Prague's graffiti-covered John Lennon Wall -- the inspiration for Hong Kong's sticky-note-covered Lennon Wall at Occupy Central's Admiralty protest site -- was painted completely white on Tuesday. Th ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-19
The South African government is considering a controversial proposal to legalize trade in rhinoceros horns in a bid to curb poaching. The plan seeks to beat the crime syndicates engaged in the trade b ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-14
Morocco has been disqualified from the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations and dumped as host of the event after refusing to commit to the scheduled dates early next year because of fears over Ebola, the Assoc ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-12
You must remember her. Nancy Kissel was a rich Hong Kong housewife before her husband's murder by her hand 11 years ago thrust her into world notoriety. Convicted by two juries for the killing which c ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-06
China will set up a new anti-corruption bureau under a top government prosecutor to handle "unprecedentedly serious" corruption issues, Xinhua reported. A full-time member of the procuratorial committ ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-03
Tse Sui Luen Jewellery (International) Ltd. (00417.HK) says it will be promoting its products on the online shopping channel of Hong Kong Television Network Ltd. (HKTV) (01137.HK). Lambert Chan, deput ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-31
The World Bank warned China against carrying its "ambitious" 2014 economic growth target of 7.5 percent into next year, saying that such a move would detract from the government's reform plans, Reuter ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-29
The Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect is expected to be launched by the end of this year, Bank of America Merrill Lynch said on Monday. "At this stage we still expect the launch date to be by the end o ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-27
A three-month-old baby died and eight other people were hurt when a Palestinian rammed his car into pedestrians at a Jerusalem light railway station on Wednesday. The driver was shot by police as he f ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-23
No, it's not Botox or plastic surgery. It's being healthy and at peace with oneself. Hollywood actress Renee Zellweger has finally spoken to settle all speculation about her "different face" that has ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-23
Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying said the make-up of the nomination panel for the 2017 election "might offer some room for maneuver" with student protesters, the Financial Times reported Tues ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-21
US President Barack Obama said Thursday he may adopt a recommendation for him to designate a single individual to lead his administration's efforts in responding to the spread of the deadly virus in t ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-17
Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying will not attend the question and answer session at the Legislative Council originally scheduled for Thursday. A government statement said the reschedule of the Q&A ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-15
United States health authorities will help hospitals respond within two hours whenever there is an Ebola case. The move is part of plans to field rapid-response teams to hospitals and clinics dealing ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-15
A person wearing a Bramble Bear costume claimed a 520 million yuan (US$84.88 million) bumper lottery prize on a China Welfare Lottery ticket in Shanxi province on Monday, Chinanews reported. It was th ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-14
French writer Patrick Modiano has won the 2014 Nobel prize for literature for works that made him "a Marcel Proust of our time" with tales often set during the Nazi occupation of Paris during World Wa ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-10
Islamic State fighters have launched a renewed assault on the Syrian border town of Kobani, despite US-led air strikes that Pentagon admitted would probably not be enough to safeguard the town, Reuter ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-09
Bill Gates has a prescription to fight Ebola: American expertise and money. America's richest man thinks the deadly virus could be stopped in its tracks while it's mostly confined to three countries i ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-30
It was, many agree, the perfect image -- simple, hilarious, to the point, and for the target of the ridicule, downright insulting. Australia's Prime Minister Tony Abbott did not attend the one-day su ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-25
Algerian militants have beheaded French tourist Herve Gourdel, who was kidnapped by gunmen in the northeastern Kabylie region on Sunday, saying it was in retaliation for France's move to join a coalit ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-25
