China said on Friday it would take "necessary measures" to protect the interests of Chinese companies after a ruling by Panama's top court annulled a concession allowing a subsidiary of CK Hutchison to operate ports at the strategic Panama Canal. Fo...

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Friday that the UK has a "huge amount to offer" China, and his "very warm" meetings with Chinese leaders provided "just the level of engagement that we hoped for". Starmer told a meeting of the UK-China ...

President Xi Jinping and visiting British Prime Minister Keir Starmer agreed on Thursday in Beijing that the two countries should develop a long-term and consistent comprehensive strategic partnership. During their meeting, Xi said as the world toda...

Apple on Thursday said it saw record-high earnings in the final three months of last year, with iPhone sales surging in Greater China. The tech giant reported profit of US$42.1 billion on revenue of US$143.8 billion in the recently-ended quarter. T...

China on Thursday executed 11 gang members operating in northern Myanmar, including key figures in telecom fraud rings, Xinhua News Agency reported. The 11 were sentenced to death in September 2025 by a court in Wenzhou in Zhejiang province for crim...

Transport secretary Mable Chan on Friday announced that the government would remove legal provisions requiring bus passengers to put on seatbelts. She acknowledged there were shortcomings in the law, saying that it was unable to reflect the intent ...

China said on Friday it would take "necessary measures" to protect the interests of Chinese companies after a ruling by Panama's top court annulled a concession allowing a subsidiary of CK Hutchison to operate ports at the strategic Panama Canal. Fo...

Secretary for Security Chris Tang said on Friday that police officers would mainly issue advice or warnings to passengers failing to comply with the new seatbelt mandate on buses – for now. Speaking to the Legislative Council’s security panel, h...

The Antiquities Authority on Friday declared the Main Building of Old Tsan Yuk Maternity Hospital and Kwong Fook Tsz as monuments. The hospital at Western Street in Sai Ying Pun that opened in 1922 offered maternity services for Chinese women and tr...

Police are investigating a daylight robbery in Sheung Wan on Friday morning, in which two Japanese men were robbed of 58 million yen, or almost HK$3 million. Officers said they received reports at around 9.47am that the two victims were targetted w...

China has emerged as the brightest spot in Apple’s quarterly earnings, as the US tech giant achieved record iPhone revenue in the world’s largest smartphone market. Revenue in Apple’s Greater China region, which comprises mainland China, Hong K...

The southern Guangdong province has been the largest engine powering China’s economic rise for decades. But the region is now in danger of losing its status as the country’s top regional economy, as a rival to the east outpaces its growth. Jiangs...

China’s Bulang people have an unusual rite of passage known as ranchi in which they dye their teeth black to mark adulthood and social rights. The ethnic group, with a history spanning more than a thousand years, is mainly found in Yunnan province,...

US President Donald Trump criticised UK and Canadian efforts to boost ties with China, as traditional American allies increasingly seek to diversify their global relations. “It’s ‌very dangerous ⁠for them to do that,” Trump said about a UK ...

Although the war in Gaza has clearly cooled diplomatic ties and sparked disputes between China and Israel, science and technology cooperation at a civil level between the two countries has continued. “I have a feeling that we have a lot of common g...

"Borrow a boat to sail in the sea -- we will find more ways to use the opportunities brought by the Belt and Road Initiative," he said.

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump on Monday discussed bilateral ties and the situation on the Korean Peninsula on phone, pledging close contact by various means to promptly exchange views on major issues of common con...

Agricultural products have been exempted duty by the FTA , but most Thai rice sold in China ' s supermarkets is imported through regular channels , without taking advantage of the FTA , she said .

Public services including employment , education , healthcare and social security will be improved in the area , he said .

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his U.S. counterpart, Donald Trump, pledged on Friday to expand mutually beneficial cooperation and to manage their differences based on mutual respect.

Palestinian protesters hurl stones at Israeli soldiers during clashes after a protest against the visit of U.S. Vice President Mike Pence in Jerusalem, in the West Bank city of Hebron, on Jan. 23, 2018.

Former Australian Deputy Prime Minister Tim Fischer has accused the U.S. of hitting Australia with a "diplomatic insult."

Laszlo Kover (1st L), Speaker of the Hungarian Parliament, speaks at a conference of the parliament speakers of the Western Balkans in Budapest, Hungary on Oct. 27, 2017.

Two people were killed and transportation systems and businesses severely disrupted as Typhoon Lan lashed central Japan's Pacific coast after making landfall early Monday.

The U.S. decision to withdraw from UNESCO, the UN cultural agency, has triggered worldwide calls for supporting multilateralism amid world challenges.