China on Sunday called on the United States to release Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife at once. A Foreign Ministry spokesperson made the remarks in response to the capture of Maduro and his wife by the US on Saturday. The pair were...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has reminded Chinese citizens not to travel to Venezuela for the time being, following the capture of its President, Nicolas Maduro, by the United States. It said people in the Latin American country should strengthe...

Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin will visit China from Sunday to January 8 at the invitation of Premier Li Qiang, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson announced on Saturday. The upcoming visit is the first by a taoiseach in 14 years. Martin will mee...

Tesla's sales fell in 2025, ceding its position as the world's biggest electric vehicle maker for the year to Chinese auto giant BYD. The American company led by Elon Musk said on Friday it logged 418,227 deliveries in the final three months of the ...

The People's Liberation Army (PLA) Eastern Theater Command said on Wednesday it successfully completed military exercises around Taiwan. Spokesman Li Xi said the theater command fully tested the integrated joint operations capabilities of its troops...

Police said on Sunday that they have arrested a 50-year-old man on suspicion of burgling into three homes by posing as an officer from the Water Supplies Department checking pipes. Officers said those who filed the reports late last month are in th...

A private hospital run by the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) said on Sunday that it’s considering reducing the prices of urgent care services later this month at the earliest. Chung Kin-lai, chief executive officer of CUHK Medical Centre,...

Financial Secretary Paul Chan on Sunday said Hong Kong would seize the momentum of joint developments in the fields of finance and innovation and technology to promote high quality economic development. Writing on his blog, Chan said Hong Kong welc...

Hong Kong would not be greatly affected by the situation in Venezuela following the large-scale operation by the United States, business leaders said on Sunday, who also believed the SAR could offer stability amid global uncertainties. But executiv...

One person died and eight others were injured after a fire broke out at a public housing unit in Shek Kip Mei on Sunday morning, authorities said. Police received multiple reports at around 8am that a unit on the 21st floor of Mei Yue House, Shek Ki...

A mother in China who helped her toddler daughter through rehabilitation to fix a malformed hip has trended on social media, attracting more than a million likes. According to a report by the China News Service, the little girl, nicknamed Tiantian, b...

A record number of 11 candidates in Portugal’s coming presidential election kicked off their campaigns on Sunday. The official two-week campaign period preceding the January 18 election will see the contenders competing to capture voters’ support...

When India reached a free-trade agreement with New Zealand in a record time of nine months towards the end of last year, the speedy conclusion signalled New Delhi’s intention to diversify away from the United States – an approach that is only exp...

Previously, I put forward the argument that Hong Kong’s relevance in China’s opening up lies less in guarding its gateway role and more in developing new forms of partnership. Since then, Hainan has set up distinct island-wide customs operations ...

After working in Europe for 35 years, Mikael Oliveberg, a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (RSAS) and a judge of the Nobel Prize for chemistry, has taken a full-time position at the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical Universi...

"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.