KLIA Aerotrain Woes Continue: Ministers Missing Amid Passenger Frustration
July 15, 2023
The Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) has been grappling with a prolonged issue concerning its malfunctioning aerotrain system. As passengers' patience wears...
Hope fading as deaths in Turkey, Syria earthquake surpasses 15,000
Stretched rescue crews labored through the night in Turkey and Syria looking for signs of life. In the rubble of thousands of buildings that...
Malaysia attracts RM123.3 billion worth of approved investments for Jan-June 2022 period
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has attracted RM123.3 billion (US$28.0 billion) worth of approved investments in the manufacturing, services, and primary sectors involving 1,714 projects from...
Asia’s US$350bil gas projects intensify the clean energy debate.
SINGAPORE: Asia is pumping billions of dollars into new gas infrastructure. Making the region pivotal in a debate over the role of fossil fuels...
Guyana OKs Exxon’s $10B Yellowtail offshore oil project.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana: Guyana’s government has granted permission for U.S. supermajor ExxonMobil to develop a fourth offshore oil and gas field. The company said it...
The US to seek Russia’s suspension from Human Rights Council.
BUCHAREST, Romania: The United States plans to seek a suspension of Russia from its seat on the U.N.’s top human rights body. Pointing to...
WHO says 99% of the world’s population breathes poor-quality air.
GENEVA Switzerland: The U.N. health agency says nearly everybody in the world breathes air that doesn’t meet its standards for air quality. Calling for...
Ukraine reports 300 dead in airstrike on Mariupol theater
KYIV, Ukraine: About 300 people were killed in the Russian airstrike last week on a Mariupol theater that was being used as a shelter....
‘No mercy’: Mariupol bombing compared to Nazi war crimes.
MEDYKA, Poland: The president of Poland compared Russia’s attacks on Ukraine to Nazi forces during World War II. Saying that besieged Mariupol looks like...
EU slams ‘war crimes’ in Ukraine but new sanctions unlikely
BRUSSELS Belgium: European Union countries accused the Russian armed forces of committing war crimes in Ukraine. But appeared unlikely to impose new sanctions on...
