China is proposing to host the secretariat of a new treaty governing the high seas. China "has decided to present its candidature of the city of Xiamen to host the Secretariat" of the treaty, the Chinese mission to the United Nations wrote in a lett...

Faced with new global challenges, the leaders of China and Canada pledged on Friday to improve relations between their two nations. President Xi Jinping told visiting Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney that he was willing to continue working to imp...

President Xi Jinping said on Friday that the China-Canada relations is developing in a healthy and stable manner since he met with Canadian prime minister Mark Carney last year. Speaking during a meeting with Carney in Beijing, Xi said their meeting...

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Thursday hailed the leadership of President Xi Jinping and the speed of progress in bilateral ties, declaring that the stage was set for both nations to become strategic partners across many fields. Carney's op...

Chinese Go master Nie Weiping died at the age of 73 in Beijing on Wednesday night, the Chinese Weiqi (Go) Association announced on Thursday. Born on August 17, 1952, Nie rose to fame in the Go world after leading China to victories at the China-Japa...

Director of Broadcasting Angelina Kwan said Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) would deepen collaboration with mainland broadcasting organisations in areas such as programme content, production technology and talent training. She made the remarks ...

Secretary for Health Lo Chung-mau said on Saturday he was hopeful that fee adjustments in place since January 1 would continue to relieve pressure at public hospitals during the incoming winter flu season. The standard accident and emergency (A&E) ...

The Immigration Department said it has contacted the Chinese consulate in an Iranian port city on the Strait of Hormuz, after the family of a Hong Kong woman travelling in the country reported losing contact with her for several days. The woman – ...

Secretary for Labour and Welfare Chris Sun said on Saturday that contractors and sub-contractors could face legal action if workers were caught smoking at construction and building-maintenance sites. Legal action will not, however, be taken if they ...

Chief Secretary Eric Chan said on Saturday that the government would continue to monitor problems arising from bid rigging and roll out policies to curb the malpractice, likening it to "mutating cancer cells". The renewed focus on bid-rigging came ...

For 26-year-old Tianjin office worker Celine Wang, it is an extra cup of milk tea. “One for me and the other for lao ji,” she said, placing the double order on a workday afternoon in January. “After going through all the difficulties from tryin...

A master’s degree student in China, who has taught hundreds of adults and children to ride bicycles over the past two years and earned 270,000 yuan (US$39,000) from it, recently went viral on social media. The man, whose surname is Li, is a third-y...

The South American trade bloc Mercosur and the European Union will sign on Saturday a deal 25 years in the making to create one of the world’s largest free trade areas at a time of growing protectionism and volatility. The long-awaited agreement co...

A former Hong Kong youth cricketer has set a world record after running the length of Sri Lanka in just over six and a half days, overcoming a journey beset by problems, during which “nothing went to plan”. Rahul Sharma, 24, said he faced a slew ...

Beijing is urging Phnom Penh to broaden its crackdown on Cambodia’s online fraud industry, keeping up pressure following the arrest and extradition to China of alleged fraud kingpin Chen Zhi. In a meeting with Phnom Penh’s interior and foreign mi...

"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.