Apple Inc. will make its mobile news app available to publishers of all sizes from this week, Bloomberg reports. Smaller media companies, even independent bloggers, can obtain editing tools to publish ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-16
Hong Kong is developing a serious depressive disorder, and it is not difficult to see why. The misrule of Leung Chun-ying and his penchant for confrontation complements his government’s unerring prope ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-09
Christine Lagarde’s past is catching up with her, threatening to derail her march to a second term as head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Lagarde, 59, is facing trial for negligence in rela ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-18
Last week, four young people became the first students from China to receive a prestigious Rhodes Scholarship, which began selecting candidates from the Middle Kingdom for the first time this year. Ch ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-15
Over the next few weeks, the US Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank are likely to put in place notably different policies. The Fed is set to raise interest rates for the first time in almost ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-03
Turkey won't proceed with a long-delayed plan to buy a missile defense system from China. Instead, it will develop its own, Bloomberg reports, citing official sources. Ankara picked China Precision Ma ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-16
Britain is increasing efforts to encourage Chinese trade and investment in the country while welcoming more mainland tourists and students, a senior official said. “In recent years, we have attracted ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-19
When Xi Jinping visits Britain next week, the president and his wife, Peng Liyuan, will stay in the Belgian suite of Buckingham Palace, where Prince William and Kate Middleton spent the first night of ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-15
One of the most difficult challenges facing Western governments today is to enable and channel the transformative – and, for individuals and companies, self-empowering – forces of technological innova ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-14
Guyana accused its neighbor Venezuela of "intimidation and aggression" two days after the countries agreed to restore diplomatic ties. In his speech at the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, Guyana's Pre ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-30
As negotiations between the European Union and the United States over the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) move toward a final agreement, opponents of the proposed pact are becomi ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-15
When the European Commission announces its new digital strategy Wednesday, it will face a decisive choice between two very different approaches to the internet. Will it choose a forward-looking, marke ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-06
Jamie Oliver, MBE, is no ordinary celebrity chef. For the last 13 years, he has devoted himself to promoting a healthy diet and redefining food in schools and thousands of households. Since 2010, he ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-24
A solar-powered Swiss airplane arrived in China early Tuesday as part of the fifth leg of its round-the-world journey without any fuel. The plane touched down in the southwestern city of Chongqing at ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-31
Republican leaders will work with the Obama administration on trade after Wednesday's sweeping election victories put the party in control of both houses of Congress. Sen. Mitch McConnell, the presum ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-06
Scotland is beginning to contemplate a new future with Britain after spurning independence in a historic referendum. With more than two-thirds of the votes in, the final verdict should show victory fo ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-19
Three centuries of union come down to "yes" or "no" as Scotland decides Thursday whether to leave the United Kingdom or stay. With polls showing a tight contest, the outcome is in the hands of waverin ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-18
A British explorer ship, one of two that disappeared in the Arctic nearly 170 years ago, has been found, according to the Daily News. Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper made the announcement Wedne ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-11
Has Elon Musk just changed the world? With apologies to Steve Jobs and Earl Woods, we see the Tesla founder transforming the auto industry in a way no one has since Henry Ford rolled the Model T off h ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-16
President Xi Jinping’s proposal that China and the European Union explore a free trade agreement is a sign of Europe’s pivotal role in the trilateral economic relationship among the United States, the ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-08