Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau vowed to continue his re-election campaign and asked for forgiveness after pictures of him in blackface emerged less than five weeks before the national vote, Re ...More
EJ Insight2019-09-20
US congressional committees are due to start voting next week on legislation supporting human rights in Hong Kong, with measures under consideration including annual reviews of the Chinese territory’s ...More
EJ Insight2019-09-19
The US Federal Reserve cut interest rates again on Wednesday to help sustain a record-long economic expansion but signaled a higher bar to further reductions in borrowing costs, Reuters reports. Descr ...More
EJ Insight2019-09-19
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEx, 00388.HK) is embarking on a three-week charm offensive with London Stock Exchange investors as the Asian trading house tries to salvage its proposed US$39 billi ...More
EJ Insight2019-09-16
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani may not be the only one to have welcomed US President Donald Trump’s cancellation of peace talks with the Taliban. Probably, so did Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in t ...More
EJ Insight2019-09-13
The United States has flagged concerns with its Gulf allies over a possible security risk in using Huawei’s technology for 5G mobile infrastructure, Reuters reports. “We shared a ... message about the ...More
EJ Insight2019-09-13
If Wednesday's surprise announcement by the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEx, 00388.HK) of its proposal to acquire the London Stock Exchange (LSE) were a drama, would it be a comedy or a tragedy ...More
EJ Insight2019-09-12
The past three months of protests have put Hong Kong youth in the spotlight, and our political views often determine how we perceive them. For many of those who agree with what they are fighting for, ...More
EJ Insight2019-09-10
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he will not request an extension to Brexit, hours after a law came into force demanding that he delay the country’s departure from the European Union until 20 ...More
EJ Insight2019-09-10
Hong Kong's embattled leader Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor on Wednesday announced the withdrawal of an extradition bill that has pushed the territory into its worst crisis in decades. Lam said the securi ...More
EJ Insight2019-09-04
