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
An internet storm has been brewing in mainland China over the death of Lei Yang, 29, a native of Hunan province, in police custody. Lei left his Beijing home between 8:30 p.m. and 9 p.m. Saturday to p ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-12
Wealthy countries have seen a dramatic drop in abortions in the past 25 years but poorer developing nations have had only a slight decline. Restrictive laws do little to lower abortion rates and are m ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-12
Britain's Queen Elizabeth was caught on film by the Buckingham Palace cameraman making unguarded comments about last year's state visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping. At a garden party in the palace ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-11
The Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui, also known as the Hong Kong Anglican Church, has cut off its ties with Chung Chi College, which it co-founded but has stopped supporting financially over the past two dec ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-10
Japanese air bag manufacturer Takata Corp. is expected to announce as early as Wednesday that it is recalling 35 million to 40 million additional inflators in US vehicles, Reuters reported, citing unn ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-04
A new proposal by the Federal Reserve seeks to give big US banks greater protection from hedge funds in a future financial crisis. It requires that some investors wait 48 hours before cutting ties wit ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-04
Article 1 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights stipulates that “all peoples have the right of self-determination. By virtue of that right they freely determine their political s ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-26
US President Barack Obama plans to send 250 more military personnel to Syria, increasing the American presence on the ground there to about 300 troops to help fight Islamic State militants, US officia ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-25
A former deputy head of the State Council's Taiwan Affairs Office will be prosecuted for "serious discipline violations", the Chinese Communist Party's anti-graft watchdog said on Thursday. An investi ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-22
