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On this picture illustration, the emblem of semiconductor producer Nexperia is displayed on a display screen.Vcg | Visible China Group | Getty PhotosShares of Europe’s largest carmakers rose on Monday as fears over an trade scarcity of semiconductors appeared to recede.China on Saturday stated it might take into account some exemptions for Nexperia chip exports. It had beforehand blocked Nexperia semiconductors from leaving the nation after the Dutch authorities seized management of Nexperia, owned by the Chinese language firm Wingtech.The standoff between the Netherlands and China had prompted automotive teams to elevate the alarm over a worsening chip scarcity.France’s Renault, Germany’s Mercedes-Benz Group…

Protection Minister Ahn Gyu-back and U.S. Protection Secretary Pete Hegseth made a joint go to to the Joint Safety Space (JSA) on the truce village of Panmunjeom on Monday, marking the primary such look by the protection chiefs of the 2 allies in eight years.The go to came about at some point earlier than the 57th Safety Consultative Assembly (SCM) in Seoul, the place each side are anticipated to evaluation the alliance’s key safety agenda, together with South Korea’s nuclear-powered submarine program and the long-awaited switch of wartime operational management (OPCON).Ahn and Hegseth had earlier met in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia,…

The Xiaomi 15 Extremely. (courtesy of Xiaomi) One of many memorable moments from Chinese language President Xi Jinping’s assembly with South Korea’s President Lee Jae Myung on Saturday was when the 2 leaders ribbed each other when Xi introduced the Korean president with a Chinese language smartphone. Inspecting the Xiaomi telephone gifted to him by Xi, Lee requested if the telephone’s “telecommunications safety was strong” whereas laughing. Xi responded, “Examine to see if there is a again door.”One of many Chinese language staffers accompanying Xi mentioned, “It’s the newest Xiaomi smartphone, a mannequin produced final yr. The smartphone’s show is made…

Taking melatonin for lengthy intervals of time might be an indication of underlying coronary heart issues.Lengthy-term use of the favored over-the-counter sleep help has been linked to a better threat of coronary heart failure and early demise in adults with insomnia, in keeping with analysis launched Monday.There’s no proof that melatonin dietary supplements themselves trigger coronary heart issues, the researchers mentioned. However a must take them frequently to assist with falling and staying asleep might be a sign that the physique is experiencing cardiac points.“Insomnia can enhance blood strain, stress hormones and irritation,” mentioned Dr. Ekenedilichukwu Nnadi, lead writer of…

Police have apprehended 114 suspects related to a rip-off ring primarily based in Cambodia for “no-show” and different fraud schemes concentrating on companies in Korea, officers stated Monday.The Gangwon Provincial Police stated the suspects, each Koreans and foreigners, have been apprehended, with 18 below formal arrest, following an investigation into 560 fraud instances.Within the fraud instances, the suspects posed as political social gathering officers, navy officers or presidential workers to position false orders with eating places and different companies with out displaying up for reservations, swindling them out of a complete of 6.9 billion gained ($4.8 million).After figuring out the…

Samyang Meals on Monday launched a brand new on the spot noodle that ambitiously revives the important thing recipe of the corporate’s — and Korea’s — first ramyeon product, Samyang Ramen, which used beef tallow — the identical ingredient that when prompted its gross sales to plummet because of unproven rumors and public backlash in 1989.The corporate’s Vice Chairman Kim Jung-soo mentioned the introduction of the brand new product, Samyang 1963, is not only one other product launch, however a symbolic return to the philosophy of late honorary Chairman Chun Joong-yoon. Chun, who based the corporate in 1961 and was…

KABUL, Afghanistan — A robust, 6.3 magnitude earthquake shook northern Afghanistan earlier than daybreak Monday, killing no less than 20 folks and injuring greater than 300 others, a well being official mentioned.The U.S. Geological Survey mentioned the quake’s epicenter was situated 22 kilometers west-southwest of the city of Khulm, and that it struck at 12:59 a.m. at a depth of 28 kilometers.Sharafat Zaman, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Public Well being, mentioned the quake killed no less than 20 folks and injured 320 others.Yousaf Hammad, a spokesman for Afghanistan’s catastrophe administration company, mentioned many of the injured suffered minor…

Former President Yoon Suk Yeol attends a courtroom listening to on martial law-related fees on the Seoul Central District Court docket in southern Seoul, Sept. 26. Yonhap Former President Yoon Suk Yeol attended his riot trial Monday, his second look since final week after being absent from the proceedings for 4 months.The ousted president is being tried on fees of main an riot and abusing his energy by way of his failed imposition of martial regulation in December final yr.Yoon had not appeared at his trial since he was positioned underneath arrest for a second time in July, citing well…

Cho Gab-je, a conservative Korean commentator. (nonetheless from Cho’s YouTube channel) Is it recreation over for Korea’s election deniers? That’s the evaluation of veteran conservative commentator Cho Gab-je after final week’s Asia-Pacific Financial Cooperation summit in Gyeongju, South Korea. “The Gyeongju APEC summit was the ultimate nail within the coffin for election fraud conspiracy theorists,” Cho mentioned in a Fb put up on Saturday. “Upon his arrival, it was clear that Trump was not going to pay any thoughts to the riffraff that thought he was going to rescue former President Yoon Suk-yeol from jail, or heed theories that China rigged the…

TEL AVIV — For nearly twenty years, Turkey has cultivated a relationship with Hamas, to the chagrin of another international locations within the area, however gained effusive reward from President Donald Trump in current weeks for utilizing these connections to assist stress the Palestinian militant group into reaching a Gaza ceasefire take care of Israel.