Forty-one people on board a Russian Aeroflot passenger plane were killed on Sunday, including two children, after the aircraft caught fire as it made a bumpy emergency landing at a Moscow airport, Reu ...More
EJ Insight2019-05-06
Rockets and missiles from Gaza killed four civilians in Israel, while Israeli strikes killed 19 Palestinians, more than half of them civilians, in surging cross-border fighting on Sunday, Reuters repo ...More
EJ Insight2019-05-06
North Korea has conducted a “strike drill” for multiple launchers, firing tactical guided weapons into the East Sea in a military drill supervised by leader Kim Jong-un on Saturday, the North’s state ...More
EJ Insight2019-05-06
The problem with Hong Kong people is that they are irredeemably dumb. That, at any rate, was the view of Chief Secretary Matthew Cheung Kin-chung, when he responded to the mass turnout at last Sunday’ ...More
EJ Insight2019-05-03
Our officials have been unable to boost the city’s economy or address key issues such as the housing shortage because most of them do not have a business background. As a result, Asia's world city has ...More
EJ Insight2019-05-03
Facebook is developing a brand new cryptocurrency payments plan, known internally as “Project Libra”, and recruiting dozens of financial firms and e-commerce companies to support the initiative, the W ...More
EJ Insight2019-05-03
Deepening Chinese activities in the Arctic region could pave the way for a strengthened military presence, including the deployment of submarines to act as deterrents against nuclear attack, the Penta ...More
EJ Insight2019-05-03
Amazon has said it will pay all of its US employees a minimum of US$15 an hour, more than double the minimum wage of US$7.25. While it sounds like great news to workers, the truth may be a bit differe ...More
EJ Insight2019-05-03
Tesla Inc. expects global shortages of nickel, copper and other electric-vehicle battery minerals down the road due to underinvestment in the mining sector, the company’s global supply manager for bat ...More
EJ Insight2019-05-03
Microsoft Corp. announced new tools for software makers aimed at making technologies such as artificial intelligence and blockchain easier for businesses to use, Reuters reports. The company released ...More
EJ Insight2019-05-03
Tencent-backed insurance startup Waterdrop is looking for fresh financing at a valuation of at least US$1 billion, Bloomberg reported. The disruptor insurance company will work with Tencent to develop ...More
EJ Insight2019-05-02
The modern American economy was shaped by four major infrastructure initiatives, each of which was too big for the private sector to take on alone: the continent-wide railroad network, the interstate ...More
EJ Insight2019-05-02
Hong Kong’s housing market has rebounded much faster than most have expected. As the supply of flats priced under HK$6 million continues to dry up, owning a home has increasingly become a remote dream ...More
EJ Insight2019-05-02
In 2013, I embarked on two projects at Alibaba: how to use data to drive each business unit, and how to automate the data analysis process. Many were skeptical initially, but it turned out that huge b ...More
EJ Insight2019-05-02
