A study of one million people has found that physical inactivity costs the global economy US$67.5 billion a year in healthcare and productivity losses, but an hour a day of exercise could eliminate mo ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-28
US Secretary of State John Kerry said he supports the resumption of talks between China and the Philippines over the South China Sea, following an international court ruling against Beijing over the d ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-27
Who ever said our young democrats do not abide by the Basic Law? Political party Youngspiration, which is fielding candidates in the Legislative Council elections this September, has produced a video ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-26
US authorities filed lawsuits Wednesday seeking the seizure of more than US$1 billion in assets suspected to be linked to a scheme to launder money stolen from the Malaysian state fund 1MDB. Civil law ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-21
Britain is determined to retain all the financial institutions and corporates in the country after Brexit and will take all necessary measures to ensure that London remains a global financial hub, a s ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-07
He's just like the son who pleads for clemency after killing his parents, on grounds that he is now an orphan. The he is, of course, Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying, who has the cheek to criticise Li ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-30
Znaps Inc., a supplier of mobile device chargers, has denied a Hong Kong media report that accused the company of crowdfunding fraud. In a statement on its website, the company, incorporated in Ontari ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-30
Three suicide bombers opened fire before blowing themselves up in the main international airport in Istanbul on Tuesday, killing 31 people and wounding close to 150, Reuters reports, citing officials. ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-29
Pope Francis said that Christians and the Roman Catholic Church should seek forgiveness from homosexuals for the way they had treated them, Reuters reports. Speaking to reporters Sunday aboard the pla ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-27
Britain has voted to leave the European Union, the BBC said based on voter tallies from Thursday's referendum. The outcome would set the country on an uncertain path and deal the largest setback to Eu ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-24
The Centre for Health Protection warned the public against receiving beauty treatments from unlicensed agents as two more women were admitted to local hospitals for suspected botulism after receiving ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-23
There is no conclusive evidence that drinking coffee causes cancer, the World Health Organization's cancer agency said, reversing its previous warning. However, it also said all "very hot" drinks are ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-16
Former British prime ministers Tony Blair and John Major warned Thursday against the so-called Brexit, saying a vote to leave the European Union will jeopardize the unity of the United Kingdom. If Bri ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-10
China has been questioned again over the detention of a Canadian national on charges of spying, with the issue taken up by the highest authorities in the Canadian government. "The case ... of Mr Garra ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-02
The United Nations is urging combatants in Fallujah to protect civilians escaping the fighting as Iraqi forces shelled Islamic State targets around the besieged Iraqi city. Government troops are rampi ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-25
North Korea is dismissing Donald Trump's proposal to meet Kim Jong-un as "kind of propaganda or advertisement" in his election race. The idea is useless, Reuters reports, citing a senior North Korean ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-24
Fifty years ago this week, China embarked on what would turn out to be 10 years of turmoil known as the Cultural Revolution. It was not a revolution in the usual sense, in that it was initiated from a ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-17
The semi-official Chinese Association of Hong Kong and Macau Studies, founded by Chen Zuoer (陳佐洱), former deputy director of the State Council’s Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office, held a seminar last ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-12
