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He has not been heard from since Israeli strikes on Beirut about 2 weeks ago. Believed to be dead, or wounded, Esmail Qaani was promoted by Tehran as the head of the IRGC (Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps) overseas military-intelligence service after the United States assassinated Qasem Soleimani
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Azilah Hadri, one of the two former Special Actions Unit (UTK) commandos convicted for the murder of Mongolian Altantuya Shaariibuu about 18 years ago, had successfully escaped the gallows. His death penalty was commuted to a 40 years and 12 strokes of the cane yesterday (Oct 10, 2024). But his luc
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Almost one-fifth of Florida’s gas stations were out of fuel by Tuesday afternoon, and the streets are empty as people scramble to leave - nearly two weeks after the destruction as a result of Hurricane Helene. The Hurricane Milton, projected to hit the south-west coast of Florida by Wednesday eve
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Many think Israel will hit Iran on October 7, the anniversary of Hamas attack on Israel last year which killed 1,200 Israelis and resulted in over 200 hostages taken. It didn't happen. If the Jewish state's timing of retaliation and military strategy could be easily guessed, then the
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On October 7, 2023, Hamas in Gaza launched a brutal massacre of Israeli civilians, killing 1,200 Israelis and resulted in over 200 hostages taken. The next day (October 8), Hezbollah in Lebanon launched rockets into Israel under the pretext of solidarity with the Palestinian militant grou
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How do you hoodwink a judge that you were not corrupt even though you had stolen money, never mind whether the amount was RM2.27 billion or just 1% of it, which translates to RM22,000,000? Former Prime Minister Najib Razak's hotshot attorney might have found the answer - convince the court that his
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Fresh from sending 85 bunker-buster bombs that killed terrorist organization Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, Israel publicly announced on Tuesday (Oct 1) that it has begun a "limited ground offensive" into southern Lebanon. The IDF (Israel Defense Forces), of course, were already inside Lebanon
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When reporters of BBC and Al-Jazeera, arguably two of the loudest cheerleaders of Hamas and Hezbollah terror groups, appeared sombre and sad while reading (unconfirmed) news that Israel has killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, you know that the cleric is indeed dead. Besides, the IDF (Isr
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Crude oil prices hit its lowest since December 2021 early this month. The West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures for October contract was trading at US$65.75 per barrel, whilst the Brent crude oil for November contract was US$69.19 per barrel. Meaning since the beginning of the year, bot
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Chinese voter turnout in the upcoming Mahkota by-election definitely will be low. The burning question is whether it will be lower than the July's Sungai Bakap polls, which saw only 47% of the Chinese electorate turning out to vote. As a result of the protest votes, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim's o
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February 28th, 2024 by financetwitter
Giving a much needed boost to Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, the newly crowned Malaysian King Sultan Ibrahim has decreed that he would not entertain any request to change the current government. However, one man's meat is another man's poison. The monarch's support and endorsement for Mr Anwar also m [...]
February 25th, 2024 by financetwitter
With 35 years experience under his belt in the public service, Dr Ammar Abdul Ghapar was one of Malaysia’s 1.7 million lucky bloated civil servants. Untouchable due to his skin colour, he was promoted as the new director general of Tourism Malaysia on April 12, 2023. But he mistook his promotion a [...]
February 24th, 2024 by financetwitter
Flying for the first time outside mainland China, state-owned planemaker COMAC proudly showed off its C919 and ARJ21 commercial aeroplanes at the Singapore Airshow - held between Feb 20 to 25. The Chinese homegrown planes raised eyebrows and caught the attention of thousands of audience at a time wh [...]
February 21st, 2024 by financetwitter
Making money in the forex (foreign exchange) is quite easy - just listen to research firms such as MIDF or Malaysian Industrial Development Finance, and bet the opposite. Led by a bunch of clueless management and researchers, the firm that specializes in development finance, investment banking, and [...]
February 17th, 2024 by financetwitter
Last August, despite US-led Western nations' relentless efforts in accusing Beijing of human rights violations against Muslim minorities in Xinjiang, Chinese President Xi Jinping made a stop in Xinjiang during his return trip to the 15th BRICS Summit in South Africa and announced that a "beautiful X [...]
February 14th, 2024 by financetwitter
Malaysia is in financial deep shit, but most of its 33 million populations especially the largest ethnic group - Malay - doesn't realize it. The fact that 80% of the Malay voters chose Perikatan Nasional, a coalition comprising Malay nationalist Bersatu and PAS Islamist parties that subscribe to rad [...]
February 7th, 2024 by financetwitter
One of Boeing's selling points - or rather marketing gimmicks - in selling its 737 MAX jetliner was that pilots certified for an earlier generation of 737 jets only needed a short computer course to fly its fourth generation plane. That helped Boeing made tonnes of money as MAX quickly became its be [...]
February 5th, 2024 by financetwitter
How did Singapore-based Channel News Asia (CNA) know about imprisoned former Prime Minister Najib Razak's fate two days before his successful royal pardon? Or how did local daily Utusan Malaysia get it wrong for reporting that the crook would be released immediately, before retracting and apologisi [...]
February 3rd, 2024 by financetwitter
For four decades, Joe Biden has remained hopeful that the U.S. and Iran could find some common ground. Like other foolish Democrats leaders such as Barack Obama, they thought Iranian Mullahs could be brought into the U.S. orbit by being friendly with them. In fact, years before Obama ran for pre [...]
February 1st, 2024 by financetwitter
After pro-UMNO local daily Utusan Malaysiaretracted and apologized over its fake news that the Pardons Board had granted Najib a royal pardon, the former prime minister's desire to get an early release from prison was smashed to pieces. The issue was so toxic that not even the then-King Sultan Abdul [...]
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