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Defiant Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim thought he was clever and invincible when he deliberately met with Hamas political bureau chief Ismail Haniyeh during his 3-day visit in Qatar. He wanted to send a message to Washington that even if Malaysian banking system was helping the terrorist org
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Regardless whether you belonged to Baby Boomers (born from 1946 to 1964), Generation X (born from 1965 to 1980) or Millennials (born from 1981 to 1996), you can't run away from something called credit card debt. Consumers love using credit cards, but at the same time hate paying off outstanding debt
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Here's how to win a soccer game - score more goals than your rival, or watch your enemy score own goals (ignore penalty shoot-out). The result is out and the Democratic Action Party (DAP) Pang Sock Tao has won the Kuala Kubu Baharu by-election with a 3,869 vote majority. DAP, a component of Pakatan
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If DarSa Fried Chicken (DFC) is trying to replace Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC), it should close shop now before it goes bust. Chances are it will fail miserably. Even before the local restaurant could make profits, it has already violated all business ethics. It is not price competitive, does not re
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In a desperate effort to buy votes, especially from fellow Malay Muslims of whom 80% did not vote for Anwar Ibrahim in the last November 2022 General Election, the Malaysian Prime Minister announced a record hike in civil servants’ salary of more than 13%. He bragged on Labour Day that the RM10 bi
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Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim appears to have chicken out from Kuala Kubu Baharu by-election. Now, Selangor Menteri Besar (Chief Minister) Amirudin Shari is the poster boy after Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil hinted that Anwar would not be present during the campaign for the largest constituenc
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Antony Blinken's visit - his second to China is less than a year - is the clearest proof that the U.S. Secretary of State was sent to beg the Chinese again. But as expected, nothing can be achieved from such visits as long as Washington arrogantly thinks it could tell Beijing what China can or canno
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About 40,000 people in Kuala Kubu Baharu will go to the polling stations again on May 11 to vote for a new assemblyperson. The largest constituency in the state of Selangor will see a four-cornered contest following the death of its three-term assemblywoman Lee Kee Hiong from the Democratic Action P
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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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September 8th, 2022 by financetwitter
Ringgit has finally dropped 4.50 to a US dollar on Wednesday (Sept 7) - the lowest since January 1998, during the Asian Financial Crisis. The Malaysia currency plunged as much as 4.5038 before staging a rebound to 4.5017. As feared, once it breached the psychological 4.50 level, it would be difficul [...]
September 6th, 2022 by financetwitter
It's one thing to express full solidarity with Ukraine and pledged to continue offering strong political, financial and humanitarian assistance. It's another thing altogether to condemn Russia and bragged to continue imposing hard-hitting sanctions. The 27-nation leaders of European Union love to ta [...]
September 5th, 2022 by financetwitter
Najib Razak is currently serving 12 years' jail after he lost his final appeal in the Federal Court on August 23. But in less than 2 weeks as the Kajang Prison Complex's newest inmate, the crook has started his usual drama again. Born with a silver spoon, it's extremely difficult for the former prim [...]
September 4th, 2022 by financetwitter
Artemis I mission to orbit the moon has failed again. For the second time this week, NASA was forced to cancel the launch on Saturday (Sept 3) after another fuel leak. The rocket was supposed to go off on Monday, but was postponed to Saturay due to liquid hydrogen leaks. NASA engineers had tried to [...]
September 2nd, 2022 by financetwitter
As expected, Malaysia's most hated woman - Rosmah Mansor - has been found guilty of corruption and was sentenced to 10 years' jail and fined RM970 million. The almost RM1 billion fine is the largest amount ever imposed in the history. If she fails to pay the fine, she will need to serve another 10 y [...]
September 1st, 2022 by financetwitter
Energy crisis created by the Russia-Ukraine conflict isn't over, even though the crude oil prices have dropped to below US$100 a barrel. The wishful thinking that sanctions imposed on Russia could cripple and defeat the Kremlin has boomeranged on the Western nations instead. The impact, either direc [...]
August 30th, 2022 by financetwitter
Ismail Sabri's absence at an UMNO special briefing on Saturday (Aug 27) was a no-brainer. The prime minister deliberately cooked up an excuse to avoid being heckled and jeered by party leaders and members. The session was specially staged by UMNO president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi to trap and humiliate PM [...]
August 29th, 2022 by financetwitter
Since Vladimir Putin launched his "special military operation", which the U.S. and its allies called an "unprovoked invasion", in Ukraine, the Western nations have done nothing but add fuel to the fire. By supplying weapons to Ukraine, instead of taking steps to end the conflict, neither Ukraine nor [...]
August 28th, 2022 by financetwitter
UMNO president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi on Saturday (Aug 27) claimed that Najib Razak, his former boss, is a victim of political persecution, and has never asked for his charges to be dropped. In front of hundreds of the party leaders and members gathered for a special briefing at its headquarters, Mr Zah [...]
August 27th, 2022 by financetwitter
On Friday (Aug 26), a United States coast guard ship was on a scheduled port call in the Solomon Islands after conducting patrols to monitor illegal fishing activities in the Pacific. However, when it tried to get clearance to refuel and re-provision, stunningly there was no response from the island [...]
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