Click on Photo gallery, People of Kuala Lumpur, to see a selection of photos that give some snapshots of life in this vibrant and fascinating city.
Environmentalists urge consumers to pressure PepsiCo over palm oil
The Rainforest Action Network and Orangutan Outreach have joined forces to organise a Global Call-In Day tomorrow (December 9) to put pressure on the multinational PepsiCo to cut Conflict Palm Oil from […]
Palm oil supply chain still lacks traceability
Delegates at the recent Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) gathering in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur grappled with the thorny issue of traceability and admitted that tracking palm oil supplies back […]
Bulldozers raze historic area of Kuala Lumpur
A historic area of the Malay enclave of Kampong Bharu in Kuala Lumpur has been razed to the ground. The old stage and the houses around it have been demolished to make way […]
Palm oil conference delegates call for sustainability action from governments, buyers, and producers
Delegates meeting at the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) annual gathering in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur have called on governments to do more to ensure that forests are protected from […]
NGOs meet to discuss worker exploitation on oil palm plantations
Worker exploitation and human rights abuses in the palm oil industry were the focus of a special workshop held in Kuala Lumpur this week. Trades union and human rights organisations from Malaysia […]
Forest pledges multiply as palm oil companies respond to clean-up demands
Deforestation in Indonesia (Photo by Roni Bintang) The number of multinational companies that say they are committed to supplying and using only deforestation-free palm oil is growing fast. More than twenty global […]
UN demands independent investigation into downing of Malaysian airliner
The United Nations Security Council has demanded a full, independent, and international investigation into the apparent shooting down of a Malaysian airliner over Ukraine. Council members stood for a minute’s silence in […]
Preliminary report into the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370
AUDIO CLIP: Audio from MH370 and Kuala Lumpur Air Traffic Control Maps indicating the investigators’ assessments of routes MH370 may have taken. The suggested flight paths differ based on different projections of […]
Malaysia releases MH370 air traffic control transcript
The Malaysian authorities have released the transcript of the final communications between air traffic control and missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 and say “there is no indication of anything abnormal”. The transcript […]
MH370 update
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority has released its end-of-day statement for March 28. It is included in an updated version of my latest MH370 round-up. Updated article
Plane crew spots possible debris in new MH370 search zone
Five of the reconnaissance aircraft scouring the southern Indian Ocean today for wreckage of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 found objects that could be debris from the plane. The objects were sighted […]
Thai satellite sighting adds weight to MH370 crash conclusion
There has been another satellite sighting of objects that could be debris from missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. This is the fifth satellite lead In the search for wreckage, and this time […]
Correction
Correction to yesterday’s article “New satellite images narrow MH370 search” The possible objects are not far from an earlier Chinese satellite sighting. They are spread over an area of ocean measuring about […]
New satellite images narrow MH370 search
Satellite images, provided to Malaysia by Airbus Defence and Space in France, show 122 potential objects in the southern Indian Ocean that could be wreckage from the missing Malaysia Airlines plane MH370. […]
Chinese MH370 families protest over ‘fatal crash’ announcement
The chairman of Malaysia Airlines, Mohammad Nor Yusof, said today that, based on the new evidence announced by Malaysia’s prime minister yesterday, it had to be accepted that flight MH370 was lost […]
France provides satellite data about possible MH370 debris
France today provided satellite data about objects that could be debris from missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. The French authorities sent the data to Malaysia this morning and Malaysia immediately relayed it […]
Chinese satellite detects possible MH370 debris
A Chinese satellite has detected a floating object in the southern Indian Ocean that could be debris from missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. The object is 22.5 metres long and 13 metres […]
Southern MH370 air search called off until morning
The Australian-led air search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 was called off this evening without anything being found. The search teams are scouring the remote waters of the southern Indian Ocean to […]
Satellite imagery shows possible MH370 debris
Australia’s prime minister, Tony Abbott, announced in parliament today that satellite imagery shows two objects in the southern Indian Ocean that could be debris from missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. Military aircraft […]
RSS - Posts
