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After pummeling southern Japan again, the storm moved slowly up the Korean Peninsula, bringing torrential rain and winds. One person died in floodwaters.

The Black Sea, a largely overlooked part of the war in Ukraine, is suddenly a cauldron of military and geopolitical tensions. The region is deeply important to Moscow, Ukraine and the West.

TSMC, the world’s largest maker of semiconductors, said it would invest $3.8 billion in a joint project with three European industrial firms.

But the Afghan resistance movement is no match for the Taliban’s military might.

The storm, which battered Okinawa last week, made an unusual zigzag move and now threatens the Japanese island of Kyushu.

Also, South Korea relocates an international scout convention as a typhoon looms.

Xi Jinping, China’s leader, set out to clean up the military a decade ago. But now his crown jewel, the missile force, is under a shadow.

The British, Singaporean and U.S. scouting organizations cited health concerns for their departure from a much-anticipated youth event in South Korea.

In an interview, the chip maker’s chairman, Mark Liu, explained why TSMC’s top tech would stay in Taiwan, despite growing threats from China and worries from the United States.

At 92, Morris Chang, the founder of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, can no longer stay in the shadows.