US targets Chinese chipmaking with proposed export restrictions on ASML and others By Toby SterlingFri, April 3, 2026 at 11:44 AM UTC 0 A red pedestrian crossing traffic light outside ASML offices on the day of workers' walkout over the company's plans to cut its workforce, in Veldhoven, Netherlands, March 24, 2026. REUTERS/Nicolas Economou By Toby Sterling AMSTERDAM, April 3 (Reuters) A crossparty group of U.S. politicians have proposed a law to impose further restrictions on ‌exports of computer chipmaking equipment to China, affecting companies such as ‌ASML and China's top chipmakers.

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AMSTERDAM, April 3 (Reuters) - A cross-party group of U.S. politicians have proposed a law to impose further restrictions on ‌exports of computer chipmaking equipment to China, affecting companies such as ‌ASML and China's top chipmakers.

The draft MATCH Act announced late on Thursday is aimed at protecting the U.S. lead in artificial intelligence by preventing Chinese companies from obtaining chip manufacturing tools they cannot make themselves and ensuring that companies based in U.S.-allied nations face the same restrictions as their U.S. rivals.

The U.S. ‌has previously introduced several rounds ⁠of export restrictions aimed at curbing China's chipmaking capability, but those were led by President Donald Trump or President ⁠Joe Biden rather than Congress.

Lawmakers said their focus was on restricting technologies where China relies on imports, such as immersion DUV lithography needed to create chip circuitry. This market segment is dominated by the Netherlands' ASML, competing with smaller ‌Japanese rival Nikon.

The proposed law would also prevent the sale or servicing of such equipment to leading Chinese chipmakers SMIC, Hua Hong, Huawei, CXMT and YMTC.

ASML declined to comment on Friday.

Existing rules coordinated with the U.S. and enforced by the Dutch government block ASML from sending its most advanced ‌tools to China. However, ASML still sells older DUV lines to Chinese chipmakers and to leading South Korean and Taiwanese companies with operations in China. The new law ‌would prohibit that.

China was ASML's largest market in 2025, accounting for 33% of sales. That figure is expected to drop to 20% this year, it said in January.

"It is not our place to comment on draft ‌legislation proposed by lawmakers from other countries," said a spokesperson from the Netherlands' foreign ministry, which oversees trade and export policy.

(Reporting by Toby SterlingEditing by David Goodman)

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A 45-year-old construction worker and father of three has died after falling approximately 60 feet at a job site in Wichita, Kan., according to local reports.

David Rodriguez was working at the Bio-Med building near English Street and Topeka Avenue, a few blocks west of INTRUST Bank Arena, when the incident occurred around 11 a.m. local time on March 30, 12 News reported.

The first responding crew began patient care upon arrival, and Rodriguez was considered in critical condition because of how far he fell, Wichita Fire Department Battalion Chief Jose Ocadiz told KAKE.

Rodriguez later died from his injuries.

Midwest Drywall confirmed in a statement to KAKE, 12 News and The Wichita Eagle that one of its employees had died following the incident.

"Midwest Drywall is heartbroken to confirm that a member of our team passed away following an incident today at a construction site in downtown Wichita," Midwest Drywall's statement read. "Our prayers and deepest sympathies are with the individual's family, friends, and teammates during this difficult time. The site has been secured, and work has been temporarily suspended while the incident is reviewed."

Rodriguez is survived by his wife, Rosemary, and their three children, ages 9, 8 and 6. In a post shared to Facebook, the nonprofit League 42 described him as a "hard worker and devoted family man," noting that all three of his children play baseball for the organization.

"We offer our deepest condolences to David's family and friends," the group said in part.

A GoFundMe campaign created on behalf of Rodriguez's family describes him as "one of the hardest workers" who "lived to serve his friends and family."

"I will always remember David as genuine, kind, and funny, he always was making his friends laugh and was definitely the life of the party, he always lit up every room he walked into," the fundraiser reads.

The campaign has raised over $27,000 of its $40,000 goal so far. It aims to help cover funeral and living expenses for his family as they grieve.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is investigating Rodriguez's death, 12 News reported.

