China’s state-owned China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC) has replaced France’s Total in Iran’s multibillion-dollar South Pars gas project, Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh said, according to the s ...More
EJ Insight2018-11-26
Russia seized three Ukrainian naval ships off the coast of Russia-annexed Crimea on Sunday after opening fire on them and wounding several sailors, Reuters reports. Russia’s FSB security service said ...More
EJ Insight2018-11-26
Prime Minister Theresa May will tell MPs on Monday they face a stark choice – either back the deal she negotiated to leave the European Union or reject it and take Britain “back to square one” with “m ...More
EJ Insight2018-11-26
Britain and the European Union agreed on a draft declaration that sets out a close post-Brexit relationship, though wrangling with Spain over control of Gibraltar must still be settled before EU leade ...More
EJ Insight2018-11-23
A UN-backed court found two leaders of Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge guilty of genocide on Friday, almost four decades after the ultra-Maoist regime which oversaw the “Killing Fields” was overthrown, Reuters ...More
EJ Insight2018-11-16
Speculators are staging a forceful comeback in China’s stock market, bidding up shares in loss-making companies, as regulators ease rules around trading, fundraising and backdoor listings to prop up s ...More
EJ Insight2018-11-16
British Prime Minister Theresa May vowed to fight for her draft divorce deal with the European Union after the resignation of her Brexit secretary and other ministers put her strategy and her job in p ...More
EJ Insight2018-11-16
US President Donald Trump’s top economic adviser said the United States welcomed the resumption of talks with China on trade, while Vice President Mike Pence warned Beijing to change its behavior so a ...More
EJ Insight2018-11-14
The US Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Thursday following a policy meeting, but signaled that it remains on track to keep gradually tightening borrowing costs. Keeping the fed funds rate ...More
EJ Insight2018-11-09
To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: a time to be born and a time to die; a time to weep and a time to laugh; a time to mourn and a time to dance ... These w ...More
EJ Insight2018-11-06
Scientists launched a vast project to map the genetic code of all 1.5 million known species of complex life on earth, aiming to complete the work within a decade, Reuters reports. They described the E ...More
EJ Insight2018-11-02
US President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping both expressed optimism about resolving their bitter trade disputes ahead of a high-stakes meeting planned for the two leaders at the end of Nov ...More
EJ Insight2018-11-02
The State Council, China's cabinet, recently released a circular seeking to “control the trade and use of rhinoceros, tigers and their related products ... including the whole body, parts of it or any ...More
EJ Insight2018-11-01
Volvo Cars has teamed up with Chinese search engine operator Baidu to develop a self-driving taxi for China, opening another frontier to secure its place in the robotaxi market, Reuters reports. The C ...More
EJ Insight2018-11-01
The Bank of Japan kept monetary policy steady and slightly trimmed its inflation forecasts as global trade frictions clouded the economic outlook, suggesting that it is in no rush to trim its massive ...More
EJ Insight2018-10-31
China’s manufacturing sector in October expanded at its weakest pace in over two years, hurt by slowing domestic and external demand, Reuters reports. Wednesday’s official Purchasing Managers’ Index ( ...More
EJ Insight2018-10-31
