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
Three lucky draws, three different results. As expected, round 2 of iPhone 6 subscriptions took Hong Kong by storm. In fact, typhoon signal No. 8 may have helped as most people got up early to check t ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-17
NATO countries have started delivering weapons to Ukraine to help it fight pro-Russian separatists, Reuters reported, citing remarks by the country's defense minister. Valery Heletey told a news confe ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-15
The ozone layer that shields life from cancer-causing solar rays is showing its first sign of recovery after years of dangerous depletion, according to a United Nations study, Reuters reported. The hi ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-11
Russian President Vladimir Putin has called for immediate talks on the "statehood" of southern and eastern Ukraine, but his spokesman clarified this doesn't mean Moscow is now endorsing the rebels' ca ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-01
Risky Chinese intercepts of US surveillance planes over the South China Sea, which Washington assailed as dangerous, are likely to continue, even intensify, amid the military's resolve to shield its e ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-29
The image is seared into our minds: American journalist James Foley, eyes shut, waiting to meet his fate; a black-hooded man waving a knife standing next to him. In a moment, Foley would be dead and t ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-25
US video game provider Ouya has linked up with smartphone maker Xiaomi Inc. to expand in China, Reuters reported. Xiaomi, which is now the country's top smartphone seller, will help Ouya sell its game ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-22
It's not true that no one helped a foreigner who passed out on the Shanghai Metro Line 2 on Aug. 9, an incident that made headlines because his co-passengers fled the train instead of lending a hand. ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-21
