China's factory activity grew at the fastest pace in a year in March, underpinned by improved demand, an official survey showed on Tuesday, a welcome relief for an economy grappling with global supply chain strains and energy market volatility. The ...

Four people were killed and nine injured in a blast that ripped through a highway tunnel under construction in southwest Chongqing municipality on Monday afternoon, local authorities said on Tuesday. According to the commission of transport in the W...

Seven people have been killed in a building collapse in Heilongjiang province. According to Xinhua News Agency, nine people were trapped after the partial collapse of the building in Hailin Town, in the city of Hailin, shortly after midnight on Sund...

Cheng Li-wun, chairwoman of the Chinese Kuomintang (KMT) party, on Monday expressed her thanks and accepted the invitation to visit the Chinese mainland in April. The Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and Xi Jinping, general secretary...

Air China restarted direct flights between Beijing and Pyongyang on Monday after a six-year hiatus, another sign that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) is gradually opening up following the resumption of train services between the capi...

Fourteen people on Tuesday were jailed for eight to 14 months for offering bribes to try to secure kindergarten places for a dozen children. A former administrator at English School Foundation's Wu Kai Sha International Kindergarten became a prose...

More support services will need to be put in place for Hong Kong's yacht tourism promotional efforts to gain more traction, Permanent Secretary for Development Doris Ho said. Her remarks came amid Development Bureau plans to turn the Aberdeen Typhoo...

The Housing Bureau and the University of Hong Kong (HKU) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Tuesday to establish a co-operation framework for promoting the application of research and innovative construction technologies in public housing ...

Taxi drivers will be required to offer at least two types of digital payment starting on Wednesday, with non-compliance carrying a maximum fine of HK$5,000 and six months' imprisonment, according to Assistant Commissioner for Transport Louisa Fung. ...

The Labour Department on Tuesday said that to avoid confusion, it does not plan to allow designated smoking zones under its plan to implement a blanket ban at construction sites. The government is thinking about setting up a fixed HK$3,000 penalty f...

Geopolitical competition has long been understood in territorial terms. Power was measured by control over land, resources and populations. Rivalry was expressed through military confrontation, alliance formation and the defence of borders. As econom...

A Hong Kong court has sentenced 13 parents and a merchant to up to 14 months in jail for offering bribes ranging from HK$20,000 to HK$200,000 (US$2,600 to US$25,600) to a kindergarten administrator at the city’s biggest international school group i...

China’s military mouthpiece accused Japan of “dangerously expanding” its defence industry – in capacity, technology and international engagement – and said it had “crossed the red line”. In a rare full-page report on Monday, PLA Daily c...

Malaysia’s central bank has raised its 2026 growth outlook, saying the economy is on track to expand between 4 and 5 per cent despite mounting risks from the Iran war. The revised forecast from Bank Negara Malaysia marks an upgrade from the governm...

Japan’s defence ministry said on Tuesday that long-range missiles with counterstrike capabilities have been brought into service at two Ground Self-Defence Force bases in the country. The deployment of the missiles at Camp Kengun in Kumamoto prefec...

"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.