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*OIL PRICES RISE, SET FOR 8% WEEKLY SURGE AS TRUMP SAYS LOSING PATIENCE WITH IRAN $CL_F

CRASH 🩸 US stock market futures are dumping ahead of market open. S&P 500 futures are down 1.46%, wiping out roughly $1.1 TRILLION from its market’s value.

President Trump met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing this week, his second state visit to China and the first U.S. presidential visit to the country in nearly nine years. Here are the top takeaways from the summit: on.wsj.com/4fo6iqo

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Treasuries are breaking down. The 10-year yield is now above 4.5%, trading at 4.52%. The 30-year yield is up to 5.06%. Gold & silver are selling off, but a bond market crash is the most bullish thing that can happen for precious metals. Traders just haven't figured that out yet!

US scraps deployment of 4,000 troops to Poland reut.rs/4uUM10p reut.rs/4uUM10p

Interest in drone boats is surging as the crisis in the Strait of Hormuz drags on. Havoc, which just closed a $100 million funding round, claims it has the perfect tech to help but faces stiff headwinds from bigger rivals like Anduril and Saronic. Read the full story: forbes.com/sites/monicahu… 📸: Havoc AI

New Zealand's Māori Queen meets King Charles at Buckingham Palace bbc.in/49Cf6p1

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Highways, railroads and ports in Saudi Arabia, the U.A.E. and Oman have been transformed into an emergency logistics lifeline during the Iran war, bypassing the Strait of Hormuz on.wsj.com/4eJPha8

BREAKING: 🇺🇸 US Senate Banking Committee members have filed 100+ amendments ahead of the markup vote on the Clarity Act. The vote happens TOMORROW, May 14th.

Trump, Xi to weigh rare earth truce extension, but China's curbs still bite reut.rs/4349yjr reut.rs/4349yjr

สงครามอิหร่านที่ยืดเยื้อกำลังส่งผลต่ออุตสาหกรรม IT, AI, และการผลิต Chips โดยเฉพาะอย่างยิ่ง chips ขนาดเล็ก Helium ซึ่งเป็นผลพลอยได้จากการผลิตก๊าซธรรมชาติกำลังมีปัญหาเรื่องอุปทานเนื่องจากผลผลิตกว่าหนึ่งในสามของฮีเลียมมาจากประเทศกาตาร์ซึ่งอยู่ในช่องแคบฮอร์มุซครับ Helium is essential (and largely irreplaceable) in semiconductor/chip manufacturing. It plays critical roles in producing advanced microchips, especially for AI, smartphones, computers, and other electronics. Its unique properties—chemical inertness (doesn’t react with anything), the highest thermal conductivity of any gas, and the smallest atomic size—make it ideal for nanoscale precision processes where even tiny contaminants or temperature fluctuations can ruin wafers. Main Uses of Helium in Chip Making Semiconductor fabs (fabrication plants) like those run by TSMC, Samsung, and SK Hynix use ultra-high-purity helium in multiple stages of production: • Wafer cooling (backside cooling): During high-heat processes like plasma etching, deposition, and lithography, helium cools silicon wafers from below via electrostatic chucks. This keeps temperatures stable at the nanometer scale, preventing thermal stress, warping, or defects. Helium’s superior heat transfer is unmatched here. • Photolithography (EUV/DUV processes): Helium acts as a carrier or purge gas in extreme ultraviolet (EUV) and deep ultraviolet (DUV) lithography tools—the $200M+ machines that “print” circuit patterns onto wafers. It enables precise light transmission, maintains a stable vacuum environment, and prevents contamination or oxidation. • Inert atmospheres and purging: Helium creates ultra-clean, contamination-free environments in process chambers. It flushes out toxic residues after chemical washes and controls plasma in etching/deposition steps. • Leak detection: Its tiny atoms make helium perfect for mass spectrometry leak testing in vacuum chambers, gas lines, and equipment. Even microscopic leaks can destroy entire wafer batches worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. No viable substitutes exist at scale for these functions, especially in advanced nodes (sub-7nm chips). Nitrogen or other gases fall short in thermal performance or purity. Demand Boom + Supply Risks Semiconductor demand for helium has surged with the AI boom and smaller chip nodes (newer chips can use up to 10x more helium per wafer than older ones). Semiconductors now account for over 20% of global helium use, surpassing medical MRIs for the first time. Helium supply is fragile because it’s mostly a byproduct of natural gas processing. Major production comes from places like Qatar (over 1/3 of world supply). Geopolitical disruptions (e.g., conflicts affecting Qatar LNG facilities) have caused shortages in 2026, leading to higher prices, potential production slowdowns, higher defect rates, and supply-chain stress for chipmakers. Fabs have limited on-site stockpiles, so even short disruptions matter—though helium is a tiny fraction of total chip costs, availability is the real bottleneck. In short, without helium, modern chip fabrication at the scales and precisions needed for today’s tech wouldn’t be possible. It’s one of those “invisible” inputs that quietly powers the semiconductor industry. Shortages highlight how vulnerable global supply chains remain for critical gases.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ ☀️ จิตติพจน์ วิริยะโรจน์ เพื่อไทย ศรีสะเกษ #จิตติพจน์วิริยะโรจน์ #เพื่อไทย #อิหร่าน

Before President Trump’s visit to Beijing, Al Jazeera compares the US and China on economics, military and resources. aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/13…

South Korea weighs phased Hormuz role after US talks, minister says reut.rs/4tAFqqS reut.rs/4tAFqqS

🇺🇸🇮🇷 จนถึงปัจจุบันสหรัฐใช้งบประมาณกว่า 29,000,000,000 ดอลลาร์สหรัฐในการทำสงครามกับอิหร่าน！ US war on Iran has cost $29,000,000,000 so far, Pentagon official says. ☀️ จิตติพจน์ วิริยะโรจน์ เพื่อไทย ศรีสะเกษ #จิตติพจน์วิริยะโรจน์ #เพื่อไทย #อิหร่าน