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When the Japanese yen recently hit its weakest level against the U.S. dollar in about 40 years, it triggered an alarm 10,000 kilometres away in Washington. It wasn’t just a problem for Japan’s policymakers, but also a problem for the Trump administration. That prompted the U.S. last week to tak
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For ordinary families, an additional monthly fee of around RM2,500 for care centres to take care of their beloved elderly was already a heavy burden. It became worse when a so-called caring government called Madani happily slapped an additional 8% Sales and Service Tax (SST) on the elderly care ser
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Negeri Sembilan police have started investigating Sanusi Nor for making statements conducive to public mischief. However, nobody believes the “untouchable” Kedah Chief Minister would be charged, let alone sent to jail under the extremely weak leadership of Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim. The inve
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Chennah is supposed to be a 50:50 bet. Trying to predict the outcome in Chennah - comprising 47% Malay, 44% Chinese, 7% Orang Asli and 2% India – is like predicting whether Argentina or Spain would win the 2026 FIFA World Cup. However, if the recently concluded Johor state election is any indicat
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Houthi militants have claimed attacks on two Saudi tankers in the Red Sea, threatening another important route for oil flows and stoking fears that the U.S.-Iran conflict could escalate further. As a result, oil prices jumped back to US$100 a barrel on Thursday before retreating, fueling a bond s
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Just when you thought Donald Trump was too busy with the Iran War, getting ready to bomb the Pickaxe Mountain believed to have been stashed with thousands of uranium-enrichment centrifuges, the U.S. president suddenly dropped started a new round of war. He announced an additional 50% tariff on cert
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Everyone knows that MCA (Malaysian Chinese Association) president Wee Ka Siong was among the first Barisan Nasional MPs who signed statutory declarations (SDs) backing Muhyiddin Yassin as Prime Minister during the chaotic political deadlock following the November 2022 national polls that produced a
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Argentina and England are not friends. They fought a short conflict over the Falkland Islands in 1982, in which 649 Argentine soldiers and 255 British combatants died. Britain ultimately won, but the question of sovereignty over the islands in the South Atlantic known to the Briti
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By hook or by crook, the Democratic Action Party (DAP) must win the upcoming Negeri Sembilan state election. After losing 40% of its seats in the Johor state election on July 11, DAP secretary-general Anthony Loke Siew Fook is under tremendous pressure. Not only he has to retain Negeri Sembilan –
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You know a government is increasingly authoritarian, corrupt, and arrogant when it starts cracking down on freedom of expression by censoring and blocking independent news portals, blogs, and social media platforms critical of the government. And you know such a dictatorship would lose power soon.
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August 5th, 2026 by financetwitter
When the Japanese yen recently hit its weakest level against the U.S. dollar in about 40 years, it triggered an alarm 10,000 kilometres away in Washington. It wasn’t just a problem for Japan’s policymakers, but also a problem for the Trump administration. That prompted the U.S. last week to tak [...]
August 2nd, 2026 by financetwitter
For ordinary families, an additional monthly fee of around RM2,500 for care centres to take care of their beloved elderly was already a heavy burden. It became worse when a so-called caring government called Madani happily slapped an additional 8% Sales and Service Tax (SST) on the elderly care ser [...]
July 30th, 2026 by financetwitter
Negeri Sembilan police have started investigating Sanusi Nor for making statements conducive to public mischief. However, nobody believes the “untouchable” Kedah Chief Minister would be charged, let alone sent to jail under the extremely weak leadership of Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim. The inve [...]
July 26th, 2026 by financetwitter
Chennah is supposed to be a 50:50 bet. Trying to predict the outcome in Chennah - comprising 47% Malay, 44% Chinese, 7% Orang Asli and 2% India – is like predicting whether Argentina or Spain would win the 2026 FIFA World Cup. However, if the recently concluded Johor state election is any indicat [...]
July 24th, 2026 by financetwitter
Houthi militants have claimed attacks on two Saudi tankers in the Red Sea, threatening another important route for oil flows and stoking fears that the U.S.-Iran conflict could escalate further. As a result, oil prices jumped back to US$100 a barrel on Thursday before retreating, fueling a bond s [...]
July 21st, 2026 by financetwitter
Just when you thought Donald Trump was too busy with the Iran War, getting ready to bomb the Pickaxe Mountain believed to have been stashed with thousands of uranium-enrichment centrifuges, the U.S. president suddenly dropped started a new round of war. He announced an additional 50% tariff on cert [...]
July 19th, 2026 by financetwitter
Everyone knows that MCA (Malaysian Chinese Association) president Wee Ka Siong was among the first Barisan Nasional MPs who signed statutory declarations (SDs) backing Muhyiddin Yassin as Prime Minister during the chaotic political deadlock following the November 2022 national polls that produced a [...]
July 16th, 2026 by financetwitter
Argentina and England are not friends. They fought a short conflict over the Falkland Islands in 1982, in which 649 Argentine soldiers and 255 British combatants died. Britain ultimately won, but the question of sovereignty over the islands in the South Atlantic known to the Briti [...]
July 16th, 2026 by financetwitter
By hook or by crook, the Democratic Action Party (DAP) must win the upcoming Negeri Sembilan state election. After losing 40% of its seats in the Johor state election on July 11, DAP secretary-general Anthony Loke Siew Fook is under tremendous pressure. Not only he has to retain Negeri Sembilan – [...]
July 13th, 2026 by financetwitter
You know a government is increasingly authoritarian, corrupt, and arrogant when it starts cracking down on freedom of expression by censoring and blocking independent news portals, blogs, and social media platforms critical of the government. And you know such a dictatorship would lose power soon. [...]
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