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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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October 24th, 2017 by financetwitter
You might think that a wealthy Saudi Prince Alwaleed have more integrity and dignity than an ordinary guy - at least in money matter simply because he was already so rich. After all, he's worth US$17.7 billion today (Forbes). But it turns out to be true that rich people are actually greedier, and Al [...]
October 23rd, 2017 by financetwitter
Trump was right about United Nations when he criticised the world body for bloated bureaucracy and mismanagement during his first visit to its New York headquarters recently. And it didn't take long for the U.S. president to prove how his allegations. It seems the U.N. is not only incompetent, bu [...]
October 22nd, 2017 by financetwitter
Get real, Americans love fast food. Enjoying a McDonald’s hamburger, Kentucky Fried Chicken popcorn nuggets, or Taco Bell burrito seems to be the pleasure of all Americans - rich or poor. In fact, fast food is perhaps the only thing that unites Americans. Even Donald Trump loves fast food and he [...]
October 19th, 2017 by financetwitter
The reputation of Myanmar’s pro-democracy icon - Aung San Suu Kyi - is in tatters for her failure to condemn her country's so-called “clearing operations” in Rakhine State. Once a darling of the West, her portrait was even removed last month from public display by Oxford University UK, the sam [...]
October 17th, 2017 by financetwitter
The F-35 was supposed to be the ultimate flying machine, a fighter jet that could do almost everything the U.S. military desired. At least that was the marketing pitch trumpeted by its manufacturer Lockheed Martin. The "one design fits all" would see the F-35 serves the U.S. Air Force, Marine Corps [...]
October 16th, 2017 by financetwitter
Russia's Finance Minister Anton Siluanov has revealed that after the global crude oil meltdown, Kremlin is ready for reality. As one of the world's largest producers of crude oil, Russia was badly hit when the oil prices plunged in 2014. Russian ruble lost more than 120% against the American dollar [...]
October 16th, 2017 by financetwitter
Sultan Ibrahim of Kingdom of Johor has spoken against Islamic extremism - again. This time, however, the monarch takes his fight to a next higher level - over the "stupidity" of JAKIM (Malaysian Islamic Development Department). It appears that the sultan is fast losing his patience with his supposed [...]
October 13th, 2017 by financetwitter
Irina Bokova, the outgoing UNESCO chief, has every reason to be ashamed of her leadership. The world body is about to lose a fifth (22%) of its funding after the United States announced that it is withdrawing from the United Nations Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) - accusing the body o [...]
October 12th, 2017 by financetwitter
United States can get most of what it wanted, including intimidating and bullying anyone in the world, partly because of its almighty U.S. dollar. It's a known fact that the U.S. is broke. America is the world's biggest debtor nation - owing more than US$20.37 trillion - and climbing. Whenever they [...]
October 11th, 2017 by financetwitter
Robocop might come from Hollywood but the world's first robotically enhanced police officer - either using a real human brain or AI (artificial intelligence) - could be years away. But China, not the U.S., isn't about to wait for that day. As competition grows toward embracing AI for the future, Chi [...]
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