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Nexperia halts chip supplies to China in threat to global car production

Dutch-controlled company informs customers about suspension but is said to want to de-escalate trade war Nexperia, the EU-based automotive chipmaker at the centre of a geopolitical dispute, has suspended supplies to its Chinese factory, stepping up a trade war that threatens to halt production at carmakers around the world. The company wrote to customers this week informing them all supplies to a Chinese plant had been suspended. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/gRxSrYD

OpenAI thought to be preparing for $1tn stock market float

ChatGPT developer is considering filing for an IPO by the second half of 2026, according to reports OpenAI is reportedly gearing up for a stock market listing valuing the company at $1tn (£76bn) as soon as next year, in what would be one of the biggest ever initial public offerings. The developer behind the hit AI chatbot ChatGPT is considering whether to file for an IPO as soon as the second half of 2026, according to Reuters, which cited people familiar with the matter. The company is thought to be looking to raise at least $60bn. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/ajG5q3J

Met museum sued by family over allegedly Nazi-looted Van Gogh painting

New York museum under fire from heirs of Jewish couple allegedly forced to surrender artwork upon fleeing to US The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York is being sued by the heirs of a Jewish couple over a Vincent van Gogh oil painting they say was looted by the Nazis. The suit alleges the couple, Hedwig and Frederick Stern, bought the painting, Olive Picking, in 1935, the year before they were forced to flee their home in Munich. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/xQRY5WV

Man arrested after dog walker dies and two injured in west London stabbings

Dog walker was reportedly walking past Uxbridge house where man and child were stabbed Murder detectives are investigating after a man believed to have been walking a dog past a house where a row had broken out was stabbed to death. The man, 49, died in Midhurst Gardens, Uxbridge, west London, in an incident where a man and a child were also stabbed. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/dfqDmLG

NHS trust pleads guilty after teenage girl absconded from 24-hour care and killed herself

Ellame Ford-Dunn, 16, suffered with severe mental health problems and absconded from Worthing hospital in March 2022 An NHS trust has pleaded guilty to failures over the avoidable death of a teenage girl who killed herself after absconding from 24-hour supervision under its care. Ellame Ford-Dunn, 16, who suffered with severe mental health problems, died on 20 March 2022, minutes after leaving the Bluefin acute children’s ward in Worthing hospital, part of University hospitals Sussex NHS trust (UHSussex). Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/dlfWQK0

One killed and six injured after shooting at Pennsylvania’s Lincoln University

One armed person detained as historically Black school shooting comes amid rising violence at homecoming events At least one person was killed and six others wounded in a shooting at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania late on Saturday, as students and alumni celebrated homecoming at outdoor festivities at the historically Black university, authorities said. A person who had a firearm was detained, and officials are investigating the possibility that there was more than one shooter but don’t believe there is any active threat to the campus, Chester county’s district attorney, Christopher de Barrena-Sarobe, said during a brief news conference early on Sunday. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/HrpTRWJ

Honduran immigrant dies while fleeing ICE, bringing raids death toll to three

Jose Castro Rivera, 24, was killed Thursday morning after running onto a highway and being struck A 24-year-old Honduran man died while trying to flee Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in Virginia, bringing the death toll among those trying to escape detention in the Trump administration ’s mass deportation crackdown to at least three people. Jose Castro Rivera was killed on Thursday morning after running onto a busy highway and being struck and fatally injured while trying to evade ICE agents, local authorities said. Continue reading... from The Guardian https://ift.tt/knVr7lW