US President Barack Obama has reassured his French counterpart Francois Hollande following claims that the US National Security Agency (NSA) had spied on France's leaders. Obama spoke to Hollande over ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-25
Competition in this year's Miss Hong Kong pageant has been taken to a higher level after a well-qualified young musician took the media spotlight. Enter Ada Pong Cheuk-yan (龐卓欣), a Manhattan School of ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-24
Eurozone leaders will try again to break an impasse over a bailout deal as Athens staggers toward default and Greek banks deal with a run on deposits. An emergency meeting is set for Monday after nego ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-19
She is not the first person you would think of when asked to name a pan-democrat. She looks like a world-famous politician, but her face is often blocked from view by her party's other members. So, ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-17
Russian President Vladimir Putin is vowing to respond in kind to a US plan to deploy an anti-missile defense system near its borders. "We will be forced to aim our armed forces ... at those territorie ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-17
An explosion at a gasoline station in Ghana's capital and flooding caused by torrential rains killed around 150 people, President John Mahama said on Thursday, marking the worst disaster to strike the ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-05
OPEC is likely to keep its output target unchanged when it meets on Friday because the global oil market appears to be in good shape and prices are expected to firm up from current levels, Reuters rep ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-01
FIFA President Sepp Blatter has rejected calls for him to resign despite admitting on Thursday that the corruption scandal engulfing soccer's governing body has brought shame to the sport. Making his ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-29
The Global Gaming Expo (G2E) Asia is the premier gaming conference in the region, with market leaders sharing information and views on the latest technology and trends in an ever-evolving marketplace. ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-27
Roughly three weeks ago, the Hong Kong Immigration Department introduced a pilot Admission Scheme for the Second Generation of Chinese Hong Kong permanent residents (ASSG). The scheme includes a serie ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-22
Islamist militants have seized control of nearly half of Syrian territory after their capture of the ancient city of Palmyra. On Thursday, the extremists claimed "complete control" of Palmyra, home to ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-22
China and the United States are ramping up a word war after a tense exchange in the South China Sea. Beijing is insisting it's entitled to keep watch over airspace and seas surrounding artificial isla ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-22
Half a year ago, things were very different in the eurozone. There was talk of a third bailout package for Greece. It was going to be smaller, but at least there was talk of it. The Greek economy had ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-21
Spotify, the Swedish commercial music streaming platform, is pushing into video content and podcasts, weeks before Apple launches its own music streaming service. Chief executive Daniel Ek said Spotif ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-21
Iran will not allow inspectors to interview its top scientists or accept "unreasonable demands" by world powers over its disputed nuclear program. The warning comes as a June 30 deadline is drawing cl ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-21
US Federal Reserve officials believed that it might be too early to raise interest rates in June as some temporary factors were holding the economy back, minutes of an April policy meeting showed. Acc ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-21
While some incubators will look for “techie” products to invest in, the founder of Chinese incubator TriBeluga said she looks at the leaders of start-ups to decide whether to invest hundreds of thousa ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-19
A noise-insulating product made by a firm funded by Chinese incubator TriBeluga will allow people to talk on the phone even amid the deafening noise of a construction site or a plane taking off. The " ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-19
Hong Kong Free Press (HKFP), a non-profit organization, is launching a free English-language news website next month after recently completing the first round of an online crowd-funding campaign. “We ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-18
A person making US$40,000 a year is better off than someone who was making the same salary decades ago, because inventions like the internet have boosted the quality of life, Bill Gates, the world’s r ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-18
