China's unprecedented renewable energy expansion has drawn global scientific acclaim, with top academic journals Science and Nature highlighting the country's clean power transition this week as one of 2025's most inspiring milestones. The renewable...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing on Thursday said the United States should immediately stop its dangerous act of arming Taiwan, following Washington's decision to sell US$10 billion worth of weapons to the island. Speaking at a regular new...

The Hong Kong Bar Association’s chairman, Jose Antonio Maurellet, on Thursday said its delegation had shared with Beijing officials why maintaining the rule of law and judicial independence in Hong Kong is essential. Maurellet was speaking on the ...

China on Thursday launched island-wide special customs operations in the Hainan Free Trade Port (FTP), the world's largest FTP by area, allowing freer entry of overseas goods, expanding zero-tariff coverage and more business-friendly measures. The m...

China International Capital Corp (CICC) shares jumped up to 10 percent on Thursday after it detailed plans to buy two rivals in a share-swap deal worth about US$16 billion, potentially creating China's fourth-biggest investment bank by assets. Share...

Hong Kong’s 2026 Population Census will adopt a new survey format, with the data collection process extended from the traditional one-and-a-half months to a full year and only about one-tenth of households required to complete a detailed long form ...

Police on Friday said a syndicate suspected of using fake IDs to impersonate victims and withdraw money from their eMPF accounts had been busted. Five men, aged between 28 and 65, were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to defraud and money launder...

A Tai Po district councillor on Friday welcomed the government's announcement of an annual subsidy for Wang Fuk Court homeowners over the next two years as well as a one-off relocation subsidy for each affected household. Speaking on an RTHK radio p...

A senior firefighter who lost his life battling last month’s deadly blaze at Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po was laid to rest on Friday with full honours. The funeral service for the late Ho Wai-ho was held at the Universal Funeral Parlour in Hung Hom, a...

Home and youth affairs chief Alice Mak on Friday said the government is exercising caution when using the Tai Po fire fund, which stands at about HK$3.8 billion. Mak made the remarks on an RTHK programme after the latest announcement that Wang Fuk C...

The Chinese military is pushing for stricter rules on equipment purchases, including its pricing system, to stem corruption. According to a set of “professional ethics” released on Friday, the Central Military Commission’s (CMC) Equipment Devel...

A mysterious and ancient tradition in China involves practitioners who try to predict the future and communicate with the spirit world via a ritual known as rice divination, or mun mai, in the south of the country. Its origins can be traced back to t...

China’s military build-up “could have a serious impact” on Japan’s security, Tokyo’s defence ministry has warned amid spiralling tensions with Beijing. Japan has closely monitored People’s Liberation Army (PLA) activities stretching acros...

The Hong Kong government will exempt 90 per cent of households from the year-long population census in 2026, opting instead for a “re-engineered” model that uses existing data to track the city’s demographics – a major break from decades of s...

The Bank of Japan (BOJ) raised interest rates on Friday to levels unseen in three decades and signalled its readiness for further hikes, taking another landmark step in ending decades of huge monetary support and near-zero borrowing costs. It also re...

"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.