☢️🇹🇼🇺🇸 TSMC has achieved early production yields at its first plant in Arizona that surpass similar factories in Taiwan, a significant breakthrough for a US expansion project initially dogged by delays and worker strife

Mark Nelson on X: "TSMC's Arizona plant is nuclear-powered, from 3 giant reactors in the middle of the desert using Phoenix's treated waste water.

Meanwhile Taiwan is about to crash its electricity grid in an insane crusade to close all their nuclear plants and run on imported fossil fuels."

The share of chips manufactured at TSMC’s facility in Phoenix that are usable is about 4 percentage points higher than comparable facilities in Taiwan.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-10-24/tsmc-s-arizona-chip-production-yields-surpass-taiwan-s-a-win-for-us-push

https://archive.ph/MckxG

☢️ 🇺🇸🏗 Construction has started on a liquid sodium test facility for TerraPower's Natrium reactor in Wyoming.

https://cowboystatedaily.com/2024/10/22/construction-underway-on-testing-facility-at-terrapowers-wyoming-nuclear-plant-site/

📎 James Hopf

🇺🇸🇨🇳China-Based Chemical Manufacturing Companies and Employees Indicted for Alleged Fentanyl Manufacturing and Distribution

Today, the Justice Department announced the unsealing of indictments against eight China-based chemical companies and eight employees charging federal crimes, including attempted distribution of synthetic opioids and precursor chemicals used in the production of fentanyl, and money laundering. The indictments were filed under seal in the Middle District of Florida over the past year.

“The global fentanyl supply chain, which ends with the deaths of Americans, often starts with chemical companies based in China. In order to break this critical link in the fentanyl supply chain, the Justice Department has aggressively investigated and prosecuted these companies. We will continue to target every organization and individual that fuels the deadly drug trade.”

As described in the unsealed indictments, the defendants openly advertised their ability to thwart border officials and deliver the synthetic opioids or the chemicals used to make fentanyl to the Middle District of Florida and elsewhere in the United States. The defendants deliberately engaged in evasive activities, such as mislabeling the contents of shipments to ensure the illicit chemicals and controlled substances went undetected. As a result, these companies were able to sell a stable supply of precursor chemicals to clients in Mexico and the United States for years. One of the companies even represented that every month it sends “more than 20 kilograms to the United States, Africa, Canada, and other countries.”

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/china-based-chemical-manufacturing-companies-and-employees-indicted-alleged-fentanyl

Elon Musk has been in regular contact with Putin since late 2022, discussing personal topics, business, and geopolitics. Putin even asked him to avoid activating Starlink over Taiwan as a favor to Xi Jinping, according to several U.S, European, and Russian officials - WSJ

https://wsj.com/world/russia/musk-putin-secret-conversations-37e1c187

📎 Faytuks

🇨🇦 Justin Trudeau admits the unrestricted mass migration of Indians to Canada has created too many problems and promises to restrict immigration "for the next two years".

@CIG_telegram

🇪🇺 The European Parliament pretty narrowly endorsed the British Rwanda Plan/Italy-Albania scheme of deporting rejected migrants to 3rd countries while they await repatriation.

@CIG_telegram

🇪🇺 The European Parliament voted in favour of building physical border walls on its reaches after mass opposing such a move for more than a decade.

📝: The right has won the debate on migration, even leftist politicians are beginning to take borders and migration seriously, not because they believe migrants are bad, but because they fear losing their support base to right-wing parties.

@CIG_telegram

🇺🇸❌💵💵 — CEO of Tether, Paolo Ardoino, denies WSJ accusations of US DOJ launching investigations against him or his company:

As we told to WSJ there is no indication that Tether is under investigation. WSJ is regurgitating old noise. Full stop.

🔗 Paolo Ardoino 🤖🍐 (@paoloardoino)

🇦🇷🤝🇸🇻 — Argentina announces that it has exported meat to El Salvador for the first time in history.

🇬🇧 Tommy Robinson charged with terror offence

Tommy Robinson has been charged with a terror offence after refusing to give police access to his mobile phone.

🔗 https://archive.ph/tzQSW

#BREAKING
🇮🇷💣❗️ — Iranian channels, quoting sources within the 23rd Takavar Division, report 10 explosions in Western Tehran!
https://news.1rj.ru/str/kianmeli1/52605

🇮🇷💣❗️ — Iranian State Media, Fars News on Telegram:

A few minutes ago, several explosions were heard in Tehran. Fars reporters are following the story.

https://news.1rj.ru/str/farsna/345106

🇮🇱❌🇮🇷 — Israeli-Arab Journalist Mohammad Magadli quoting US Sources:

US sources: Israeli attack has begun

https://news.1rj.ru/str/magadli/9763

#URGENT

🇮🇱❌🇮🇷❗️ — Fox News journalist Trey Yingst on Twitter/X:

Israel has started their attack against Iran, Fox News can confirm.

The strikes are meant to send a message of deterrence, I’m told.

There was communication with the Americans ahead of the strikes over the past several days.

https://x.com/TreyYingst/status/1849951426845307245

🇮🇱❌🇮🇷 The explosions in Tehran came from the western part of the city, where the Revolutionary Guards has headquarters, according to multiple residents in Tehran, including half a dozen Iranian journalists - NYT

🔗 Faytuks

🇮🇱❌🇮🇷 — The air traffic of the region right now, almost no airplanes.

🇮🇱❌🇮🇷❗️ — Sources to us in Tehran report Iran's Islamic Republic's Air Defense batteries are engaging on targets on Western and Southern Tehran!

#BREAKING
🇮🇱❌🇮🇷❗️ — Air Raid sirens sounding all over Mashhad, Northeastern Iran!

https://news.1rj.ru/str/kianmeli1/52627