Stories

THE line of the trees had turned red, and Second Lieutenant Zulkifli Datuk Haji Tahir didn’t like it one bit. Then just 26 and serving in the 9th Battalion of the Royal Malay Regiment (9 RMR), Zulkifli uttered a curse under his breath, eyes sweeping the thick jungle.

BY the window of a modest studio in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the United States, Adam Musa sits quietly, his face momentarily lit by a flicker of a smile. Outside, the day is overcast, a gentle mist clinging to the glass, and Adam, without hesitation, remarks on the rain.

WHEN Malaysians think of turtle conservation, they have an image of giant turtles gliding through the ocean and coming ashore under the cover of darkness to nest. But there’s an equally vital cousin that barely catches our attention — the river terrapin.

This is our current reality: United States President Donald Trump’s asinine trade tariff tantrum will make life tougher for both Americans and the rest of the world, because the economic friction introduced by his tariffs will lower Earth’s potential aggregate economic growth.