When Donald Trump on January 2017, announced that he was withdrawing from the global mega-deal known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), it gave room for others to fill where the US had left.   His pulling out of the Paris climate subsequently also meant that it is time for somebody else to take a lead […]

The Malaysian film censorship board decided not to allow the screening of the much criticised Indian movie, Padmaavat, placing it in the “not approved list” which essentially means banned. It was given a non-relevant remark which deems it likely to incite hatred. But unlike the ban on “Beauty and the Beast” which caused a ruckus on […]

Malaysian Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities Datuk Seri Mah Siew Keong today launched scathing remarks against the European Union (EU), in a tit-for-tat battle against the EU ban of Malaysian palm oil products used in biodiesel. The Malaysian minister said Malaysia should ban butter from the EU, and the EU should also stop exporting the […]