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US To Deploy Anti-Ship Missile System To Japanese Island Near Taiwan Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, The US military will deploy an anti-ship missile system to Japan's westernmost island of Yonaguni, which lies just 68 miles east of Taiwan, an unprecedented move that will ratchet up tensions with China. US Marines and a NMESIS system in Calayan, Philippines on June 25, 2026 (US Marine Corps photo)US Marines will deploy with the Navy-Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System, or NMESIS, as part of Keen Sword, the largest joint US-Japanese biennial military exercise. The NMESIS...

US Existing Home Sales Unexpectedly Dropped In June, Just Off Record Lows After an ugly Spring selling season, existing home sales have rebounded in Q2 (so far) with expectations for another 1.0% MoM increase in June. However, that was not to be with US existing home sales tumbling 2.4% MoM in June (although May was revised up to a +3.7% MoM gain from +3.2%). That slowed the annual improvement in sales to +2.75% YoY... Overall, existing home sales SAAR remains just off record lows... “The back-and-forth in monthly home sales activity, driven by...