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
Some of the readings from athletes' blood tests leaked by a whistleblower were so extreme they were "downright dangerous", an expert said. "There are real questions to be asked if there is no action t ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-04
Former trader Tom Hayes has been sentenced by a London court to 14 years in jail after he was found guilty of conspiring to rig Libor benchmark interest rates. The jury of five women and seven men on ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-04
HSBC Holdings Plc agreed to sell its Brazilian unit to Banco Bradesco SA for US$5.2 billion. Europe's top bank is retreating from the second-largest emerging market economy after years of disappointin ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-03
The United States and Egypt are returning to a "stronger base" in bilateral ties despite tensions and human rights concerns, US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Sunday after talks with his Egypti ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-03
"Hi, this is a call from the Liaison Office in Hong Kong. You have a problematic parcel. Please press zero for enquiry." Many Hong Kong people may have received such pre-recorded voice mail through th ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-31
Honeywell International Inc. has agreed to buy the utility consumption metering business of Britain's Melrose Industries Plc. for about US$5.1 billion. It's the largest acquisition by Honeywell in mor ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-29
Tight land supply is stifling growth and hampering efforts to improve living standards in Hong Kong, Chief Secretary Carrie Lam said Friday. Lam blamed the problem on a "repositioning policy" after th ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-24
