... ze the impact of existing sanctions and show "resolve to respond to further provocations with appropriate new measures". Tillerson and US Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, Director of National Intellig ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-25
... cuted, a tactic intended to deceive enemies could easily turn into a gaffe that would backfire and in turn strengthen rather than weaken them. We are referring to the recent misinformation by Washingt ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-24
... executive actions that have cleared the way for job-creating pipelines, innovations in energy production, and reduced unnecessary burden on energy producers," the report cited an unidentified White Ho ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-24
... eung will act as a mentor to Lam and a go-between for central authorities and Hong Kong officials. One can only marvel at Leung’s political scheming and duplicity. In his remaining days as chief execu ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-21
... s are in fact just as brutal as the government forces, and have probably committed as many atrocities as President Assad's troops have. However, most of the war crimes carried out by the opposition fo ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-21
... e, was an act of terrorism. The wide avenue that leads away from the Arc de Triomphe had been crowded with Parisians and tourists enjoying a spring evening; but police quickly cleared the area which r ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-21
... oost manufacturing and crack down on Chinese trade practices. China is the largest national producer and makes far more steel than it consumes, selling the excess output overseas, often undercutting d ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-21
... ng to the act of pardoning all those who were found guilty or are facing charges linked to the Occupy Movement. All offenders, both pro-democracy and pro-establishment alike, should be given the same ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-20
... sed class action case. The Framingham, Massachusetts-based company has said annual sales top US$3.5 billion. Zak's lawsuit was the latest to accuse companies of trying to boost profit by quietly amass ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-20
... alth Care Act" (AHCA), Trump's ambitious universal health care plan was aimed at providing affordable health care insurance to more average Americans. Unfortunately, despite current Republican control ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-18
... own as an act of protest against his pro-Beijing colleagues. Cheng, who represents the New Territories geographical constituency, was arrested by no less than 14 police officers in Kowloon on Tuesday ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-13
US President Donald Trump’s first major legislative goal – to “repeal and replace” the 2010 Affordable Care Act (“Obamacare”) – has already imploded, owing to Trump and congressional Republicans’ naiv ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-11
... ver, the fact that he has no criminal record and there was no footage presented to the court as evidence make a reduction in his sentence justified. The judge sentenced Yeung to four years and three m ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-11
... cause his act occurred during a Legco session. He criticized the police for not following the established procedure and doubted the court will accept the case. A police source said Cheng might be arre ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-11
... s kind of action again, we hold open the possibility of future action," Reuters quoted White House press secretary Sean Spicer as saying on Monday. "If you gas a baby, if you put a barrel bomb in to i ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-11
In mid-March, the Paris Opera Ballet premiered at the Opera Bastille a new production of George Balanchine's A Midsummer Night's Dream staged by Sandra Jennings. Balanchine's 1962 two-act version for ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-07
Human mind and body may look like separate entities, but they are not. In reality, they function as an interactive system. It is not difficult for people to understand that physical illness and pain c ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-07
Few heeded a law signed by then outgoing US president Barack Obama before last Christmas. In fact, that's exactly what Obama wanted when he “quietly” signed the Countering Foreign Propaganda and Disin ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-06
A woman and her 10-year-old daughter died on Wednesday after they jumped from their apartment in a high-rise building in Tseung Kwan O, in an apparent act of suicide. According to reports, the mother, ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-06
... ernative facts,” although misinformation does flood into most debates on both sides of the Atlantic. Rather, politics itself has become operationally dysfunctional. When citizens and politicians come ...More
EJ Insight2017-04-06
