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Supply bottlenecks and a shortage of workers could put pressure on US prices for longer than expected, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says. "As the reopening continues, bottlenecks, hiring difficulties and other constraints can prove to be greater and longer-lasting than anticipated," Powell tells reporters following the central bank's two-day policy meeting. SOUNDBITE
TSMC'S new chip plant in Japan will help to boost the resiliency of global chip supplies, the semiconductor giant's founder Morris Chang said Saturday. The factory "will, I believe, improve the resiliency of chip supply for Japan and for the world," the 92-year-old said at the opening ceremony, in a rare public appearance. SOUNDBITE
A day after 91 people were arrested for trespassing, French police are checking vehicles at the entrance to Rungis wholesale food market, a vital distribution hub for the capital region's 12 million people. French farmers' anger continues unabated, and the crisis is taking centre stage at a European summit to be attended by French President Emmanuel Macron. IMAGES
The European Union will supply Ukraine with just over half of the one million artillery shells it promised to send by March, the bloc's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said Wednesday. The failure to reach the target comes as Ukraine's military is being outgunned by Russian forces along the frontline nearly two years on from Moscow's invasion. SOUNDBITE
Earthquake survivors set up a temporary shelter in front of a mosque in Jishishan County in northwest China's Gansu province as disaster relief workers rush to provide tents for people affected by the deadly quake. IMAGES