EVENTS of the past two weeks have signalled a dramatic turning point in the world’s balance of power as tensions escalate between the United States and the increasingly close allies Russia and China.

HISTORY was created on July 17,2019, when a motion to amend the Federal Constitution was passed with 211 votes – by more than two-thirds of the majority in the 222-member Dewan Rakyat and with undivided support from both sides of the political divide.

The police probe to net Tan Sri and Datuk drug kingpins is commendable and it is hoped that they will be nabbed soon, as their activities seem to have been going on for far too long.

THERE is no denying that the scourge of corruption has soaked into the fabric of our society. A recent survey by Transparency International-Malaysia (TI-M) found that corruption is rampant and set to get worse, according to the majority of Malaysians.

Malaysians living in 12 cities, 38 towns and 98 rural districts across the country have been deprived of elected representation for more than half a century.

OVER the years, recurrent reports of abuses, including violence against detainees and deaths in custody, have marred the reputation of our police force. The alleged rape of a 16-year-old girl in a police station lockup recently has the sullied image further.

IT may be a cold, wet start to 2021 but the heat is rapidly rising in our ever-sweltering political scene amid the unveiling of a sizzling new scandal involving the smuggling in of questionable quality meat and labelling it as halal.

“POLITICS is the art of the possible, the attainable... and the art of the next best.” Otto von Bismarck, the German statesman and first chancellor of the German Empire, said this 158 years ago.

THERE’S an apt idiom for our seemingly never-ending battle against Covid-19, especially on infections spreading among foreign workers: A stitch in time saves nine. It means it is better to fix a problem when it is small instead of waiting until it becomes a much bigger issue.

IT’S been a week since the United States’ presidential election and all the major media networks have named Democrat Joe Biden as the winner, claiming he had won 290 electoral votes against incumbent Donald Trump’s 214. But as the popular saying in the country goes, the fat lady is yet to sing.

ARE Malaysians really so gullible? The amount of money being lost to scammers is indeed mind-boggling – RM2.5bil last year and RM2.8bil in 2018. And based on the growing number of cases, it is likely to be more in 2020.

AS a political battleground, Sabah is bursting at the seams. Never has there been such a crowded election in Malaysia as the one scheduled to be held on Sept 26 in the Land Below the Wind.