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MISSILES AND ARTILLERYAs pressure from the United States – Taiwan’s most important security backer – mounted, however, senior KMT lawmakers demanded a much higher budget than the one initially proposed by the party.Taiwan’s parliament previously gave the government a green light to sign US agreements for four weapons deals, even though funding for these and other arms had not yet been approved.The weapons – M109A7 self-propelled howitzers, Javelin anti-armour missiles, TOW 2B missiles and High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) – account for nearly US$9 billion of the US$11.1 billion arms package announced by Washington in December.The KMT was “willing…

new video loaded: Trump Dismisses Iran’s Strikes as a ‘Trifle’transcriptBacktranscriptTrump Dismisses Iran’s Strikes as a ‘Trifle’President Trump on Thursday said the cease-fire with Iran was still intact after the two countries exchanged fire. He dismissed Iran’s attacks as a “trifle.”“They trifled with us today. We blew them away. The talks are going very well, but they have to understand if it doesn’t get signed, they’re going to have a lot of pain.” “The actions of the United States stand in stark contradiction to its stated objectives, and have served only to escalate tensions and deepen instability in the region.”President Trump…

Japanese entertainment giant Sony on Friday said it expects annual profit to rise as revenue from some business segments in the fourth quarter helped offset headwinds from a memory price crunch.Here are Sony’s fourth-quarter results compared with LSEG estimates:Revenue: 3.036 trillion Japanese yen ($19.4 billion) compared to analyst estimates of 2.896 trillion yen.Operating profit: 164 billion yen compared to analyst estimates of 278 billion yen.While hardware sales fell to 110 billion yen in the fourth quarter, compared to 183 billion yen in the same period last year, revenue was bolstered by strong performances in Sony’s image sensor and music businesses.…

Three U.S. destroyers in the Strait of Hormuz fought off a swarm of Iranian fast-attack boats, the U.S. military said. U.S. forces also hit back, striking launch sites for Iranian missiles and drones, according to U.S. Central Command. Nancy Cordes reports.

“CBS Mornings” has an exclusive preview of the new Netflix series “I Will Find You,” which is based on Harlan Coben’s 2023 novel. Coben, who is also an executive producer on the series, talks about what inspired the story and how closely he worked on the Netflix adaptation.

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! At least six underage girls were recovered last month during a sweeping operation targeting prostitution-related activity in Portland, Oregon, police announced Thursday.The girls, ages 13 to 17, were recovered after enforcement initiatives launched on April 15, according to officers from the Portland Police Human Trafficking Unit (HTU) and the East Precinct. Sex trafficking and prostitution-related activities have been known to plague Southeast Portland’s 82nd Avenue corridor for years, but last month’s recovery effort yielded what authorities called “a stunning number” of victims, significantly higher than the norm.”While it is not unusual for HTU…

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The USD/MXN exchange rate has come under pressure in the past few months as top emerging market currencies continued to beat the US dollar. It dropped to 17.30 on Friday, down from the year-to-date high of 18.14 as focus shifted to the US non-farm payrolls data and May 7th’s Mexico interest rates decision.US non-farm payrolls data ahead The main catalyst for the USD/MXN exchange rate will be the upcoming US non-farm payrolls numbers, which will come out on Friday.Economists expect these numbers to reveal that the economy created 60k jobs in April after adding 178k in the previous month. Most of…

Mm-technology uses non-harmful, ultrahigh-frequency radio waves to screen bodies and objects. Saifuddin also pointed out that 220 e-gate units have been installed, which he had inspected that day, and these would be implemented with the new MyNIISe system. He added that in terms of manpower, 794 positions had been approved to be stationed at the RTS Link. Of these, 640 were designated for immigration, 47 for customs and 107 for police work.A total of 478 officers are set to begin training in June before being ultimately posted at Bukit Chagar.“The key point is that when operations begin, we will not face manpower shortages,” said Saifuddin. He also…