French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve is warning that a law banning the full-body "burkini" swimsuit is unconstitutional, ineffective and will only ratchet up tensions between communities. The Co ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-29
Wage-cost pressures are affecting the profit margins of Singapore businesses and sparking worries about a possible recession in the city-state's economy. At roughly 43 percent of gross domestic produc ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-22
Egyptian judoka Islam El Shehaby has been sent home from the Rio Olympics after refusing to shake the hand of Israeli Or Sasson following the end of their bout, Reuters reports, citing a statement fro ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-16
A Chinese tour guide stabbed and killed a tourist who was visiting Kenya's famed Maasai Mara Game Reserve after an argument over the seating arrangement for dinner, Reuters reports. John Kiruti, manag ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-10
Russia has been barred from next month's Rio Paralympics over its "medals over morals mentality" that caused its Olympic team to come under International Olympic Committee (IOC) sanctions but largely ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-08
A book about Miss Hong Kong Louisa Mak Ming-sze by her mother made its debut at this year's Hong Kong Book Fair and was sold out on the fourth day of the annual event. This isn't surprising at all, co ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-05
Justice Secretary Rimsky Yuen defended a decision to ban localist leader Edward Leung from running in the upcoming Legislative Council election, saying the move was based on legal grounds. An election ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-04
Al Qaeda's powerful Syrian branch, the Nusra Front, announced it was ending its relationship with the global jihadist network founded by Osama bin Laden, to remove a pretext used by world powers to at ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-29
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
