The last thing legislator Gary Chan Hak-kan wants to do is become an English teacher but he should probably consider writing a book for students and politicians about what to avoid when it comes to ma ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-14
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and the UN Security Council urged Myanmar authorities to end violence against the majority-Buddhist country’s Rohingya Muslims that has forced some 400,000 people ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-14
Myanmar is facing growing international pressure to end violence that has sent about 370,000 Rohingya Muslims fleeing to Bangladesh, Reuters reports. The United States on Tuesday called for protection ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-13
US President Donald Trump said the latest UN sanctions on North Korea agreed this week were only a very small step and nothing compared to what would have to happen to deal with the country’s nuclear ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-13
The alcohol industry uses denial, distortion and distraction to mislead people about the risks of developing cancer from drinking, often employing similar tactics to those of the tobacco industry, acc ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-11
Beijing wants to put its relationship with New Delhi on the "right track", Chinese President Xi Jinping told Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday, raising hopes that the two Asian powers wil ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-06
A top North Korean diplomat on Tuesday warned that his country is ready to send “more gift packages” to the United States as world powers struggled for a response to Pyongyang’s latest nuclear weapons ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-06
Back in Britain, I did not have to cram my brain with hard facts for an examination. That's why I have had some hard time adjusting while attending a standard first-aid course provided by the Hong Kon ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-25
Britain will outline its plans on Wednesday to escape the "direct jurisdiction" of the European Court of Justice after Brexit, one of Prime Minister Theresa May's main aims in talks to unravel 40 year ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-23
Spanish police continued to search for the man behind the wheel in the Barcelona van attack that killed 13 people, amid growing signs members of the militant group had connections elsewhere in Europe. ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-21
US President Donald Trump's ouster of chief strategist Steve Bannon is unlikely to mark the abandonment of the administration's "America First" agenda that has unnerved investors and trade partners an ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-21
Vishal Sikka, the chief executive of Infosys Technologies, India's second-largest software services firm, has resigned from his post, citing a stream of distractions and malicious personal attacks aga ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-18
Federal Reserve policymakers appeared increasingly wary about recent weak inflation and some called for halting interest rate hikes until it was clear the trend was transitory, Reuters reports, citing ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-17
One person was killed and 19 others injured after a car plowed through a crowd of people opposing a far-right rally in the US state of Virginia over the weekend. Authorities in Charlottesville arreste ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-14
The United States does not seek to topple the North Korean government and would like dialogue with Pyongyang at some point, but only on the understanding that it can never be a nuclear power, Secretar ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-02
Bitcoin's underlying software code was split on Tuesday, generating a new clone called "Bitcoin Cash", but the new virtual currency got off to a slow start due to lackluster support for its network, R ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-02
HSBC Holdings Plc (00005.HK) on Monday said profit grew 5 percent in the six months through June and announced its third share buyback in a year, indicating continued progress in the six-year turnarou ...More
EJ Insight2017-07-31
Taiwanese electronics manufacturer Foxconn on Wednesday announced plans to build a US$10 billion LCD display panel screen plant in Wisconsin, Reuters reports. The company said it plans to invest US$10 ...More
EJ Insight2017-07-27
“Taobao”, a Chinese term which means finding treasure, is part of a bigger process which is discreetly transforming the payment system and money or credit creation in the country. In the China Super L ...More
EJ Insight2017-07-26
US President Donald Trump is open to signing legislation toughening sanctions on Russia after Senate and House leaders reached agreement on a bill late last week, Reuters reports, citing White House o ...More
EJ Insight2017-07-24
