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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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April 24th, 2025 by financetwitter
Last week, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said - "The ball is in China's court: China needs to make a deal with us, we don't have to make a deal with them". But the fact that Donald Trump sent her to make the statement instead of crowing it himself shows that the president was both de [...]
April 21st, 2025 by financetwitter
Japanese Yakuza have a unique form of extortion known as sōkaiya. Instead of harassing small businesses for protection money, the yakuza harasses the stockholder meetings of large corporations. But that was a big mistake, forcing the introduction of anti-organized crime law in 1992 and 2011. As a [...]
April 17th, 2025 by financetwitter
Rosmah Mansor, wife of disgraced former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak currently in jail for corruption, would be fuming mad if people on the street could easily own and flaunt Hermès Birkin handbags. The Imelda Marcos of Malaysia owned hundreds of luxury bags, and her most favourite was the [...]
April 15th, 2025 by financetwitter
Beijing has called U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff strategy "a joke", irritating U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. Incredibly upset, the clueless and incompetent Bessent has denied it was a joke. At the same time, the arrogant man is desperately pushing for a negotiation, any negotiations [...]
April 13th, 2025 by financetwitter
Less than 24 hours after Beijing slapped a 125% tariff on all types of American goods going into China in retaliation, President Trump has started showing weakness when he scrambles to undo some of his self-inflicted damage. The U.S. - in yet another embarrassing U-turn - has now exempted smartphon [...]
April 11th, 2025 by financetwitter
In all three rounds of tax hikes - from 34% to 84%, and then to 125% - since Donald Trump started his tariff war on China last Wednesday (April 2), the U.S. president actually thought he could win easily. After all, Beijing was weak during Trump's first term eight years ago, unwilling to go full fo [...]
April 10th, 2025 by financetwitter
As expected, Donald Trump was incredibly upset after Xi Jinping called his bluff and raised the bets in the poker game. Did the U.S. president really think Beijing will do nothing and with tail between legs, kiss his ring and accept the 34% tariffs slapped on the Middle Kingdom? Nope, the Chinese d [...]
April 8th, 2025 by financetwitter
After announcing sweeping tariffs and triggering global economic meltdown, which hit stock markets, U.S. dollar, oil price and even crypto-currencies, U.S. President Donald Trump left Washington for some round of golf. But not before he fired at Beijing for matching his 34% tariffs. "China played i [...]
April 5th, 2025 by financetwitter
Since returning to power in January 2025, Trump had already imposed two rounds of 10% additional duties on all Chinese imports. Having failed to bring the Middle Kingdom to its knees during his first term, the U.S. president is throwing everything, including the kitchen sink, in his "Trade War 2.0" [...]
April 3rd, 2025 by financetwitter
From annexing Canada to snatching Greenland, and from declaring tariffs war against the world to seeking a third term in the White House, Donald Trump has already created so much chaos that the Russia-Ukraine War and the Israel-Hamas War appears like a child play. And the U.S. president has not eve [...]
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