people. It was unclear if every US EDA had received a letter.

The move marks a significant new effort by the US administration to stymie China’s ability to develop leading-edge artificial intelligence chips, as it seeks a technological advantage over its geopolitical rival.

In April, the administration restricted the export of Nvidia’s China-specific AI chips. A commerce department official said it was “reviewing exports of strategic significance to China”. “In some cases, commerce has suspended existing export licenses or imposed additional license requirements while the review is pending,” said a commerce department official.

While it accounts for a relatively small share of the overall semiconductor industry, EDA software allows chip designers and manufacturers to develop and test the next generation of chips, making it a critical part in the supply chain. Synopsys, Cadence Design Systems and Siemens EDA account for about 80 per cent of China’s EDA

market. In 2022, the Biden administration introduced restrictions on sales of the most sophisticated chip design software to China, but the companies continued to sell export control-compliant products to the country.

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AssassinsMace said:

It's unfair that only 3% of cars in China are imported while in the US, it's 48%...? No that's wrong, because it's really 0% of Chinese cars are exported to the US. China must be blamed for other countries' cars being sold in the US. How typical of the US blame game.

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How Trump Is Helping Washington’s Foes in Africa
Ramaphosa’s treatment at the White House cemented that the U.S. is writing itself out of the continent’s future.

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supercat said:

What EV race against China?

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1927695931597570277

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We are losing to China. Let's just declare that it's not a socialist country and claim victory.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1927819337554858048

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neutralobserver said:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1927594183214207458

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