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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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October 5th, 2014 by financetwitter
In what appears to be another copycat stunt, Hong Kong government under chief minister CY Leung has shown what he was capable of, when his power and wealth are threaten. Just like Malaysian government's SOP, as can be seen in the past rallies where UMNO provocateurs were unleashed to instigate fight [...]
October 3rd, 2014 by financetwitter
She is perhaps the bravest traffic offender on planet Earth. Between July 2009 and December 2013, she had been travelling on EastLink and CityLink without paying a penny. Meet 27-year-old Isabelle Mares Weir, an Australian driver who had accumulated a jaw dropping 1,196 infringement warrants for tot [...]
October 2nd, 2014 by financetwitter
United States Secret Service Director, Julia Pierson, was grilled during a hearing by the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday. Next, she was shown the door. Interestingly, Obama administration told the world they had full confidence in her less than one and a half year ago, when Barack Obama appo [...]
October 1st, 2014 by financetwitter
Ahead of Hong Kong's national holiday tomorrow, Wednesday, there're still thousands of Hong Kongers on the street; camping and sleeping in the middle of the road. Here's the problem - Hong Kong is ready for democracy but China isn't. And Beijing's stone age mentality is such that Hong Kong is anothe [...]
September 30th, 2014 by financetwitter
ATM thefts have gone high-tech, and judging by how the police and banks are running around like a headless chicken trying to piece together the puzzle, the local authorities and financial institutions were obviously not ready for such an attack. And it's not hard to understand why - the police and b [...]
September 29th, 2014 by financetwitter
Hong Kong, Asia's top financial centre was paralysed after what appears to be the most violent political protests since the 1997 handover exploded. The third largest financial centre in the world as of 2014, behind only to New York and London as measured by Global Financial Centres Index, was in tot [...]
September 28th, 2014 by financetwitter
By now, the craze of loom bands or rainbow loom has reached Malaysia,. although it had already reached its craziness in the west since early of the year. Originally targeted at kids from eight to fourteen-year-old, somehow the loom bands disease has spread its tentacles to adults all around the worl [...]
September 27th, 2014 by financetwitter
She should have become Emirati's female pilot much earlier, but due to the fact that women were not allowed to join the country's Armed Forces, she had to wait several years. Although she could have kicked some baddies' butt earlier, 35-year-old Major Mariam Al Mansouri became UAE's first female Emi [...]
September 26th, 2014 by financetwitter
Barisan Nasional (BN) candidate Mat Razi Mat Ail has won the Pengkalan Kubor by-election with a bigger majority, defeating PAS' Wan Rosdi. Mat Razi secured 9,961 votes while Wan Rosdi managed 7,326 votes. The majority of 2,635 is higher than last year's 13th general election where BN candidate won w [...]
September 25th, 2014 by financetwitter
At least 120 militants were killed after the United States and its Arab allies - Bahrain, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates - unleashed air strikes in Syria on Tuesday, Sept 23. Finally, lame duck Obama found his spine to do what he should have done ages ago. And it appears Britain M [...]
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