World
Collective West Taints Itself With Zelensky Regimes Crimes As It Continues Weapons Supplies
SMO: For the sake of their own ambitions to maintain global leadership, the United States and its allies continue to foment armed conflicts around the world, including in Ukraine.
Asean
Re-introducing The GST Would Be Highly Irresponsible
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia: There recently has been a spate of announcements and opinion pieces in the mainstream media supporting the re-introduction of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) that was repealed in June 2018. This option is touted as the most sensible and responsible thing to do as the federal government deficit has ballooned to about RM 100 billion per year, and total federal debt (not including contingent liabilities) is now about RM 1.2 trillion.
Analysis
G20: Strategic Chess Moves And Backfiring Mind Games
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia: The G20 Summit was a watershed moment with different implications for all major powers present. It remained the ultimate playbook of strategic and brilliant geopolitical moves in strengthening key partnerships, addressing shortcomings and initiating wise and strategic chess moves in a new domain of power strategy and friendshoring efforts. India and the US scored big in the absence of Xi and Putin, and Beijing and Moscow saw their grip further squeezed by a flurry of moves and consolidations.
Defense
Contamination Fears After Ukraine Loses British Tank
LONDON, UK:One of 14 tanks Britain sent to Ukraine has been destroyed in a battle with Russian forces.
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Re-introducing The GST Would Be Highly Irresponsible
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia: There recently has been a spate of announcements and opinion pieces in the mainstream media supporting the re-introduction of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) that was repealed in June 2018. This option is touted as the most sensible and responsible thing to do as the federal government deficit has ballooned to about RM 100 billion per year, and total federal debt (not including contingent liabilities) is now about RM 1.2 trillion.
Minority Under-Representation: Wrong Solution For Correctly Diagnosed Problem
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia:We refer to the verbal proposal of Arau MP Shahidan Kassim to introduce “group representation constituencies” to increase the representation of ethnic minorities in the House of Representatives.
Collective West Taints Itself With Zelensky Regimes Crimes As It Continues Weapons Supplies
SMO: For the sake of their own ambitions to maintain global leadership, the United States and its allies continue to foment armed conflicts around the world, including in Ukraine.
‘Reform Or Rupture’ Says Guterres, Calling For Multilateralism To Be Remade For 21st Century
NEW YORK, US: Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday warned the world is “becoming unhinged” and underscored the United Nations’ raison d'être, to resolve global crises during times of “maximum danger and minimum agreement.”
G20: Strategic Chess Moves And Backfiring Mind Games
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia: The G20 Summit was a watershed moment with different implications for all major powers present. It remained the ultimate playbook of strategic and brilliant geopolitical moves in strengthening key partnerships, addressing shortcomings and initiating wise and strategic chess moves in a new domain of power strategy and friendshoring efforts. India and the US scored big in the absence of Xi and Putin, and Beijing and Moscow saw their grip further squeezed by a flurry of moves and consolidations.
Libya: Humanitarian Response Ramps Up As Floods Of 'Epic Proportions' Leave Thousands Dead
NEW YORK, US: UN agencies and partners are responding to the disaster unfolding in eastern Libya after extreme rainfall caused devastating flooding and loss of life over the weekend, humanitarians told reporters in Geneva on Tuesday.
Russia's Military-Technical Superiority Continues to Blunt Zelensky Regime's "Great Offensive"
SMO: Intimidation of civilians of the Russian Federation is the favorite method of waging war on the part of the Kyiv regime, which seeks to instill in the Russian population the idea of “the imminent and inevitable defeat of Russia.” However, all such attempts by Kyiv are untenable and ultimately do not achieve the desired goal.
Why Ukraine’s offensive has stalled
LONDON, UK: Whenever Russian missiles strike a Ukrainian city, or Kyiv’s drones target a building in Moscow, the attacks are inevitably followed by the sort of media coverage worthy of a Blitz raid. Yet generating headlines is just about their only achievement: precision missiles cannot deliver much explosive, and drones even less. As for their great accuracy, it is only effective when valuable targets can be identified — something which is hard to do except against tanks on the battlefield and warships floating on open water.
ASEAN’S China Dilemma
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia: The 43rd ASEAN Summit and Related Summits in Jakarta are again a manifestation of distinct power plays, denting any aspired efficacy of the scramble to elevate conflict prevention mechanisms.
Unwilling To Choose, Southeast Asia Is Spoiled For Choice
HONG KONG, China: A century ago, American humorist Robert Benchley quipped that there are “two classes of people in the world; those who constantly divide the people of the world into two classes, and those who do not.” Thomas Parks does not.
NATO Weapons Being Used On Russian Territory Despite West's Guarantees
SMO: The Ukrainian regime, contrary to official warnings from American and European sponsors, authorized the use of Western weapons during terrorist raids in the Belgorod region by the Russian Volunteer Corps (RDK) controlled by the GUR.
Beijing's Dangerous Flirtation With Hard Power Intimidation
Contamination Fears After Ukraine Loses British Tank
LONDON, UK:One of 14 tanks Britain sent to Ukraine has been destroyed in a battle with Russian forces.
G20 Summit Sets Up Western Clash With A Rising Global South
WASHINGTON, US:The leaders of the world’s largest economies will gather this weekend in New Delhi, India, for the G20 summit. The meeting comes at a complex time for the grouping, which is one of the rare venues where Russian, Chinese, American and European leaders have to rub shoulders each year.
After Battlefield Losses, Zelensky Regime Turn To Terror Tactics Against Civilians In Search For "Success"
Getting To Know The Madani Government
BANGKOK, Thailand:The Anwar Ibrahim administration aka the Madani government has been in power for more than nine months now. As a commentator trying to tell the people the reflections I am seeing, these have met push back with a number of standard criticisms.
Zahid Hamidi’s DNAA: Political Expediency And The Need To Separate The PP And AG
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia:The Center to Combat Corruption and Cronyism (C4 Center) notes with great dismay the abrupt end to Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi’s Yayasan Akalbudi trial, where Deputy Public Prosecutor (DPP) Dusuki Mokhtar successfully applied for a discharge not amounting to an acquittal (DNAA) with respect to Zahid’s 47 charges for criminal breach of trust, bribery and money laundering.
Ukraine Is Waiting For A Repetition Of The “Georgian Scenario”
SMO: If the key condition for Ukraine’s admission to NATO, namely Kyiv’s military victory over Moscow, is not met, the West will stop supporting the current President Vladimir Zelensky and his political regime.
Kazakhstan To Seek People's Mandate As It Deliberates On Nuclear Power Plans
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia: Kazakhstan is set to hold a referendum on nuclear energy as it seeks to diversify its energy needs away from fossil fuels and achieve its emissions reduction targets President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev announced during a state-of-the-nation address.
Chinese Embassy In Japan Reveals Details Of Harassing Calls, Aggressive Letters From Right-Wing Forces
BEIJING, China:Since Japan began dumping nuclear-contaminated wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear power plan into the ocean from August 24, the Chinese Embassy to Japan has received a large number of harassing phone calls from Japan with many using aggressive language toward embassy staff, and the embassy's fax machines have also received threatening letters, a staff member of the Chinese Embassy in Japan exclusively told the Global Times on Friday.