Counter-terrorism police in Sydney have arrested two men who were allegedly planning a public beheading in an Islamic State-linked plot, BBC reported. The two men, aged 24 and 25, have been charged wi ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-11
... in Lille, BBC News reported Wednesday. He said prosecutors had greatly exaggerated the frequency of his "licentious evenings", saying there had only been 12 in three years. Strauss-Kahn said he did no ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-11
... ts users, BBC News reported. This is possible if the owner uses the TV set's voice activation feature. “Please be aware that if your spoken words include personal or other sensitive information, that ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-10
... TR fleet, BBC News reported Monday. "All 71 ATR pilots will take part in proficiency tests carried out by the Civil Aviation Administration and third-party professionals for an estimated four days," T ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-09
China's authorities have seized 7,600 toilet rolls and 20,000 packets of tissue on which are printed the image of Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying, BBC News reported. The Democratic Party, wh ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-09
HSBC, Europe's largest bank, helped wealthy clients evade paying millions of pounds in tax, the BBC current affairs television program Panorama reported. Panorama said the findings were based on thous ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-09
... economy, BBC News reported Monday. Greece wants to re-negotiate a 240 billion euro (US$272 billion) bailout but Greenspan doubts it will be resolved "without Greece leaving the eurozone". Earlier, Br ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-09
The four surviving original copies of the Magna Carta have been brought together for the first time in London, BBC News reported. It is one of the most important, well-known documents in history, and ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-03
A few months ago, colorful, poignant paintings began to appear amid the rubble on at least two building sites in Shanghai, BBC News reported. They were the work of Chinese artist Shi Zheng and French ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-30
... s regime, BBC News reported. Rajapaksa lost his bid for a third term in an election on Jan. 8 after a campaign that had focused on misuse of public funds and on his powers and those of his family memb ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-22
... lockades, BBC News reported Thursday, citing government ministers. Opposition leader Khaleda Zia called for protests on the anniversary of last year's election. On Tuesday, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasin ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-22
People's Bank of China governor Zhou Xiaochuan said low oil prices could slow down China's development of renewable energy projects, BBC News reported. Speaking at the World Economic Forum in the Swis ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-22
... s health, BBC News said, citing the Reef Regions Investment Plan. The reef is a major tourist destination and a rich marine habitat. The report, compiled by six natural resource management groups ope ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-21
... r minute, BBC News reported. No passenger or fighter jet would attempt to climb so fast, he said. The Airbus A320-200, en route from Surabaya to Singapore on Dec. 28, is thought to have been trying to ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-21
... Brussels, BBC News reported. Security officials will be appointed at some EU foreign missions, and Arabic-language abilities will be boosted. Islamist gunmen killed 17 people in twin attacks in Paris ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-20
... otorcade, BBC News reported. The pontiff said he wants to send a message to the poor who face "social, spiritual and existential" injustices. "The central nut of the message will be the poor, the poor ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-16
... to watch BBC and CNN or arrange a satellite to watch Hong Kong television.” Clara said this defensive attitude to outsiders is linked to a sense of inferiority. “They did not have this inferiority in ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-16
... e-books, BBC News reported, citing China's BTV News channel. There is a choice of 10 books, which will change every couple of months. The first batch are about Chinese history. "I think we have found ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-16
A lack of exercise could be killing twice as many people as obesity, BBC News reported Thursday, citing a 12-year study of more than 300,000 people. University of Cambridge researchers blamed about 67 ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-15
... kgrounds, BBC News reported. "Wherever there is danger, we are there," one ad says above an image of five armed officers against the backdrop of a snow-covered mountain range. An accompanying note on ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-15
