Crisis
After loads of explosions and gunfire, French security forces killed the two Kouachi brothers, Cherif and Said, suspected in the Charlie Hebdo massacre while raiding a factory where they had holed up with a hostage. Amazingly, the hostage was freed – Vive la France! – and that my friends, speaks volumes about the country’s GIGN. That’s France’s Groupe […]
... written on Jan 11 2015If you really want to know the winner in the France’s most brutal slaughter in 50-years, it has to be Charlie Hebdo itself. Ask yourself: do you know who is Charlie Hebdo prior to the mass killings? You may try to act smart and answer that Charlie Hebdo could be a comedian or Justin Bieber’s […]
... written on Jan 09 2015ISIS, Al Qaeda, Boko Haram, Abu Sayyaf, Moro Islamic Liberation Front, Pattani United Liberation Organization, Jemaah Islamiyah and to a certain extent Perkasa and Isma – what do they have in common. They’re either full-blown terrorists or subscribed to the teaching of terrorism, wearing the mask of Islam. Their lust for revenge, money, sex, power, […]
... written on Jan 08 2015In what appears to be France’s deadliest terror attack in half a century, 12 people were killed and 5 seriously injured after 2 masked men stormed the offices of Paris-based satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo at around midday on Wednesday. A third suspect, 18-year-old Hamyd Mourad, the getaway driver in the brutal attack has reportedly given […]
... written on Jan 08 2015After billionaire Tony Fernandes’ AirAsia Flight QZ8501 mysteriously crashed last Sunday in the Java Sea together with 162 people on board en route from Surabaya to Singapore, air travellers around the world have been extremely cautious about flying. In another drama at the same Juanda International Airport, Surabaya, close to 120 AirAsia passengers got a […]
... written on Jan 05 2015As the searching operation continues for the wreck of AirAsia Flight QZ8501 and its black box flight recorders, Indonesian authorities have found two objects at roughly 30-metres depth, thanks primarily to underwater ROV (remote operating vehicles). So far, no survivors have been found from the crash, which happened about 40 minutes after the plane took […]
... written on Jan 04 2015Is Russian economic meltdown merely a domestic problem? Does it affect other countries as well? Obviously it does, judging by data from Dubai, a popular tourist destination for Russians. According to Dubai Airports, passenger traffic related to Russia plunged 18.2% from a year earlier in November. Cargo volume through Dubai International also dropped 8% from a year earlier in the same […]
... written on Dec 31 2014Just when 30 million Malaysians were enjoying the Christmas and the coming New Year long holidays, disasters strike again. When you thought both MH370 and MH17 incidents were the worse that could happen in a year, it gets worst. With only days before we step into the new year, two more disasters happen. First, the […]
... written on Dec 29 2014Hawaii’s US$38 million macadamia nut industry demand is suddenly skyrocketing from South Korea, thanks to a spoilt princess of Korean Air boss Cho Yang-Ho, the patriarch of business conglomerate Hanjin Group. Macadamia nut sales had increased 20-times from one week to the next earlier this month, after Heather Cho Hyun-ah threw tantrums about how she […]
... written on Dec 24 2014Tomorrow is the big day – the Christmas Day. Shopping and Christmas songs are everywhere. The holiday season will continue after Christmas – New Year, Chinese New Year and whatnot. However, if you care to stop playing with your smartphone and spare some minutes to think, it seems the Christmas songs and music are so […]
... written on Dec 24 2014
