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Legend says that Chinese civilization is 5,000 years old. But some argued they were only 3,200 years old. Regardless, the fact remains that while the Chinese civilization survives thousands of years, the Roman Empire did not. Throughout the history, the empires and kingdoms of ancient China had gon
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The return of former Prime Minister Najib Razak to his party - UMNO - is certainly great news for Mahathir administration. After all, it was the former president of UMNO who had stunningly brought down his own government, enabling the then-opposition Pakatan Harapan coalition wrests over the governm
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For over 60 years, a country called Malaysia was divided along racial lines between ethnic Malays and non-Malays. And for as long as one could remember, the Malays from UMNO, the political party that dominated the previous government before they were defeated in the last May general election, have b
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It's been 14 months since Pakatan Harapan (PH) took over. The jubilant and exuberant spirit has long gone. Nowadays when PH politicians speak, people start grumbling about promises not fulfilled. How are people to trust a government that doesn't fulfill it's manifesto's promises? Do they think peopl
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After months of investigation following Facebook’s 2018 Cambridge Analytica scandal, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) decided to slap the company with US$5 billion (£4 billion; RM20.5 billion) fine - the largest ever imposed by the FTC against a tech company. Yet, the punishment was like a mos
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Anwar Ibrahim's ambition to become the 5th Prime Minister of Malaysia was crushed when then-PM Mahathir Mohamad sacked him in 1998. Mr. Anwar, who served as the deputy prime minister from 1993 to 1998 under Dr. Mahathir, was declared not fit to be the next premier for corrupt practices and sodomy -
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Against the threat of retaliation - even trade war - from the United States, the French have decided to slap a new tax on American companies. On Thursday (July 11), France’s Senate approved "3% digital tax" on the revenues of multinational firms and tech giants like Facebook, Google and Amazon. Tr
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When Mahathir Mohamad openly invited all Malay parties, including the UMNO, to join his party PPBM (Bersatu) under the pretext of Malay unity, it raises eyebrows. To the people who had shed sweat, tears and probably even blood bringing down the corrupt and toxic UMNO last May General Election, the p
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American plane manufacturer Boeing has every reason to be worried even after 4 months its best-seller 737 MAX aeroplanes has been grounded. It seems the safety scandal isn't going to be solved as quickly as Boeing and its stakeholders had expected - suggesting that the problems plaguing the aircraft
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After history was made with the swearing in of Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail last year as the country's first female deputy prime minister, more women have been entrusted and empowered with top positions never seen before. In May this year, Malaysia saw the appointment of Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat as the co
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July 8th, 2019 by financetwitter
On Sunday (July 7) in Europe, 150-year-old German bank - Deutsche Bank - officially launched its restructuring plan to cut a mind-blowing 18,000 jobs by 2022. By Monday morning (July 8), the entire teams in Deutsche Bank's Asian operations were told to pack and clear their desks, before their securi [...]
July 8th, 2019 by financetwitter
Forget about sexy rumours that PM-in-waiting Anwar Ibrahim is moving to unseat PM Mahathir Mohamad. Also, forget about naughty speculations that Mahathir is about to install Azmin Ali, his blue-eyed boy, as the new deputy prime minister, hence destroying Anwar's hope to become the next prime ministe [...]
July 5th, 2019 by financetwitter
Riza Shahriz Abdul Aziz, the stepson of former Prime Minister Najib Razak, should not look gloomy when he was brought to the Session Court today to be charged. He should do what his stepfather, or what the deputy of his stepfather - Ahmad Zahid Hamidi - did, when they were charged in court. Mr. Riza [...]
July 4th, 2019 by financetwitter
Back in 2015, President Xi Jinping said that China has no intention of militarizing man-made structures in the South China Sea near the Spratly Islands. He assured then-president Barack Obama that the reclaimed islands were not for military purpose. However, the Chinese continue enhancing and equipp [...]
July 4th, 2019 by financetwitter
Najib Razak should be the last person on the planet to be upset with a special motion, approved on July 1, compelling all MPs (Member of Parliaments), senators, their spouses, their children aged 21 years old and below, and trustees to declare their assets. Does not he want to combat corruption and [...]
July 2nd, 2019 by financetwitter
Does Donald Trump want to kill Huawei or not? After all, it was him who whined, moaned and bitched back in May that the Chinese company was a threat to the U.S. national security. As a result, the Chinese telecom giant was put on a trade blacklist - banning U.S. businesses from selling parts and com [...]
July 2nd, 2019 by financetwitter
Just when Saudi Arabia, the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, had had enough of a little bullshit called "Shariah-compliant lies" invented by PAS Islamist party, the Parti Islam Se-Malaysia has revealed another exciting invention. According to PAS deputy president Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man, Islam does [...]
July 1st, 2019 by financetwitter
According to language translating website Babbel, Mandarin was the most widely spoken language in the world last year - spoke by 1.2 billion people worldwide. Interestingly, Spanish - not English - is the second-most spoken language, attracting about 400 million speakers. Despite being the "lingua [...]
June 30th, 2019 by financetwitter
What is so terrified about Latheefa Koya, the first woman chief of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), so much so that the supporters of UMNO had to attack the "uniform" she was wearing? The answer is simple - Latheefa is the latest badass in town who appears to be enjoying her job comb [...]
June 28th, 2019 by financetwitter
Sir Jonathan Ive, the legendary Apple Chief Design Officer (CDO), announced on Thursday (June 27) that he's leaving the company that he had worked for more than 20 years. The Apple designer, knighted at Buckingham Palace in 2012, was actually born in Chingford, north-east London. Thanks to him, the [...]
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