Icy mountains and a surprisingly young, crater-free surface are showing up in the first close-up views of Pluto. The images are the first to emerge from a probe after a pass within 12,550 kilometers o ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-16
A manhunt is under way after Mexico's most wanted drug lord escaped over the weekend from a high-security prison through a tunnel built right under his cell. Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, who bribed his ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-13
Pope Francis said protecting the planet was no longer a choice but a duty and called for a new "social justice" where access to the earth's resources would be based on equality instead of economic int ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-08
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras was seeking a last-minute rescue at an emergency eurozone summit in Brussels on Tuesday, days before his country's banks run out of money. EU leaders are scheduled ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-08
Anti-Japan dramas on television about the war have been an important part of Chinese nationalistic propaganda over the last few decades, but things sometimes go wrong. A video clip lasting 1 minute an ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-07
If you're the wife of X-Men and Les Miserables star Hugh Jackman, how do you handle all the young and eager ladies hovering around your famous husband? There's nothing to it, according to 59-year-old ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-07
A tutorial school in Tai Po has become the object of ridicule among Hong Kong netizens after it came out with a hard-sell advertisement that warns parents they could wreck their children's future if t ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-02
China has promised to invest in the European Union's new infrastructure fund and warned it didn't want to see Greece leave the euro zone. Speaking in his first summit with top EU officials on Monday, ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-30
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev apologized to the victims of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing on Wednesday, just before he was formally sentenced to death for his role in the deadly attacks. "Now I am sorry for the ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-25
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
