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After weeks of suffering due to haze from Indonesian wildfires which plunged air quality to an unhealthy level, finally schools in the states of Johor, Melaka, Negeri Sembilan, Selangor, and Kuala Lumpur were closed on Friday (Oct 9). Malaysia's Air Pollutant Index (API) classifies air quality as "
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Starting at around £29,210, this mid-size SUV from from China undercuts established luxury British SUVs and alternatives by tens of thousands of pounds while offering a high-end look. It topped the U.K. monthly sales charts in March 2026 and sold 28,571 units by the end of August 2026, securing
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For years, debt collection meant agents dialling through call lists, following fixed scripts and sending identical reminders to every customer, whatever their circumstances. That model struggles in digital finance. People now expect prompt, respectful communication and an easy way to sort things ou
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Flydubai's flight FZ1073 took off from Dubai International Airport in the UAE at 03:05 GMT (07:05 local time), en route to Ben Gurion Airport. Two hours into its journey on Wednesday (September 30), the Boeing 737 MAX 8 carrying 174 people - mostly Israeli passengers - plunged more than 17,000ft (5
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Resources, time, and money had been wasted when the High Court acquitted former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin on September 15 of four charges in his graft trial linked to the Jana Wibawa programme. The acquittal was for a charge of abusing his position for a RM200 million bribe and three counts o
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In a rare move, Donald Trump personally welcomed Xi Jinping's entourage at Andrews Air Force Base as the U.S. Air Force band marched on the tarmac and U.S. and Chinese flags flew. The last American president to welcome a foreign leader at Andrews John F. Kennedy in 1962, although Trump welcomed Rus
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US President Donald Trump is giving Chinese President Xi Jinping a king’s welcome this week, as he pursues what the White House calls “strategic stability.” The question is whether there will be much substance beneath the surface pomp. The administration is fast losing the Iran War. China is
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The aerospace and security industries are entering an era where technology is no longer simply improving existing capabilities. It is changing what aircraft, satellites, surveillance systems, and defence platforms can actually do. Artificial intelligence, advanced sensors, autonomous systems, secur
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I have stated my views honestly, guided by my conscience and with the best interests of the nation in mind – says Hannah Yeoh. About a week later, the Federal Territories Minister, who is also a critical member of the Pardons Board, denied ever signing a house arrest order for former Prime Minist
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In a move widely anticipated by Wall Street, the Federal Reserve unanimously raised its benchmark interest rate by a quarter percentage point – with a possibility of one more increase in the cards before year-end. Effectively, the rate hike moves the central bank’s target range on the overnight
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February 13th, 2017 by financetwitter
The beauty of Malaysia version of Islam is its perfect definition of “halal (permissible)” and “haram (forbidden)”. Unlike other Arab nations, including Saudi Arabia, Malaysia is perhaps the only Muslim country on planet Earth which consistently conducts its own R&D (research and develop [...]
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 [...]
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