Military
Afghani, the currency of a pariah nation called Afghanistan, is trading at 77 Afghani to a U.S. dollar. In comparison, Russian Ruble has depreciated to 99 to the greenback. This means the Afghani are more valuable than Ruble. Not bad for the ruling Taliban, who seized power about two years ago after the United States […]
... written on Oct 04 2023Despite throwing tens of billions of U.S. taxpayers dollars into the Ukraine War, Washington and its allies have not been able to weaken, let alone defeat the Russians. Since losing the battle of Bakhmut in May 2023, the Ukrainian forces are spooked – and demoralized – after the city has been “completely destroyed” by Moscow’s […]
... written on Sep 13 2023Military analysts aren’t sure the real purpose of what appears to be a new airstrip on one of the islands China controls in the highly contested South China Sea. The runway, which saw its construction in just a few weeks since the last satellite images were captured, is about 600 metres (2,000 feet) long – […]
... written on Aug 18 2023What were America and its allies doing thousands of miles away from home? It’s funny that China was being called a bully for defending its territories, but the West was merely conducting freedom of navigations in the backyard of China – South China Sea. The best part was when China and Russia sailed near Alaska, […]
... written on Aug 07 2023Since Donald Trump launched his trade war in 2018 against China, there has been concern in the West that the Chinese government would retaliate. In the second phase of the trade war, the U.S. president banned Huawei with an executive order prohibiting U.S. companies from selling semiconductors to (or buying technological equipment from) the China’s […]
... written on Jul 05 2023Stalin used to allow – even encourage – mini rebellions to occur so that the revolutionary who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953 could cling to power by flushing out traitors. He would suddenly disappear from the office without announcement for a few weeks, presenting the opportunity to enemies to […]
... written on Jun 30 2023Lloyd Austin, the first African American to serve as the U.S. secretary of defence, was eager to meet Chinese Defence Minister Li Shangfu at the Shangri-La Dialogue security summit on Saturday (June 3). His wishes came true – for only 10 seconds. He took the initiative to reach out to the Chinese minister where both […]
... written on Jun 06 2023On Wednesday (May 3, 2023), footage of two drones attacking the Kremlin in Moscow has gone viral. The stunning strike on Vladimir Putin’s residence has been described as “a planned terrorist act and an assassination attempt on the Russian president”. The explosion, however, did not kill or injure anyone because Putin was not present in […]
... written on May 05 2023Jailed Najib Razak and his self-proclaimed hotshot lawyer Shafee Abdullah were extremely disappointed and devastated with the Federal Court’s 4-1 decision to reject a bid to review the conviction of the ex-prime minister last week. But the snake oil salesman defence attorney has again given his client with yet another false hope that he could […]
... written on Apr 05 2023For the last 100 years since the U.S. dollar replaced the British pound sterling as an international reserve currency, the United States has become the world superpower after the First World War (1914-1918). Coincidentally, the dollar as we know it today was actually first printed in 1914 after the Federal Reserve Bank was created under […]
... written on Apr 02 2023
