Australia’s new leader criticized China’s building of artificial islands in the South China Sea as his government sought to reassure Washington about his country’s tight alliance with the United State ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-23
The Dalai Lama said more research was needed to settle the fate of the man he named as the Panchen Lama, the second-highest figure in Tibetan Buddhism, Reuters reported. Gendun Choekyi Nyima, now 26, ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-15
Wildfires are roaring through large swathes of northern California, razing hundreds of structures and forcing thousands of residents from their homes. The so-called Valley Fire, the most destructive a ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-14
Singaporeans head for the polls on Friday, and the ruling party that has ruled the former British colony for 50 years is expected to remain in power. But although the People's Action Party, led by Pri ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-10
JPMorgan Chase & Co. is abandoning open outcry trading on the London Metal Exchange (LME) as most commodity clients are opting for deals conducted via electronic screens. The change, announced by ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-08
The Chinese government has spent at least US$70 million buying Hong Kong properties over the past 12 months, official records show. Three sources close to Chinese officials told Reuters the move refle ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-01
Traffic came to almost a halt at a busy intersection of Manila's main highway on Sunday as thousands of members of a Christian group occupied the road for a third night in a row to protest alleged int ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-31
A judge condemned Colorado gunman James Holmes to 12 life sentences and the maximum 3,318 years in prison for the 2012 movie rampage that killed 12 people and wounded 70. "It is the court's intention ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-27
US viewers are reeling from the cold-blooded killing of two television journalists during a live broadcast. Alison Parker, 24, and cameraman Adam Ward, 27 were gunned down and a woman they were interv ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-27
Singapore is moving up a general election to Sept. 11, more than a year early. The government is seen riding the feel-good factor from the country's recent 50th birthday celebration amid a slowing eco ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-26
A Chinese tourist kidnapped in Pakistan by the Taliban more than a year ago has been freed. Pakistan's interior minister made the announcement on Sunday. "He was handed over to us late last night ... ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-24
China's economic slowdown and a sharp fall in its stock market herald not a crisis but a "necessary" adjustment for the world's second biggest economy, a senior International Monetary Fund official sa ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-24
Giant panda Mei Xiang is adjusting to life with her newborn twins with a little help from zookeeper at the National Zoo in Washington. Occassionaly, her caretakers switch out one cub and keep it in an ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-24
In an interview earlier this month with Xinhua news agency, Leung Chun-ying said the Hong Kong government must shed its "positive non-interventionism" stance on economic matters and move to "an approp ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-20
Two massive explosions caused by flammable goods rocked an industrial area in the northeastern Chinese port city of Tianjin late on Wednesday, killing 13 people and injuring around 250, the official C ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-13
The Syrian army has retreated to new defensive lines in a region of vital strategic importance to President Bashar al-Assad, seeking to avoid losses at the hands of advancing rebels, Reuters reported, ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-12
Hongkongers have undergone a massive change in their impression of the city they live in. We now wonder whether the tap water at home is lead-free. Old trees on the roadside have suddenly been choppe ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-11
Wei Dong has gained fame for his controversial paintings of nude women in outlandish poses and weird settings. Most of his works in this style evoke eroticism, but they also tend to raise eyebrows and ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-08
By Hollywood standards, their romance is one for the books by virtue of its longevity. So when Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy, whose romantic escapades go back to the early days of the long-running ch ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-06
An online video purportedly from Islamic State's Egypt affiliate showed a Croatian hostage working for a French company who said the group would kill him in 48 hours if Muslim women in Egyptian jails ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-06
