Chief Executive John Lee on Monday said Hong Kong's status as a leading hub for scientific innovation is "unrivalled" in Asia as the city rolls out a series of measures to transform into a global medical innovation centre. The remarks came as he del...

China's car sales fell again in April as export growth stayed strong, with automakers increasingly targeting overseas markets to offset intense competition at home, ⁠where a push towards higher-end models has yet to reverse a broader slowdown. Sal...

China's producer prices surpassed expectations in April to hit a 45-month high while consumer inflation also accelerated as ⁠global energy costs remained elevated, piling more pressure on manufacturers already grappling with weak demand at home. C...

US President Donald Trump will pay a three-day state visit to China at the invitation of President Xi Jinping, the Foreign Ministry announced on Monday. The confirmation by Beijing came hours after US officials said the "symbolic" summit from May 13...

China launched the cargo craft Tianzhou-10 from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site on Monday morning to deliver supplies for its orbiting Tiangong space station, according to the China Manned Space Agency. The Long March-7 rocket, carrying Tianzhou...

Power giant CLP said on Tuesday that around 5,700 households in Tsing Yi experienced an outage on Monday night due to a supply system fault. The incident at 11.51pm left residents of Ching Wah Court and Cheung Hong Estate without electricity. Power...

Ten people were injured in a collision between a truck and a double-decker bus in Sau Mau Ping early on Tuesday. Police were alerted at around 6.20am to the incident, which saw the truck end up on its side after a collision with the KMB bus outside ...

The chairman of the Legislative Council's transport panel, Ben Chan, on Tuesday said the government should initially cap the number of ride-hailing permits to around 8,000 when it launches a new regulatory regime later this year. In a submission to...

The government said it would weigh public travel demand, user experience, road capacity and the broader public transport ecosystem when deciding how many ride-hailing permits will be issued. In a submission to Legco, the Transport and Logistics Bure...

A Malaysia Airlines passenger flight bound for Kuala Lumpur suffered a tyre burst during takeoff at Hong Kong International Airport on Monday. No injuries were reported. The Airport Authority said in a statement that the takeoff for flight MH079 on...

US President Donald Trump said a month-long ceasefire with Iran was on “massive life support” as he rejected Tehran’s response to a peace proposal. The Iranian reply was a “piece of garbage”, Trump told reporters in the White House on Monda...

China has more than doubled the production efficiency of stealth fighter components in a “dark factory”, where autonomous vehicles and AI-driven machinery operate nearly 24 hours a day. The process once required employees to monitor its round-the...

Asia-Pacific’s commercial property investments surged in the first quarter, according to data tracked by analysts, as early signs of recovery in office and retail segments across Hong Kong and mainland China boosted deal volumes. Total investment i...

Bridging the gap between science fiction and reality, a Chinese robotics firm on Tuesday unveiled a manned “mecha” capable of transitioning between bipedal walking and four-legged mode. Developed by Unitree Robotics, the GD01 – resembling an Au...

A Hong Kong sushi restaurant has apologised after a customer spotted a threadlike parasite crawling out of a piece of sashimi, triggering widespread food safety concerns across social media. Popular Japanese chain Gatten Sushi, which debuted in the c...

"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.