... mpletely. Prime Minister Tony Abbott has said that green groups were threatening growth and Australia’s national interests. Meanwhile, environmental group Greenpeace said the government aims to strip ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-19
... , British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Chiang Kai-shek of the Republic of China. The historic meeting was called to map out strategies to defeat Japan and determine the post-world war order in ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-18
... he south. Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha also referred to the man as a suspect without giving details. He said there were "still anti-government groups out there", although he did not elaborate. Pol ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-18
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe gave a landmark speech last Friday on the 70th anniversary of Tokyo's surrender at the end of World War II. The original script in Japanese and its English translati ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-18
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe failed to grasp the nettle when he delivered a much-touted address on the 70th anniversary of Japan’s surrender at the end of World War II. As Abe pointed out, more than 80 p ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-18
Greece's socialist PASOK party joined the main opposition on Sunday in saying it won't back Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras if he calls a confidence vote following a rebellion in the governing party ove ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-17
... ngapore's prime ministers, from Lee himself to Goh Chok Tong to Lee’s son Lee Hsien Loong. This fact cannot be glossed over by the nominally “one person, one vote” elections, which have been in place ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-14
... Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir has warned that Iskandar might soon become a "foreigner’s territory" if the influx of foreign capital continues. However, his concern was dismissed by Ibrahim Ismail, ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-13
... rs. Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras expressed confidence that the bailout deal will be completed. “Despite the obstacles and trip-ups that some are attempting to put in our path, I am optimistic t ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-13
... ting that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has had to work all year on a statement marking the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II. Last month, dozens of people stood in the heat, hoping to win a lot ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-13
... al noted. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his government have said they want the reactors back online to cut the nation’s dependence on imported energy. -- Contact us at [email protected] RA/RC ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-12
... es in the prime of their life for no good reason. Are the officials you and I pay to run Hong Kong treating us as human beings? Or merely potential obstacles to their career paths? Hong Kong officials ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-11
... as forced Prime Minister David Cameron to offer a referendum on EU membership next year or in 2017. Immigration is also a major issue because of the press, most of it owned by right-wing proprietors. ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-10
... at during prime pop concert seasons each year or when international divas are in town, more than half of the audience can be from the mainland, Taiwan, South Korea and Southeastern Asian nations. More ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-10
Japan on Sunday remembered the atomic bombing of Nagasaki 70 years ago, with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe leading government officials and other dignitaries in official ceremonies. Abe said Japan will co ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-10
... on their prime task of ensuring that someone else is to blame. So, this is what happens when the CY Leung administration says it will give priority to livelihood issues. Whether malice or simple inco ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-08
A new bailout for Athens should be agreed by late August, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and French President Francois Hollande said on Thursday. Greece is in negotiations with the European Union ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-07
... workers. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong was quoted by the Straits Times newspaper as saying earlier this month: "There are trade-offs. "If we have no foreign workers, our economy suffers, our own li ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-07
... , Russian Prime Minister Dimitry Medvedev, King Abdullah of Jordan, the emir of Kuwait and the king of Bahrain. US Secretary of State John Kerry was in Cairo on Aug. 2 for a strategic dialogue with Eg ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-07
... igns that Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is willing to take up that cause. But he will need a sense of the required reforms. Greece must dismantle corporatist arrangements and practices that obstruct w ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-07
