... to cross. Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said the two allies saw eye to eye on the need to provide air cover for moderate Syrian rebels fighting Islamic State. "What we have now is air coverage to cle ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-28
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is facing pressure from his Syriza party which is secretly trying to revive the drachma, the country's currency before it joined the eurozone. It's not clear how se ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-27
... filed by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and his late father Lee Kuan Yew. The magazine was banned for a long time in Singapore. In 2010, the New York Times was forced to pay US$114,000 to settle a li ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-24
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is not above gimmicks if these can sell his defense policy to leery voters. He is using anime cartoons, show-and-tell TV appearances, complete with a mock-up of burn ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-24
... e seeking prime grazing lands that can be close to hiking trails, roads, buildings and parking lots, leading some tourists to incorrectly conclude that the shaggy, hump-backed creatures are approachab ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-24
... time when Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government has been pushing for greater corporate transparency, Reuters said. According to tweets from journalists who were addressed by the paper's management, F ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-24
... but Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras was easily able to muster the support required. The reforms received 230 votes in favor and 63 against with five abstentions. Among those who voted against were ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-23
... onging to Prime Minister Najib Razak. Najib denied taking any money for personal gain and said the corruption allegations are part of a malicious campaign to force him out of office. – Contact us at e ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-22
A Cambodian real estate tycoon has surrendered to authorities after the country's prime minister urged him to face charges for violently assaulting a 28-year-old television star. Sok Bun, 37, is being ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-21
Japan ramped up its criticism of China's land reclamation and offshore platforms in disputed seas Tuesday in a hastily revised annual defence report. The 500-page white paper, approved by Prime Minist ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-21
... Turkey's Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said initial findings suggested the attack was the work of IS. "Turkey has taken and will continue to take all necessary measures against Islamic State," Reute ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-21
Malaysian authorities have blocked access to a website critical of Prime Minister Najib Razak's government, saying the British-based news portal violated a local internet law, Reuters reported Monday. ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-20
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has the chance to become to his country what South Korea's Kim Dae-jung and Brazil's Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva were to theirs -- a man of the left who moves toward ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-20
... en Indian Prime Minister NarendraModi and his Pakistani counterpart, NawazSharif, to ease border tensions "The Pakistan army started shelling and firing on forward villages in Poonch sector when th ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-20
... ked up to Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras as a national hero. But within a week, Tsipras caved in to the lenders' demands. The European Central Bank halted the emergency funding to Greek banks, paralyzi ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-18
... an and UK prime ministers, proposed the first non-proliferation plan; all nuclear weapons would be eliminated and nuclear technology for peaceful purposes would be shared and overseen by a United Nati ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-17
... Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met Chinese President Xi Jinping at an Asia-Pacific summit in Beijing in November. They met for a second mini-summit in April at an Asia-Africa leaders' gathering i ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-17
... for Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras after he won the backing of parliament in the early hours of Thursday for the tough reform measures demanded by creditors led by Germany. Tsipras was left weake ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-17
... chamber. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says a bolder security stance is vital to meet new challenges, such as those from a rising China. Opponents say the revisions violate the post-war constitution's p ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-16
... e even as Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras faced a revolt by some members his own Syriza Party. Thirty-eight lawmakers from Syriza abstained or voted against the government, including former Finance Mini ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-16
