... alaysia’s prime minister, Najib Razak, who also tightened relations with China, including signing security agreements. On Nov. 3, the paper published in its online edition a commentary headlined “Stat ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-07
... ar, while prime competitor Singapore is down from the 3rd place to 6th during the same period of time. According to the GII, Hong Kong's decline in world rankings is largely due to perceived deteriora ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-04
A British court has ruled that the government needs parliamentary approval to start the process of leaving the European Union. The ruling potentially delays Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit plans, ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-04
... a former prime minister of Nepal, and his wife were disrespectfully detained by Hong Kong immigration at Lo Wu while entering Hong Kong after attending a seminar in Guangzhou. Dr. Bhattarai and his w ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-03
... o get the prime property, Forever 21 was said to have offered a 100 percent increase in rents that started at HK$11 million, helping it dislodge long-time tenants such as Giordano, Watson and Café de ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-02
... Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg came into conflict after the company deleted the photo of a naked Vietnamese girl fleeing a napalm attack. Solberg posted the photograph, called "The Terror of W ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-01
... former UK prime minister Winston Churchill were contenders for the Nobel Prize for literature. In fact, six French presidents including Hollande all have published thick books. His predecessor Nicolas ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-31
... s British Prime Minister Theresa May’s government wants to close the UK’s borders to immigrants from the EU, it does want trade with the world. Trump, on the other hand, is determined to curtail impor ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-31
... erties in prime locations in the capital city. The story of Chen's ascent to riches is quite unique. A descendant of a noble Manchu family of the Yellow Banner, Chen has a blue-blood background. But a ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-28
... has split Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservative government, was chosen over another proposal, which was to expand Gatwick, a smaller airport south of London, the Wall Street Journal reports. The H ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-26
... ht years. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ruling party is considering policies to speed up arrivals, Bloomberg reports. Japan will allow more unskilled workers to enter temporarily as companies struggle t ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-26
... as taught Prime Minister Theresa May “a good lesson”. Undoubtedly, the plunge in the pound has triggered widespread repercussions not only in Britain but also across the global market in the short run ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-24
... s a king, prime minister or president -- should be above the law. Ugaz is on a two-day visit to Hong Kong that includes meetings with officials from the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-20
... es. Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said safe routes had been secured for civilians who wanted to leave Mosul and it was the duty of the US-led coalition to prevent Islamic State fighters from es ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-19
... change in prime minister may well have contributed to the delay in the report on the January-June 2016 period but the report, when it came, did not disappoint. The new British Foreign Secretary, Boris ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-18
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has announced an offensive to retake Mosul, the capital of Islamic State's so-called caliphate in Iraq, Reuters reports. "The hour has come and the moment of great ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-17
... iter. The prime contractor is Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales and Finmeccanica. The cost of the ExoMars mission to ESA, including the second part due in 2020, is expected to be abo ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-17
Shimon Peres, one of the founding fathers of Israel who had served two terms as the country's prime minister and was president from 2007 to 2014, died on Sept. 28. As a highly respected statesman and ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-14
Thailand's military government has sought to quell rumors and speculation about the health of King Bhumibol Adulyadej as stocks and the baht fell. Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-Ocha cut short a provinci ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-13
... Amazon's Prime shipping and video service and US$9.99 for non-members, the news agency said. Amazon will continue to offer Prime members a limited streaming service for free. The Echo is a smart spea ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-13
