IN national politics, 2020 was as dramatic as it could get. For the first time in Malaysian history, a change of government took place without a general election.

The 22-month-old Pakatan Harapan (PH) government fell in February following a political realignment, dubbed the Sheraton Mov...

Newsmakers 2020: Power shifts from Pakatan Harapan to Perikatan Nasional

PAKATAN Harapan Plus is no more. That’s the reality. What we have now are two different entities.

A quick recap.

The Pakatan Harapan presidential council’s statement issued recently to announce that Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim is its candidate for prime minister did not make any ...

Politics and Policy: Pakatan Harapan allies step outside the fold  

IN the event parliament is dissolved to pave the way for a snap election, at least one state assembly will not follow suit.

Negeri Sembilan Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Aminuddin Harun was quoted as saying that there is no necessity for the dissolution of the state assembly as the mandate g...

Politics and Policy: States may not follow snap election cue

ISN’T it about time Malaysia had a prime minister from Sabah or Sarawak, or Borneo as it is still referred to by some? After all, it has been 63 years since the country achieved independence and 57 years since Malaysia was born. All this while, we have had prime ministers from the peninsula. Ther...

Politics and Policy: Questions about a prime minister from Sabah  

I asked a well-known leader of a Pakatan Harapan (PH) component party when its presidential council would meet to decide, once and for all, their prime ministerial candidate should they return to federal power — be it Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, Datuk Seri Shafie Apdal or even Tun Dr Mahathir Moham...

Politics and Policy: Time to call a spade a spade

Some people believe Dewan Rakyat Speaker Tan Sri Mohamad Ariff Md Yusof earned the wrath of Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin when the former accepted to put ex-premier Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s motion of no confidence — against Muhyiddin — in the original agenda of the May 18 parliamentary sitting.

Testing times in Parliament

TUN Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s recent declaration that he will find “other ways” to become prime minister has observers wondering if he will be able to change the country’s political landscape again.

For the record, Mahathir made that statement after PKR rejected him as Pakatan Harapan’s pri...

Politics and Policy: Can Mahathir reshape the political landscape yet again?   

DESPITE his justifications, Perak Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Ahmad Faizal Azumu continues to draw flak for buying himself a spanking new official car, or as he puts it, for the state government to get it for him.

The car is a Lexus ES Sedan. The 2.5 litre car is made in Japan and its reta...

Politics and Policy: The menteri besar and his new car

IS PKR, or Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim in particular, being difficult with regard to Pakatan Harapan (PH) Plus’ candidate for prime minister? In a way, yes.

But considering the bitter experience Anwar and PKR have had with Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, including the leadership transition plan a...

Politics and Policy: No end game in sight despite PKR’s decision

IT has been quite some time now since we first read reports of Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin contemplating calling for a snap election. This was before the current mess opposition Pakatan Harapan Plus (PH Plus) is facing with regard to its choice of prime ministerial candidate (see abov...

Politics and Policy: Too many political issues for PN to call for a snap election  

A global outage of Microsoft Outlook and Teams was easing on Friday after more than 24 hours of disruption crippled online communications across businesses and governments, though the company said it still had no timeline for full recovery of services.

Microsoft Outlook, Teams outage eases after over a day; recovery timeline uncertain

Anthropic PBC is poised to add to a blockbuster year of transactions that are orders of magnitude larger than those seen in the past decade, with the biggest initial public offering (IPO) of all time joining a half dozen other jumbo equity deals.

Anthropic IPO set to cap year of record-breaking equity megadeals

Stock indices mostly fell on Friday as technology shares sold off amid concerns about US chipmaker Nvidia, while the dollar was at a 19-month high.

Global stocks mostly ease with tech, Nvidia concerns; airline shares fall late in session

The S&P 500 and Nasdaq closed lower on Friday, as concerns about Nvidia pressured technology shares, while a reading on inflation failed to alter expectations for more rate hikes from the Federal Reserve.

S&P 500, Nasdaq end lower as Nvidia uncertainty weighs on tech shares

A total of 240 ordinary polling centres, with 1,213 polling streams, for the 16th Melaka state election opened simultaneously at 8am on Saturday, allowing voters cast their ballots and elect a state government for the next term.

Melaka state election: 240 polling centres open simultaneously at 8am

Is the artificial intelligence (AI) boom losing steam, or is the latest technology sell-off presenting investors with a buying opportunity?

AI boom or bubble? Investors confront risks versus rewards

PRESIDENT Emmanuel Macron will pay an official visit to Malaysia on Nov 16 and 17, as our countries prepare to mark seventy years of diplomatic relations in 2027.

France and Malaysia: A sovereignty partnership

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston president Susan Collins said additional interest-rate increases will be needed soon as price pressures are broadening.

Fed’s Collins says higher rates are appropriate ‘soon’

Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s movement outside his residence for nearly eight hours on Friday was to attend to several matters, including a medical check-up, Friday prayers and rehabilitation programmes, according to the Malaysian Prisons Department.

