China wishes to strengthen economic co-operation with the United States to avoid "vicious competition", Minster of Commerce Wang Wentao told US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, according to a readout released on Friday. The two met on Thursday o...

Profits at China's major industrial firms increased 15.2 percent year on year in the first two months of 2026, with emerging sectors such as equipment manufacturing and high-tech manufacturing serving as major growth drivers, official data showed on ...

Foreign Minister Wang Yi warned of immeasurably serious consequences on Thursday if nuclear facilities were targeted in the ongoing Middle East conflict as it would plunge the people in the region into a dire situation. His warning came as he met In...

German chemical titan BASF officially opened a giant, 8.7 billion euro production complex in China on Thursday, a major expansion in the world's number two economy. The complex in Zhanjiang, Guangdong, sprawls over an area of about four square kilom...

China has issued a set of guidelines to accelerate the establishment of a nationwide long-term care insurance system, with the aim of addressing the basic care needs of people who have difficulty in taking care of themselves. The long-term care insu...

Chief Executive John Lee welcomed Singapore's Prime Minister Lawrence Wong to Hong Kong on Friday, hailing the Singaporean leader's first official trip to the SAR since taking office as highly significant. Lee received Wong at Government House and u...

The new Huanggang Port will introduce a "collaborative inspection and joint clearance" model that allows travellers to complete both Hong Kong and mainland immigration procedures in a single stop, Secretary for Security Chris Tang said on Friday. Sp...

The deadline for the submission of tender applications to operate and manage Kai Tak Cruise Terminal has been extended by more than a month from May 22 to June 26, the government announced on Friday. A spokesperson for the Culture, Sports and Touris...

The government will deploy staff at various places to assist commuters once revisions to the HK$2 fare scheme come into effect, according Secretary for Labour and Welfare Chris Sun. Starting from April 3, people aged 60 or above and the disabled wil...

Once a niche corner of collecting, digital art is now gaining real traction in Hong Kong’s art market, finding resonance among the city’s galleries, collectors and institutions. With Art Basel Hong Kong opening its doors on Friday, that shift t...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz signalled support for a European Union-China trade deal, as rising tensions with the United States complicate Europe’s response to a growing flood of low-cost Chinese imports. Merz told German lawmakers on Wednesday...

Germany’s defence chief has called on the US to honour its security commitments to the Indo-Pacific and signalled that Berlin will keep raising its military presence in the region, while sharing concerns about “dangerous activities” in the Sout...

The havoc unleashed on global shipping by the US-Israel war on Iran has underlined China’s urgent need to fix its lack of a robust maritime insurance industry, a shipping expert has said. “In the maritime shipping sector, China’s industrial cha...

Massive carbon emissions from military activities and war-driven fossil fuel dependence are undermining the global energy transition, climate advocates warn as they point to the ongoing Iran conflict exacerbating this long-standing blind spot. Activi...

Israel launched a new wave of strikes on Iran on Friday after US President Donald Trump claimed talks on ending the war were going well and gave Tehran more time to open the Strait of Hormuz, though there have been no signs of Iran backing down. With...

"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.