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A Canadian-American professor of political science, Bruce Gilley's alma mater included University of Toronto (B.A.), University of Oxford (M.Phil) and Princeton University (PhD). From Bachelor of Arts in economics and international relations to Master of Economics, he then received his PhD in poli
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Unable to accept the reality that a Chinese company could develop a highly popular app called TikTok, the United States has been trying everything in its power to control it. ByteDance now has two options - either sell it to American owners, or get ready to be banned. The Senate voted 79 to 18 after
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The MMC is embroiled in a tussle with the parallel pathway specialists and the medical genetics graduates over recognising their qualifications for the purpose of listing them in the National Specialists Register (NSR). Four cardiothoracic surgeons with qualifications from the Royal College of Surge
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When the going gets tough, he runs and hides away. That's how Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim projects himself just 15 months into office. The only thing he dares to involve is defending Hamas terrorists in an ongoing war some 7,600 kilometres away. That is what really excites him. In his own homeland,
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Roughly a week after Iran attacked Israel with more than 300 drones and missiles, 99% of which missed or intercepted, Israel has retaliated, striking the Islamic Republic with just a handful or drones and missiles. Unlike Iranian's massive attack on the Jewish state that failed to inflict meaningful
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McDonald's Malaysia is looking to expand its fleet of outlets to 750 nationwide by 2030. That's more than double from its current 370 restaurants across the country, or about 63 new outlets every year for the next 6 years. With between 50 to 100 jobs created from each restaurant, the fast food chain
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After almost 2 weeks discussing how to retaliate over Israel's bold strikes on its embassy in Syria's capital Damascus, Tehran could not find any option except a direct attack on Israel. To strike the Jewish state from proxies located in Lebanon, Syria, Yemen or Iraq would be not only lame, but inef
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On Friday (April 12), President Biden expressed his anticipation of an Iranian attack on Israel and rushed warships, including aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower and destroyers USS Carney and USS Arleigh Burke to protect Israel and American forces in the region. With "expectation" that the at
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Anwar Ibrahim was displeased - even panicked - when Abdul Hadi Awang beats him to scoring some brownie points when the PAS Islamist party president contacted Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh to express his support for the terrorist organization. Prime Minister Anwar, unsatisfied, then used all
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Americans can make about 11 gigawatts of solar panels per year, up from 6.4 gigawatts in 2022. In comparison, one Chinese company alone - JinkoSolar - is able to produce 56 gigawatts at its solar panel factory in Shanxi province. China as a whole can make more than 400 gigawatts of new panels every
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January 26th, 2016 by financetwitter
With less than 2-week to go before people abandon capital Kuala Lumpur and rush back for the Chinese Lunar New Year (CNY) festival, mega sales are everywhere in town. Pre-CNY has always been an interesting point to gauge the domestic economy, especially the Malaysian ethnic-Chinese. After all, the g [...]
January 22nd, 2016 by financetwitter
He's worth a staggering US$24.5 billion (£17.23 billion; RM106.37 billion) based on Forbes' estimation. He survived the Nazi-occupation of Hungary and fled the regime as a refugee for 15-years hence he has a soft spot for refugees currently flocking to the European Union. He worked as a railway por [...]
January 21st, 2016 by financetwitter
Najib Razak self-proclaimed that the RM42 billion scandal involving his pet project 1MDB was over before the unleashing of New Year 2016 fireworks. So did 1MDB President Arul "Anaconda" Kanda. Was it really over? Going by today's exchange rate, 1MDB's US$11 billion in debt have ballooned to a whoppi [...]
January 20th, 2016 by financetwitter
China announced on Tuesday that its 2015's economy grew 6.9%, matching economists and analysts' expectation. The problem is nobody believes the Beijing-endorsed figures. That wasn't the real economy - argue investor, economist, analyst and specialist. China has simply cooked a number that people wan [...]
January 19th, 2016 by financetwitter
Remember the unbelievable predictions that crude oil would go to US$10 / barrel (cheaper than water) and gasoline would go for US$1 / gallon? Well, forget them because it's already happening even though officially the crude WTI and Brent are trading above US$20 / barrel. However, the fact that both [...]
January 18th, 2016 by financetwitter
ISIS is at the doorstep. But the terror group might decide not to attack Malaysia after all. Not because they were afraid of the alleged US$700 million donated by Saudi Arabia which ended in Prime Minister Najib Razak's personal account for the purpose of fighting ISIS. Instead, the terrorists' toes [...]
January 15th, 2016 by financetwitter
Not all Muslims are terrorists, but all terrorists are Muslims. Is this a fair statement to the 2 billion Muslim populations on planet Earth? But does it really matter whether the statement is true or otherwise when these terrorists practically attack and kill everyone - Muslims or non-Muslims - who [...]
January 14th, 2016 by financetwitter
On October 17, 2015, a robbery in an elevator in Prima Setapak Condominium raised eyebrows after 24-year-old Ms. Lim Lian Lee was robbed. But what made the robbery brutal was how she was elbowed, slammed, kicked as if it was a wrestling match. Clearly Lim was no match for the robbers - 2 men - who s [...]
January 13th, 2016 by financetwitter
Are you in the oil and gas (O&G) industry? If you're, then you should know that your job is on the line. Once a prestigious job where the pay, bonus and perks were the envy of your schoolmates, jobs with giant O&G company aren't that secure anymore. British BP announced plans on Tuesday to s [...]
January 12th, 2016 by financetwitter
David Bowie, the legendary British rocker, died Sunday after an 18-month battle with cancer. Aged 69, he died 2-day after his birthday, when his album "Blackstar" was released. Bowie's son, Duncan Jones, tweeted to confirm the news. His new album includes the song "Lazarus," which begins with the [...]
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