US President Donald Trump proposed creating a Palestinian state as part of a Middle East peace plan, drawing Palestinian condemnation for imposing strict conditions and agreeing to let Israel maintain ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-29
The new strain of coronavirus spreading across China claimed its first victim in Beijing, officials said on Tuesday, as the death toll climbed to 106. Meanwhile, the United States warned citizens agai ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-28
When it comes to a choice between securing citizens' health and maintaining the health of the Chinese Communist Party there is no contest. Citizens cannot expect the 'mere' spread of a deadly virus to ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-24
UN experts have demanded an immediate investigation by US and other authorities into allegations that Saudi Arabia’s crown prince was involved in a plot to hack the phone of Amazon boss and Washington ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-23
Democratic presidential contender Tulsi Gabbard sued Hillary Clinton for defamation, seeking at least US$50 million in damages for allegedly harming her reputation by suggesting last year that one of ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-23
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened to impose high tariffs on imports of cars from the European Union if the bloc doesn’t agree to a trade deal, Reuters reports. "I met with the new head ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-23
North Korea said on Tuesday that it is no longer bound by commitments to halt nuclear and missile testing, blaming the United States’ failure to meet a year-end deadline for nuclear talks and “brutal ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-22
The Republican-controlled US Senate rejected a second Democratic bid to obtain documents and evidence in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, an early sign the trial could proceed along lines f ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-22
US President Donald Trump touted the success of the American economy in Davos on Tuesday, dismissing “perennial prophets of doom” on climate change, Reuters reports. Speaking to an audience that inclu ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-22
This is the year of 5G. Whether in terms of data speed or scale, the progression of each successive generation is geometric. But whichever the generation, the chip inside has been the soul of the appl ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-22
French President Emmanuel Macron said he had a “great discussion” with US President Donald Trump over a digital tax planned by Paris and said the two countries would work together to avoid a rise in t ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-21
US President Donald Trump on Monday rejected the Democratic-led House of Representatives’ impeachment charges and called for their immediate dismissal by the Republican-led Senate in a memo offering a ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-21
The long-awaited Phase 1 trade deal between China and the United States was signed last Wednesday. The talks hit a serious snag last year, but since then China has apparently yielded to some of the US ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-20
As the world’s business elites trek to Davos for their annual gathering, people should be asking a simple question: Have they overcome their infatuation with US President Donald Trump? Two years ago, ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-20
Democratic US lawmakers leading the impeachment case against Donald Trump said on Saturday that the president must be removed from office to protect national security and preserve the country’s system ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-20
Microsoft Corp. has set a new ambition among Fortune 500 companies in addressing climate change, pledging to remove as much carbon as it has emitted in its 45-year history, Reuters reports. The focus ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-17
The US Senate approved a revamp of the 26-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement that includes tougher rules on labor and automotive content but leaves US$1.2 trillion in annual US-Mexico-Canada ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-17
The Senate impeachment trial on whether to remove US President Donald Trump from office formally began on Thursday even as a congressional watchdog found that the White House broke the law by withhold ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-17
China’s pledge to buy US farm goods based on “market conditions” during the Phase 1 trade deal signing ceremony on Wednesday added to doubts among farmers and commodity traders over Beijing’s lingerin ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-16
The long-awaited US-China trade deal touted new wins for US companies looking to access China’s US$40 trillion financial sector, but many of the changes were already in the works with Beijing stepping ...More
EJ Insight2020-01-16
