Archive for July, 2018
Picking up a stick and uses it as a gun is what young children would usually do. The dramatic play can lead to wonderful learning. It’s an important part of early childhood development, as teachers would tell you. With Made-in-China fake plastic guns getting cheaper, it’s hard to imagine if kids nowadays still use sticks […]
... written on Jul 11 2018Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has named his son-in-law as the country’s finance minister after being sworn in to another five-year term, and the financial markets aren’t impressed. The country’s stock market and currency Lira fell after Berat Albayrak was named as Turkey’s Finance Minister on Monday. And it isn’t hard to understand why. […]
... written on Jul 10 2018Trump is perhaps one of the luckiest U.S. presidents. He gets to nominate a judge to the U.S. Supreme Court – twice. And he has nominated 53-year-old Brett Kavanaugh to replace retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy, who often sided with his liberal colleagues on issues such as abortion and LGBT rights. Kavanaugh’s nomination will definitely strengthen […]
... written on Jul 10 2018Former Prime Minister Najib Razak is going to spend many years in prison. There’s little doubt about it. With overwhelming evidence against him, arguably the world’s biggest crook, the global community will be shocked if he somehow walks away scot-free. He has only two options left – to drag the trial for as long as […]
... written on Jul 10 2018He was appointed to overseeing the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union. Yet, his boss – Prime Minister Theresa May – was such a weak leader that she was willing to sellout the nation in order not to offend the EU. Brexit Secretary David Davis has dropped a bombshell – quitting the May government […]
... written on Jul 09 2018The U.S. Department of Justice acknowledges lawsuits filed to seize assets that it said were the result of US$4.5 billion that was misappropriated from 1MDB (1Malaysia Development Bhd), a fund set up by disgraceful ex-prime minister Najib Razak himself in 2009, represents the largest action brought under the Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Initiative. Mr. Najib, who […]
... written on Jul 09 2018Najib Razak apparently has financial problem after his banking accounts have been frozen. The Kuala Lumpur High Court allowed the ex-prime minister to pay RM1 million bail in two installments – a rare arrangement indeed. But when it was later revealed that the judge – Mohd Soffi Abdul Razak – is the younger brother of […]
... written on Jul 07 2018Get ready for a spike in crude oil prices. Shortly after the U.S. State reaffirmed the Trump administration’s goal of reducing Iran’s oil exports to zero by November 4th, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani warned Tehran could retaliate – by disrupting oil shipments to neighbouring countries. Although Iran didn’t elaborate on such plans, it isn’t hard to […]
... written on Jul 06 2018Shahrir Samad, once the invincible UMNO warlord of Johor Bahru, was grilled for 7 hours by MACC (Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission) two days ago. When he emerged from the MACC office, he was surprised to learn that his boss, ex-prime minister Najib Razak, had been arrested. Obviously, it wasn’t a walk in the park being questioned […]
... written on Jul 06 2018European Union (EU) had a trade surplus of 120 billion Euros (US$139.6 billion) with the U.S. in 2017. The most exported product from the EU to the U.S. is cars. Hence, Trump doesn’t need to become a rocket scientist to know where to hit the Europe. When the U.S. president threatened to target European cars with […]
... written on Jul 05 2018
