... ording to BBC The final report says only that anti-gay discrimination is "to be avoided". Two other paragraphs suggesting divorced and remarried Catholics could receive communion also failed to pass. ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-20
China has blocked the BBC website amid rising tensions between pro-democracy protesters and police in Hong Kong, Reuters reported, citing a statement from the British national broadcaster late on Wedn ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-16
... newsroom. BBC News saw a net reduction of 220 jobs in July after cutting about 200 between 2012 and 2013. The Wall Street Journal and USA Today also announced plans to eliminate positions. Bloomberg i ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-13
International donors have pledged US$5.4 billion for the Palestinians at a conference in Cairo, exceeding the US$4 billion sought by the Palestinian Authority, BBC News reported. Norwegian Foreign Min ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-13
... g for the BBC's Urdu service as an 11-year-old to campaign against the Taliban's efforts to deny women an education. Unable to return to Pakistan after her recovery, Yousafzai moved to Britain, settin ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-10
... quoted by BBC News. "Imagine how big an impact it could have if we could get everyone in East Anglia, or even the UK, to change their morning habits," he said. "The campaign has been really divisive - ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-10
... disease, BBC News reported. The nurse, Teresa Romero, is the first person known to have contracted Ebola outside West Africa. She had treated two Spanish missionaries who later died from Ebola. Romer ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-09
... o Turkey, BBC News reported. In his speech on a visit to a refugee camp for Syrians on Tuesday, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said air power alone could not defeat the Islamist fighters. "We had warn ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-08
At least five activists have been detained in the mainland for supporting Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protesters, the BBC Chinese website reported Tuesday. One of them was Ding Ding, a Beijing-based art ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-07
... told the BBC in an interview. He said the Hong Kong students should perhaps withdraw from their campaign for now, adding that he doesn't know what the current Hong Kong leadership may do next should ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-07
... ve to the BBC in which parts of the transcript were redacted, according to The Telegraph. “People have a right to peaceful protest and by and large the protests have been peaceful but they are also u ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-07
... ording to BBC News. By declining to hear the appeals, the court left intact lower court rulings that had struck down those state bans. Support for gay marriage in the United States has gained momentum ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-07
... sinesses, BBC News reported. Many businesses buy likes to make their products or brands appear more popular. But Facebook said bumping up likes this way does "more harm than good", and could mean comp ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-07
... t alone", BBC reported. Many carried umbrellas, the symbol of protests in the former British colony. "We are out to tell people in Hong Kong you are not alone. There are many people standing together ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-03
... onsumers, BBC reported. -- Contact us at [email protected] MY/JP/CG ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-30
... te of the BBC that he will not rule out the possibility of Beijing requesting Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying to declare martial law in Hong Kong. Ching complimented the protesters, saying they are of ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-29
Fugitive US intelligence whistleblower Edward Snowden has been named a winner of the 2014 Right Livelihood Award, described as Sweden's "alternative Nobel prize", BBC News reported. Sharing the honora ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-26
... e appeal, BBC reported, citing defense lawyer Li Fangping. Tohti was sentenced to life imprisonment on Tuesday by the Intermediate People's Court in Urumqi for promoting independence for Xinjiang on h ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-25
... nations", BBC News reported. Washington had warned Syria not to engage the US aircraft, although it had not requested permission or given advance notice of the timing of the attacks, US state departme ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-24
... dra Modi, BBC Hindi reported. The station called the error grave but the sacking received a mix reaction from Indian newscasters. While Doordarshan broadcaster Shammi Narang said somebody needed to " ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-22
