Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has won the Israeli national election, securing a record fifth term in office despite running neck-and-neck with his challenger Benny Gantz, the country’s three main ...More
EJ Insight2019-04-10
Kirstjen Nielsen’s forced resignation as US Secretary of Homeland Security is no reason to celebrate. Yes, she presided over the forced separation of families at the US border, notoriously housing you ...More
EJ Insight2019-04-10
The global economy is slowing more than expected and a sharp downturn could require world leaders to coordinate stimulus measures, the International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday as it cut its forecas ...More
EJ Insight2019-04-10
US President Donald Trump has ordered a shake-up of the leadership of the Department of Homeland Security, the head of the US Secret Service said, after the White House said the official would soon be ...More
EJ Insight2019-04-09
US President Donald Trump said he would name Iran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist organization, drawing Iranian condemnation and raising concerns about retaliatory attacks on Ame ...More
EJ Insight2019-04-09
US Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, who became best known for defending President Donald Trump’s policy of separating migrant children from their parents, said on Sunday she was leaving h ...More
EJ Insight2019-04-08
More than six months after the United States, Mexico and Canada agreed a new deal to govern more than US$1 trillion in regional trade, the chances of the countries ratifying the pact this year are rec ...More
EJ Insight2019-04-08
On Sunday morning, two J-11 fighter jets of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) air force crossed the “median line” of the Taiwan Strait and entered the airspace of Taiwan. In rapid response, t ...More
EJ Insight2019-04-04
The economies of both the United States and China appear to be more resilient than the market expected. The ongoing trade talks are also progressing well, helping the equity markets of both nations t ...More
EJ Insight2019-04-04
In the recent first-round voting of the Ukrainian presidential election, Volodymyr Zelensky, a complete political rookie, gained 30 percent of the total votes, which gave him a substantial lead over t ...More
EJ Insight2019-04-03
US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer went to Beijing last week for fresh trade talks. There has been speculation that the two sides have made some substantia ...More
EJ Insight2019-04-03
A Chinese woman who got through security checkpoints at President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida carrying a thumb drive coded with “malicious” software was arrested on Saturday for enteri ...More
EJ Insight2019-04-03
US lawmakers on Tuesday sought details about recent approvals for companies to share nuclear energy information with Saudi Arabia, amid fears Riyadh could use the technology to develop atomic weapons. ...More
EJ Insight2019-04-03
The impasse in the British parliament over the country's withdrawal from the European Union, along with the EU's refusal to renegotiate another Brexit deal, is forcing Prime Minister Theresa May into ...More
EJ Insight2019-04-02
China announced that it will continue to suspend additional tariffs on US vehicles and auto parts after April 1, in a goodwill gesture following a US decision to delay tariff hikes on Chinese imports. ...More
EJ Insight2019-04-01
