Crisis
On Tuesday (August 18), the S&P 500 closed at a record 3,389.78 points – higher than the previous record of 3,386.15 recorded on February 19, 2020. The benchmark plunged from the Feb’s all-time high to a low of 2,237.40 on March 23, effectively losing 33.9% thanks to the Coronavirus pandemic. It entered a bear market […]
... written on Aug 19 2020As expected, Vladimir Putin’s announcement that his country has become the first country in the world to approve a Coronavirus vaccine fails to win applause. The Russian president announced the great news on Tuesday – “As far as I know, a vaccine against a new Coronavirus infection has been registered this morning, for the first […]
... written on Aug 13 2020When the Coronavirus first erupted in the West, Italy was the hellish epicentre outbreak in Europe. The virus was first confirmed to have spread to Italy on 31 January 2020, when two Chinese tourists in Rome tested positive. By 19 March, the death toll in Italy has hit 3,405, more than China’s 3,249, according to data compiled […]
... written on Aug 03 2020Musa Aman was indeed a very frustrated man after his evil plan to topple Chief Minister Shafie Apdal failed spectacularly. It was the last fireworks for the month of July after former Prime Minister Najib Razak was pronounced “guilty” by the High Court in relation to all the 7 charges of money laundering, corruption and […]
... written on Aug 02 2020Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has again advised people on Friday (July 31) how to disinfect their face mask. The formula is to clean your face mask with gasoline or petrol, and he insisted that he was “not joking”. It appears that Duterte, arguably the most powerful man in Southeast Asia was not happy that his advice, […]
... written on Aug 01 2020Ever since Muhyiddin Yassin was sworn in as the 8th prime minister on March 1, arguably the 1st prime minister of a backdoor government since independence in 1957, he has been playing politics full time. Only the fools believed that he was not interested in playing politics, but to fight Coronavirus. How could he not […]
... written on Jul 30 2020After a short period of celebration, Hong Kong is back to square one. Cinemas are closing their doors again from July 15. Dining at restaurants will be unavailable from 6pm to 5am every day. Mask-wearing is now mandatory on public transport at all times. Group gatherings have been reduced from 50 people to just 4 […]
... written on Jul 22 2020Hitting new records for the wrong reason appears to be the new normal in the U.S. The superpower reported 71,558 new Covid-19 cases on Saturday, making it the second day in a row the nation seen more than 70,000 new infections. According to Johns Hopkins University, the U.S. leads the world in reported cases with […]
... written on Jul 20 2020In response to the National Audit Department’s report revealing that Chinese ships had encroached into Malaysian waters 89 times between 2016 and 2019, Foreign Minister Hishammuddin Hussein proudly claimed that in the 100 days since he took over the ministry, the Chinese vessels have not dared breach the country’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) anymore. Bravo! […]
... written on Jul 17 2020Vietnam’s first case of Covid-19 appeared on January 23, 2020. As of July 7, the country had 369 confirmed cases, but with zero deaths. Yes, the country of 97-million people has not reported a single Coronavirus-related death. On top of that, the success story also included 81 straight days of zero local transmission, despite its long border with China. When […]
... written on Jul 09 2020
