THE global price of rice has soared to a 15-year high after India, which accounts for 40% of the world’s rice trade, banned exports in July.

MOST people might not have noticed but the world took a major stride away from being unipolar towards becoming multipolar last week.

AMONG the viral messages shared after last Saturday’s state polls was one that ended with this grim prediction: “This is a tide no one can stop. Malaysia will become a complete Islamic State by 2027.”

OPPENHEIMER, a biopic on the turbulent life of “the father of the atomic bomb”, is poised to be one of the biggest movies this year.

Questions are being asked about who was really responsible for the downing of the plane after a judge was reprimanded for distributing a book with an alternative narrative of events.

FIFTEEN were sacked, 14 suspended and 63 others were transferred out of KLIA.

Under the country’s democracy system, the winner of last week’s polls need endorsement of 66 more MPs – from other parties and the military-appointed senate, which has 250 seats.

TIME brings all things to pass. The aphorism from ancient Greek dramatist Aeschylus seems fitting for what is set to be revealed this week.

A NEW government may be in power but when it comes to the recruitment of foreign labour, it seems like it’s the same old, same old.

IT is a clear reflection that we are more preoccupied with our economic woes and endless political foibles than a distant war which has entered its second year.

The 10th PM’s immediate concern is not on reforms but shoring up his strength as the leader of a motley coalition.

While the international trade deal has been welcomed by exporters, there is much unease among stakeholders that the government is jumping the gun on a host of pressing issues.