Singapore's outlook is generally considered positive as it enters a new era. One reason is its good relationship with both China and the United States, and another is its unique position in the Associ ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-20
... rvive is playing with fire," Varoufakis told La Sexta, a Spanish TV channel. The interview was recorded 10 days ago, according to Reuters. "Some claim that the rest of Europe has been ring-fenced from ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-20
The Lands Department has warned a number of mini storage operators that their businesses in industrial buildings violate the land use restrictions for industrial or warehouse purposes as stated in the ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-10
... e Shangri-La Hotel in the 16th Arrondissement for five months, occupying 41 rooms, but at 3:30 a.m. of May 31, 2012, she tried to sneak out of the hotel without paying the tab, Vanity Fair reported. I ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-08
Forensic scientists say they have found the tomb of Miguel de Cervantes, author of the classic novel Don Quixote, nearly 400 years after his death, BBC News reported. They believe they have found the ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-18
... n western La Rioja province. There were no survivors, Reuters reported Wednesday. Investigators removed the bodies of Olympic swimmer Camille Muffat, yachtswoman Florence Arthaud and boxer Alexis Vast ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-11
... n term "allattateli", which means "breastfeed them", and added that they should not hesitate. As the 20 girls and 13 boys cried in the chapel -- famous for Michelangelo's frescoes and where popes are ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-12
... ant found last month that there was something strange about the labels on the 50 bottles of wine and confirmed they had been switched. The restaurant, at the Grand Lisboa Hotel -- owned by SJM Holding ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-08
Rescuers have completed the evacuation of a fire-stricken ferry off Greece's Adriatic coast, hauling the last of 400 survivors to safety. Ten people were killed in the disaster and many more are missi ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-30
For the last quarter of the 20th century, the average temperature at the surface of the earth edged inexorably upward. Then, to the surprise even of scientists, it stopped. The concentration of carbon ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-22
Two-division champion Timothy Bradley (31-1, 12 knockouts) will face Diego Chaves (23-2, 19 KOs) in a welterweight bout at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas on Saturday night. The 31-year-old American is ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-11
As every Hong Kong parent will tell you, getting a place for a child in a good public primary school is a nightmare. The challenge is compounded by the two-stage allocation system -- one for discretio ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-26
... Thursday last week. Ruiz confessed to shooting the two women and then burying their bodies with the help of Aris Maldonado, who was also arrested. Chief detective Leandro Osorio said Ruiz had shot an ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-20
... ecember 7 last year. The defendant, League of Social Democrats member Derek Chan, admitted he threw two eggs at the stage, and one hit Tsang's head. Tsang told the court, “If I could have foreseen the ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-07
Fashion designer Oscar de la Renta has died after a battle with cancer, ABC News reported Tuesday, citing a family member. De la Renta famously dressed Jacqueline Kennedy and most recently designed th ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-21
... ursday. Relatively unknown outside of France and a media recluse, Modiano's works have centred on memory, oblivion, identity and guilt. He has written novels, children's books and film scripts, accord ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-10
Hong Kong's economy and political development will benefit from the efforts of the young generation, Apple Daily reported Thursday, citing a statement from the German consulate general. The statement ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-09
Social workers, factory hands and more students have joined the pro-democracy campaign. Supported by their teachers, some 3,000 students from more than 20 secondary schools have boycotted their classe ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-30
Some teachers and students of Hong Kong's La Salle College are said to be wearing black clothes Monday in a show of protest over the college's directive to keep political discussions away from the cam ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-22
Hong Kong's former chief secretary Rafael Hui Si-yan admitted that he gave HK$7 million to HK$8 million to a young woman from Shanghai with whom he had an "intimate" relationship. Hui told a local cou ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-15
