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E-commerce has taken wealth creation to the next new level. Gone was the old expectation from parents that their children would want to become a doctor, a lawyer or an engineer. Likewise, teachers would probably get a shock today when students said they would like to become a YouTuber or an Influencer, jobs that never […]
... written on Dec 22 2021XAG (formerly known as XAircraft), a Guangzhou-based manufacturer of agricultural drones, is sending robots and drones to rice, wheat and cotton fields to do something unimaginable by aging farmers – automating seeding, pesticide spraying and weather monitoring. Last month, it launched V40 and P40 Agricultural Drone that can conduct mapping, spraying, and broadcast on the […]
... written on Dec 15 2021Do you know that the UAE (United Arab Emirates) is the third-richest country in the world, behind Qatar and Luxembourg? Contrary to popular belief that Saudi Arabia was the richest Gulf state in the Middle East, it’s actually Qatar and the UAE that is wealthier. While Saudi has tonnes of oil, Qatar is the world’s […]
... written on Nov 18 2021Based on complaints from the Opposition, especially the Democratic Action Party (DAP), one of four components of the Pakatan Harapan coalition, it’s crystal clear that they have again been scammed and tricked by the cunning government of Ismail Sabri into signing the MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) to support the highly corrupt and racist regime. Told […]
... written on Nov 05 2021Technically, China and the United States are still in a trade war, which was started by former U.S. president Donald Trump. At the same time, the new POTUS – Joe Biden – has started a Cold War with China. To make matters worse, a shortage of coal has forced power cuts at Chinese factories. Yet, […]
... written on Oct 13 2021More than 600 journalists from 150 media outlets in 117 countries were involved in the biggest journalism partnership in history to investigate and uncover financial secrets of 35 current and former world leaders, 336 high-level politicians and public officials in 91 countries. The battalions of journalists had to comb nearly 3 terabytes of data, which […]
... written on Oct 04 2021When Najib Razak became the prime minister, he told the Borneo states – Sabah and Sarawak – that his government was committed to the Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63), pledging to protect the rights of the East Malaysians. He said a high-level committee will be set up to discuss the MA63. Sabah and Sarawak leaders applauded and […]
... written on Sep 20 2021Until Ahmad Maslan was slapped with two charges of failing to declare RM2 million received from former Prime Minister Najib Razak and giving false statements to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), he was known as a man with many talents. One of Najib’s loudest cheerleaders, he was the biggest supporter of Goods and Services Tax (GST). […]
... written on Sep 09 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 2021Australia has officially complained to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) last month that China’s huge slap – as high as 218.4% tariff – on the country’s wine industry has done “serious harm”. Trade Minister Dan Tehan had even offered a hilarious reason. He said Australia was forced to file the dispute because Beijing had refused […]
... written on Jul 23 2021