A special treat offered by a restaurant at the Chinese University of Hong Kong in Sha Tin drew cries of discrimination from many students who found they were not qualified to have it. The Stage Cafe & ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-23
Five people were killed and about 40 injured in London after a car plowed into pedestrians and a suspected Islamist-inspired attacker stabbed a policeman close to Britain's parliament. The dead, in wh ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-23
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday said he trusted China would not build anything on a disputed South China Sea shoal because he was given its "word of honor" and Beijing would not want ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-23
Google has apologized for allowing ads to appear alongside offensive videos on YouTube as more high-profile firms such as Marks & Spencer and HSBC pulled advertising for British markets from Googl ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-21
Hong Kong delegates to the last "twin sessions" received their newest marching orders: Go to school campuses and promote national education. The edict from China's highest political consultative body ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-15
Chinese telecom equipment maker ZTE Corp. has agreed to pay US$892 million and plead guilty to criminal charges for violating US laws that restrict the sale of American-made technology to Iran and Nor ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-08
South Korea called for "collective measures" to punish North Korea for using chemical weapons to kill the estranged half-brother of its leader Kim Jong-un, as Malaysia said it would charge two women w ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-01
Moonlight, an African-American coming-of-age tale, won the Oscar for best picture on Sunday, beating favorite La La Land after an embarrassing onstage gaffe over the announcement, Reuters reports. In ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-27
US Vice President Mike Pence assured the European Union in Brussels on Monday that the Trump administration will develop their cooperation in trade and security and backs the EU as a partner in its ow ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-21
The mobile division of China's Lenovo Group Ltd (0992.HK) is "on track" to return to profit by December at the earliest helped by strong growth in overseas markets, its chairman said after the firm po ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-17
The European Union and Canada have secured clearance for their contentious free trade deal. Following months of protest and uncertainty, European Parliament lawmakers backed the Comprehensive Economic ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-16
Valentine's Day was not going to pass without comment from two chief executive hopefuls. Hours after Carrie Lam posted a love letter from her husband to Facebook, John Tsang released his own message s ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-15
The US government strongly believes that North Korean agents murdered the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Malaysia, US government sources told Reuters. American authoritie ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-15
China's producer price inflation picked up more than expected in January to near six-year highs as prices of steel and other raw materials extended their rally. Consumer inflation in the country also ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-14
Jazz and R&B singer Al Jarreau, a seven-time Grammy winner whose hits included We're in This Love Together and Moonlighting, died in Los Angeles on Sunday. He was 76. His Facebook page said Jarrea ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-13
US President Donald Trump plans to announce in the next few weeks the most ambitious tax reform plan since the Reagan era, according to the White House. During a meeting with airline executives on Thu ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-10
Marine Le Pen, leader of France's far-right National Front (FN) party, launched her presidential campaign on Sunday, vowing to fight globalization and drastically curb the inflow of migrants. Addressi ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-06
More than 80 Islamic State militants, some of whom were believed to be plotting attacks in Europe, died in US air strikes on camps outside the group's former North African stronghold of Sirte in Libya ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-20
Italy's Luxottica and France's Essilor have signed a 46 billion euro (US$49 billion) merger to create a global eyewear powerhouse with annual revenue of more than 15 billion euros. The all-share deal ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-17
US President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday warned of a "major border tax" on firms that shift jobs outside the United States, echoing the threats made during his election campaign. "You want to move ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-12
