No Ceasefire. One Champion. By TNS News Team EDITOR’S NOTE This week saw one of the most significant escalations in the Iran conflict since February, renewed volatility in global energy markets, a major policy shift in US artificial intelligence infrastructure, and a World Cup final capturing the attention of the world. Global Dispatch brings…
The week of 12 to 19 July 2026 opened with BN celebrating a landslide in Johor and closed with campaigning under way in Negeri Sembilan. BN won 48 seats in Johor, its strongest result in the state since 2008, while PH retained eight and PN, Bersama and Muda failed to win any. The next major…
The country’s RM79 billion food import bill is the wrong thing to watch, Professor Emerita Dato’ Dr Roshada Hashim tells TNS News, and the self-sufficiency targets Malaysia keeps missing may be obscuring where the danger really sits. Her remedy: an independent Food Security Commission. IN BRIEF BY TENGKU NOOR SHAMSIAH TENGKU ABDULLAH KUALA LUMPUR, July…
By TENGKU NOOR SHAMSIAH TENGKU ABDULLAH KUALA LUMPUR, July 17 – The ringgit, rupiah, dong, baht and peso are unlikely to move in lockstep during the second half of 2026. Juwai IQI Global Chief Economist Shan Saeed explains why fading US dollar strength is likely to favour the ringgit and rupiah more than the dong,…
With the US naval blockade reinstated and oil above US$86 a barrel, Dr Alicia García Herrero tells TNS News that China’s yuan diplomacy, ASEAN’s balancing act and Malaysia’s neutral positioning are all being tested at once By TENGKU NOOR SHAMSIAH TENGKU ABDULLAH KUALA LUMPUR, July 16 – Just weeks after markets began pricing in relief…
