SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore Airlines Ltd (SIAL.SI) on Thursday topped market expectations by reporting a 148 percent rise in full-year net profit to the highest level since 2011, as passenger and cargo revenue rose and it benefited from a ... ( read original story ...)
New Singapore anti-terror law can order media blackout
SINGAPORE – Singapore has introduced a law that gives the police special powers during terrorist attacks, including widely banning journalists and members of the public from reporting on the scene. The law, which took effect on Wednesday, has the power ... ( read original story ...)
How Singapore is preparing to host a historic meeting between Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un
SEOUL, South Korea — Singapore, a highly manicured city-state shaped by skyscrapers and luxury hotels, is preparing for perhaps the most crucial international diplomatic event of the decade. Kim wants security and Trump wants Kim to get rid of his nukes. ( read original story ...)
Possible Singapore venues for historic Trump-Kim summit
SEOUL, South Korea – Singapore, a highly manicured city-state shaped by skyscrapers and luxury hotels, is preparing for perhaps the most crucial international diplomatic event of the decade. The June 12 meeting between tough-talking President Donald ... ( read original story ...)
Why North Korea’s Kim Jong-un feels comfortable with Singapore
After weeks of speculation it's finally been announced - tiny little Singapore will host the historic Trump-Kim Jong-un summit. The "little red dot" beat the DMZ, Mongolia and even Beijing as a place for the meeting to be held. President Trump has shown ... ( read original story ...)
North Korea’s Diplomatic Footprint Dwarfed by U.S. in Singapore
Why Trump and Kim Picked Singapore for Their Summit: QuickTake NKNews, a news portal focused on North Korea, reported that the embassy moved to its current location in 2016 from a five-bedroom, 7,500-square-foot house located at 60 Joo Chiat Lane in ... ( read original story ...)
Here’s why Singapore was chosen to host the summit between Trump and Kim Jong Un
Singapore’s diplomatic ties with North Korea and its relative proximity made the small Southeast Asian nation a natural choice for the historic summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, analysts say. Trump announced in a ... ( read original story ...)
U.S.-North Korea summit is set: Trump, Kim Jong Un to meet June 12 in Singapore
WASHINGTON—Envisioning “a very special moment for world peace,” U.S. President Donald Trump announced Thursday he will meet North Korea’s Kim Jong Un for highly anticipated summit talks in Singapore on June 12. He set the stage for his announcement ... ( read original story ...)
Trump announces June 12 summit in Singapore with North Korean leader, U.S. prisoners released
President Trump announced Thursday that he will meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore on June 12, locking in a historic, high-stakes summit aimed at curbing the rogue nation’s nuclear weapons program. Trump made the announcement on Twitter ... ( read original story ...)
Trump Says U.S.-North Korea Summit Set for June 12 in Singapore
WASHINGTON — President Trump announced on Thursday that his meeting with the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, will be held on June 12 in Singapore. The announcement came in a tweet just hours after Mr. Trump met the three recently freed American ... ( read original story ...)
Trump and Kim will meet in Singapore. Here’s why.
After weeks of anticipation, President Trump announced Thursday that a date and location had been set for his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un: June 12 in Singapore. The highly anticipated meeting between Kim Jong Un and myself will take place ... ( read original story ...)
Trump, Kim to meet June 12 in Singapore
Pence said Thursday on NBC News, "In this moment the regime in North Korea has been dealing, as far as we can see, in good faith." Singapore had emerged as the likely host of the summit after Trump yielded to the concerns of his aides and backed off his ... ( read original story ...)
‘A very special moment’: Trump to meet Kim Jong-un on June 12 in Singapore
U.S. President Donald Trump says he will meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on June 12 in Singapore for a first ever summit between the leaders of the two countries. Trump made the announcement via Twitter Thursday. The highly anticipated meeting ... ( read original story ...)
Trump announces June 12 summit in Singapore with North Korean leader
President Trump announced Thursday that his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will occur June 12 in Singapore, a high-stakes step in his bid to rid the region of nuclear weapons. Trump made the announcement via Twitter just hours after welcoming ... ( read original story ...)
Trump-Kim Jong-un summit set for Singapore on 12 June
US President Donald Trump will meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Singapore on 12 June, he has said. "We will both try to make it a very special moment for World Peace!" the US leader tweeted. In March, Mr Trump stunned the world by accepting an ... ( read original story ...)
U.S.-North Korea Summit Set for June 12 in Singapore, Trump says
WASHINGTON — President Trump announced on Thursday that his meeting with the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, will be held on June 12 in Singapore. The announcement came in a tweet just hours after Mr. Trump met the three recently freed American ... ( read original story ...)