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Farmers innovate to navigate high-tech push
The Straits Times

Farmers innovate to navigate high-tech push

But challenges remain even as they work to meet nation's '30 by 30' food security goal

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March 31, 2024
Seniors take active role in planning and leading activities here
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Seniors take active role in planning and leading activities here

Pilot project at new centre in Queenstown helps seniors to lead healthier, more productive lives

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March 31, 2024
Unusually harsh winter in Mongolia leaves 6 million livestock dead
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Unusually harsh winter in Mongolia leaves 6 million livestock dead

Future of herding families in peril as 60 million animals face starvation till new grass sprouts

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March 31, 2024
Crew stuck as ship can't move with big chunk of bridge resting on it
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Crew stuck as ship can't move with big chunk of bridge resting on it

They are required to remain on board and help with probe while debris is being cleared

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March 31, 2024
Japan officials search dietary supplements factory after 5 deaths
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Japan officials search dietary supplements factory after 5 deaths

Probe into suspected link between red yeast supplements and reports of kidney disease

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March 31, 2024
Why Russia is protecting North Korea from nuclear monitors
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Why Russia is protecting North Korea from nuclear monitors

Through the most tense encounters with President Vladimir Putin's Russia over the past decade, there has been one project in which Washington and Moscow have claimed common cause: keeping North Korea from expanding its arsenal of nuclear weapons.

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March 31, 2024
Ukraine's forces will have to retreat with no US aid: Zelensky
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Ukraine's forces will have to retreat with no US aid: Zelensky

He warns that Russians could strike big cities if front line breaks

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March 31, 2024
KMT proposal to ease rules for Chinese spouses sparks debate
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KMT proposal to ease rules for Chinese spouses sparks debate

Bill seeks to shorten time needed to become naturalised Taiwanese from six years to four

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March 31, 2024
Malaysia's open-air Ramadan bazaars draw crowds with local and Mid-East delights
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Malaysia's open-air Ramadan bazaars draw crowds with local and Mid-East delights

Traders and restaurants try to keep prices low amid complaints about rising cost of living

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March 31, 2024
Calls for war artefact at Fort Siloso to be kept indoors
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Calls for war artefact at Fort Siloso to be kept indoors

The wrecked engine of a Japanese warplane shot down in 1942 in the final days of the battle for Singapore during World War II is a significant artefact that needs to be kept in better conditions, said some historians.

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March 31, 2024
'My dream was all gone'
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'My dream was all gone'

Life very different for worker whose leg was mangled by fan blades

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March 31, 2024
Live streaming in Singapore: It's sales and it's entertainment
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Live streaming in Singapore: It's sales and it's entertainment

The highly interactive format can be very lucrative business for some entrepreneurs

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March 31, 2024
Age limit for IVF in India under the spotlight after 58-year-old gives birth to baby boy
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Age limit for IVF in India under the spotlight after 58-year-old gives birth to baby boy

When 60-year-old Balkaur Singh announced the birth of his son on March 17, it set off celebrations beyond just his village of Moosa, in the northern state of Punjab.

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March 31, 2024
FREEZING HOPE
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FREEZING HOPE

Most women who freeze their eggs in S'pore are single professionals in their 30s and do so as an 'insurance policy'

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March 31, 2024
Israel hits back at Gaza famine report; blames UN for aid failure
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Israel hits back at Gaza famine report; blames UN for aid failure

Criticism comes amid heavy clashes in the Strip as fresh ceasefire talks loom

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March 31, 2024
Singaporean Charmaine Toh is senior curator for photography at London's Tate museum
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Singaporean Charmaine Toh is senior curator for photography at London's Tate museum

Singaporean art historian and curator Charmaine Toh has been appointed senior curator of international art (photography) at Tate, a British network of four museums comprising the Tate Modern, Tate Britain, Tate Liverpool and Tate St Ives.

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March 29, 2024
COACH RASIC WANTS S'PORE FIGHTING SPIRIT
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COACH RASIC WANTS S'PORE FIGHTING SPIRIT

Serb say it’s early days for 3x3 format, with 2025 SEA Games medal a longer-term aim

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March 29, 2024
A TRICKY TEST IN STORE FOR SINNER
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A TRICKY TEST IN STORE FOR SINNER

Italian expects tactical semi with Medvedev, whom he overcame in Australian Open final

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March 29, 2024
SUNS WILL TAKE ON ANYONE
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SUNS WILL TAKE ON ANYONE

Phoenix’s confidence sky high after beating champions Denver in their own backyard

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March 29, 2024
Five buy now, pay later players on track to be accredited in April
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Five buy now, pay later players on track to be accredited in April

They will get to display a trustmark showing compliance with code of conduct

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March 29, 2024
The Straits Times

Top Fed official says there is no rush to cut interest rates

WASHINGTON - United States Federal Reserve governor Christopher Waller said there is no rush to lower interest rates, emphasising that recent economic data warrants delaying or reducing the number of cuts seen in 2024.

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March 29, 2024
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S'pore stocks downbeat even as Wall Street snaps losing streak

STI down 0.9%, but gainers beat losers 297 to 240

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March 29, 2024
Competition watchdog to get new chief executive on April 1
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Competition watchdog to get new chief executive on April 1

The former chief legal officer of the Ministry of Manpower, Mr Alvin Koh, will assume his new role as chief executive and commission member of the Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore (CCCS) on April 1.

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March 29, 2024
Ngee Ann Poly set to prepare students for green careers
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Ngee Ann Poly set to prepare students for green careers

Initiative includes new scholarship and core module on sustainability education, innovation

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March 29, 2024
Fearing Biden loss, Obama gets on the phone to strategise
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Fearing Biden loss, Obama gets on the phone to strategise

Level of engagement due to huge concern over a Trump win, says ex-president’s aide

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March 29, 2024
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Israel asks US to reschedule scrapped meeting on Rafah

Netanyahu called off talks after US allowed passage of Gaza ceasefire resolution at UN

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March 29, 2024
Russia says hard to believe ISIS able to launch Moscow strike
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Russia says hard to believe ISIS able to launch Moscow strike

It repeats, without evidence, that Ukraine was behind attack already claimed by ISIS

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March 29, 2024
China will persist with opening up, pledges its top legislator
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China will persist with opening up, pledges its top legislator

Beijing will also push for high-quality, innovative and green development, he says

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March 29, 2024
Has the puffy bag craze reached its peak here?
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Has the puffy bag craze reached its peak here?

Practical and waterproof, nylon carryalls have become many Singaporeans’ bag of choice, ranging in styles from shoulder to crossbody to backpack

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March 29, 2024
The Straits Times

Over 950,000 HDB households to get rebates in April

U-Save and S&CC rebates to help defray GST hike and offer cost-of-living support

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March 29, 2024