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Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, popularly known as MBS, lost all his Western friends with a snap of a finger following the brutal assassination of Jamal Khashoggi at a Saudi consulate in Istanbul in October 2018. The CIA concluded that MBS had given the order for the killing, wher
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When Kim Jong-Un threatened to unleash nuclear missiles at the United States, the West laughed. But when Vladimir Putin did the same, the West took the threat seriously. The reason North Korea will never nuke South Korea or Japan, let alone the U.S. - unless America makes the first move to destroy N
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From "no limits" partnership announced by China and Russia in February 2022 to the latest pledge to drive something that hasn't been seen by the civilization in 100 years, the West is very concerned. Thanks to the United States' strategic errors - and arrogance - Beijing and Moscow are now closer th
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When Mahathir Mohamad was asked in 2003 by Asiaweek how he would like his legacy to be remembered, he said - "Oh, I really don't care. In 40 years, I'm not going to be around and when you're dead, people will say nasty things about you. It doesn't make a difference to me." That was during his first
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When arch-rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran announced they were restoring diplomatic relations, the world was stunned. The split between the two main sects within Islam, Saudi-led Sunni Islam and Iran-led Shia Islam, goes back some 1,400 years in a dispute over who should succeed the Prophet Muhammad as
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Operation Lalang (Operasi Lalang in Malay), which means "Operation Weeding" was a major crackdown launched by the Royal Malaysian Police in 1987 to prevent the repeat of racial riots in the country. It was the biggest operation of its kind under Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad after racial tensions
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Costing US$32 million a pop, the U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper drone can be armed with a variety of weaponry, including up to eight laser-guided Air-to-Ground Missile-114 Hellfire. Also known as "Predator B", the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) can loiter at up to 50,000 feet for more than 27 hours, gath
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When Biden took office, the U.S. inflation was only 1.4% while the gasoline price was US$2.39 per gallon. Today, inflation is at 6.4% and the gas is US$3.47. And that was after pumping trillions of dollars into the financial system to make sure the system did not crash. After bailing out Silicon Val
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Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) said on Wednesday (March 8) that it would like to raise some funds - US$2.2 billion to be precise. Investors as well as venture capitalists were surprised that the bank - 16th biggest in the United States, with US$209 billion in assets - suddenly needed so much money. Withi
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Anwar Ibrahim's pledge to crack down on corruption has sent shivers down the spine of many corrupt politicians, including three former Prime Ministers - Mahathir Mohamad, Muhyiddin Yassin and Ismail Sabri. But they are not the only sharks identified. Powerful politicians like Daim Zainuddin and supe
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November 6th, 2022 by financetwitter
Sheikh Umar Bagharib Ali is a Malay-Muslim. But because he is contesting under the Democratic Action Party (DAP) ticket in the 15th General Election, which is about 2 weeks away, he was insulted as a "Chinese dog" by rival Barisan Nasional (BN) supporters. Make no mistake, those BN minions were sent [...]
November 5th, 2022 by financetwitter
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's official visit to Beijing on Friday (Nov 4) marked the first time a leader of the Group of Seven (G7) nations rubbed shoulders with Chinese President Xi Jinping after the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party. His arrival was also the first by a leader of the [...]
November 4th, 2022 by financetwitter
History will record how opposition Pakatan Harapan stunningly defeated the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) government in the 2018 General Election. For the first time in history, the corrupt UMNO-led BN coalition lost power after 61 years of one-party rule. And for the first time in history, a former p [...]
November 2nd, 2022 by financetwitter
Next month's polls will be the second time the general election is being held during the monsoon season. The last time it was held in November was in 1999. At that time, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad deliberately called an early election to coincide with the rainy season to discourage Malays, ange [...]
October 31st, 2022 by financetwitter
After the Nord Stream gas pipeline was blown up last month (Sept 26), questions have been raised over who did it. Both the West and Russia agreed it was sabotage, which means it was not an accident. It was a pre-planned terrorist attack to permanently terminate any hope of Europe going back for Russ [...]
October 30th, 2022 by financetwitter
Karma - that's the short answer to describe the internal crisis plaguing Parti Bangsa Malaysia (PBM or Malaysian Nation Party). The long answer - you live by the sword, you die by the sword. There's no honour among thieves, let alone traitors who are trying to butcher each other trying to take over [...]
October 29th, 2022 by financetwitter
Liow Tiong Lai, the 10th President of the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) from 2013 to 2018, has started attacking bitter rival Democratic Action Party (DAP) as the 15th General Election is going full steam. The ex-MCA chief is making a comeback to contest Bentong parliamentary seat, which he [...]
October 27th, 2022 by financetwitter
As the world's reserve currency, the U.S. dollar is the king of the financial world. However, the American government abuses the currency hegemony as a primary tool to advance its geopolitical interests to the extent of arm-twisting the rise of other nations. Not only Russia's US$630 billion in fore [...]
October 25th, 2022 by financetwitter
Clueless Ismail Sabri appears to believe that he will become prime minister again if UMNO-led Barisan Nasional coalition wins the next general election. He's so dumb that party president Zahid Hamidi would eat him for lunch without him realizing it. The turtle-egg man is no match to the cunning and [...]
October 24th, 2022 by financetwitter
Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim does not have much time left in his quest for the Iron Throne. He would be 80 years old in the next 16th General Election. Like any other heavyweights, the president of PKR (Parti Keadilan Rakyat or People's Justice Party) has been contested in his "safe seat" - Perma [...]
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