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Umno’s Nur Jazlan lashes out at ‘incompetent’ PAS ministers Posted by: superadmin - 07-04-2022, 07:32 PM - Forum: Politics - No Replies PETALING JAYA: Johor Umno deputy chief Nur Jazlan Mohamed has accused ministers from PAS of being incompetent and dragging the government down. He also claimed that PAS ministers were more concerned about their position and rank, and that the weakness of PAS leaders had forced Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob to shoulder the country’s various problems. “The reality is that the prime minister has to bear all the country’s problems and issues because the current ministerial line-up cannot be counted on, not to mention the ministers and deputy ministers appointed from among the PAS leaders,” he said, according to Utusan Malaysia. “They are all low quality ministers (menteri cap ayam),” he was quoted as saying. They lacked leadership capabilities or the ability to manage their respective ministries. “But the way they act is as if they’re better than ministers from Europe,” he said. “PAS ministers just want to dress stylishly in expensive clothes, ride in luxury cars, sit in Putrajaya, get paid and get VVIP treatment. But they don’t know how to work,” said Nur Jazlan, former MP for Pulai. - More -   Local movie Mat Kilau creates history, rakes in RM47mil in 11 days Posted by: superadmin - 07-04-2022, 07:28 PM - Forum: Local Movies - Replies (6) KUALA LUMPUR: Local movie, “Mat Kilau: Kebangkitan Pahlawan” (“Mat Kilau: The Rise of a Warrior”) has raked in RM47 million within 11 days after opening in cinemas in Malaysia, Singapore, and Brunei. In an Instagram post, director Syamsul Yusof said the film’s box-office revenue will surpass the previous record for a local movie set by “Munafik 2”, which he also directed in 2018. “’Mat Kilau’ is now the fastest film to reach RM47 million, achieving it in just 11 days. It will overtake the total box office revenue of RM48 million for ‘Munafik 2’. “I am at a loss for words. Alhamdulillah, thank you all,” said Syamsul, who was voted the best director at the 57th Asia Pacific Film Festival. - More -   NASA chief urged to drop Cold War mentality after his lashing out at China' Posted by: superadmin - 07-04-2022, 03:26 PM - Forum: Astronomy - No Replies NASA chief urged to drop Cold War mentality after his lashing out at China's space progress NASA chief Bill Nelson has freshly warned of a new "space race" with China, claiming that China wants to "occupy the moon" citing the lunar research base that China and Russia are co-building, which he is "very concerned about." Experts noted that Nelson's remarks, following a series of similar accusations, does not represent the majority of the space community in the US, as they still want to seek cooperation with China in the field, an attempt that has been sadly limited by the US' own laws.  In an interview with BILD published on Saturday, Nelson said that he is not comfortable with the moon base that China and Russia are setting up. "We have to be very concerned about China landing on the moon and saying: It's ours now, and you stay out."  - More -   Wrong to have politicians as Suhakam commissioners, says MP Posted by: superadmin - 07-04-2022, 12:57 PM - Forum: Politics - No Replies GEORGE TOWN: An MP has criticised the appointment of active politicians as human rights commissioners, saying the appointment of new members of Suhakam was the worst in the history of the human rights commission. Klang MP Charles Santiago said political appointments would water down the public’s trust in Suhakam. “I’m not against politicians becoming commissioners, but they must at least have a record of commitment on human rights issues,” he said. “Political party operatives would carry certain biases and you would not want to go against your boss. What kind of judgments would they make?” He urged Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob to rescind the appointments of those who were politically active and replace them with people who were neutral. - More -   Hadi should step down for holding obsolete views, says MP Posted by: superadmin - 07-03-2022, 09:06 PM - Forum: Politics - Replies (1) PETALING JAYA: An MP has urged PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang to give up his government position, and said politicians who discourage mastery of other languages should not be allowed to hold influential positions. Bandar Kuching MP Dr Kelvin Yii said PAS and Hadi held “myopic views” which could erode Malaysia’s competitive advantage. “Those promoting such narrow views are trapped in an obsolete mindset,” he said. Yii’s remarks came in response to a statement by Hadi that those who lobbied for greater use of English were “stuck in a colonial mindset”. Yii said “narrow nationalistic sentiments” were often used to cover up the inadequacies of political leaders or to distract the public from issues such as the rising cost of living. - More -   Muslim vet hopes to foster better appreciation of dogs Posted by: superadmin - 07-03-2022, 05:24 PM - Forum: Stop Racism and Religious Bigotry - Replies (4) SHAH ALAM: Dr Salehatul