A researcher on Thursday said the new cross-boundary banking arrangement for social welfare payments is a breakthrough in financial system integration among Hong Kong and the mainland. This came after Chief Executive John Lee on Wednesday announced...

Premier Li Qiang said innovation-driven development is key to China's long-term economic resilience and steady growth. Addressing the opening plenary of the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting of the New Champions, also known as the Summer Davos, ...

Chief Executive John Lee on Wednesday announced that a new cross-boundary banking arrangement would start next month, saying it would make retirement on the mainland more convenient for elderly Hongkongers. Under the new arrangement, Hong Kong reti...

One thousand secondary school students are heading to Shenzhen this year to get first-hand experience with cutting-edge tech industries under a new youth programme. Organised by the Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups, the scheme targets students a...

Chief Executive John Lee said transport links between Hong Kong and Fujian would be boosted through more flights and high-speed rail services, as the two governments reached an agreement to expand cultural and tourism exchanges. Lee is currently le...

Sources on Thursday said a woman was arrested on suspicion of being linked to the injured juvenile crocodile that was rescued by an animal welfare group on Wednesday. The rescue came after police received a report at around 11.30am that day from a m...

An independent committee investigating the deadly Tai Po fire heard on Thursday that the unique architectural design of Wang Fuk Court created a dangerous "chimney effect” that significantly accelerated the blaze. A fire engineering expert testifi...

Northern Metropolis Co-ordination Office director Linda So said on Thursday that the government chose Yin Kong and Ho Sheung Heung villages for its rural tourism pilot scheme due to their proximity to the mega development project, natural attractions...

Chief Secretary Eric Chan on Thursday said the city's newly unveiled blueprint for digital education development in primary and secondary schools would offer clear guidance in the age of artificial intelligence (AI). The remarks came as he delivered...

Chief Executive John Lee on Thursday said the government would launch the public consultation for the upcoming Policy Address on Monday. The consultation sessions will run alongside the ongoing consultation for the SAR’s first five-year plan, whic...

The recent bumper growth in Hong Kong exports spilled into May, expanding by 40.8 per cent year on year, as artificial intelligence-related products continued to fuel already robust demand overseas. Provisional figures released by the Census and Stat...

In July 2024, India’s weight in the MSCI Emerging Markets Index, a leading gauge of stocks in developing economies, hit a record high of 19.99 per cent. At the time, this was less than three percentage points below China’s weight, which at one po...

China opened a top-level optical computing laboratory in Shanghai in June after a string of breakthroughs in the field that could help get around US curbs on its development of artificial intelligence (AI). A decade after optical computing and next-g...

Japan and South Korea should build a stronger security alliance to anchor regional stability as US commitment to East Asia becomes less certain, former Japanese foreign and defence minister Taro Kono said on Wednesday. “I think it is indispensable ...

New Zealand has seen a surge in Chinese tourists since it began testing an easier pathway for visitors via Australia. The government began a 12-month trial in November that exempted Chinese and Pacific people from visa requirements if they were trave...

"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.