... the area, BBC News reported. About 50 people are still living in the camp and social services are helping find alternative accommodation for them. There have been no reports of violence or people refu ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-05
... of 2013, BBC News reported. Prisoners used to account for two-thirds of transplant organs, based on previous estimates from state media, it said. China has been criticised for taking their organs wit ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-05
... ording to BBC News, citing reports from KBS Television and Yonhap News Agency. The directive was issued as early as 2011, but has been made public only now. It is also believed to apply to Kim's fathe ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-04
... rruption, BBC News said. President Xi Jinping has warned repeatedly that endemic corruption threatens the public's trust in the Communist Party and top officials. In multiple cases, reports have emerg ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-04
... ording to BBC News. More than 15,000 Australian travelers asked for help last year. Bishop listed a number of requests that had been refused by Australian embassies over the past year. "Our consular s ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-04
... tells the BBC. Professor Hawking, a theoretical physicist, is thinking of computers that are capable of redesigning and improving themselves, in which case they can develop faster than humans. "Humans ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-03
... ording to BBC News. In a series of experiments, they found that mice that ate around the clock put on more fat given the same amount of calories. But fasting for at least 12 hours appears to switch on ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-03
... oalition, BBC News reported. Netanyahu said he wanted an election two years early to win "a clear mandate to lead Israel", noting that it has become impossible to lead the government with the current ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-03
... stem, the BBC reported Tuesday, citing a team of scientists from the University of Oxford. It's taking longer for HIV infection to cause AIDS and that the changes in the virus may help efforts to cont ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-02
Two sisters beat up three men, who were allegedly sexually harassing them aboard a bus in the north Indian state of Haryana, BBC News reported. The men have been arrested and charged with assault, the ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-01
... ferendum, BBC reported. Supporters of the measure argued that it would reduce pressure on the country's resources, while opponents said the curbs would be bad for the economy. The measure would have r ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-01
... manner", BBC News reported. His committee is examining relations between Britain and its former colony, where pro-democracy protests are demonstrating for elections free from interference by Beijing. ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-01
... nic," the BBC quoted el-Badri as saying. "We want to see the market, how the market behaves, because the decline of the price does not reflect a fundamental change." The cartel's small cut would hardl ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-28
Britain's first bus wholly powered by human and food waste has started taking riders from Bristol Airport to the city of Bath, BBC News reports. The 40-seat "Bio-Bus", affectionately nicknamed the "po ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-21
Honduran police have arrested two men in the killing of beauty queen Maria Jose Alvarado, 19, and her sister, BBC News reported Thursday. The bodies of Alvarado and Sofia Trinidad, 23, were found buri ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-20
... ean diet, BBC News reports. In a dig at the thriving weight-loss industry, the authors of the article said that the focus should be on "good nutrition" rather than calorie restrictions. They warned th ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-18
One in nine men have paid for sex, a major study of British sexual habits has found. The majority visited sex tourism hubs like Bangkok and Amsterdam, BBC News reported Tuesday. Most were single, youn ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-18
... x havens, BBC News reported Monday. They said hundreds of millions of euros in tax revenue were lost. The Belgian authorities accused HSBC of "having knowingly eased and promoted fiscal fraud by makin ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-18
... nday, the BBC reported. The first female Anglican priests were ordained in 1994, but they have so far been blocked from the church's top ranks, although they now make up about a third of the clergy. A ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-18
... students, BBC News reported. In its ruling, the Allahabad High Court said it's unconstitutional for female students to be barred from the library. It said if there were not enough seats available for ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-17
