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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has named his son-in-law as the country’s finance minister after being sworn in to another five-year term, and the financial markets aren’t impressed. The country’s stock market and currency Lira fell after Berat Albayrak was named as Turkey’s Finance Minister on Monday. And it isn’t hard to understand why. […]
... written on Jul 10 2018Trump is perhaps one of the luckiest U.S. presidents. He gets to nominate a judge to the U.S. Supreme Court – twice. And he has nominated 53-year-old Brett Kavanaugh to replace retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy, who often sided with his liberal colleagues on issues such as abortion and LGBT rights. Kavanaugh’s nomination will definitely strengthen […]
... written on Jul 10 2018The U.S. Department of Justice acknowledges lawsuits filed to seize assets that it said were the result of US$4.5 billion that was misappropriated from 1MDB (1Malaysia Development Bhd), a fund set up by disgraceful ex-prime minister Najib Razak himself in 2009, represents the largest action brought under the Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Initiative. Mr. Najib, who […]
... written on Jul 09 2018Get ready for a spike in crude oil prices. Shortly after the U.S. State reaffirmed the Trump administration’s goal of reducing Iran’s oil exports to zero by November 4th, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani warned Tehran could retaliate – by disrupting oil shipments to neighbouring countries. Although Iran didn’t elaborate on such plans, it isn’t hard to […]
... written on Jul 06 2018European Union (EU) had a trade surplus of 120 billion Euros (US$139.6 billion) with the U.S. in 2017. The most exported product from the EU to the U.S. is cars. Hence, Trump doesn’t need to become a rocket scientist to know where to hit the Europe. When the U.S. president threatened to target European cars with […]
... written on Jul 05 2018The best day is finally here for millions of Malaysians who are getting impatient over the freedom enjoyed by former Prime Minister Najib Razak since he was toppled at the 14th general election on May 9. For years, the despicable Najib evaded the law by virtue of him being the most powerful man in the […]
... written on Jul 03 2018Sweden has been a hidden paradise to illegal migrants, especially from three top Muslim countries – Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq. Consider themselves the “global humanitarian superpower”, the Swedish was fighting tooth and nail with Germany in welcoming refugees or migrants or whatever you want to call them. Comparing to German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s 1.2-million […]
... written on Jul 02 2018PAS (Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party) won about 2-million votes in the 14th general election last month. That means about 2-million Malay-Muslims have more faith in the Islamic party than other Malay-majority parties, including PKR (People’s Justice Party), PPRM (Malaysian United Indigenous Party) and AMANAH (National Trust Party), and even ally UMNO. After all, PAS has […]
... written on Jun 28 2018China, if not stopped in time, will absolutely become the world’s new leader in technology. It’s a public knowledge that China is working tirelessly to catch up with rivals like the United States and Germany in high-end technology. Enter “Made in China 2025” – a strategy plan to move the country’s manufacturing up the value […]
... written on Jun 25 2018Exactly how much OPEC will increase the oil production is still a question mark. However, OPEC ministers announced a deal that is likely to add around 600,000 to 800,000 barrels a day to the market. That would be the first increase oil supplies from the producer group ever since the cartel cut production of 1.8 million […]
... written on Jun 24 2018
