... 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
Changes in Australia's public healthcare system will see patients paying more to visit a doctor and the government saving billions of dollars, BBC News reported. Under the new Medicare rebate system ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-14
... view it, BBC reported. The site is also preventing graphic videos and photos from being shown to any user who has identified himself as being below 18 years in age. The restrictions come in the wake ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-14
A Malaysian Air Force officer who leaked information to the media about the alleged use of faulty indelible ink during the nation's 2013 general election has been sacked, BBC reported on Monday. An ar ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-13
... cond car, BBC reported. Witnesses were quoted as saying that they heard the gunmen shouting "We have avenged the Prophet Muhammad" and "God is Great" in Arabic ("Allahu Akbar"). The attack took place ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-08
... ding to a BBC report last month, a clothing product jointly developed by anti-virus software maker Norton and fashion designer Betabrand features metal fibers that can block RFID signals. Legislators ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-07
The number of babies born in Japan slumped to a record low in 2014, BBC News reported, citing health ministry figures. There were 1,001,000 newborns -- 9,000 fewer than in 2013. The number has fallen ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-02
