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After a short period of celebration, Hong Kong is back to square one. Cinemas are closing their doors again from July 15. Dining at restaurants will be unavailable from 6pm to 5am every day. Mask-wearing is now mandatory on public transport at all times. Group gatherings have been reduced from 50 people to just 4 […]
... written on Jul 22 2020Hitting new records for the wrong reason appears to be the new normal in the U.S. The superpower reported 71,558 new Covid-19 cases on Saturday, making it the second day in a row the nation seen more than 70,000 new infections. According to Johns Hopkins University, the U.S. leads the world in reported cases with […]
... written on Jul 20 2020In response to the National Audit Department’s report revealing that Chinese ships had encroached into Malaysian waters 89 times between 2016 and 2019, Foreign Minister Hishammuddin Hussein proudly claimed that in the 100 days since he took over the ministry, the Chinese vessels have not dared breach the country’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) anymore. Bravo! […]
... written on Jul 17 2020Britain had initially decided in January to allow Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei to play a limited role in its next generation 5G mobile networks. Huawei was restricted from being involved in “core” but allowed to participate in the infrastructure known as the RAN (Radio Access Network) – limited to 35% – to ensure the U.K. […]
... written on Jul 11 2020Vietnam’s first case of Covid-19 appeared on January 23, 2020. As of July 7, the country had 369 confirmed cases, but with zero deaths. Yes, the country of 97-million people has not reported a single Coronavirus-related death. On top of that, the success story also included 81 straight days of zero local transmission, despite its long border with China. When […]
... written on Jul 09 2020Stocks in China skyrocketed on Monday for the biggest one-day gain since July 9, 2015. The Shanghai Composite jumped 180 points (5.7%), delivering a whopping 12.5% of total gains over the past 5 trading days. It was so mind-boggling that even the U.S. stock market (DJIA – Dow Jones Industrial Average) spiked accordingly, gaining 459.67 […]
... written on Jul 08 2020John Bolton’s memoir has sold more than 780,000 copies in all formats in its first week on sale in the U.S. As the 27th United States National Security Advisor from 2018 to 2019 who became one of the fiercest critics of President Trump, it’s not hard to see why his book – “The Room Where […]
... written on Jul 03 2020Stocks drop 730 points on Friday, and the Dow Jones has every reason to be spooked. There were 45,255 new Covid-19 cases reported across the nation on Friday, bringing the total to more than 2.5 million cases, according to Johns Hopkins University data. Compared to the previous week, the average new cases as of Friday […]
... written on Jun 29 2020The IMF said on Wednesday that the global economy is worse than it had projected earlier. Hence, the International Monetary Fund slashed the world economic growth – again. Since early this year, it has given out gloomy news. It was only in January that the IMF had forecasted a global GDP (gross domestic product) expansion of […]
... written on Jun 25 2020Second Wave Of Covid-19 Has Begun In The U.S. – But Not Everyone Cares, And They Would Pay The Price
Donald Trump will be in Oklahoma this week. Seeking re-election in November, he has little choice but to resume his massive campaign rallies after a three-month hiccup thanks to the Coronavirus shutdown. And you can bet your last dollar that he will not be wearing any mask. As a former reality TV star, he knew […]
... written on Jun 15 2020
