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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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March 1st, 2016 by financetwitter
Mahathir Mohamad has quit (*yawn*) UMNO, the political party he formed 28 years ago after the 1988 Judicial Crisis when the (old) UMNO was declared "an unlawful society". In short, the original UMNO party formed by Onn Jaafar had already died since 1988. Today, Mahathir has merely quit from his own [...]
February 29th, 2016 by financetwitter
Warren Buffett has just published his latest annual letter to shareholders. Why should you care, you may ask yourself. After all, you didn't own and perhaps will never own Berkshire Hathaway stock. At roughly US$200,000 (£144,434; RM842,568) a share, perhaps it's impossible for you to afford even " [...]
February 28th, 2016 by financetwitter
After more than a year in development and testing, Facebook has expanded its popular "Like" button to include other "reactions". Four days ago, people can see and choose "love," "haha," "wow," "sad," and "angry" gesture. There's no "Dislike" button as requested because Facebook claims that the new [...]
February 27th, 2016 by financetwitter
Malaysia, under Najib Razak administration, is a cowboy town now with very little respect for law and order. If this can be made into a film, Sheriff Najib, caught with US$700 million (RM2.6 billion) in his personal bank account, is being questioned by everyone in town as to the source and purpose o [...]
February 25th, 2016 by financetwitter
China has been hitting the news for the wrong reasons - economic slowdown, stock market meltdown, corruption crackdown, and billionaires' disappearance. However, like its factories, the country assembly lines are producing billionaires faster than any other countries, including United States. Now, C [...]
February 24th, 2016 by financetwitter
On the surface, it looks like any innocent military exercises which the proven Malaysian soldiers had engaged in the past. Apparently, Malaysia's involvement in a Saudi Arabia's sponsored military exercise - Northern Thunder - raises concern as to the actual reason why Malaysian military personnel w [...]
February 23rd, 2016 by financetwitter
Apple iPhone 7 is roughly 7-month away so it's not fair to put the newly launched Samsung Galaxy S7 and 5-month-old iPhone 6S on the table for a comparison. But this is a never-ending game because Samsung and Apple deliberately design their new products launching date roughly half a year apart - to [...]
February 22nd, 2016 by financetwitter
Indians, Pakistanis and Bangladeshis were often associated as Asia's pariah people due primarily to their poverty. They form a huge pool of cheap labours or slaves ready to do 3D jobs - dirty, dangerous and difficult. They were cheated by agents before they could be exported and were mistreated by e [...]
February 19th, 2016 by financetwitter
Does China own South China Sea so much so that nobody, including the supposedly superpower United States, dares to retaliate - militarily - when Beijing happily parked some HQ-9 air defence missile system on Woody Island, the largest of the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea, which is also claim [...]
February 18th, 2016 by financetwitter
Oil prices, both Brent and WTI, are above US$30 a barrel today. The price fluctuations, nevertheless, have been extremely volatile. Thankfully it hasn't breached below US$20 a barrel. It would be a total chaos if the price goes below that level. But shall we conclude the worst is over on oil apocaly [...]
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