Seeing through the clean hydrogen hype

In 2021, Australian company Star Scientific signed an agreement with the Philippine government to develop green hydrogen as a fuel source. This agreement joins a long list of similar agreements around the world. But the number of large-scale hydrogen projects that have progressed from agreements into development is rather short. Vastly more investment is pouring into solar […]Continue Reading

The making of a quagmire in Ukraine

Most military analysts expected Ukraine to fall within days when Russia launched its invasion on February 24, 2022. Yet one year into the war, Ukrainians have put up a fight and demonstrated remarkable resolve against a powerful military. In fact, some of those military analysts, including former US secretary of defense Mark Esper, have begun […]Continue Reading

Travellers from Singapore among those who can use autogate facilities at Malaysia’s KLIA

KUALA LUMPUR: The use of the automated entry system (autogate) at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) will be expanded to include travellers from “low-risk” countries such as those from Singapore and Brunei, Malaysia’s Home Minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said on Monday (Feb 27).  The autogate facilities were previously only usedContinue Reading

Big spender Anwar buying political staying power

SINGAPORE – Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has unveiled the largest budget in his nation’s history replete with measures aimed at lowering the cost of living through subsidies and direct cash payments, even as his three-month-old administration claims to be trying to narrow the fiscal deficit. The record 388.1 billion ringgit (US$87.5 billion) spending plan […]Continue Reading