... g. Iran’s semi-official FARS news agency said the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps detained the American sailors, including one woman, after the boats “illegally entered Iranian waters in the Persian ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-13
... ks like a semi-social enterprise, which will help it to continue serving the neighborhood, Terry added. He points out that many of the loyal customers are elderly people or people with disabilities wh ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-09
... de facto semi-peg to the dollar. Since Dec. 11, the renminbi has devalued by 3 percent against the greenback, but only about 1 percent against its pricing basket. The divergence in the monetary polic ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-08
... clared a "semi-state of war" which eventually led to marathon talks between the two side. Kim’s officials later agreed to halt the mobilization of forces on condition that Seoul stop the broadcasts. ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-08
... become a semi-frozen conflict, but one that could reignite at any time. There is also the chance of another epidemic, as outbreaks of SARS, MERS, Ebola and other infectious diseases have shown in rec ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-05
... is now in semi-hibernation with the flagship Hangzhou Tower sliding from the top spot to the fifth on a Ministry of Commerce list of top shopping centers nationwide by annual sales. Retail conglomerat ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-24
... rate of a semi-private room has also been raised 44.8 percent. At the Hong Kong Adventist Hospital, VIP rooms have doubled in price to HK$8,000 per night. In September, St. Paul’s Hospital raised its ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-22
... n grow on semi-arid land. Sesame and peanuts make wonderful sweet treats. Palm trees yield farmhouse moonshine. Pull over at any plantation, and you’re likely to be offered homemade sweet things by th ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-12
... ding to a semi-annual poll by the Public Opinion Program (POP) of the University of Hong Kong, up 3 points from a similar poll six months ago, Ming Pao Daily reported on Wednesday. That's still the wo ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-09
Hong Kong police asked Google to delete online footage of suspected police brutality during last year's democracy protests but were refused. Apple Daily is citing Google's semi-annual transparency rep ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-07
... fles, two semi-automatic handguns and 1,600 rounds of ammunition in their rented sport utility vehicle, when they were killed. At the townhouse, police found another 4,500 rounds, 12 pipe bombs and b ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-04
... ith their semi-monopoly status, while the aircraft manufacturing industry is a duopoly of Boeing and Airbus, and planes are thus sold with a fat markup. Virgin Atlantic founder Richard Branson once sh ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-02
... ls in its semi-annual transparency reports. Several thousand NSLs are now issued by the FBI every year, though the agency says it is unaware of the precise number. At one point that number eclipsed 50 ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-01
... g pageant semi-finalist. It became the, ahem, "Zoe Diamond". Lau, estimated to be worth US$11.5 billion, is well known for making extravagant purchases of art, jets, wine and jewelry and for his gener ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-12
... n since a semi-civilian government took power in 2011 after nearly 50 years of military dictatorship. "If we win, and the NLD forms a government, I will be above the president. It's a very simple mess ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-06
... tion is a semi-automatic Glock-17, commonly used by marine police, airport police, special duties unit and the VIP protection unit. An airport policeman had just loaded the weapon after collecting it ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-02
... ld remain semi-autonomous and entitled to choose its leadership without prior vetting by the Chinese government”. Shortly after the report appeared, the Chinese Foreign Ministry issued a statement rei ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-30
... ed in the semi-autonomous Federally Administered Tribal Areas in the northwest of the country. This mountainous region was never ruled directly by the British, and the Pashtun have fiercely resisted a ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-26
... icial and semi-official position on offer. With their infinitely superior financial resources, Beijing’s allies are buying support, paying demonstrators and even putting up fake democrat candidates to ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-17
... mains in [semi-public] hands. If it is fully privatized, you will have to pay for your streetlight.” He is referring to a new business model of Philips that supplies LED-based products and charges lig ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-10
