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About a week after a joint U.S.-Israel military strike on Iran, sending global oil prices above US$100 a barrel, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim started to panic. He immediately warned that the government’s subsidies to maintain RON95 petrol at RM1.99 per litre can last for only two months. That was the clearest hint that his […]
... written on Mar 24 2026Desperate people do desperate things. The war has spread after Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and more than 40 senior Iranian commanders were killed by the Israel Air Force (IAF) in less than a minute in the opening wave of Operation Roaring Lion. That’s a humiliation of the highest order, and the Iranian regime is seeking revenge, or […]
... written on Mar 04 2026Politics is all about perception, and the public perception now isn’t positive for the Anwar administration. The Madani government is perceived as increasingly untrustworthy, racist, radical, double-faced, double-standard, hypocritical and worse – even anti-Chinese and anti-Hindu. That’s really bad for Anwar-led Pakatan Harapan alliance, which depends on ethnic Chinese and Indian votes. The Malaysian […]
... written on Feb 21 2026Who’s watching Malaysia’s Anti-Corruption Watchdog? Apparently, no one, and the commission set up to fight graft is allegedly helping a group of businessmen seize control of companies. And the dirty business go all the way to the top, including the anti-corruption agency’s chief commissioner – Azam Baki. With protection from the Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, […]
... written on Feb 13 2026Chandra Jarvis has worked 13 years at the Vitro plant in Crestline, a distressed rural town of some 4,500 residents. Wages helped the 48-year-old single mother support her daughter through nursing school and her son through high school. She said working at the plant, where she is known as “Momma,” provides her and co-workers both […]
... written on Feb 10 2026After DAP’s crushing defeat in last November’s Sabah state election, the party’s top leadership scrambled for an emergency meeting behind closed doors. Democratic Action Party (DAP) secretary-general Anthony Loke was forced to announce that the partywill review its position in the government if Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim fails to deliver meaningful reforms within six months. But […]
... written on Feb 07 2026Forced to “kowtow” to China after Beijing retaliated to United States’ tariff war by slapping export restrictions on several rare earth elements, processing technologies, lithium battery materials, and other items, U.S. President Donald Trump reluctantly signed a trade truce with the Chinese government. It was a humiliation to the economic superpower, but Trump had no card […]
... written on Feb 05 2026Kevin Warsh was not Donald Trump’s first choice. The U.S. president’s preferred candidate as the next chairman of the Federal Reserve was another Kevin – Kevin Hassett. But Hassett’s loyalty and close relationship with Trump ultimately morphed into his biggest liability. On Friday, Trump nominated Warsh, choosing a former Fed official who has aligned himself […]
... written on Feb 01 2026He came, he saw, he mocked the European Union’s flagship Green New Deal climate policies as the “Green New Scam”. He then ridiculed Britain for failing to tap more North Sea oil, before laughing at the “catastrophic energy collapse which befell every European nation” in recent years. It was a wild day, with Trump berating […]
... written on Jan 25 2026Before Hannah Yeoh could even begin her new job as the Federal Territories Minister following a major cabinet reshuffle announced by Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, the opposition has started attacking her. Not only has she become the first non-Malay to hold the portfolio, which traditionally was reserved to Malay only, she is also the first DAP […]
... written on Dec 19 2025
