In October, a small electronics manufacturer in the western Indian state of Gujarat shipped its first batch of chip modules to a client in California. Kaynes Semicon, together with Japanese and Malaysian technology partners, assembled the chips in a new factory funded with incentives under Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s $10bn semiconductor push announced in 2021. Modi has been trying to position India as an additional manufacturing hub...

Philippine official said ‘a mere visit’ to the country does not support claims the men underwent ‘terrorist training’. There is no evidence the suspected gunmen in the deadly Bondi Beach attack received military training in the southern Philippines, Manila’s national security adviser has said, as Australia announced plans to introduce measures to tighten the country’s hate speech laws. In a Wednesday statement, Philippine National Security Adviser Eduardo Ano...