For the rest of the world, it may not be business as usual. A new twist looms. Firstly, Trump insists on dismantling the historic American exceptionalism of ruling, policing, intervening in, and bending the world to its will. Trump intends to replace the American political class, deep state, and military-industrial complex with his demagoguery, the Republican far right, and his group of tech billionaire “bros”. Secondly, Trump, regardless of bluster and dubious character, professes to end multilateralism, exemplified in his first presidency by abandoning the Trans-Pacific Partnership and the Paris Climate Agreement. The world is to be rebalanced into a multipolar collaboration where earning a “fair shot” depends on your “subservience” to Trump.

Since independence in 1957, Malaysia had embarked on the complex decampment from entrenched British practices.

The implication is distressing: more prisons mean more people having committed an assortment of crimes, followed by arrests, indictments and convictions. This milestone cannot be regarded as a source of pride, rather it is a symptom of a national disease.

In whatever form it takes, bullying can cause lasting harm to individuals and the community. It impedes students’ academic and social development.

This proposal underscores Malaysia’s commitment to addressing Israel’s actions in the occupied Palestinian territories, where serious allegations of genocide and crimes against humanity have surfaced.

MALAYSIA’S economic and social landscape has entered a transformative phase under the Madani framework, which aspires to create a prosperous, inclusive, and sustainable nation.

MARAUDING monkeys won't face slingshots anymore in the historic Thai city of Lopburi, where they have been rounded up and sterilised after turning rampant over the past four years.

PETE Hegseth, a Fox News host and National Guard veteran, is set to leave the TV studio for the helm of the world's most powerful military after his shock nomination by Donald Trump.

TULSI Gabbard has questioned the credibility of US intelligence and denounced successive presidents, including Donald Trump, over military interventions. Now she has been asked to serve by Trump -- and lead US intelligence.