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Perhaps it’s true that Prime Minister Mahathir has “brain malfunction” as the power-hungry leader rushes against time to build a dynasty for his son. Hey, it’s not me who said that. It was Shri Ravindra Kishore Sinha, a Member of Parliament of India, who made that statement. Apparently, the Malaysian premier has attracted more attention […]
... written on Dec 30 2019Last August, China raised global eyebrows when it successfully tested Starry Sky-2, the Hypersonic aircraft capable of travelling at 4,563 mph (7,344 km/h). During its flight, the aircraft maintained speeds above Mach 5 (3,806 mph) for 400 seconds and reached a top speed of Mach 6, or 4,563 mph. At such speed, it could penetrate any […]
... written on Dec 29 2019Since the double crashes involving its bestselling 737 MAX, Boeing has fumbled its response, treating the disasters which killed 346 lives more like typical accidents. As the company continues to struggle to regain the trust of regulators, customers and the public, Boeing has just fired its CEO – Dennis Muilenburg. Boeing said a change in […]
... written on Dec 24 2019What was the objective of the Kuala Lumpur Summit, which has just concluded? Its website says that it is an international platform for Muslim leaders, intellectuals and scholars from around the world to discuss and exchange ideas about the issues revolving in the Muslim world. The first Summit was actually held in 2014, in the […]
... written on Dec 23 2019In front of a thousand curious people watching at Masjid Jamek Kampung Baru, Najib Razak performed his drama – taking a “sumpah laknat”, or swearing in the face of divine retribution to deny former elite police commando Azilah Hadri’s statutory declaration (SD) that he (then deputy prime minister) gave the order to kill Mongolian national […]
... written on Dec 20 2019For as long as one can remember, Najib Razak has denied any involvement in the 1MDB scandal, despite caught with his hand in the cookie jar – a jaw-dropping US$681 million in his private bank accounts. Instead, he claimed that the huge sum of money was donations from Saudi royal family, a claim that could not be […]
... written on Dec 19 2019After Indonesian budget airline Lion Air Flight 610 crashed on Oct 29, 2018, killing 189 people, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) scrambled to investigate. The air safety regulator did nothing until a second crash involving Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 on Mar 10, 2019, killing all 157 people on board, including passengers from 35 nations. By […]
... written on Dec 13 2019Oil giant Saudi Aramco priced its IPO (initial public offering) at 32 riyals (US$8.53) per share last Thursday, marking the biggest share listing in history – beating Alibaba’s record US$25 billion listing in 2014. In essence, Aramco will become the world’s most valuable publicly traded company. Still, the IPO fell short of Saudi Crown Prince’s […]
... written on Dec 10 2019As Trump administration scrambles to shield Saudi Arabia from an unexpected attack by a Saudi national at a U.S. Navy base in Florida, the memory of September 11, 2001 attacks by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda against the United States re-emerges. Of the 19 hijackers of the 9/11 attacks, 15 of them were from Saudi […]
... written on Dec 09 2019As part of the ongoing trade war with China, Donald Trump thought it would be a great idea to start a tech war with the Chinese as well. It would put tremendous pressure on President Xi Jinping to negotiate and surrender to the terms to be dictated by the United States. The target – Huawei […]
... written on Dec 04 2019
