President Xi Jinping on Monday called for more concrete efforts to support women during a global summit in Beijing, where he announced China's pledge to donate millions of US dollars to a United Nations agency that protects women's rights. Deliverin...

China's export growth picked up pace in September, buoyed by manufacturers finding buyers in markets beyond the United States as a tariff deal with US President Donald Trump remained elusive while investors grappled with the latest salvoes in their t...

China called US President Donald Trump's latest tariffs on Chinese goods hypocritical on Sunday and defended its curbs on exports of rare earth elements and equipment, but stopped short of imposing new levies on US products. Trump on Friday responde...

US President Donald Trump announced an additional 100 percent tariff on China on Friday, reigniting his trade war with Beijing in a row over export curbs on rare earth minerals. Trump said the extra levies, plus US export controls on "any and all cr...

North Korea on Friday staged a military parade in its capital Pyongyang to mark the 80th anniversary of the creation of its ruling Workers' Party, Xinhua news agency reported. Premier Li Qiang attended the celebration ceremony and watched "grand mas...

A research team from the University of Hong Kong has unveiled a new elastic material, "nano bone cement", that closely mimics the look and mechanical strength of human bone. According to the department of orthopaedics and traumatology at the faculty...

Financial Secretary Paul Chan said on Monday he would lead a delegation to Saudi Arabia this month as part of the efforts to further strengthen bilateral investment and trade with the Middle East while seizing opportunities offered by the growing Isl...

The head of a local trading group said on Monday he doesn't think a planned 100 percent tariff hike by the United States on Chinese imports would have too big of an impact. Hong Kong Shippers' Council chairman Willy Lin made the comment on an RTHK ...

Children born to mothers with high blood sugar levels during pregnancy are 50 percent more likely to become overweight or obese during early adulthood, according to a comprehensive study that spanned two decades. The findings were made by the Chines...

A new regulatory regime targeting clinics run by corporations, with the goal of ensuring that someone is clearly responsible for managing operations and maintaining proper oversight, took effect on Monday. The Department of Health is now accepting l...

The mouthpiece of China’s ruling Communist Party has urged the nation to break through technological “choke points” and avoid becoming “subordinate to other nations” in a series spotlighting the country’s achievements in hi-tech industrie...

Australia is formulating a plan for its critical minerals reserve that will focus on sales of future production, limiting the need for a physical stockpile, industry sources said, as Australian and US leaders prepare to meet next week. Australia’s ...

Hong Kong customs officers have arrested a man at the airport on suspicion of carrying about HK$1.7 million (US$218,410) worth of cannabis buds in his luggage. The Customs and Excise Department said on Monday that the 30-year-old had arrived at the c...

Hong Kong police have appealed to the public for help in locating two Filipino domestic helpers who went missing while hiking near Tsuen Wan nine days ago. Police on Monday said the women – Pabuaya Imee-mahilum, 24, and Tibay Aleli-perez, 33 – we...

Malaysia is seeking chip deals with Brazil and India, the government has said, issuing a stark warning that the US market may be lost to the country’s exporters. As tariff-pummelled Southeast Asian nations scour for new, friendlier markets, the Bri...

"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.