Archive for April, 2024
Antony Blinken’s visit – his second to China is less than a year – is the clearest proof that the U.S. Secretary of State was sent to beg the Chinese again. But as expected, nothing can be achieved from such visits as long as Washington arrogantly thinks it could tell Beijing what China can or […]
... written on Apr 30 2024About 40,000 people in Kuala Kubu Baharu will go to the polling stations again on May 11 to vote for a new assemblyperson. The largest constituency in the state of Selangor will see a four-cornered contest following the death of its three-term assemblywoman Lee Kee Hiong from the Democratic Action Party (DAP), who had won […]
... written on Apr 28 2024A Canadian-American professor of political science, Bruce Gilley’s alma mater included University of Toronto (B.A.), University of Oxford (M.Phil) and Princeton University (PhD). From Bachelor of Arts in economics and international relations to Master of Economics, he then received his PhD in politics. Crucially, University of Toronto is ranked #21 in QS World University Rankings 2024, whilst […]
... written on Apr 26 2024Unable to accept the reality that a Chinese company could develop a highly popular app called TikTok, the United States has been trying everything in its power to control it. ByteDance now has two options – either sell it to American owners, or get ready to be banned. The Senate voted 79 to 18 after […]
... written on Apr 24 2024The MMC is embroiled in a tussle with the parallel pathway specialists and the medical genetics graduates over recognising their qualifications for the purpose of listing them in the National Specialists Register (NSR). Four cardiothoracic surgeons with qualifications from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and six Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) graduates have filed […]
... written on Apr 22 2024When the going gets tough, he runs and hides away. That’s how Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim projects himself just 15 months into office. The only thing he dares to involve is defending Hamas terrorists in an ongoing war some 7,600 kilometres away. That is what really excites him. In his own homeland, he seems clueless […]
... written on Apr 21 2024Roughly a week after Iran attacked Israel with more than 300 drones and missiles, 99% of which missed or intercepted, Israel has retaliated, striking the Islamic Republic with just a handful or drones and missiles. Unlike Iranian’s massive attack on the Jewish state that failed to inflict meaningful damage, Israeli’s “limited strike” saw multiple explosions […]
... written on Apr 19 2024McDonald’s Malaysia is looking to expand its fleet of outlets to 750 nationwide by 2030. That’s more than double from its current 370 restaurants across the country, or about 63 new outlets every year for the next 6 years. With between 50 to 100 jobs created from each restaurant, the fast food chain is expected […]
... written on Apr 17 2024After almost 2 weeks discussing how to retaliate over Israel’s bold strikes on its embassy in Syria’s capital Damascus, Tehran could not find any option except a direct attack on Israel. To strike the Jewish state from proxies located in Lebanon, Syria, Yemen or Iraq would be not only lame, but ineffective. After all, its […]
... written on Apr 15 2024On Friday (April 12), President Biden expressed his anticipation of an Iranian attack on Israel and rushed warships, including aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower and destroyers USS Carney and USS Arleigh Burke to protect Israel and American forces in the region. With “expectation” that the attack would come “sooner rather than later”, the Commander-in-Chief […]
... written on Apr 14 2024