Hundreds of workers at a Micron Technology plant in Taiwan have voted to strike, their union said on Wednesday, after talks with the US memory chip giant over bonus reforms collapsed. Global chip companies, including Micron, have been major beneficiaries of soaring demand for artificial intelligence. However, as their earnings skyrocket, many workers are demanding […]
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In a Moscow museum that once housed evidence of Stalin-era repression, serene family scenes flickered on a screen as a narrator hailed the tranquility of pre-World War II life in the Soviet Union. The museum — set up to commemorate the “genocide of the Soviet people” — has elbowed out the award-winning Gulag History Museum, […]
Pacific leaders pressed wealthy nations for more funds to help them “survive” climate change Wednesday at a gathering aimed at drawing the world’s attention to life on the frontline of global warming. This week’s “pre-COP” meetings in the Fijian city of Nadi are a precursor to the larger UN-sponsored global climate summit — known as […]
Top US diplomat Marco Rubio was in Athens on Wednesday ahead of a “strategic dialogue” with the NATO member on regional and energy security, the State Department said. The wars in Iran and Ukraine have laid bare the fragility of energy supply chains, and Greece is positioning itself to become a key hub in southeastern […]
Israel marked the third anniversary of Hamas’s October 7 attack on Wednesday with silent tributes, new strikes on Gaza and intense political debate, weeks before elections in which the country’s deadliest day will be front and centre. At the site of the Nova music festival, where Hamas militants in trucks and paragliders opened fire around […]
The United States made a formal request pressing Russia for information on the reported plague death of a laboratory technician, a source close to the matter said Tuesday, as calls grew for transparency from Moscow. Russian authorities have denied that they are imposing anti-plague measures and played down the reports of an incident at a […]
Myanmar’s leader landed on Wednesday for his first visit to Malaysia since taking power in a 2021 coup, as Kuala Lumpur seeks his cooperation to return thousands of migrants. Min Aung Hlaing has been a pariah in many capitals abroad since his putsch unleashed a civil war, but Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim invited him […]
US forces on Okinawa were on Wednesday barred from drinking alcohol for 48 hours and also face a 30-day curfew after the murder of a woman allegedly committed by an American Marine. The case has triggered outrage in Japan, where any crimes involving US forces have long inflamed criticism of the troops’ presence. The governor of […]
