Military
Trying to reverse Donald Trump’s toxic “America’s first” agenda, President Joe Biden has started rallying the Group of Seven – G7 – allies back to the American flag. In his first address before the world since his inauguration as the 46th President of the United States, Biden declared in a virtual address to the Munich […]
... written on Feb 22 2021Malaysia’s stocks and currency plunge on Tuesday after the King dramatically proclaimed an Emergency that will last until August 1, or until the current Covid-19 pandemic is brought under control. At 11am, the local Bursa Malaysia stock index plunged below 1,600 level, losing 25.34 points (1.6%) to 1,591.91. It has also spooked the local currency. […]
... written on Jan 12 2021An image of a grinning Australian soldier holding a bloodied knife to an Afghanistan child’s throat has sparked a new problem to the already souring relationship between China and Australia. The fact that the image, which appeared to show the soldier slitting the child’s throat, was posted by Zhao Lijian, a spokesman for China’s foreign […]
... written on Dec 01 2020Two people were killed and five others injured in a stabbing attack on Saturday night in Quebec City, Canada. Police spokesperson Étienne Doyon said the 5 injured victims were transported to local hospitals with different levels of injury. However, Doyon refused to reveal the motive of the attacks, whether the attacks were random or identify the […]
... written on Nov 01 2020When Macron unveiled a plan to defend France’s secular values against “Islamist radicalism”, he said the religion was “in crisis” all over the world. Stressing the importance of schools in instilling secular values in young people, he said beginning next year, about 50,000 French children who are currently educated at home would be required to […]
... written on Oct 30 2020China has decided to impose unspecified sanctions on three American defence contractors – Boeing, Raytheon Technologies and Lockheed Martin. The sanction was taken after the U.S. State Department approved US$1.8 billion in arms sales to Taiwan last week. Also targeted in the sanction included “the US individuals and entities who played an egregious role”. […]
... written on Oct 28 2020At the 17th annual meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club, Russian President Vladimir Putin said a Russia-China military alliance could be forged, but for now, there is no need. Speaking during a video conference on Thursday, Putin’s suggestion is a concept similar to the western military alliance NATO. He said – “We don’t need it, […]
... written on Oct 25 2020As proxy war gets ugly between two allies – PPBM and UMNO – in the Perikatan Nasional backdoor government led by lame duck Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin, more heavyweights from Peninsular Malaya (as Sabahans like to call the West Malaysia) are being flown to the Borneo state of Sabah. One of them is none other […]
... written on Sep 19 2020When China launches normal missiles, even in the South China Sea without destroying any enemy ships, it is bad news. But when the Chinese launch ballistic missiles, especially one that can carry conventional or nuclear warheads, it is very bad news. And Beijing had just fired two such missiles. Bloomberg, however, reported that four ballistic […]
... written on Aug 27 2020For decades, the United States has been the dominant maritime force. They still are today, but is fast losing its dominance. In terms of number of warships, China had already hit a fleet of 335 ships in 2019, more than U.S. Navy’s entire fleet of 293 ships. However, America’s fleet is much larger on a […]
... written on Jul 27 2020
