Crisis
Brent oil prices rose on Thursday, touching US$70 per barrel for the first time in nearly five months. The crude price has seen a slow but consistent rally from its low of about US$50 a barrel in December last year, thanks largely to supply cuts by OPEC and its non-OPEC partner Russia, not to mention […]
... written on Apr 05 2019As pilots of the Indonesian budget carrier Lion Air Flight 610 and the Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 struggled to gain control of their planes, little did they realise that their newly acquired planes lacked two essential safety features in their cockpits. Boeing apparently sold their best selling model – 737 Max 8 – without those […]
... written on Mar 22 2019After the defiant U.S. FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) finally suspended indefinitely Boeing 737 Max-8, despite an earlier declaration that there was “no basis to order grounding”, the U.S. Department of Transportation has opened an investigation into the Federal Aviation Administration’s approval of 737 Max planes. Were there irregularities, or even corruption involved in the approval […]
... written on Mar 18 2019Let’s call a spade a spade. Despite the popular mantra of “not all Muslims are terrorists, but all terrorists are Muslims”, the Australian gunman who happily killed 50 people is a terrorist. Actually, unlike some fake Muslim Ulama, the 28-year-old Brenton Tarrant didn’t try to be holier than thou. He admitted that what he was […]
... written on Mar 17 2019Two mosques in the New Zealand city of Christchurch have been terrorised on Friday when bullets were sprayed on worshippers attending Friday prayers. Witnesses told media that a man dressed in a military-style, camouflage outfit, and carrying an automatic rifle had entered Masjid Al Noor at about 1:45 p.m. and started randomly shooting people in the […]
... written on Mar 15 2019Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the agency that oversees American airspace, is notorious for ensuring the safety of civil aircraft in operation. Aeroplanes seeking an airworthiness certificate must meet stringent standards. In early 2013, the United States FAA grounded Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner, after two lithium ion-battery related fires in the aircraft. The FAA has grounded […]
... written on Mar 14 2019So far, China and Indonesia, not to mention Ethiopia, have grounded their Boeing 737 MAX-8 jets after an Ethiopian Airlines flight crashed minutes after take-off from Addis Ababa on Sunday, killing all 157 people on board. Ethiopian Airlines has four other 737 MAX-8 jet. The victims came from 35 nations, including 22 United Nations’ staff. […]
... written on Mar 11 2019ECRL (East Coast Rail Link) project is still being suspended, but not for long. After 10 months under the new government of Mahathir Mohamad, the RM81 billion mega-project, first approved by former Prime Minister Najib Razak on October 2016, has become the biggest headache for the 93-year-old premier, the world’s oldest leader. The on-again, […]
... written on Mar 09 2019Russian Ambassador to the United Nations, Vassily Nebenzia, revealed on Tuesday (Feb 26) that the United States is preparing to overthrow the stubborn Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro – through military intervention. Speaking at the U.N. Security Council meeting, Russia warned that the country’s sovereignty should be respected. On the same day, Nikolai Patrushev, secretary […]
... written on Feb 27 2019Since the historic June summit in Singapore with President Trump last year, badass Rocket Man Kim has repeated his mantra of “denuclearization”. But the North Korea leader never follows through his commitment. He had even made dozens of pledges to South Korea, which he did not plan to keep, let alone getting rid of nuclear […]
... written on Feb 25 2019
