... lington," Prime Minister John Key told reporters at a dawn news conference in the capital city. "There will be quite major costs around roads and infrastructure." Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Tur ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-14
... office as prime minister, and in Taiwan, where Tsai Ing-wen became the island's first female president. Before that, we had Germany's Angela Merkel, who in 2015 was named by Time magazine as its Pers ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-10
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has scrapped 500 and 1,000 rupee banknotes as part of a crackdown on rampant corruption and counterfeiting. The surprise move was designed to bring billions of doll ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-09
The British government is preparing legislation to trigger the procedure to leave the European Union. This comes as Prime Minister Theresa May expressed confidence in overturning a court decision that ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-08
... st Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov, ordered the sale of stake by state energy firm Rosneftegaz to be finalized by Dec. 5, Reuters reports, citing the document. Russia's budget, which is in danger ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-08
... s to be a prime example of the kind of people who have been selected for this purpose. She was a prominent lackey of the British colonialists who became one of the most assiduous Chinese patriots arme ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-07
... 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
