Fourth Talks on Special Defense Budget – May 6, 2026
A fourth session of inter-party talks for competing special defense budgets has been held. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says Taiwan may well be on the agenda when Donald Trump meets Xi Jinping next week. And the last major drill of the Balikatan military exercises in the Philippines wraps up. Plus: - TSMC has reached chipmaking capacity, meaning everything is on backlog for other tech giants like Apple. - Four beached pygmy killer whales have been released back into the sea after becoming stranded off the north Taiwan coast. - Rival temples set off rockets in a town north of Bangkok for the "Look Noo" festival.