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A man detained in Bahrain last month as the island kingdom came under missile attack from Iran vanished for days, until his family was called to retrieve his body from a military hospital.

Relatives said Mohamed al-Mousawi, a Shiite Muslim who had previously been imprisoned, was saving money to start a business. His body was returned covered in slash marks and bruising, including on the soles of his feet.

His death has become a flashpoint in the Sunni-ruled, Shiite-majority country on the war's front lines, where critics say authorities have revived tactics used to suppress Arab Spring protests in 2011.

Bahrain, a monarchy that hosts the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet, has arrested dozens of people throughout the war for filming strikes and demonstrations, expressing support for Iran, and on suspicion of spying for it.

"They want to make sure nobody challenges the state's narrative and silence any voices not telling the story (of the war) how they want it to be told," said Sayed Ahmed AlWadaei of the London-based Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy.

Bahrain's Interior Ministry said al-Mousawi was arrested on suspicion of spying for Iran, allegations denied by his family, and that images of his wounds were "inaccurate and misleading." Bahrain's government said in a statement that the country is defending its national security. It denied any sectarianism, saying authorities have acted lawfully and that independent bodies investigate allegations of abuse.

Signs of torture

Al-Mousawi served about 11 years of a 21-year prison sentence on charges including arson and belonging to a terrorist cell before being released in 2024 as part of a royal amnesty.

A relative and a close family friend, who spoke to AP on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisals, said al-Mousawi disappeared on March 19 after attending prayers with two friends who also have not been seen since. Rights groups have long accused Bahrain of enforced disappearances.

On March 27, his family received a call to collect his body. The relative, who saw it at the morgue, said al-Mousawi appeared to have been whipped with cables. He said there were apparent electrocution burns, including behind his knees, and cigarette burns elsewhere on the body.

The AP separately reviewed images of al-Mousawi's body, which bore marks described by a total of five witnesses who saw it in person. All spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of retribution.

Bahrain's Interior Ministry said al-Mousawi had been held by the National Security Agency. As part of reforms following the 2011 protests, the domestic spy service was stripped of its powers to arrest over abuse allegations. But they were restored in 2017 as Bahrain deepened a long-running campaign to suppress dissent.

The Interior Ministry said images of "injuries sustained by the deceased are inaccurate and misleading and have been deliberately disseminated to mislead public opinion," without elaborating.

The death certificate from the military hospital said he died of a heart attack. His family said the 32-year-old had no preexisting conditions.

Ahmed Banasr, a forensic expert with the New York-based Physicians for Human Rights, said the wounds in the images were consistent with blunt force trauma. Wounds on the soles of his feet help rule out other explanations, such as a fight or fall.

"The findings are highly consistent with alleged torture," he said.

War aggravates long-standing grievances

Al-Mousawi was among dozens of Bahraini Shiites ensnared in a crackdown that critics say has escalated since Israel and the U.S. launched the war against Iran on Feb. 28.

Rights groups see the arrests and al-Mousawi's death as a new phase in Bahrain's long-running campaign of repression that reached a peak in 2011 as pro-democracy uprisings swept the region. That year, the ruling Al Khalifa family crushed mass demonstrations with help from troops from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

Periodic unrest has continued since, with the government casting the mostly Shiite protesters as Iranian proxies. Unlike other Sunni monarchies in the Gulf, Bahrain — like Iran — has a Shiite majority.

"It really remains to be seen how far the government is going to go in its crackdown on people," said Maryam al-Khawaja, a Bahraini activist living abroad whose father is jailed in Bahrain. "What we're seeing right now is definitely a lot more heavy-handed than we have in the past few years."

Bahrain says it targets those who aid the enemy

Bahrain's government said its security measures are "a direct and proportionate response" to Iran's attacks.

"The individuals arrested include those who filmed military and strategic sites during an active attack on Bahraini territory, those who passed sensitive information, and those who publicly expressed support for a state that had just launched strikes against Bahraini soil," it said.

"To present arrests made on the basis of conduct as evidence of sectarian persecution and conflate the two — is a framing that we firmly and unequivocally reject," it added.

Since the war's start, at least 41 people — including migrant workers — have been arrested for sharing images of what authorities described as "Iranian aggression," or for expressing sympathy for it. Some are accused of treason — a charge that can carry a life sentence or the death penalty.

