... it said. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and his cabinet colleagues drafted a last-ditch package of tax rises, pension reforms and economic liberalization measures, which the government hopes will conv ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-10
... erseen by Prime Minister Najib Razak. More than US$500 million in accounts belonging to Low Taek Jho -- also known as Jho Low, a Malaysian in his early 30s who helped set up 1MDB -- were the subject o ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-10
Thailand's prime minister defended a decision to forcibly return nearly 100 Muslim Uyghur migrants to China despite rights groups' fears they could face ill-treatment, Reuters reported. Prime Minister ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-10
... tail with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's more muscular security agenda, which includes lifting last year a decades-old ban on arms exports. The consortium, established in 1968 by four countries including ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-10
... ex legal. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling party, which is strongly influenced by Hindu nationalist principles, has not made any effort to change the law, known as Section 377 after its place in ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-09
... epends on Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras making a drastic turnaround on pension cuts, tax increases and other austerity measures after five months of acrimonious negotiations. Eurozone officials expect ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-09
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras was seeking a last-minute rescue at an emergency eurozone summit in Brussels on Tuesday, days before his country's banks run out of money. EU leaders are scheduled ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-08
Malaysian authorities have ordered six bank accounts to be frozen in connection with an investigation into alleged fund transfers to bank accounts of Prime Minister Najib Razak. A joint statement issu ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-08
... is. Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and German Chancellor Angela Merkel now have the opportunity to rise to the occasion as European statesmen. Since Tsipras’s election in January, German official ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-07
New Zealand is calling for a new design of the national flag. Although the campaign is turning into a farce, it probably makes a good case for us to learn more about vexillology. Last March, Prime Min ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-07
... on Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras before a eurozone summit Tuesday, the European Central Bank (ECB) decided to keep a tight grip on funding to Greek banks. By voting decisively against tough bai ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-07
... s. Amazon Prime Air is an early example of how drones can facilitate more efficient delivery. At the commercial level, drones can also provide aerial video coverage of sports, travel and real estate. ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-06
Some foreign brands are capitalizing on Hong Kong's retail sector downturn by seizing shop space in prime locations in the city as other players cut back, the Hong Kong Economic Journal reported. Cana ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-06
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak is facing growing political pressure after a government investigation directly linked him to a probe of a troubled state investment fund, the Wall Street Journal r ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-06
... ut a job. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has denounced the price paid for aid as "blackmail" and a national "humiliation". "This is an imprint of the will of the Greek people, and now it's up to Europe ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-06
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak slammed a newspaper report that said close to US$700 million was wired to his personal account from banks, government agencies and companies linked to the debt-lad ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-03
... haka. But Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government, which came to power with the help of the Hindu nationalist Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), wants to put an end to it. Interior Minister Rajnath ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-03
... tation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ambitious reform agenda has been slower than anticipated. But inflation is down, the fiscal situation has improved, and the economy has benefited from the drop ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-02
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday launched a campaign to boost last mile digital connectivity across the nation, aiming to empower the citizens and create a knowledge society. Inaugurat ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-02
... e Grexit. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras made a shock announcement on June 26 that the nation will launch a July 5 referendum on austerity measures demanded by the country’s creditors. If Greece is for ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-30
