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A Canadian-American professor of political science, Bruce Gilley's alma mater included University of Toronto (B.A.), University of Oxford (M.Phil) and Princeton University (PhD). From Bachelor of Arts in economics and international relations to Master of Economics, he then received his PhD in poli
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Unable to accept the reality that a Chinese company could develop a highly popular app called TikTok, the United States has been trying everything in its power to control it. ByteDance now has two options - either sell it to American owners, or get ready to be banned. The Senate voted 79 to 18 after
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The MMC is embroiled in a tussle with the parallel pathway specialists and the medical genetics graduates over recognising their qualifications for the purpose of listing them in the National Specialists Register (NSR). Four cardiothoracic surgeons with qualifications from the Royal College of Surge
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When the going gets tough, he runs and hides away. That's how Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim projects himself just 15 months into office. The only thing he dares to involve is defending Hamas terrorists in an ongoing war some 7,600 kilometres away. That is what really excites him. In his own homeland,
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Roughly a week after Iran attacked Israel with more than 300 drones and missiles, 99% of which missed or intercepted, Israel has retaliated, striking the Islamic Republic with just a handful or drones and missiles. Unlike Iranian's massive attack on the Jewish state that failed to inflict meaningful
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McDonald's Malaysia is looking to expand its fleet of outlets to 750 nationwide by 2030. That's more than double from its current 370 restaurants across the country, or about 63 new outlets every year for the next 6 years. With between 50 to 100 jobs created from each restaurant, the fast food chain
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After almost 2 weeks discussing how to retaliate over Israel's bold strikes on its embassy in Syria's capital Damascus, Tehran could not find any option except a direct attack on Israel. To strike the Jewish state from proxies located in Lebanon, Syria, Yemen or Iraq would be not only lame, but inef
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On Friday (April 12), President Biden expressed his anticipation of an Iranian attack on Israel and rushed warships, including aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower and destroyers USS Carney and USS Arleigh Burke to protect Israel and American forces in the region. With "expectation" that the at
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Anwar Ibrahim was displeased - even panicked - when Abdul Hadi Awang beats him to scoring some brownie points when the PAS Islamist party president contacted Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh to express his support for the terrorist organization. Prime Minister Anwar, unsatisfied, then used all
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Americans can make about 11 gigawatts of solar panels per year, up from 6.4 gigawatts in 2022. In comparison, one Chinese company alone - JinkoSolar - is able to produce 56 gigawatts at its solar panel factory in Shanxi province. China as a whole can make more than 400 gigawatts of new panels every
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May 14th, 2015 by financetwitter
Cash is King, goes the powerful saying, which is still true today. Soon, we may enter a new dimension, whereby money in terms of cash will be made "illegal". Here's why cash is horrible - it's dirty because a U.S. study found 3,000 types of bacteria on bank notes. Cash is easily torn, not to mention [...]
May 13th, 2015 by financetwitter
North Korean supremo Kim Jong-Un may not be that good looking and charismatic a leader to lead a country of about 25 million people. But his unpopularity and brutality could easily rival that of his father and even grandfather. His chubbiness, most probably due to consume too much cheese, could easi [...]
May 13th, 2015 by financetwitter
The Big Mac index was invented by "The Economist" in 1986 as a creative way of measuring purchasing power parity (PPP) between two currencies. Using McDonald's Big Mac hamburger as the index, it provides a fun way of telling if a currency is undervalued or otherwise. For example, the average price o [...]
May 12th, 2015 by financetwitter
With Russia still struggling after the collapse of oil prices, Putin administration needs to keep his people happy while feeding his expanding military forces. Although the oil prices have recovered ever since, it's still too far away from the peak of US$110 a barrel. Putin wants his people to forge [...]
May 12th, 2015 by financetwitter
Four years ago, the notorious terrorist supremo - Osama bin Laden - was killed by United States SEAL teams. The supposedly 40-minute helicopter assault mission on a fortified compound of a US$1 million “mansion” outside of Abbottabad, about an hour’s drive (50 km) from Islamabad, Pakistan, wa [...]
May 11th, 2015 by financetwitter
Let's get real, the biggest mistake committed by Prime Minister Najib Razak was sending Anwar Ibrahim to jail, in his attempt to pacify Godfather Mahathir Mohamad. If only he had spent less time golfing and massaging his gorgeous wife Rosmah, and instead read Chinese historical novel "Romance of the [...]
May 9th, 2015 by financetwitter
By-elections for Rompin and Permatang Pauh have come and gone. As expected, both winners and losers claimed they didn't lose, literally speaking. Barisan Nasional "Taikors" who retains Rompin seat said the results are positive to them. Pakatan Rakyat "Taikors" who retains Permatang Pauh seat said [...]
May 7th, 2015 by financetwitter
The rivalry between Barcelona's Lionel Messi and Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo has dominated the back-page headlines across the world for as long as soccer fans can remember. Both players are regarded as the best players of all time in the world of soccer. They are so good that you can bet you [...]
May 6th, 2015 by financetwitter
Oil is back!! Oil is going bonkers!! Oil is going through the roof!! West Texas Intermediate (WTI) keeps hitting new high almost everyday since mid-April this year. From the low of US$42 a barrel, it's now trading at US$60.86 a barrel. That's roughly 43% rally in less than 2-months. Still, nobody da [...]
May 5th, 2015 by financetwitter
While thousands of Malaysians took to the street on 1st-May days ago to protest Emperor Najib Razak's lavish spending and the newly introduced GST, tourists in China were being entertained with a new bizzare stunt - piglets flying, into the water - from a huge platform. As sickening as it looked, th [...]
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