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HONOLULU/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - When senior defense officials from around the world, including U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, meet in Singapore this weekend, it won’t be all about the U.S.-North Korea summit scheduled to be held in the same city later ... ( read original story ...)

... s bid to review the ruling and the Singapore foreign ministry said on Wednesday the ICJ had informed it Malaysia had withdrawn that request. Malaysia’s newly elected prime minister, Mahathir Mohamad, told a news conference that Malaysia had already ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: Singapore Airlines said on Wednesday that it will relaunch the world's longest commercial flight in October, a journey of almost 19 hours from the city-state to New York, but it will not be available to economy travellers. The daily, non-stop ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese broadcaster NHK reported that Kim Chang Son, Kim Jong-un’s de facto chief of staff, arrived in Singapore on Monday, showing footage of him at the airport escorted by three bodyguards. China’s state Xinhua news agency also said one of its ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore Airlines Ltd (SIAL.SI) said it would launch the world’s longest commercial flight in October, a near-19 hour non-stop journey from Singapore to the New York area. The 8,277 nautical mile (15,329 kilometer) flight from ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Shark fins from endangered species including the giant, placid whale shark were found in a Singapore Airlines shipment to Hong Kong in May, highlighting the widespread challenges the Chinese territory faces in regulating the trade. ( read original story ...)

Cyber experts, blockchain gurus in short supply in city-state Tech startups battle fiercely to attract software engineers Singapore’s goal of becoming a high-tech financial hub are running into real-world problems of labor supply and demand. Technology ... ( read original story ...)

(Bloomberg) -- Singapore’s goal of becoming a high-tech financial hub are running into real-world problems of labor supply and demand. Technology startups in many countries are fighting to attract skilled workers like software engineers. Yet in the tiny ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore Exchange Ltd. said it will delay the start of its new Indian stock futures contracts, as a court dispute in Mumbai heads to arbitration. SGX, which is battling with National Stock Exchange of India Ltd. over Indian derivatives in the city-state ... ( read original story ...)

SEOUL/TOKYO (Reuters) - North Korea has dispatched top officials to the United States and Singapore, media reported on Tuesday, the latest indication that the on-again-off-again summit with U.S. President Donald Trump may go ahead. North Korea’s Kim Yong ... ( read original story ...)

A North Korea/US summit between Kim Jong-un and Donald Trump has become more likely in recent days. Photograph: KOREA SUMMIT PRESS POOL / MICHAEL REYNOLDS/EPA A top aide to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un arrived in Singapore on Monday night, a Japanese ... ( read original story ...)

Meanwhile, U.S. government officials, flew to Singapore from U.S. Yokota Air Base in Japan ... Bradford Betz is an editor for Fox News. Follow him on Twitter @bradford_betz. ( read original story ...)

The North Korean envoy is expected to travel to the US imminently for senior-level talks to reciprocate recent visits by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, South Korean news agency Yonhap ... Joe Hagin arrived in Singapore on Monday, and is leading ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - A top aide to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrived in Singapore on Monday night, Japanese public broadcaster NHK said Tuesday, the latest indication that the on-again-off-again summit with U.S. President Donald Trump is going ahead. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - A top aide to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrived in Singapore on Monday night, Japanese public broadcaster NHK said Tuesday, the latest indication that the on-again-off-again summit with U.S. President Donald Trump is going ahead. ( read original story ...)

"We need to do away with some of the unnecessary projects, for example the high-speed rail, which is going to cost us RM110bn ($28bn) and will not earn us a single cent. That will be dropped," Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad told the Financial Times. ( read original story ...)