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After weeks of suffering due to haze from Indonesian wildfires which plunged air quality to an unhealthy level, finally schools in the states of Johor, Melaka, Negeri Sembilan, Selangor, and Kuala Lumpur were closed on Friday (Oct 9). Malaysia's Air Pollutant Index (API) classifies air quality as "
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Starting at around £29,210, this mid-size SUV from from China undercuts established luxury British SUVs and alternatives by tens of thousands of pounds while offering a high-end look. It topped the U.K. monthly sales charts in March 2026 and sold 28,571 units by the end of August 2026, securing
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For years, debt collection meant agents dialling through call lists, following fixed scripts and sending identical reminders to every customer, whatever their circumstances. That model struggles in digital finance. People now expect prompt, respectful communication and an easy way to sort things ou
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Flydubai's flight FZ1073 took off from Dubai International Airport in the UAE at 03:05 GMT (07:05 local time), en route to Ben Gurion Airport. Two hours into its journey on Wednesday (September 30), the Boeing 737 MAX 8 carrying 174 people - mostly Israeli passengers - plunged more than 17,000ft (5
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Resources, time, and money had been wasted when the High Court acquitted former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin on September 15 of four charges in his graft trial linked to the Jana Wibawa programme. The acquittal was for a charge of abusing his position for a RM200 million bribe and three counts o
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In a rare move, Donald Trump personally welcomed Xi Jinping's entourage at Andrews Air Force Base as the U.S. Air Force band marched on the tarmac and U.S. and Chinese flags flew. The last American president to welcome a foreign leader at Andrews John F. Kennedy in 1962, although Trump welcomed Rus
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US President Donald Trump is giving Chinese President Xi Jinping a king’s welcome this week, as he pursues what the White House calls “strategic stability.” The question is whether there will be much substance beneath the surface pomp. The administration is fast losing the Iran War. China is
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The aerospace and security industries are entering an era where technology is no longer simply improving existing capabilities. It is changing what aircraft, satellites, surveillance systems, and defence platforms can actually do. Artificial intelligence, advanced sensors, autonomous systems, secur
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I have stated my views honestly, guided by my conscience and with the best interests of the nation in mind – says Hannah Yeoh. About a week later, the Federal Territories Minister, who is also a critical member of the Pardons Board, denied ever signing a house arrest order for former Prime Minist
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In a move widely anticipated by Wall Street, the Federal Reserve unanimously raised its benchmark interest rate by a quarter percentage point – with a possibility of one more increase in the cards before year-end. Effectively, the rate hike moves the central bank’s target range on the overnight
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March 31st, 2018 by financetwitter
It appears that Vladimir Putin is playing the same game Kim Jong-un had played. That game is lobbing ICBM (intercontinental ballistic missile) as if it was hamburgers, to get the attention of the West, or to send a message. Unlike North Korea, however, there has been almost zero criticism from the w [...]
March 30th, 2018 by financetwitter
Companies like Facebook and Google have a different business model as compared to brick-and-mortar stores like Apple. Yet, they are all giant tech companies. Both Apple and Facebook command planeloads of customers. Apple sells gadgets to its legions of loyal customers, while Facebook sells its targe [...]
March 29th, 2018 by financetwitter
Eight years ago, Apple co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs warned and lectured the young Mark Zuckerberg on issues about privacy. "Privacy means people know what they're signing up for, in plain English and repeatedly," - Jobs said in 2010. If only the young Zuckerberg had listened to the wise man who saw [...]
March 28th, 2018 by financetwitter
After two days of speculations, China finally put to rest rumours on social media about the VVIP from North Korea visiting Beijing. There could only be one guy qualified to travel in a heavily armoured green train - Kim Jong Un. But by the time China announced on Wednesday that Kim had visited Beiji [...]
March 27th, 2018 by financetwitter
Taking a page from Donald Trump, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has tabled a bill in parliament on Monday outlawing “fake news”, a term popularized by the U.S. president. Under the Anti-Fake News 2018 bill, anyone who publishes so-called fake news could face fines of up to RM500,000 (US$12 [...]
March 26th, 2018 by financetwitter
As Facebook stock price continues taking the beating, thanks to Cambridge Analytica scandal, founder Mark Zuckerberg has been busily apologizing. It has gotten so bad that the world's largest social media network was reduced to running advertisements in British and U.S. newspapers - Observer, Washin [...]
March 25th, 2018 by financetwitter
After President Trump proudly signed an executive memorandum to slap tariffs on up to US$60 billion in Chinese imports on Thursday, the Dow Jones dropped 724 points. The U.S. DJIA plunged another 425 points on Friday after China strikes back with its own counter-tariff measures. It appeared the mark [...]
March 24th, 2018 by financetwitter
Zuckerberg has finally apologised after the Cambridge Analytica scandal erased tens of billions of dollars from his company’s market capitalization. But the defiant billionaire did so only after he was criticised for his failure to apologize in his initial admission in a Facebook post that he “m [...]
March 23rd, 2018 by financetwitter
President Donald Trump, as anticipated, signed an executive memorandum that would impose tariffs on up to US$60 billion in Chinese imports on Thursday. Unlike the earlier tariffs of 25% on steel imports and 10% on aluminium imports signed earlier this month, the latest tariffs are designed to spec [...]
March 22nd, 2018 by financetwitter
One of the reasons why North America, particularly United States of America, has reigned supreme for nearly a century as the world's strongest and biggest economy is because of its consumption-based economy. Although some may argue that production, not consumption, is the true source of wealth, U.S. [...]
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