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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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April 9th, 2017 by financetwitter
Don't read too much into the Tomahawk missile strikes in Syria. As a TV-reality star, Donald Trump is a master of playing audience emotion. His authorization to strike Syria was a calculated move to tell Americans that Captain America Donald Trump is here. And the American hero is ready to slaughter [...]
April 8th, 2017 by financetwitter
The past few years have been an interesting ride for Americans. Once the campaigns for the 2016 presidential election began, it was only a matter of time until statistics and specific tactics were able to uncover how divided the nation truly is. While it can be a bit overwhelming to turn on the news [...]
April 8th, 2017 by financetwitter
Her mother was born in Malaysia, while her father was born Taiwan. She was only a 5-year-old girl when she left Malaysia to the United States. That was 12 years ago in 2005, when Abdullah Ahmad Badawi was the Malaysian Prime Minister. Little did America realize that they are about to get a genius fr [...]
April 7th, 2017 by financetwitter
October 21, 2015 was the date Singapore's wealthiest evangelical churches - City Harvest Church (CHC) - plunged into a shameful scandal. The church's founder, together with 5 (five) other church leaders, were found guilty of misappropriating S$50 million of church funds and falsifying the church� [...]
April 7th, 2017 by financetwitter
Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin were supposed to be making friends, not making war. Both military superpowers were supposed to make the world a safer and better place. But that won't happen, at least for now, because for United States and Russia to become buddies will upset many politicians and defe [...]
April 6th, 2017 by financetwitter
European Union is cracking and will disintegrate if France's National Front leader - Marine Le Pen - could pull an unexpected victory to become the nation's next president. When that happens; Britain, United States and France would be leading the world's populism and nationalism while liberalism and [...]
April 5th, 2017 by financetwitter
There have been quite a number of Indian Islamic preachers who try to be more Islamic than the Islam itself. Salafist preacher Zakir Naik is one of the controversial and dangerous Indian Islamic preachers who have been banned in his own country - India. However, Mr. Zakir is treated like a demi-God [...]
April 5th, 2017 by financetwitter
At a Sotheby's auction Tuesday in Hong Kong, a mind-boggling 59.6 carat diamond - "Pink Star" - sold for US$71.2 million, a new world record for any diamond or jewel. The sale comes 3 years after the stone was sold at an even higher price at another Sotheby's auction in Geneva. However, that deal [...]
April 4th, 2017 by financetwitter
St. Petersburg, a city of 5 million people, shut down its entire subway system after 11 people were killed and at least 45 others were wounded due to an explosion at Sennaya Square metro station. According to the Russian National Anti-Terror Committee, a homemade device filled with shrapnel detonate [...]
April 3rd, 2017 by financetwitter
Two years ago, ICBC, the largest and most valuable bank in the world by total assets and market capitalization, was planning to open a clearing bank in Russia for trade settlements in Yuan (Renminbi) and Rubles. ICBC's business involvement include electricity, mining, chemical, oil and gas, telecomm [...]
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