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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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February 12th, 2017 by financetwitter
Chancellor Angela Merkel is looking at a possible defeat in the coming election. Germany is to hold its federal election on Sunday, September 24. Merkel could end up zero, from hero, if she fails to secure her fourth term as chancellor. Former European Parliament President Martin Schulz is standing [...]
February 11th, 2017 by financetwitter
Depending on what angle you view it from; President Donald Trump has made a brilliant tactical move, or committed a humiliating screw-up. When Trump made that unconventional move of taking a congratulatory phone call from the Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen and expressing doubts about the “One Ch [...]
February 10th, 2017 by financetwitter
On January 27, 2017, President Trump signed an executive order titled "Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States," which temporarily halts the entry of foreign nationals from 7 Muslim countries - Iran, Iraq, Syria, Libya, Sudan, Somalia, and Yemen. Six of them are Ar [...]
February 8th, 2017 by financetwitter
Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, or simply "Ahok", the first ethnic-Chinese governor of Jakarta, was thrown into hot soup last year when he explained to Indonesian voters that his opponents had used a verse from the Quran / Koran to deceive voters, after conservative Islamist opponents quoted the verse warni [...]
February 8th, 2017 by financetwitter
Hillary Clinton announced in her latest speech after weeks in hibernation that "The Future is Female". Her hidden message could be to rally the American women to prepare for her daughter, Chelsea Clinton, as her successor. But would she accept another humiliating defeat if Ivanka Trump becomes the f [...]
February 7th, 2017 by financetwitter
One of the reasons why China is awesomely strong has to do with its huge foreign exchange reserves. Armed with the world's biggest forex reserves, no speculator, including the legendary George Soros, dares to attack the Chinese Yuan / Renminbi. It's the same reason a jealous President Donald Trump w [...]
February 7th, 2017 by financetwitter
A Chinese family bought some firecrackers at a stall on sidewalk located along a row of shoplots in a Chinese-majority area. Firecrackers are banned in Malaysia and for some reasons the exotic toys were particularly hard to find this year. Their children happily took out some of the firecrackers out [...]
February 6th, 2017 by financetwitter
Opinion polls say she will win enough votes in the first round on April 23, but the numbers also show she will be defeated in the second round on May 7. But she couldn't care less because the polls had said the same thing about the Britons and Americans last year - the UK would not leave EU and Dona [...]
February 3rd, 2017 by financetwitter
Last Friday, President Donald Trump banned 7 Muslim-majority countries - Iraq, Syria, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen - from entering the U.S. for the next 90 days. These 7 countries have two common similarities. First, they are all majority Muslim nations. Second, they are all war infested co [...]
February 3rd, 2017 by financetwitter
Both leaders met in Turkey to tackle a series of sensitive issues. German Chancellor Angela Merkel lectured Turkish President Recep Erdogan about freedom of press. It was Merkel's first visit to Turkey since a failed coup there last July, and comes as the country prepares to hold a critical referen [...]
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