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“Ongoing geopolitical tensions increase the risk of global food supply disruptions,” said Ms Fu, who is also Minister-in-charge of Trade Relations.The signing of this agreement “is win-win and reaffirms the close cooperation between both countries in strengthening bilateral food trade and security”, she added.“Such agreements are key initiatives under the global partnerships pillar of the Singapore Food Story 2 to keep food supply flowing during disruptions,” said MSE.“Singapore will continue to explore mutually beneficial agreements with like-minded economies to strengthen our food supply resilience.”Singapore’s updated “Food Story 2” approach is built on four pillars: grow local, diversify imports, stockpile and…

NASA’s Artemis II mission is nearing its final stage, with the Orion spacecraft set for a high-speed return to Earth and splashdown in the Pacific Ocean.The splashdown is a critical moment for the mission, testing systems that the space agency plans to use in future crewed moon landings, including Artemis III.Recommended Stories list of 2 itemsend of list“To every engineer, every technician that’s touched this machine — tomorrow belongs to you,” said NASA Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya, during a mission update briefing on Thursday. “The crew has done their part. Now we have to do ours.”Over the course of their…

Washington — First lady Melania Trump on Thursday delivered remarks denying any friendship or relationship with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, and she called on Congress to hold a public hearing with Epstein’s survivors. In a six-minute livestreamed statement from the White House, the first lady for the first time following the Justice Department’s release of troves of Epstein records publicly and directly addressed the Epstein matter. The first lady said “now is the time for Congress to act.””I call on Congress to provide the women who have been victimized by Epstein with a public hearing specifically centered around the survivors,”…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Jack Nicklaus gave Masters patrons a brief scare Thursday when his ceremonial tee shot veered a little too close for comfort.The legendary golfer and 18-time major winner had a warning for patrons at Augusta National as he lined up his shot, and it proved to be warranted. Jack Nicklaus hits the ceremonial tee shot on the first hole during the first round of the Masters golf tournament at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Ga., on April 9, 2026. (David J. Phillip/AP)”Oh boy, watch out,” Nicklaus, 86, said as he approached the…

Canada added 14,000 jobs in March, but the country’s unemployment rate remained unchanged at 6.7 per cent, Statistics Canada said Friday. While the employment was “little changed” last month, it comes on the back of a loss of 84,000 jobs in February, which raised the unemployment rate from 6.5 per cent to 6.7 per cent.Job growth was led by a category the agency calls “other services,” which includes repair and maintenance work in the economy, as well as the professional, scientific and technical services and natural resources industries.Canada’s natural resources sector saw a three per cent increase, adding 10,000 new…

The digital fingerprint of a Nine news story about the arrest of Ben Roberts-Smith reveals the file was created the day before Australian Federal Police took the former SAS soldier to jail.

Cheng also framed cross-strait engagement as a broader responsibility beyond party lines, during the meeting as well as in her comments to the media afterwards.The issue should not be treated as “a tool for partisan competition or electoral manoeuvring” but as “a choice between peace and war”, she said – urging all political parties in Taiwan to “set aside differences … and work together for peace”.Cheng also said Xi had shown “significant goodwill” and added that such exchanges “are certainly not limited to the Kuomintang and the Communist Party”.She added that she hoped the Taiwan Strait would “no longer be…

The casualty rate for Russian soldiers in Ukraine increased to a new monthly high in March, according to Ukraine’s armed forces. They say drone production enabled a record number of strikes.Ukraine tallied Russian casualties at 35,351 last month, with drones causing 96 per cent of them while artillery and small arms fire accounted for the rest. That casualty rate was a 29 per cent increase on February, said Ukraine’s commander in chief.“These are clearly confirmed losses: we have video footage of each such strike in our system,” said Ukrainian Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov.The losses are slightly above a previous record set in December, and…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A new DoorDash report tracking millions of purchases shows inflation cooling ahead of the midterms, though the cost of everyday essentials still varies widely across the country.The findings offer a closer look at how those shifts are playing out for consumers, with affordability still shaped largely by where they live.The State of Local Commerce report highlights evolving spending patterns as price pressures ease in key categories.To track those changes, DoorDash analyzed affordability trends using three key measures: the Everyday Essentials Index, the Cheeseburger Index and the Breakfast Basics Index, which reflect price…

Scott Bessent, Treasury Secretary (L), and Jerome Powell, chairman of the US Federal Reserve.Getty ImagesFederal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent met with major U.S. bank CEOs this week to discuss the possible cyber risks raised by Anthropic’s Mythos model, CNBC confirmed Friday.The bank heads were already in Washington, D.C., for a Financial Services Forum board meeting, but a special gathering was called to discuss Mythos, according to people familiar with the matter, who asked not to be named in order to share information about a confidential matter.Bloomberg and the Financial Times were first to report the…