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The geopolitics of the chips that make your tech work
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The geopolitics of the chips that make your tech work

A drought in Taiwan has exacerbated a pandemic-fueled worldwide chip shortage that has wreaked havoc on the US auto industry, and is shaking up the increasingly contentious geopolitics of global supply chains.

Election officials display a ballot paper while sorting and counting votes after polls close at a polling station during Zambia's general elections.
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The mineral-rich southern African nation of Zambia is slipping into political crisis following last week’s disputed election, in which incumbent President Hakainde Hichilema won a second five-year term.