Bahrain has tallied more than 600 Iranian drone and missile strikes, which have killed at least two people and struck infrastructure, including a desalination plant, an oil refinery and an aluminum smelter. Iran has also repeatedly targeted the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet headquarters.

Some demonstrators have mourned the killing of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and celebrated strikes on Bahrain, according to videos seen by AP. They also show firebombs being thrown and cars set ablaze.

A father fears his son could be put to death

The day after the war began, 21-year-old Hussein Fatiil and a friend posted social media videos of themselves waving a poster of Iran's supreme leader at a protest outside the U.S. Embassy. Minutes later, plainclothes officers took them away in an unmarked car.

The men resurfaced hours later, calling home from a police station after being interrogated, Hussein's father, Naji Fatiil, told the AP.

Three days later, Hussein called his family again and said he'd been charged with five offenses, including misusing social media and inciting hatred and treason, his father said.

"The charges are extremely serious and exaggerate what happened," he said, adding his son said the protest outside the embassy was peaceful. "Now he might be charged with the most severe punishment. All I want is for my son to have a normal life and not be sentenced to death."

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Man arrested after threatening an attack on a highspeed train in Germany BERLIN Thu, April 2, 2026 at 11:37 PM UTC 9 1 / 0Germany Attack ThreatA policewoman stands on a platform at Siegburg station, where a Deutsche Bahn ICE train is parked, in Siegburg, Germany, early Friday, April 3, 2026, after a man was arrested on Thursday after threatening an attack on a highspeed train. (Roberto Pfeil/dpa via AP) () A man was arrested on Thursday after threatening an attack on a highspeed train in Germany, police said. Several people were slightly injured when firecrackers were set off.

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1 / 0Germany Attack ThreatA policewoman stands on a platform at Siegburg station, where a Deutsche Bahn ICE train is parked, in Siegburg, Germany, early Friday, April 3, 2026, after a man was arrested on Thursday after threatening an attack on a high-speed train. (Roberto Pfeil/dpa via AP) ()

A man was arrested on Thursday after threatening an attack on a high-speed train in Germany, police said. Several people were slightly injured when firecrackers were set off.

The train was en route from Cologne to Frankfurt on Thursday evening. It was evacuated in Siegburg, not far from Cologne, and federal police said the man was restrained and arrested, German news agency dpa reported. They said he had a knife in his backpack.

The man had shut himself in a bathroom on the train, according to police. German newspaper Bild reported that the firecrackers were thrown into an aisle. Police said several people sustained superficial flesh wounds.

There was no immediate information on the suspect.

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Courtney Love wants Dave Grohl to call off his fans, whom she says are still giving her a hard time after years of feuding with the Foo Fighters rocker.

"Like come out with it and just say we're cool. Like come out with it. Right?" she said Wednesday on *The Magnificent Others With Billy Corgan* podcast. "Be man enough to man up."

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The widow of late Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain has a long history with Grohl, who joined the band in 1990.

Cobain died in 1994 at 27.

Afterward, Grohl and the Hole rocker argued, sometimes over Nirvana, in court.

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But both said they had made amends when Nirvana was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2014.

"Early on in the evening I just tapped her on the shoulder," Grohl told *Rolling Stone*. "She turned around and I just said, 'Hey.' She said, 'Hey.' Then we gave each other a big hug. I said, 'How are you?' She goes, 'Good, how are you?' I said, 'All right.' And she said, 'Let's do this. Let's rock this tonight.'"

He added, "We're family, no matter what. And we all love each other, no matter what."

Love said it's important Grohl say the situation between them remains okay, because he's someone that straight men look up to.

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"We're cool, but you won't say it because you're afraid you'll lose your audience?" she asked.

"Dave," Love said, "it would really behoove me if the straight white males that are your base, if you will, stop picking on me. Millennials in particular. Gen Z is not picking on me anymore."

The Smashing Pumpkins frontman confirmed that he, too, had seen that Grohl and Love have smoothed things over.

"I can confirm that I've spent time with you and Dave together," Corgan said, "and Dave doesn't have any issue with you."

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