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A bullet train linking Singapore and Kuala Lumpur won’t be a reality for at least a decade as Malaysia’s Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad seeks to pare his nation’s debt and review projects signed off ... ( read original story ...)

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia will sign an agreement with Singapore on Wednesday to defer a planned high-speed rail link between the two countries, a person in Malaysia’s government told Reuters, ... ( read original story ...)

Malaysia and Singapore say a planned high-speed railway that would cut travel time between their capitals to just 90 minutes will be suspended for two years instead of being axed. Shortly after a ... ( read original story ...)

(Bloomberg) -- The bidding frenzy for Singapore land has slowed to a trickle, going by the results of the first auctions since property curbs were tightened. Load Error Just three bids were submitted ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: Singapore Airlines (SIA) continues to do well in global surveys. In July, it was named the world’s best airline in Skytrax’s 2018 World Airline Awards, almost right after it bagged the titl... ( read original story ...)

“It didn’t feel over-the-top.” The real-life stories of Singapore’s ultra-rich illustrate this tiny city-state’s remarkable transformation from a sleepy colonial trading post with no natural resources ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A Singapore court on Monday ruled that the prime minister’s nephew, Li Shengwu, can contest a government move to serve him court papers in the United States, a potential ... ( read original story ...)

(Bloomberg) -- UBS Group AG will introduce a new electronic currency pricing and trading engine in Singapore next year in a bid to boost liquidity in Asia’s largest foreign-exchange center. The facili... ( read original story ...)

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia has agreed with Singapore to postpone the development of a high-speed rail service by two years, Malaysian media reported, as Southeast Asia’s third-largest economy l... ( read original story ...)

In his message, the Archbishop of Singapore highlighted the news from last month that some 300 priests had sexually abused over a thousand children in Pennsylvania over the last 70 years. Last month w... ( read original story ...)

Singapore Trade and Industry Minister Chan Chun Sing has said that ministers from the 16 countries negotiating an Asia-wide free trade pact have decided on the key elements of the agreement that they ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore’s trade minister said on Saturday that broad agreement on the world’s biggest trade deal should be reached at a summit of leaders from participating nations in the city ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: Singapore will study carefully Malaysia’s proposals ... meeting with members of the Friends of Ubin Network (FUN). Lee said he was asked about news reports that Johor was studying the possi... ( read original story ...)

YOU don’t have to be a crazy rich Asian to have an amazing time in Singapore, but it does help. With the box office success of Crazy Rich Asians, the island city-state is bound to be flooded with trav... ( read original story ...)

President Donald Trump will skip summits with Asian leaders in Singapore and Papua New Guinea in November, sending Vice President Mike Pence in his place, the White House said on Friday, an announceme... ( read original story ...)

President Donald Trump will skip summits with Asian leaders in Singapore and Papua New Guinea in November, sending Vice President Mike Pence in his place, the White House announced on Friday. Trump ha... ( read original story ...)