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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.US President Donald Trump seems to be having a big impact on a small ski village in the Swiss Alps. In the first few months of this year newly built apartments in the village of Andermatt attracted more than 1,260 enquiries from US investors, with the project’s developer suggesting the demand was fuelled by “a flight to safety” by nervous Americans.They bought or put down deposits for SFr14.2mn ($17.4mn) worth of apartments by April 10 — nearly double the SFr7.7mn of transactions for…

Charlie Sheen’s daughter hasn’t spoken to the “Two and a Half Men” star in a year. Sami Sheen took to social media on Tuesday to take aim at her dad’s past drug addiction and explain why their relationship took a turn. In a video posted to TikTok, the 21-year-old used audio from Charlie’s 2011 viral interview with “20/20” to explain why she hasn’t spoken to her dad in a year. CHARLIE SHEEN’S EX, DENISE RICHARDS, ADMITS SHE LIED TO THEIR KIDS TO HIDE STAR’S SCANDALOUS BEHAVIOR Sami Sheen revealed she hasn’t spoken to her dad in a year. (Getty Images | Sami Sheen…

Police have released footage of the moment a sea kayaker was rescued after his boat capsized off Woodman Point.Water police received a report about 3.40pm on April 17 that a man had capsized from his kayak about two nautical miles (3.7km) off Woodman Point in Cockburn Sound.The distressed man sought help by swimming to a nearby kayaker, holding on before help arrived.Water police, a Westpac Lifesaver rescue helicopter, and Cockburn Marine Rescue were deployed to help find the man.A Royal Australian Navy warship also responded to the distress signal.The helicopter was first to locate the men within eight minutes of…

But in every crisis, there will be opportunities, he said. “As businesses seek to reconfigure their production and supply chain arrangements, there will be new opportunities for those who are nimble and fast to adapt to the new landscape,” Mr Gan added.  For example, Archisen, a Singapore-based agritech company, and Malaysian state-owned Johor Corporation (JCorp) subsidiary, FarmByte, are jointly developing a smart indoor vertical farm in Nusajaya Tech Park that is expected to produce over 300 tonnes of leafy vegetables per year, he said. “The JS-SEZ builds on the strong, longstanding economic partnership between Malaysia and Singapore to open a…

BEIJING — China on Monday warned it will retaliate against countries that cooperate with the U.S. in ways that compromise Beijing’s interests, as the trade war between the world’s two largest economies threatens to embroil other nations. China’s warning comes as U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration is reportedly planning to use tariff negotiations to pressure U.S. partners to limit their dealings with China. Trump this month paused major tariff increases on other countries for 90 days, while hiking duties further on goods from China to 145%.”China firmly opposes any party reaching a deal at the expense of China’s interests. If…

El Salvador president says he is willing to repatriate deportees in exchange for release of ‘political prisoners.’El Salvador President Nayib Bukele has proposed a prisoner swap that would see Venezuelans deported from the United States to his country exchanged for “political prisoners” in Venezuela. In pointed remarks directed at Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Sunday, Bukele suggested the countries reach a “humanitarian agreement” amid Caracas’s demands for the repatriation of Venezuelan deportees. Bukele said he would be willing to repatriate 252 Venezuelans being held in a Salvadoran maximum security prison in exchange for “an identical number of the thousands of…

Democratic National Committee (DNC) Vice Chair David Hogg recently gave $100,000 to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) shortly after his plans to shake up the Democratic Party with new leadership angered party insiders.The news, which was first reported by Politico and Axios, was confirmed by Hogg in an X post on Friday, where he asserted that he wasn’t “playing nice” by handing the six-figure donation over to the DCCC.”This is not me playing nice. It is demonstrating my commitment to winning back the house and making Hakeem Jeffries the Speaker, which is an absolute imperative,” Hogg wrote in the…

Police in New York state received an unusual call and ended up having to wrangle an alpaca that was on the loose.Westchester County Police said the department received a report Thursday morning about a llama on the run on Kisco Avenue, although the animal actually turned out to be an alpaca.”We get all kinds of interesting 911 calls, and that one came in to Commo at 10:09 a.m. today,” the police department wrote on social media. “Turns out it was actually an alpaca that was on the lam, but still a pretty good initial description compared to some we get.”MEET…

San Diego Padres first baseman Luis Arraez was stretchered off the field at Daikin Park in Houston on Sunday night after colliding with Astros second baseman Mauricio Dubon while running out a bunt. Arraez was busting it down the line after dragging his bunt toward the bag, and Dubon noticed that first baseman Christian Walker and pitcher Framber Valdez were not going to get to the base in time to make the out. Walker flipped the ball to Dubon, who just beat Arraez to the bag, but he didn’t provide Arraez any way to run through the bag. In a blink, Arraez and…

A teenaged Sydney fan involved in an incident with Port Adelaide player Aliir Aliir has been issued with a banning notice and youth caution by NSW Police.