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Taiwan headline news

Taipei, May 30 (CNA) The lead stories in major Taiwan dailies on Tuesday are as follows: https://focustaiwan.tw/society/202305300004

U.S. dollar down in Taipei trading

Taipei, May 30 (CNA) The U.S. dollar was traded at NT$30.558 at 10 a.m. Tuesday on the Taipei Foreign Exchange, down NT$0.094 from the previous close. https://focustaiwan.tw/business/202305300003

Nine People Wounded in Memorial Day Shooting Near Florida Beach

New York Times Gunfire erupted in a dispute between two groups at the Hollywood Beach Broadwalk, as crowds strolled by the stretch of beachfront near shops, restaurants and hotels. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/29/us/hollywood-boardwalk-shooting-florida.html

Nation Pays Tribute to Troops Who Gave Their Lives

Wall Street Journal SOLEMN: David Loesch, a 101st Airborne veteran of the Vietnam War, searches for the names of soldiers from his unit at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington. Memorial Day events around the U.S. honored those who died in the armed forces. Photo: Samuel Corum/Getty Images https://www.wsj.com/articles/nation-pays-tribute-to-troops-who-gave-their-lives-258028de

China’s Shenzhou-16 manned spaceship blasts off to national orbital outpost

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. The spaceship was launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China using the Long March-2F https://tass.com/science/1624847

In Kyiv, fragments hit apartment building: one person died, three others injured

Pravda Ukraine On the night of 29-30 May, fires broke out in an apartment buildings in Holosiivskyi and Podilskyi districts as a result of fragments hitting. One person died in the apartment building, and three others were injured. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/05/30/7404427/

Most Asian Currencies Strengthen Amid Hopes for U.S. Debt-Ceiling Deal’s Passage

Wall Street Journal Most Asian currencies strengthened against USD in the morning session amid hopes for Congressional passage of the tentative U.S. debt-ceiling deal. https://www.wsj.com/articles/most-asian-currencies-strengthen-amid-hopes-for-u-s-debt-ceiling-deals-passage-cbdfee40

Now comes the hard part: Getting the debt ceiling deal through Congress

Fox News Now comes the hard part. If you thought it was hard for President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., to marshal a debt ceiling deal, wait to see if it’s even more challenging to advance the bill through Congress. Both the president and speaker will test their powers of persuasion to line…

Air-raid warning issued at Kyiv and number of oblasts: air defence deployed, explosions heard in capital

Pravda Ukraine An air-raid warning was issued in Kyiv and a number of Ukrainian oblasts; air defence forces were operating. Source: alerts.in.ua Details: In addition to Kyiv, an air-raid warning was issued in the central and northern oblasts. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/05/30/7404425/

Helping Ukraine defend itself is not choice, it must be done – Dutch Prime Minister

Pravda Ukraine Mark Rutte, Prime Minister of the Netherlands, has said that his country will support Ukraine as long as necessary. Source: Rutte on Twitter Quote: “Kyiv has again been targeted by barbaric air strikes, thankfully with limited effect due to the Patriot air defence systems. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/05/30/7404429/