Najib’s eight-hour movement outside home complied with house arrest SOP — Prisons Dept

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has urged the people of Melaka to use their ballots in the state election on Saturday to reject those who exploit religion for political gain, as well as individuals involved in corruption.

Anwar urges Melaka voters to reject exploiters of religion, corrupt individuals

Bersih chairman Muhammad Faisal Abdul Aziz, in an appeal to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong and the Malay rulers on Friday, said consideration of a royal pardon for Datuk Seri Najib Razak should have been deferred until the conclusion of his outstanding court proceedings.

In letter to Malay rulers, Bersih chairman says Najib's clemency should be deferred

Billionaire investor and Nvidia Corp shareholder Leo KoGuan expressed support for Jensen Huang on Friday and said he won’t increase his stake in the tech company with someone else at the helm.

Billionaire KoGuan vows to stop buying Nvidia after Huang exit

Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s movement outside his residence for nearly eight hours on Friday was to attend to several matters, including a medical check-up, Friday prayers and rehabilitation programmes, according to the Malaysian Prisons Department.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 13): Here is a brief recap of some business news and corporate announcements that made headlines on Friday:

Zetrix AI Bhd (KL:ZETRIX) admitted that it is unable to repay the entire RM2 billion outstanding under its sukuk programme and has proposed amen...

Zetrix AI, BCB, Berjaya Property, Destini, Magma, DXN, WCT, Alam Maritim, MyMBN

Malaysian manufacturers should take the ongoing Microsoft services disruption as a reminder to strengthen their digital resilience, said the Federation of Malaysian Manufacturing (FMM).

Take Microsoft outage as reminder to beef up manufacturing sector resilience, says FMM

The S&amp;P 500 and Nasdaq closed lower on Friday, as concerns about Nvidia pressured technology shares, while a reading on inflation failed to alter expectations for more rate hikes from the Federal Reserve.

Asda avoided a quarterly drop in sales for the first time in more than two years — though just barely — as the struggling grocer drew more shoppers online with the help of its loyalty programme.

Asda’s flat sales end losing streak as new CEO joins UK grocer

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Friday said his department was in favour of putting Megaspeed on the US entity list for months, adding that it was up to the Commerce Department to manage the list and that the FTC could possibly take action.

Bessent says Treasury favoured limits on Megaspeed

A man was sentenced to 12 months in prison and fined RM250,000 by the Sessions Court here for desecrating the Quran and posting grossly offensive content on social media in February.

Quran desecration: Man jailed 12 months, fined RM250,000

Fallout from Jensen Huang’s ouster as Nvidia Corp chief executive officer is reaching deep into Washington, where Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick is confronting accusations that his department didn’t do enough to keep the company’s prized artificial intelligence (AI) chips out of China’s hands.

Lutnick under fire as Bessent blames Commerce Secretary in Nvidia crisis

Heitech Padu Bhd (KL:HTPADU) said it is exploring potential opportunities to participate in Myanmar’s Yadanapon Cyber City project.

HeiTech Padu eyes opportunities in Myanmar’s Yadanapon Cyber City project

Is the artificial intelligence (AI) boom losing steam, or is the latest technology sell-off presenting investors with a buying opportunity?

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has urged the people of Melaka to use their ballots in the state election on Saturday to reject those who exploit religion for political gain, as well as individuals involved in corruption.

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston president Susan Collins said additional interest-rate increases will be needed soon as price pressures are broadening.

A total of 240 ordinary polling centres, with 1,213 polling streams, for the 16th Melaka state election opened simultaneously at 8am on Saturday, allowing voters cast their ballots and elect&nbsp;a state&nbsp;government for the next term.

A weekly round-up of tanker and dry bulk market (Nov 13, 2026)

Baltic Exchange shipping updates: Nov 13, 2026

Nasdaq 100 futures were muted on Friday in a volatile week that saw the resignation of Jensen Huang as CEO of chip heavyweight Nvidia amid scrutiny over his relationship with a Chinese businesswoman suspected of spying for Beijing.

Shares of Nvidia rose 2.6% in premarket trading after losing about 11% this week through Thursday, when Colette Kress was named interim CEO, heightening concerns surrounding the AI trade, but are still on course for their longest streak of weekly losses since October 2012.

Nasdaq futures subdued as Nvidia upheaval roils AI trade

US producer prices increased further in October, leading to the largest annual gain in four years and supporting expectations that the Federal Reserve could continue raising interest rates after next month's widely expected hike.

US producer prices rise further in October

PRESIDENT Emmanuel Macron will pay an official visit to Malaysia on Nov 16 and 17, as our countries prepare to mark seventy years of diplomatic relations in 2027.

Malaysia and Tajikistan are exploring opportunities to collaborate in agriculture and the agro-food sector, particularly by sharing technology and expertise to bolster food security in both countries.

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