... er ousted Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra was banned from politics for five years and indicted on criminal charges over a state rice-buying scheme. -- Contact us at [email protected] FL/RA ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-29
... calls by Prime Mnister Shinzo Abe, the Financial Times reported Wednesday. The shift is likely to increase the pay for Japan’s younger workers, which could boost household spending, aiding the countr ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-28
... bitive at prime venues such as Victoria Park and Fa Hui Park. To give an idea how expensive they are, a stall in Victoria Park costs about HK$12,000 (US$1,548) to HK$150,000 this year. Amid this situa ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-27
Security officials are reviewing procedures after a hoax caller pretending to be the head of a British intelligence unit managed to speak to Prime Minister David Cameron. The caller pretended to be th ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-27
... d. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on his part, vowed to do more to eliminate the country's notorious red tape and make it one of the world's easiest places for business, the report said. -- Cont ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-27
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan is reportedly planning a trip to the United States in the spring during which he will visit Pearl Harbor, the first visit by a post-war Japanese leader to the naval ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-27
Greece and its international creditors quickly went to work over economic reform and debt after Alexis Tsipras, leader of the radical leftwing Syriza party, was sworn in Monday as prime minister. Tsip ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-27
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
