China’s Huawei touts chip design breakthrough in bid to defy U.S. sanctions

SHANGHAI — Chinese tech giant Huawei said Monday that it had achieved a breakthrough that would allow it to make cutting-edge chips within five years, touting the news as a significant milestone in Beijing’s effort to circumvent U.S. technology restrictions. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content….

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Jewish Democrats grapple with a changing party and Israel’s entrenched leadership

Onstage and on the sidelines of the recent Jewish Democratic Council of America Leadership Summit in Washington, prominent pro-Israel Democrats tiptoed into one of the biggest debates roiling their party. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. It’s not clear if the party’s voters are coming along…

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China controls a metal that’s key for the Iran war, sending the U.S. on a global hunt for more

YEONGWOL COUNTY, South Korea — As the United States wages war on Iran, it is burning through stockpiles of advanced weapons and ammunition, including Tomahawk, Patriot and Precision Strike missiles. Replacing them will require a powerful metal, tungsten, whose production and refining is dominated by China — leading the U.S. to desperately search for it…

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