... es on the island of Spitsbergen in the archipelago of Svalbard, halfway between Norway and the North Pole, and is only opened a few times a year in order to preserve the seeds inside. On Tuesday, 30 g ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-26
... ’s Rikers Island jail complex. After the verdict Arthur Aidala, his lawyer, quoted him as saying, “I’m innocent. I’m innocent. How can this happen in America?” His sentencing hearing was set for Marc ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-25
... southern island province where HNA is based, is in talks to take control of the group, the report said. An announcement could come as soon as Thursday, according to the report. Under the emerging pla ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-20
A taxi driver has died from the coronavirus in Taiwan, marking the first such death on the island and the fifth fatality from the epidemic outside mainland China, Reuters reports. Health Minister Chen ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-17
Taiwan’s air force scrambled armed fighters on Sunday to intercept Chinese jets that flew around the island claimed by Beijing as its own, in a move denounced by Taiwan’s Defence Ministry as a threat ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-10
... Caribbean island commenced a form of municipal bankruptcy in May 2017 to restructure about US$120 billion of debt and liabilities. Just months later, residents had to endure devastating hurricanes and ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-10
Taiwan's foreign ministry on Thursday said China is providing the World Health Organization (WHO) with wrong information about the number of coronavirus cases on the island, after the WHO published in ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-06
Taiwan will suspend most visa applications from Hong Kong and Macau residents starting from Friday, as part of efforts to control the spread of the new coronavirus. The island has been gradually restr ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-06
Taiwan announced that it will suspend entry for all Chinese citizens who live in mainland China from Thursday in a bid to combat the spread of the new coronavirus. The island had in practice already s ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-05
... a remote island in the Indian Ocean off its northwest coast. Australia on Saturday followed the United States in barring entry to all foreign nationals travelling from mainland China. The Group of Se ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-03
... iwan? The island produced 1.88 million face masks per day last year. Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen said the government has asked manufacturers to work around the clock so as to increase the daily ou ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-03
... an set of islands. David Tucker, 75, said he had come to London from Wales to march in the hope that others would keep alive the prospect of one day rejoining the EU. “It is a tragedy,” he said. “We w ...More
EJ Insight2020-02-01
A Customs and Excise Department boat capsized in the sea near Sha Chau, an island off the Tuen Mun coast, on Tuesday night, killing three of the five persons who were on board the vessel. The accident ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-23
... Hong Kong Island earlier in the day, other rail passengers and passers-by also fell victim. Dozens of people were injured in the attack, which was perpetrated by suspected triad gang members. Lam poin ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-22
... Hong Kong Island Region, said Lau was arrested for inciting the public and for breaching the terms of the letter of no objection issued for the rally because he failed to assist in maintaining order. ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-20
... that the island is a part of China, and that it is up to the entire Chinese people to decide, together with the Taiwanese public, the future of Taiwan. Judging from the uncompromising remarks of both ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-17
... e wealthy island nation which has the second-fastest aging population in the world after South Korea and one of the lowest fertility rates globally. Latest data shows the number of births in Singapore ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-16