Khuzaimah Mohamad Ali is a veterinarian on a mission. She wants to foster better understanding about dogs and promote kindness to all animals, dogs included, no matter what one’s religion or beliefs may be. “Certain people feel uncomfortable that I am a Muslim vet who treats dogs,” she told FMT recently, adding that many have told her to refuse treating dogs at her clinic as touching them was “haram”. Khuzaimah, who founded Serv-U Veterinary Clinic & Surgery, attributed these reactions to a lack of knowledge about the status of dogs in religion. “Bear in mind that these are also lives created by Allah SWT and you have to respect them.” - More -   The Middle Class Is Being Destroyed in the US Posted by: superadmin - 07-03-2022, 03:16 PM - Forum: Business, Economy and Investment - No Replies   Cheaper than machines, working 70 hours under exploitive laws in the US Posted by: superadmin - 07-03-2022, 02:30 PM - Forum: Politics - No Replies GT investigates: Cheaper than machines, working 70 hours under exploitive laws – life of 500,000 US child farm workers Inmates in prisons are subject to labor exploitation, minors working as child laborers are abused, human trafficking remains rampant: Today, more than 150 years after the abolition of slavery in the US, the above-mentioned problems still exist in the country. Some American politicians have racked their brains to fabricate the "sad narrative" of "forced labor" in China's Xinjiang region, but a lie repeated a thousand times is still a lie. It is the US, a self-claimed "human rights defender" and "beacon of freedom," that should be held accountable for using forced labor, as the tragedies happening on US soil plainly demonstrate the US' disregard for basic human rights and their brutal exploitation of the country's workforce. The Global Times is publishing a series of stories that will uncover the four crimes of the US, a real "modern slavery empire." The following is the second installment of the series: Cheaper than machines, working 70 hours under exploitive laws - life of 500,000 US child farm workers. - More -   Crypto billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried says more exchanges will fail Posted by: superadmin - 07-02-2022, 05:47 PM - Forum: Business, Economy and Investment - No Replies Crypto billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried says more exchanges will fail: ‘There are companies that are basically too far gone’ The so-called crypto winter isn’t over yet — and a number of cryptocurrency exchanges have already run out of cash, billionaire and founder of crypto exchange FTX Sam Bankman-Fried said on Tuesday. There are “some third-tier exchanges that are already secretly insolvent,” Bankman-Fried told Forbes. The 30-year-old’s own fortune has taken a significant cut this year as crypto has crashed, but still sits at $8.1 billion, according to Bloomberg. Bitcoin, the largest cryptocurrency by market value, lost 58% of its value in the second quarter of the year, putting it on pace for its worst quarterly performance since 2011. It fell below $19,000 on Thursday, a long way from its all-time high of nearly $69,000. Bitcoin led the slide of the overall cryptocurrency market, whose market valuation now sits below $1 trillion, down from its November 2021 peak of more than $3 trillion. - More -   Five reasons bitcoin had its worst quarter in more than a decade Posted by: superadmin - 07-02-2022, 05:31 PM - Forum: Business, Economy and Investment - No Replies Bitcoin lost about 58% of value in the second quarter of 2022, posting its worst quarterly performance since 2011. Macroeconomic issues, such as rising interest rates and rampant inflation, led to a sell-off in stocks and filtered through to the cryptocurrency market. But the industry has also seen a wave of liquidity concerns, with hedge fund Three Arrows Capital going into liquidation and lending firm Celsius pausing withdrawals for customers. The quarter also saw the collapse of algorithmic stablecoin terraUSD which sent shockwaves through the industry. Bitcoin just had its worst quarter since 2011 and its worst month on record. The world’s largest cryptocurrency lost about 58% of value in the second quarter of 2022. Around $1.2 trillion has been wiped off the entire cryptocurrency market. Amid the chaos, crypto firms have announced layoffs and the industry is moving toward consolidation via acquisitions. Here are five flashpoints that hit the cryptocurrency industry last quarter. 1. Macroeconomic pressure During the quarter, the U.S. Federal Reserve carried out two aggressive interest rate hikes to battle rampant inflation. That has sparked fears of a recession in the U.S. and other countries. It has also hit stocks, in particular high-growth technology names. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite is down 22.4% for the second quarter, its worst quarterly performance since 2008. Bitcoin has been closely correlated to the price movement of U.S. stock indexes. The stock sell-off has weighed on bitcoin and the crypto market as investors dump risky assets. - More - Pages (1342): « Previous 1 … 819 820 821 822 823 … 1342 Next » Jump to page: