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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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May 20th, 2015 by financetwitter
Up to today, many still think that HSBC is actually a bank which is Chinese-owned, Hong Kong-based, located and headquartered in the small but prosperous financial city. After all, HSBC refers to "HongKong and Shanghai Banking Corporation". Well, it's HQ was based in Hong Kong until 1993 before the [...]
May 18th, 2015 by financetwitter
Emperor Najib Razak's pet project - 1MDB - is getting messier and complicated every day. What was supposed to be a straight forward profiteering project has turned into the biggest plundering scandal in the history of the country. Malaysian Prime Minister Najib has also started his counter attack a [...]
May 15th, 2015 by financetwitter
What do these big names have in common - Dato Dr Warren Eu, Lt. General Athiwat Soonpan, Datuk Raymond Chan Boon Siew, Datuk Daniel Tay, Dato Nazifuddin (second son of Prime Minister Najib Razak)? They're all involved in uFun Group (directly or indirectly), a supposedly superbly successful company [...]
May 14th, 2015 by financetwitter
Cash is King, goes the powerful saying, which is still true today. Soon, we may enter a new dimension, whereby money in terms of cash will be made "illegal". Here's why cash is horrible - it's dirty because a U.S. study found 3,000 types of bacteria on bank notes. Cash is easily torn, not to mention [...]
May 13th, 2015 by financetwitter
North Korean supremo Kim Jong-Un may not be that good looking and charismatic a leader to lead a country of about 25 million people. But his unpopularity and brutality could easily rival that of his father and even grandfather. His chubbiness, most probably due to consume too much cheese, could easi [...]
May 13th, 2015 by financetwitter
The Big Mac index was invented by "The Economist" in 1986 as a creative way of measuring purchasing power parity (PPP) between two currencies. Using McDonald's Big Mac hamburger as the index, it provides a fun way of telling if a currency is undervalued or otherwise. For example, the average price o [...]
May 12th, 2015 by financetwitter
With Russia still struggling after the collapse of oil prices, Putin administration needs to keep his people happy while feeding his expanding military forces. Although the oil prices have recovered ever since, it's still too far away from the peak of US$110 a barrel. Putin wants his people to forge [...]
May 12th, 2015 by financetwitter
Four years ago, the notorious terrorist supremo - Osama bin Laden - was killed by United States SEAL teams. The supposedly 40-minute helicopter assault mission on a fortified compound of a US$1 million “mansion” outside of Abbottabad, about an hour’s drive (50 km) from Islamabad, Pakistan, wa [...]
May 11th, 2015 by financetwitter
Let's get real, the biggest mistake committed by Prime Minister Najib Razak was sending Anwar Ibrahim to jail, in his attempt to pacify Godfather Mahathir Mohamad. If only he had spent less time golfing and massaging his gorgeous wife Rosmah, and instead read Chinese historical novel "Romance of the [...]
May 9th, 2015 by financetwitter
By-elections for Rompin and Permatang Pauh have come and gone. As expected, both winners and losers claimed they didn't lose, literally speaking. Barisan Nasional "Taikors" who retains Rompin seat said the results are positive to them. Pakatan Rakyat "Taikors" who retains Permatang Pauh seat said [...]
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