Finance and Economy
Residents were already struggling to flee within a 20-minute evacuation time. But the flames surged 32 storeys in just 5 minutes at Hong Kong’s Wang Fuk Court, a massive housing complex in Hong Kong’s Tai Po district, at 14:51 local time on Wednesday (November 26). As night falls on Thursday, more than 24 hours later, […]
... written on Nov 28 2025Sanae Takaichi, Japan’s first female prime minister, has pledged to make the country “strong and prosperous” again. Her role model was Margaret Thatcher, Britain’s first female prime minister and “Iron Lady.” Her political mentor in Japan was Abe Shinzō, who was assassinated in 2022. During her run for her party’s leadership, Takaichi focused mainly on Japan’s economy and […]
... written on Nov 26 2025First, the good news – no matter which parties form the next Sabah government, they would realign with the federal government under Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim. That had been the case in the past – previous Barisan Nasional and Perikatan Nasional federal governments – and it will be the same with the current Pakatan Harapan-led […]
... written on Nov 19 2025“The English language helps me talk to people from different countries,” – said 11-year-old Kim Long. “I also love it because I can read lots of books and comics, and watch football on YouTube, too,” – he rattled on in fluent English. He is not a Malaysian ethnic Chinese, but the next generation of Vietnamese […]
... written on Nov 16 2025Annika Swenson, a senior at the University of Iowa, said layoffs at companies like Amazon have made her more anxious. The sheer number of applicants to positions and the fast-moving pace of AI have also increased her stress level. In a year, it is possible “there just wouldn’t be a person needed to do that […]
... written on Nov 15 2025Billionaire Elon Musk, who became the first person on the planet to achieve a net worth of more than US$500 billion last month (October 2025), has continued to hold the top position since May 2024, and chances are he could become the world’s first trillionaire soon. According to Forbes’ billionaires index, Oracle founder Larry Ellison […]
... written on Nov 07 2025Maduro has to make the right decision fast – he could find himself trapped and might soon discover that he cannot flee the country even if he decided to. The Trump administration has already offered a US$50 million bounty for information leading to the arrest or conviction of the Venezuelan leader – doubling the US$25 million reward […]
... written on Nov 02 2025Emerging from their first face-to-face meeting in six years, U.S. President Donald Trump and China President Xi Jinping appears to have reached a temporary truce in the trade war between the two economic superpowers. But all analysts believe that the Chinese leader walked out of the meeting with a new image – a leader of […]
... written on Oct 31 2025As soon as Trump disembarked from Air Force One, the U.S. president knew he was going to have fun. Even days before his trip to the Asean Summit on October 26, the agendas had been set between Washington and Kuala Lumpur. There would be only handshakes, praises and diplomatic compliments. Compared with European Union, Canada, […]
... written on Oct 28 2025Donald Trump was shocked, angry and speechless, but also powerless at the same time when China tightened restrictions on rare-earth exports this month. It was a counterstrike which the White House didn’t expect largely due to the perception that the Chinese were always inferior and highly depended on the U.S. and its allies. After all, Beijing has […]
... written on Oct 23 2025
