Mortgage rates rise to 15-year high

Mortgage interest rates last quarter spiked to a 15-year high of 2.23 percent despite a decline in loan applications, as local lenders slowed real-estate lending to support the central bank’s credit ...

US naval spy plane flies across Taiwan Strait

A US naval spy plane flew over the Taiwan Strait on Friday, Taipei said in a statement. Taiwan’s Defense Ministry said the US P-8 plane crossed the strait from south to north. “During this period,” the ministry said on X, the Taiwanese armed forces “maintained full control over the surrounding sea and airspace, with the ...