US private equity firm Blackstone Group has agreed to sell a prime Sydney office building to Dalian Wanda Group for about A$415 million (US$327 million), Reuters reported. China's biggest property con ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-26
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India is ready to expand its use of renewable energy as a way to reduce pollution from greenhouse gases, Bloomberg reported. The measure is a sign his government is m ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-26
... th Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “We will continue to take the approach we have taken in the past, which is to ratchet up the pressure on Russia.” On Sunday, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenk ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-26
Japan's top priority is saving the life of the remaining hostage held by the Islamic State (IS) after a video showed one Japanese captive apparently beheaded by the militant group, Prime Minister Shin ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-26
... cially in prime locations. To ease the cost burden, Japan Home Centre expanded its network into MTR stations for the first time last month. The group now operates three stores within the metro rail sy ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-23
... ues." New Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, before last month's presidential vote, said he would cancel the port deal if his party came to power. Maithripala Sirisena, backed by Wickremesinghe's pa ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-23
... tly after Prime Minister Khaled Bahah had offered his government's resignation, saying it did not want to be dragged into "an unconstructive political maze". This was a reference to a standoff between ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-23
... Tuesday, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina denounced the opposition as militants. She said activists were not engaging in politics but terrorism. Both leaders have frequently called for general strikes an ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-22
... d down as prime minister in 1990. He has written several books, including two volumes of memoirs. Lee thinks it behooves him to share with youngsters his experience and thoughts in nurturing and leadi ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-21
... 0,000. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong of Singapore, a small city-state, draws about US$1.8 million a year even after taking a pay cut from 2012, the report noted. -- Contact us at [email protected] ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-21
... . "To the prime minister of Japan: Although you are more than 8,500 kilometers away from the Islamic State, you willingly have volunteered to take part in this crusade," said the militant, who spoke i ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-21
... his boss, Prime Minister David Cameron, was in the doghouse. He had met with the Dalai Lama, the Tibetan spiritual leader, in May 2012 and was being boycotted by China. Beijing canceled a visit to Lon ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-20
... Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. US President Barack Obama, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe and German chancellor Angela Merkel all draw less salaries compared to Leung, he said. The gover ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-19
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe may visit Pearl Harbor during a planned trip to the United States this spring, Examiner.com reported, citing Japan's Mainichi Shimbun. Abe's US visit is part of acti ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-16
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls was not speaking metaphorically when he said that France is at war with radical Islam. There is, indeed, a full-fledged war underway, and the heinous terrorist attac ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-16
... effort by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his conservative government to revive patriotism at home and enhance Japan’s image overseas by toning down negative depictions of its wartime activities, the ne ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-16
... Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s request for a visit to China, the Foreign Ministry spokesperson replied with the name of a Chinese movie "Feicheng Wurao" (if not sincere, do not disturb). This w ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-14
... Tawadkar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s sports and youth affairs minister, told reporters. "We will have centers for them, like Alcoholics Anonymous centers.” He said the government will “train them ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-14
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government approved a record US$42 billion military budget on Wednesday, Reuters reported. Outlays are rising for a third year to counter China's rising military m ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-14
... with the prime minister. It would reflect the warming economic relations between China and Britain even though political tensions persist, the report said. Swire said he'd spoken to the ambassador ab ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-14
