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As the U.S. military’s last C17 aircraft left Kabul airport, marking the end of a 20-year war in Afghanistan that the superpower could not win, it has also left something there – a fragile democracy. Over the last two decades, the U.S. government spent huge sums of money to create a stable democracy in the alien land, but it appears […]
... written on Sep 03 2021There is a difference between a smart copycat and a dumb copycat. While both types of copycats imitate because they have nothing original to offer, savvy imitators make huge profits. The stupid imitators, meanwhile, will end up with defective products. Smart imitators save tons of money in R&D, marketing and advertising costs by selecting the […]
... written on Sep 02 2021Australia has reported a slightly better economic growth than expected. Against Reuters’ prediction of an economic growth of 0.5% in the June quarter, the Aussie recorded 0.7%. It’s lower than 1.9% increase in the first 3 months of the year. However, Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) admitted the latest figures do not provide the full […]
... written on Sep 01 2021Johor Sultan Ibrahim has every reason to be concerned that investors will not only lose confidence and leave, but also affect the country’s image overseas, not to mention driving away tourists. He was upset over the government’s hastily hatched new conditions for the MM2H (Malaysia My Second Home) programme. Now, foreigners have reasons to dump […]
... written on Aug 30 2021After 90 days of investigations carried out by all the U.S. intelligence agencies, there is still no evidence to point finger at China as the exact origin of Covid-19. Newly installed U.S. President Joe Biden issued an order in May to the intelligence community to “redouble efforts” to collect and analyze information, hoping to find […]
... written on Aug 28 2021For the first time since the Coronavirus pandemic began in Australia, the country’s new daily infections have breached above 1,000 cases. Three people, all unvaccinated, have died. It was so bad that Sydney, the country’s largest city and the epicenter of the current outbreak, has scrambled to set up emergency outdoor tents to deal with […]
... written on Aug 26 2021Since 2001, the United States has spent US$2.26 trillion in Afghanistan, according to Brown University’s calculations in its “Costs of War Project”. Nearly US$1 trillion – the biggest chunk – was spent on Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) budget. Basically, OCO was special funding created after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 for overseas war […]
... written on Aug 21 2021Pfizer-BioNTech said on Monday they have submitted early stage clinical trial data to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), seeking authorization of a Covid-19 vaccine booster for 16-year-old and older. They said the third dose showed significantly higher neutralizing antibodies compared to two doses against the initial SARS-CoV-2 virus, as well as against Beta and […]
... written on Aug 17 2021In many ways, Covid-19 vaccine manufactured by Moderna is very similar to the Pfizer vaccine. Both brands are based on genetic material called mRNA. The vaccine introduces the mRNA to the human body, triggering human cells to produce a “spike proteins”. As a result of these proteins, the human body produces antibodies to guard against […]
... written on Aug 10 2021A record 360 people died on Sunday (August 8) due to Covid-19, bringing the death toll to 10,749. Daily cases increased by another 18,688, pushing the total infections to 1,262,540 since the pandemic began last year. But those numbers mean nothing to backdoor Prime Minister Muhyiddin, as he struggles to cling to power. The only […]
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