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As recently as November 8, days after Donald Trump’s victory, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre rubbished a pardon or clemency for President Biden’s son, Hunter. She said – “We’ve been asked that question multiple times. Our answer stands, which is no”. In June, at the G7 summit in Italy, Joe Biden personally said – […]
... written on Dec 02 2024An annual disaster, Malaysia flooding this year has forced 150,000 people (and counting)out of their homes across the country, with at least 4 fatalities – surpassing the worst floods in the country recorded in 2014, which saw 118,000 displaced. The flooding, which began earlier in the week, has forced the National Disaster Management Agency to […]
... written on Dec 01 2024Despite his age of 99, Mahathir Mohamad appears to be able to throw a few punches at the Anwar government every now and then. Known as a master strategist, the oldest living former Malaysian prime minister has once again provoked the nation of 34 million where the complex relationship between race and religion has always […]
... written on Nov 27 2024In denial that his government is fast losing the perception war, Anwar Ibrahim still hopes he can continue to be the prime minister after the next 16th General Election. He should be grateful that his current term has outlived his three predecessors – Mahathir Mohamad (22 months), Muhyiddin Yassin (17 months), and Ismail Sabri (15 […]
... written on Nov 21 2024With the US transitioning into a new leadership as the Biden administration wraps up, concerns over how the policies of the new president-elect, Donald Trump, would affect the Southeast Asian market abound. The Southeast Asia region is one of the world’s fastest-developing regions, with international trade, security, and foreign direct investment heavily dependent on good […]
... written on Nov 20 2024America is the world’s most powerful country – both economically and militarily. But its government is also the most wasteful, partly because the U.S. can print money whenever it wants. And we are not talking about people wasting 92 billion pounds of food annually, which are equivalent to 145 billion meals – translating to US$473 […]
... written on Nov 15 2024Sabah is known as the land of frogs, where politicians get super rich by hopping to the highest bidder every time there is a struggle for power in the state. With the next state election approaches, of which the 17th Sabah State Legislative Assembly must be elected by 9 December 2025, the jostle for all the […]
... written on Nov 13 2024It was game over for Kamala Harris the moment Donald Trump crosses 277 (he needed just 270) electoral votes. He is sent back to the White House after his victory in swing states like Wisconsin, Georgia, North Carolina and Pennsylvania, leaving Harris in despair. But it was just the beginning. The co-producer of TV series […]
... written on Nov 09 2024Finally, after more than five months since a deaf Grab driver, Ong Ing Keong, was assaulted and punched by a bodyguard of Johor regent Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim, popularly known as TMJ, the much awaited justice has been served. Lance Corporal Muhammad Taufik Ismail, 32, admitted to the charge of voluntarily causing hurt to 47-year-old […]
... written on Nov 04 2024Justice Collin Lawrence Sequerah had refused to be made a fool by the political circus in the country as the executive branch was piling pressure on the judiciary to free disgraced former Prime Minister Najib Razak. On the eve of Hindu festival of lights Divali, also known as Deepavali, the High Court ordered Mr Najib […]
... written on Oct 31 2024
