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On Thursday (August 13), U.S. President Donald Trump made a surprise announcement via his favourite Twitter – the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Israel agreed to establish normal diplomatic relations. Essentially, the UAE will officially recognise the state of Israel. In exchange, Israel will suspend its plans to annex parts of the occupied West Bank of Palestine. […]
... written on Aug 16 2020As expected, Vladimir Putin’s announcement that his country has become the first country in the world to approve a Coronavirus vaccine fails to win applause. The Russian president announced the great news on Tuesday – “As far as I know, a vaccine against a new Coronavirus infection has been registered this morning, for the first […]
... written on Aug 13 2020A smartphone, no matter its brand, is as good as the apps in it. Without apps, the gadget is useless. Hence, when President Donald Trump signed an executive order last Thursday to ban yet another Chinese app – WeChat – in the U.S., all hell broke loose. Trump, desperate to win the November re-election, decided […]
... written on Aug 10 2020Tech giants like Facebook and YouTube compete directly with TikTok and for years, tensions have been growing between them. In April, thanks to Coronavirus lockdown, TikTok amassed over 2-billion downloads on Google Play Store and Apple’s App Store, largely because people “trapped” at home wanted to keep themselves entertained. It was only 5 months […]
... written on Aug 05 2020When Tengku Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz was appointed as finance minister by backdoor Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin in March, we unveiled that the former chief executive of Malaysian banking group CIMB was the same superstar singer in a “Hebat Negaraku” music video – a four-and-a-half-minute clip designed to worship and suck up to then-PM Najib […]
... written on Aug 04 2020When the Coronavirus first erupted in the West, Italy was the hellish epicentre outbreak in Europe. The virus was first confirmed to have spread to Italy on 31 January 2020, when two Chinese tourists in Rome tested positive. By 19 March, the death toll in Italy has hit 3,405, more than China’s 3,249, according to data compiled […]
... written on Aug 03 2020Ever since Muhyiddin Yassin was sworn in as the 8th prime minister on March 1, arguably the 1st prime minister of a backdoor government since independence in 1957, he has been playing politics full time. Only the fools believed that he was not interested in playing politics, but to fight Coronavirus. How could he not […]
... written on Jul 30 2020For decades, the United States has been the dominant maritime force. They still are today, but is fast losing its dominance. In terms of number of warships, China had already hit a fleet of 335 ships in 2019, more than U.S. Navy’s entire fleet of 293 ships. However, America’s fleet is much larger on a […]
... written on Jul 27 2020From saying he didn’t know Jho Low, to insisting no money had lost from 1MDB funds, to being clueless about US$681 million found in his personal bank accounts, to claiming he had been scammed by partner-in-crime Jho Low, former Prime Minister Najib Razak has been scraping the bottom of the barrel for excuses to escape […]
... written on Jul 25 2020The DAX is continuing to rebound in the wake of the economic destruction cased by the spread of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Strong monetary policy from the European Central bank in conjunction with robust fiscal policy has buoyed riskier assets. Since declining by 40% in March, the DAX has rebounded slightly more than 51%, and is […]
... written on Jul 24 2020
