... trying to block change to the teaching on divorced Catholics. They also oppose resolutions that could be interpreted as a weakening of the Church's teaching against homosexual acts. Since his election ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-13
... embers to block Chan’s appointment. Just as with civil disobedience, is there any point in adhering to rules such as preserving confidentiality when they run counter to morality and the public interes ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-09
... Stabroek Block under a license granted by Guyana's government. The company has declined to comment on the dispute. The Essequibo, a sparsely populated region of thick jungle, functions in practice as ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-30
... place to block a railway track used by migrants to enter the EU's Schengen zone of border-free travel. Hungary later declared the low-level airspace over its border fence closed but allowed a trickle ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-15
A Republican-backed effort to kill the Iran nuclear agreement was narrowly blocked in the US Senate, clearing the way for the deal's implementation. It was perhaps President Barack Obama's greatest fo ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-11
President Barack Obama has enough votes to carry a divisive nuclear deal with Iran. On Tuesday, he secured 41 votes in the US Senate, just enough to block a final vote on a measure seeking its defeat. ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-09
... Greece to block its overflights and is waiting for the Greek decision, President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on a conference call on Monday. “Until there is a reaction from ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-08
... tenement blocks and subdivided flats, has 20.4 hectares of undeveloped residential land. Non-governmental organization Liber Research Community said in a 2013 paper that the 2,153.7 hectares of idle ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-07
... that can block UV light and rain as well as serve as a potent symbol for democracy activists, was nowhere in sight even though the parade was held under bright sunlight. A Mingpao Daily picture captu ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-04
In the wake of Hong Kong's crisis of lead-contaminated water comes news that seawater, used for flushing toilets, was flowing out of the freshwater taps in a residential block in Kwun Tong. Tenants in ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-04
... and road blockades were cleared away by police, the Liaison Office has paid more than US$70 million for at least 62 new apartments, according to a Reuters review of more than 500 land registry record ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-01
... building block in the public housing project. The woman, surnamed Wong, was rushed to hospital where she was declared dead. Responding police officers found her son still asleep in the flat. They lat ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-31
... tenement block in Chai Wan on eastern Hong Kong Island in the early 1980s, fearing that China would reclaim the area. London’s meek stance in the negotiations and Beijing’s restoration of the entire ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-21
... teaching block at City University of Hong Kong contained 11 mcg and 18 mcg, exceeding the WHO’s safety standard of 10 mcg. Students' Union representatives have called for immediate suspension of the ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-13
An influential US senator called on officials to block a Chinese state-controlled firm’s attempt to buy a major US maker of memory chips. Senator Charles Schumer called for a committee that reviews fo ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-13
... ies might block the view from some of its guest rooms. Sino Property Services, which manages both the Tsim Sha Tsui Centre and the Empire Centre, said it is "unacceptable" that opinions of residents i ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-11
... ntourage, block the way to the royal palace and send petition letters to the emperor himself (put in today’s context, this would mean surrounding Zhongnanhai and applying pressure on the central autho ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-07
... the whole block of Bing Fu Commercial Building in Mong Kok as a long-term investment, market sources said. The fund specializes in identifying underperforming properties, renovates and repositions the ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-07
... as not to block passageways. The representative said the goods were thrown away afterward and stressed that the expiry dates of all food items are checked daily. Nakamura Tokichi was established in Uj ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-06
... e able to block private messages from businesses. The features will be especially valuable in Southeast Asia, Facebook wrote in a blog post. About twice as many Thai and Singaporean users use Facebook ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-06
