... nths ago, BBC News reported. But Rousseff, who served as the head of Petrobras for much of the period when the corruption took place, has not been implicated in the scandal. Vaccari's arrest could bri ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-16
... ednesday, BBC News reported, citing a military source. The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, have been in peace negotiations with the government for more than two years, Reuters said. T ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-16
... he state, BBC News reported. The state-led investigation shocked the city when it discovered that officials at the city-run schools had encouraged teachers to change students' answers in order to demo ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-15
... to form, BBC News reported. Scientists say thin films of water form when salts in the soil, called perchlorates, absorb water vapor from the atmosphere. The results, published in the journal Nature ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-14
... shington, BBC News reported. Senior executive Mary Ellen Smith was quoted as saying: "People with autism bring strengths that we need at Microsoft." Announcing the new scheme in a blog, Smith said: "E ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-09
Malaysia's lower house of parliament has passed a controversial anti-terrorism bill that the government says is needed to tackle the threat from Islamic extremists, BBC News reported. The bill reintro ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-08
... 5, 1898, BBC News reported. She is survived by three children, four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Okawa was recognized in 2013 as the world's oldest living person, as well as the world's ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-01
... 00) bail, BBC News reported. In an eight-minute, expletive-laden video uploaded last Friday, the outspoken youth expressed delight over Lee's death and called him a "horrible person". He assailed the ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-31
Media companies should make good use of information on social media but diversify their news sources, said Ros Atkins, host of Outside Source on BBC World News, citing his experience during last year' ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-30
... ording to BBC News. About 1.5 million people paid tribute to Lee around the country in th past week, the government said. In his eulogy, Lee's son, the current Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, said his ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-30
... with the BBC in 1975, and got the job. It was during his stay in Belfast that he came across several retired missionaries who had also spent years traveling around northeastern China, and their inter ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-27
... al event, BBC News reported. She fired 36 arrows at five meters and again at seven meters, clocking up 388 points altogether, an Indian national record, according to the Press Trust of India. "We are ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-26
... venues", BBC News reported. In 2013, Wuhan residents showered feces on a group of boisterous dancing grannies. Fitness authorities plan to introduce 12 set routines and prescribe permissible times an ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-25
... villages, BBC News reported. The technique involves building low-level banks of earth to hold back the flow of water in the wet season and allow water to seep into the ground for future use, which, th ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-23
... students, BBC News reported. Many students also reportedly smuggled in textbooks and notes into the exam centers, while police posted outside were seen being bribed to look the other way. At least 750 ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-23
... levels," BBC cited the group as saying in a statement last Friday. "We are under attack and we need help" Greatfire said it did not know who was behind it, but pointed out that it coincided with pres ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-23
... resident, BBC News reported. “Now I admit I made mistakes — especially wearing that beret — but the attention and judgment that I received — not the story, but that I personally received — was unprece ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-20
... x months, BBC News reported. Dr. Bernardo Lessa Horta of the Federal University of Pelotas said his study offers a unique insight, because in the population he studied, breastfeeding was evenly distri ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-18
Forensic scientists say they have found the tomb of Miguel de Cervantes, author of the classic novel Don Quixote, nearly 400 years after his death, BBC News reported. They believe they have found the ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-18
... told the BBC. AirAsia lost contact with flight QZ 8501 on Dec. 28 as it was flying from Surabaya in Indonesia to Singapore with 162 people on board. The search has recovered 106 bodies, with 56 unacc ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-18
