... Britain’s Prime Minister for joining a China-led infrastructure bank, complaining this was evidence of the UK’s “constant accommodation” of Beijing. In spite of what appears to have been intense US ac ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-27
... y's first prime minister, told Tung that if most Hong Kong residents owned their homes, the society would be stable. However, with the city's different backgrounds, it would be unworkable for Hong Kon ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-26
Bakery chain BreadTalk Group pulled a bun commemorating Singapore's first prime minister, Lee Kuan Yew, from its shelves after drawing flak from social media users, Reuters reported. "We would like to ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-26
... h British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in Beijing, during which the Chinese leader refuted Britain’s argument that Hong Kong would no longer prosper without British rule by citing the example of S ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-26
... id. Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said Iraqi forces will prevail with the support of "friendly" countries and the international coalition, including arms, training and aerial support. "We have ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-26
... dents and prime ministers, and his advice and opinions were sought by them long after he stepped down as prime minister in 1990; his books and articles were widely read around the world. The leaders o ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-25
Singapore's Prime Minister's Office has declared a period of national mourning until Sunday following the death of the city state’s founding father Lee Kuan Yew. After a state funeral Sunday at the Un ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-25
... . French prime minister Manuel Valls said a helicopter crew had landed near the crash site and found no survivors. Aerial photos indicated that the plane was pulverized. As the CVR was being analyzed ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-25
Lee Kuan Yew, a founding father of Singapore, ruled the city state as its first prime minister for over three decades. In 1960, the per capita gross domestic product of this mosquito-ridden island off ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-24
... its first prime minister, Lee Kuan Yew, who died Monday aged 91. The model is based on one-party rule, keeping a tight rein on the press and rewarding politicians with wages pegged to the top executiv ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-24
... d Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for abandoning a Palestinian state in the run-up to his re-election on March 17. Netanyahu is working to form Israel's next coalition government. Palestinia ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-24
... n that of Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev (63 percent) as well as that of the Russian Government (60 percent) by a huge margin. The figures show that Putin is more popular than the entire ruling regime ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-23
Lee Kuan Yew, Asia's last post-colonial strongman, has died at the age of 91. The former prime minister of Singapore had been in hospital with severe pneumonia since Feb. 5. The government has declar ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-23
... st month, Prime Minister Manuel Valls and I announced an ambitious partnership to promote a digital transformation of the entire country. The collaboration, which includes a US$100 million investment ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-23
Former Australian prime minister Malcolm Fraser, who led the country from 1975 to 1983, died Friday, Reuters reported. He was 84. The country's 22nd prime minister died peacefully in the early hours a ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-20
... m dubbed "Prime Air" that will see drones fly at speeds of 80 kilometyers per hour, operate autonomously and sense and avoid objects. Amazon also is among those working with NASA on an air-traffic ma ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-20
... Tunisian Prime Minister Habib Essid said Abidi had been under surveillance but "not for anything very special". -- Contact us at [email protected] CG/RA ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-20
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has denied abandoning his commitment to the eventual creation of a Palestinian state, Reuters reported. "I haven't changed my policy," Netanyahu told MSNBC in ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-20
Thailand’s former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra will face a criminal trial in connection with her government's program to aid rice farmers, raising the possibility that she could be jailed. The S ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-19
... d, citing Prime Minister Habib Essid. The rare attack cast a pall over one of the Arab Spring’s few success stories, the Wall Street Journal said. The small North African nation, which relies heavily ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-19
