• PA Media: UK News

    Businessman fined for attack on parish council chair in birds’ nests dispute

    In a victim personal statement read to the court, Andrew Mason said he thought his life was ‘in peril’ during the incident.

  • Reuters

    Analysis-New ASML boss Fouquet must navigate US/China chip war

    ASML's new boss Christophe Fouquet faces a tricky balancing act in helping to steer Europe's biggest tech company through the US/China "chip war", while maintaining the group's lead over rivals and managing the current AI boom. Fouquet, whose appointment as CEO was approved at the semiconductor equipment maker's annual meeting on Wednesday, inherits a company that is profitable and dominant in its field, but potential pitfalls abound. Export restrictions imposed by the United States and the Netherlands mean the upper half of ASML's product range cannot be sold in China, one of its biggest markets.

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    Cameron: No precedent for me to face scrutiny from MPs at Commons Bar

    Critics from across the political divide have said that elected politicians should be able to question Lord Cameron in the lower chamber.