Vice-chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, CY Leung, on Sunday praised Hong Kong's close ties with Fujian province. Speaking at a forum looking at ways in which the two places collaborate, Leung said Hong Kong residents...

Students and teachers in Hong Kong and Macao will soon have the opportunity to watch live scientific experiments from the three Shenzhou-23 astronauts currently aboard the Tiangong Space Station, including Hong Kong's first astronaut Lai Ka-ying. In...

Rescuers in Nepal pulled a Chinese national alive from a hydropower tunnel on Saturday, according to a social media post by the Himalayan country's prime minister’s office. The latest rescue, which came 10 days after the deadly border disaster, br...

One person has been confirmed dead ⁠and 11 others remain missing after torrential rains triggered a mudslide early on Saturday in a town in ⁠Jiangxi province, local ⁠authorities said. Due ⁠to heavy rainfall brought by ⁠Typhoon ‌Saudel, t...

The new Huanggang port is expected to handle at least 100,000 crossings each day in the early phase of its opening, according to Director of Immigration Benson Kwok. Speaking on a Commercial Radio programme on Saturday, he said his department is loo...

The government is pushing open access to location-based data to support Hong Kong's smart city push, with Secretary for Development Bernadette Linn highlighting new applications that range from accessible walking routes to AI-assisted searches for va...

Financial Secretary Paul Chan on Sunday said an upcoming Belt and Road Summit would reinforce Hong Kong’s role as a critical hub for helping enterprises go global. This year’s summit will be held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre...

Commissioner for Labour Sam Hui on Sunday urged employers to familiarise themselves with the newly refined heat stress at work warning system. Hui said many employers may not be familiar with the new framework and stressed they have a legal respons...

Chief Executive John Lee on Sunday said Hong Kong’s first five-year plan would improve people’s livelihoods with the formulation of long-term strategies for the city. In a video posted on his social media, Lee said authorities had been collectin...

Vice-chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, CY Leung, on Sunday praised Hong Kong's close ties with Fujian province. Speaking at a forum looking at ways in which the two places collaborate, Leung said Hong Kong residents...

A study in one of the world’s top scientific journals that concluded China’s policy-driven solar energy expansion was harming bird diversity has come under fire after allegations emerged that the analysis may have used observations of 2.1 billion...

China is using the world’s most powerful geostationary weather satellite to track severe thunderstorms over Nepal and deliver real-time intelligence as the two countries continue search and rescue operations following last month’s devastating gla...

There is little in common between Daron Acemoglu and Xi Jinping. As a strong advocate of the Western model of liberal democracy, Acemoglu, co-recipient of the 2024 Nobel Prize in economics, may be considered the ideological opposite of the Chinese pr...

Comments by US Federal Reserve chairman Kevin Warsh at its annual economic policy symposium in Jackson Hole last month have reinforced expectations of an impending interest rate rise in the world’s largest economy, which would have significant impa...

Indonesia halted operations at its main international airport outside Jakarta on Sunday after ash spewed from the Anak Krakatoa volcano more than 150km (93 miles) away, impacting thousands of passengers. Mount Anak Krakatoa erupted on Saturday, produ...

"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.