... s wartime prime minister, Winston Churchill, famously said democracy is the worst form of government except for all other types of government. But former British prime minister Tony Blair said in a ne ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-05
... ed out of prime commercial areas by exorbitant rent and driven to rundown buildings. And while Japan has a print media-friendly policy that includes certain anti-monopoly waivers, Hong Kong has a more ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-04
The British police watchdog is investigating claims of a cover-up over allegations of child abuse made against former Prime Minister Sir Edward Heath, BBC News reported. An IPCC spokesman said: "It is ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-04
India has signed a peace accord with a leading tribal separatist group in the country's remote northeast, bringing to an end one of the country's oldest insurgencies. Prime Minister Narendra Modi desc ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-04
... esence of Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn that “the governing party has significant breadth and popularity” and proposed “additional space for journalists, for media, for opposition voices”. The E ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-04
... s built." Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement after sending his condolences to the family. The death highlighted the Jerusalem's sharp social divisions between Orthodox and secular J ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-03
... he aim of Prime Minister David Cameron is to make Britain the preferred destination in Europe for Chinese companies, tourists and students. The largest single group of foreign students in Britain are ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-03
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper dissolved Parliament on Sunday and called an election for Oct. 19, kicking off a marathon 11-week campaign, Reuters reported. Polls indicate Harper's right-of-ce ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-03
In 1982, when then British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher visited Hong Kong, Law Wing-sang was with a dozen students who had gone to the airport to protest her advocacy of continued colonial rule in ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-01
... g British Prime Minister David Cameron of “deafening” silence. The British government has said it is up to the French authorities to enforce the law. Eager to keep border checks on French soil in Cala ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-31
... he former prime minister and head of military intelligence Khin Nyunt. About half a dozen other former military intelligence officials were released late last year in a similar amnesty. These men were ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-31
... ant Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to restore trust by legislating more belt-tightening measures now, before a disbursement from the European Stability Mechanism program can be made. In two votes ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-29
British Prime Minister David Cameron has declared war on shell companies that invest ill gotten gains in the country. "There is no place for dirty money in Britain,” Cameron said Tuesday in Singapore. ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-29
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak sacked his deputy over controversial comments regarding the government’s closure of newspapers and delays in the investigation into a state investment fund. Najib ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-29
... g British Prime Minister David Cameron. “He is the most facile, superficial prime minister there’s ever been,” Sewel said on camera. In another exchange, one of the women calls Sewel a party animal. “ ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-28
... 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
