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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…

Nigel Farage’s populist party Reform UK has made early gains in local elections with wins in Labour heartlands.United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour Party is bracing for heavy defeats in local elections, with Reform UK poised to make gains across the country, according to early results.Labour’s woes were already evident as the country woke up on Friday morning, with the governing party losing more than 258 seats and Nigel Farage’s populist party Reform UK gaining 382 seats by 9am local time (06:00 GMT).Recommended Stories list of 1 itemend of listThe election is seen as a key test of Starmer’s…

Check out the companies making headlines after the bell : CoreWeave — The cloud infrastructure company slid about 10% as its second-quarter revenue guidance disappointed Wall Street. CoreWeave sees revenue ranging from $2.45 billion to $2.6 billion. The midpoint of $2.53 billion fell short of the $2.69 billion LSEG consensus call. Gen Digital — The software stock popped 8% after sharing current-quarter and full-year revenue guidance that exceeded analysts’ expectations, per FactSet. Gen Digital also posted a fiscal fourth-quarter adjusted earnings and revenue beat. Airbnb — The vacation rental stock added 1%. First-quarter revenue of $2.68 billion beat the expected…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Governor Ron DeSantis’ famed “Alligator Alcatraz” U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) holding facility in the Florida swamp will “return to the Everglades” after it is no longer needed, a senior Florida government official has told Fox News.The New York Times reported Thursday that Florida is in talks with the Trump administration to shut the facility down, citing massive operational costs amounting to hundreds of millions. The outlet also reported that the Department of Homeland Security determined the facility was too expensive to continue operating.Though calling Alligator Alcatraz a “massive success,” the…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A man who entered the U.S. illegally from Haiti and murdered a Fort Myers store clerk will face the death penalty, prosecutors said.State Attorney Amira Fox announced Thursday that a Lee County grand jury returned an indictment against Rolbert Joachin, 40, in connection with the April 2 killing of Nilufa Easmın, a 51-year-old immigrant from Bangladesh, at a gas station in Fort Myers, Florida.According to prosecutors, Joachin is accused of attacking the victim outside a gas station, striking her repeatedly in the head with a hammer and killing her.DAYLIGHT HAMMER ATTACK SUSPECT…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The NCAA is reportedly looking to expand the men’s and women’s basketball tournaments to 76 teams, and UConn head coach Dan Hurley harbors some concerns about the expansion.No teams have been added since three more were in 2011, and the format of the tournament would change, but that’s not what Hurley is concerned about. The 53-year-old coach does not want to see the regular season be rendered meaningless.”What I think makes the tournament special is the qualification for it,” Hurley told CBS Sports. “You don’t want the regular season to be rendered…

More than 50 per cent of WA’s canola has been sown, with sentiment rising among grain growers thanks to the season’s early start.The Grain Industry of WA’s latest crop report, released on Friday, says the State’s growing area of cropped land currently sits at about 9.38 million hectares.Crop report author Michael Lamond said the decrease in wheat planting in the past decade had been replaced by an uptake in barley and canola — a trend continuing this year as barley becames more profitable for its yield benefit.The total area planted for wheat sits around 3.73 million hectares, with the highest…

BATAM: Indonesian authorities have detained about 200 foreigners – most of them Chinese nationals – after raiding a Batam apartment complex allegedly used for cross-border online scam operations.Immigration officers carried out the pre-dawn raid at Baloi View Apartment, which also functions as a hotel, on Wednesday (May 6).Most of those rounded up are Chinese nationals, while the rest are from the Philippines and Vietnam, said Guntur Sahat Hamonangan, head of the Riau Islands Immigration Office.“The preliminary figure is around 200 people (detained) but the exact figure is still being verified,” he said on Wednesday, as quoted by local news outlet Kompas. Those nabbed are suspected of…

With less than five weeks to go until the FIFA World Cup kicks off in North America, football fans are counting down the days to the announcement of squads for the 48 participating nations.Whether it’s supporters of national teams or neutral football enthusiasts, they will be eager to find out which of their favourite players, the biggest international stars or surprise additions will make the final cut.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listThe expanded 48-team tournament is being cohosted by the United States, Canada and Mexico, who open the tournament against South Africa at Estadio Azteca on June 11.What…