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Middle East is about to plunge into a new crisis again, thanks partly to the United States. It seems that whenever the U.S. enters the region, a war will start. And now that the U.S. wants to quit, it also creates a new war. On Sunday, President Donald Trump reportedly had directed U.S. troops in no
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Mahathir, the world's oldest prime minister, appears to have lost his magic touch in running the country, which is burdened with record RM1 trillion debts inherited from the previous corrupt government. Initially praised - even worshipped - for stunningly defeated protégé-turn-nemesis Najib Razak,
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Apple removed a popular app from its App Store on Thursday (Oct 10), after repeatedly flip-flopped on whether to allow the app to be used by Hong Kong protesters. At first, the iPhone maker rejected the app earlier this month, only to make a U-turn and made it available for download a few days lat
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We wrote more than a year ago that "Utusan Malaysia", the oldest Malay newspaper may close shop. Founded as “Utusan Melayu” in 1939, almost 2 decades before the country’s independence in 1957, the generosity of the newly crowned government of Pakatan Harapan has allowed the highly controversia
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Stock market plunged more than 300 points after it shows that the existing US-China trade war has become worse. In the run-up to high-level trade talks in Washington this week, relations have deteriorated between the world’s two-largest economies. Unlike in the past, it appears both Beijing and W
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After opposition parties UMNO Malay nationalist party and PAS Islamist party joined hands in a Muslim unity gathering last month, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad had no choice but to arrange a similar gathering just to show that his own Malay-based party (PPBM or Bersatu), too, is as Malay and Islam
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Chinese students are said to be quite brilliant in Mathematics. However, the level of proficiency varies widely among them. So while students from Malaysian SJKC Chinese vernacular school have a better grasp of Maths, they would struggle at Singapore's Maths, unless they learn Olympiad Maths. Still,
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If Mahathir unilaterally brings back the GST (Goods and Services Tax), it will be the clearest confirmation that the new government of Pakatan Harapan (PH) under his leadership is the world's greatest "U-Turn Government". And they will suffer the same defeat - guaranteed - in the next general electi
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On the same day China shows off military might at the 70th anniversary parade, the United States stock market fell by nearly 350 points. On Tuesday (Oct 1), the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) finished lower - losing 343.7 points. But it had little to do with the Chinese revealing its nuclear ba
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In a speech commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party’s rule, Chinese President Xi Jinping has a message to his own 1.4-billion Chinese people, and the world, especially the United States - "There is no force that can shake the foundation of this great nation. No force can
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September 13th, 2019 by financetwitter
The war between China and the U.S. consists of 2 battlefronts - the trade war and the tech war. The trade war is Trump's attempt to put an end to intellectual property (IP) thefts and forced technology transfers, not to mention to eliminate the barriers to American companies competing in China, all [...]
September 12th, 2019 by financetwitter
Forget problem-plagued Boeing 737 MAX. It doesn't look like the "fastest-selling" airplane in Boeing history would be able to make it to the sky by the end of the year. Even if the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the agency that oversees American airspace, gives the green light for the air [...]
September 10th, 2019 by financetwitter
While watching TV, you would sometimes hear about a lawyer telling his client to "plead the Fifth". In a nutshell, it's the constitutional right of a person to refuse to answer questions or otherwise give testimony against himself. Michael Cohen, President Trump's former lawyer and "fixer", famousl [...]
September 8th, 2019 by financetwitter
Silly Mahathir has spoken again. The 94-year-old Prime Minister of Malaysia has again mocked and insulted his own community - ethnic Malays - for being lazy (*yawn*). Yes, it's quite silly repeating the mantra again and again about a disease which he knew how to cure but refuses to prescribe. If he [...]
September 6th, 2019 by financetwitter
Donald Trump has finally admitted that his trade war with China is hurting the stock market, so much so that the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) would be a whopping 10,000 points higher had he not picked a fight with the Chinese. He said - “If I wanted to do nothing with China, my stock market [...]
September 4th, 2019 by financetwitter
A campaign to boycott non-Muslim products, believed to have been quietly unleashed by opposition UMNO Malay nationalist and PAS Islamist parties has spread like wildfire, at least on social media. On the surface, it certainly looks like a declaration of war against the minorities in the country, esp [...]
September 3rd, 2019 by financetwitter
By now, the US-China trade war has entered a stage where it's almost impossible for either one to surrender. The belief is such that the dispute will continue until at least the 2020 U.S. presidential election. Donald Trump is betting that his get-tough-on-China platform will rally American voters a [...]
August 31st, 2019 by financetwitter
Chicago-based United Airlines had planned to resume service with the grounded Boeing 737 MAX in early November, but is now targeting December 19 instead. Grounded by safety regulators since March in the wake of two crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia that claimed 346 lives, the carrier seriously hopes [...]
August 30th, 2019 by financetwitter
When Boris Johnson became British prime minister on July 24, his biggest problem was obviously the lack of time to negotiate a new deal with the European Union. In comparison, Theresa May had served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from July 2016 to July 2019. She had 3 years, yet failed [...]
August 28th, 2019 by financetwitter
The duty on crude palm oil was lowered to 40% from 44%, while a tax on the refined variety was cut to 50% from 54% after Indonesia and Malaysia, the top two palm oil producers in the Southeast Asia, sought a reduction in the import tax. Prior to that, India had raised the import tax on crude palm [...]
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