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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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January 10th, 2018 by financetwitter
Opposition coalition - Pakatan Harapan (Hope's Pact) - has finally agreed to the seat distribution for 165 parliamentary seats in Peninsula Malaysia. Bersatu (Malaysian United Indigenous Party) is to get 52 seats while PKR (People's Justice Party) will contest 51 seats, with DAP (Democratic Action P [...]
January 9th, 2018 by financetwitter
Oprah Winfrey may think she could easily deliver a humiliating defeat to Donald Trump, if the 45th POTUS decides to run for his second term, which he most likely will. After all, if Trump could do it, certainly a "smarter" Winfrey would make a great president. After her stunning speech at the Golden [...]
January 8th, 2018 by financetwitter
Another engineering marvel has been completed and the trophy goes to China, again. Billed as the world's longest sea bridge connecting Hong Kong, Macau and mainland China, supporters have been calling it an engineering wonder. Critics, on the other hand, call the infrastructure mega-project politica [...]
January 7th, 2018 by financetwitter
When a few hundred people gathered in Mashhad, Iran’s second largest and holiest city, very few thought that the Dec. 28th protest could result in a domino effect. With protests spreading and popping up in several cities around the country, President Hassan Rouhani and his band of elites who walk [...]
January 7th, 2018 by financetwitter
Kim Jong-un had bragged that nuclear button is always on his desk, suggesting that as the dictator of North Korea, he could launch nuclear missile faster than Donald Trump. Not to be outdone, Trump retaliated and boasted that he too has a nuclear button - only bigger and more powerful. In reality, o [...]
January 5th, 2018 by financetwitter
China has started building its third aircraft carrier but unlike the Liaoning (a modified version of Soviet ship) and Type 001A (first Chinese-designed and built ship), the latest carrier - called CV-18 - will possess a high-tech electromagnetic launching system to allow more aircraft such as J-15 f [...]
January 4th, 2018 by financetwitter
Forget North Korea. Donald Trump may have a bigger and powerful "nuclear button" than Kim Jong-un's, but the U.S. president has a bigger fish to fry. The man he once considered an asset to his administration has turned rogue. That man - former chief strategist Steve Bannon - has revealed his former [...]
January 3rd, 2018 by financetwitter
Money talks and bullshit walks. Realizing that cheap talk will get the U.S. nowhere, the Yankees have been using US dollar to persuade nations around the world to do as they like. And it's pretty effective. But there's one problem. Those countries that receive free money could easily lie and instead [...]
January 2nd, 2018 by financetwitter
Nuclear button is always on my desk - that's the New Year 2018 message from Kim Jong-un to Donald Trump. The North Korean leader also warned United States - "The entire United States is within range of our nuclear weapons, and a nuclear button is always on my desk. This is reality, not a threat." Bu [...]
December 31st, 2017 by financetwitter
Harry and fiancée Meghan Markle will get married on May 19, 2018 and have told aides they want former U.S. President Barack Obama and wife Michelle at their big day. Prince Harry has become good friends with the Obamas since their chemistry bonded after the Invictus Games in Florida last year. But [...]
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