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Unemployment rate plunged to 2.9% in November 2025, reaching its lowest level in 11 years. Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim quickly claimed the credit in January 2026, attributing the milestone to his Madani Government’s so-called economic reforms. Today, with Johor state election at high gear, Deput
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Ever wonder why Najib Razak’s lawyer - Muhammad Shafee Abdullah – has suddenly gone silent over a royal pardon and house arrest? Shafee, who had whined, cried, and bitched till foaming at the mouth about the government’s obstruction of a purported "addendum order" by the previous King allowin
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While Malaysia's multi-coalition Unity Government remains intact at the federal level, the United Malays National Organization (UMNO), a governing partner, is waging selective wars in its strongholds that are threatening to expose the fragility and weakness of Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s admin
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You don’t actually have to win your match to reach the knockout stage at the FIFA World Cup. At a time when Asian soccer giant South Korea failed to make it, a tiny island with the same population as Maldives but few people knew existed stunningly made it through – without winning a single matc
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UMNO-led Barisan Nasional (BN) may have miscalculated when Johor Chief Minister Onn Hafiz Ghazi arrogantly declared war on Pakatan Harapan (PH). Not only he announced that BN will “go solo”, will contest all 56 seats in the next Johor state election, and will leave no space for cooperation or n
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On May 1, 2026, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) – under Executive Order (E.O.) 13902 - designated three Iranian foreign currency exchange houses and their associated front companies as part of Economic Fury and Treasury’s ongoing efforts to disrup
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One of the easiest gimmicks to scam voters to win elections is to create problems and then pretend to solve them, and voila, people would burst into tears in appreciation and gratitude. Taking away something before giving it back has been one of the oldest tricks used by many parents to handle misb
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What goes around comes around - meaning your actions, whether good or bad, will eventually have consequences that return to you. When politicians from Bersatu, Barisan Nasional, PAS, and a splinter faction of PKR met at the Sheraton Hotel on February 23, 2020, all eyes were on Muhyiddin Yassin and
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Among the 40 DAP Members of Parliament, Hannah Yeoh arguably is the most rewarded lawmaker. Not only Asia Mobility Technologies Sdn Bhd, owned by her husband, was awarded the Selangor's Demand-Responsive Transit (DRT) controversial billion-ringgit project, but she also received a promotion as the F
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President Donald Trump has said a deal to end fighting between the U.S. and Iran is scheduled to be signed on Sunday (June 14), despite Iran casting doubt on the timing. On Saturday, Pakistan, a key mediator, also said the deal was "likely expected" to be finalized within 24 hours and they were "pr
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July 10th, 2018 by financetwitter
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 [...]
July 10th, 2018 by financetwitter
Trump 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. K [...]
July 10th, 2018 by financetwitter
Former Prime Minister Najib Razak is going to spend many years in prison. There's little doubt about it. With overwhelming evidence against him, arguably the world's biggest crook, the global community will be shocked if he somehow walks away scot-free. He has only two options left - to drag the tri [...]
July 9th, 2018 by financetwitter
He was appointed to overseeing the United Kingdom's exit from the European Union. Yet, his boss - Prime Minister Theresa May - was such a weak leader that she was willing to sellout the nation in order not to offend the EU. Brexit Secretary David Davis has dropped a bombshell - quitting the May gove [...]
July 9th, 2018 by financetwitter
The 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 [...]
July 7th, 2018 by financetwitter
Najib Razak apparently has financial problem after his banking accounts have been frozen. The Kuala Lumpur High Court allowed the ex-prime minister to pay RM1 million bail in two installments - a rare arrangement indeed. But when it was later revealed that the judge - Mohd Soffi Abdul Razak - is the [...]
July 6th, 2018 by financetwitter
Get 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 [...]
July 6th, 2018 by financetwitter
Shahrir Samad, once the invincible UMNO warlord of Johor Bahru, was grilled for 7 hours by MACC (Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission) two days ago. When he emerged from the MACC office, he was surprised to learn that his boss, ex-prime minister Najib Razak, had been arrested. Obviously, it wasn't a [...]
July 5th, 2018 by financetwitter
European 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 Euro [...]
July 4th, 2018 by financetwitter
Najib, the son of Malaysia's much respected second Prime Minister Abdul Razak Hussein, has just been charged with 3 (three) criminal breach of trust (CBT) under Section 409 of the Penal Code in connection with the transfer of RM42 million to his private bank account from former 1MDB subsidiary SRC I [...]
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