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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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August 26th, 2015 by financetwitter
Lee Hsien Loong administration is seeking a fresh mandate from voters, after President Tony Tan Keng Yam agreed to a request and dissolved the 12th Parliament of Singapore today (Aug 25, 2015). Nomination Day has been set on September 1 and Polling Day will be on September 11 (Friday), which will be [...]
August 25th, 2015 by financetwitter
U.S. stocks tumbled on Monday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) dropping to an 18-month closing low that saw the blue-chip benchmark briefly plummet more than 1,000 points. It closed down 588 points, but not before it created a moment of panic when it went down as much as 1,114 points du [...]
August 24th, 2015 by financetwitter
Malaysian Ringgit has just hit another new high - RM4.2570 to one US dollar. Forget about what the specialists and experts say about the local currency. Didn't someone tell you less than a month ago that ringgit is to trade between RM3.80 to RM4.10? Well, screw them because they know nuts about the [...]
August 24th, 2015 by financetwitter
Humankind cannot live without games. The gaming industry is estimated to worth about US$88 billion this year (2015) and is expected to skyrockets to US$110 billion by 2018. Apple iOS developer made an impressive US$10 billion in revenue for the fiscal year 2014, although not the entire figure goes t [...]
August 23rd, 2015 by financetwitter
Dow plunges 530.94 points on Friday. With more than 1,000-point drop this week, this was the largest weekly drop since Oct 10, 2008 for Dow. Crude oil prices briefly dropped below US$40 a barrel on Friday, the lowest seen since the financial crisis. The effect of devaluation of the Chinese Yuan has [...]
August 21st, 2015 by financetwitter
Are you ready for Bersih 4.0? Or should we ask if you're going for the Bersih 4.0 (although I'm not sure why Johor has been left out)? Regardless whether this round will be a huge success, or flop miserably big time, the fact remains that Bersih was a huge success, based on how its past three rallie [...]
August 20th, 2015 by financetwitter
Going by everything that we know so far about the Bangkok deadly bombing, Thai junta Chief Prayuth Chan-ocha seems to be as clueless as everyone on the street about what has hit the city. The Chinese embassy in Bangkok has slammed the local media for blaming the attack on Thai government's deportati [...]
August 20th, 2015 by financetwitter
Two months ago, Malaysia football team, once the best in Asia in the 1970s, suffered a humiliating defeat. Earlier in March, the supposedly ferocious "Harimau Malaya" team was tamed by Oman, beating the Malaysian team to a 6-0 defeat. But it was alright because Oman was a super rich country.
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August 19th, 2015 by financetwitter
China is home to about 20 million Muslims, with the Uyghur being the second biggest group constituting roughly 41% or 8.4 million. The Uyghur are a Turkic ethnic group live primarily in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in China. Last month, Thailand forcibly deported 109 Uyghur back to China.
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August 19th, 2015 by financetwitter
First, the RM2.62 billion (US$696 Million) exposed in the private account of Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak was claimed to be a "donation", courtesy of some rich Arabians. Then they changed the story that the free money was given by Saudi to Najib personally for "fighting ISIS", never mind ISI [...]
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