The Commerce Ministry in Beijing on Thursday announced it would impose export control measures on technologies related to rare earths, with immediate effect. The ministry also said it had decided that foreign organisations and individuals must obtai...

Nearly 1,000 hikers and support personnel have returned to safety after heavy snowfall stranded them over the weekend near Mount Everest, Chinese state media reported. Tourism in the vast, high-altitude area in China's western edge has increased in ...

The World Bank lifted its 2025 GDP growth projection for China to 4.8 percent and raised its forecast for much of the region, but warned of slowing momentum next year, citing low consumer and business confidence and weak new export orders. Publishin...

Many mainland travellers wrapped up their visit to Hong Kong on Tuesday ahead of the end of a National Day Golden Week that has seen the tourism sector reporting higher spending this year. The eight-day break for mainland residents ends on Wednesday...

Premier Li Qiang will visit North Korea this week, the Foreign Ministry announced on Tuesday. The premier will attend celebrations marking the 80th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea during his visit from Thursday to S...

Three leading European pharmaceutical companies, along with 15 other non-local firms, have become the latest to agree to set up offices or expand in Hong Kong under a government push to attract strategic enterprises to the city. Financial Secretary ...

HSBC's Co-Chief Executive of Asia and Middle East, David Liao, on Thursday said the lender's plan to privatise its subsidiary, Hang Seng Bank, is mainly "a growth story" that would allow Hang Seng Bank's clients to access a wider range of products. ...

The Office of the Ombudsman has found that cumbersome application processes are preventing caregivers from accessing vital respite services, leading to an underuse of available resources. Respite services managed by the Social Welfare Department (SW...

All eight of Hong Kong's subsidised universities have made a renowned world ranking of tertiary institutions for the first time ever, with a record six making the top 200. The University of Hong Kong (HKU) continues to be the highest-ranked institut...

A finance sector lawmaker on Thursday said HSBC's proposal to privatise Hang Seng Bank would not affect the city's status as an international financial centre, and the legacy of the bank would continue despite the announcement. Ronick Chan noted tha...

Alibaba Group Holding’s artificial intelligence and cloud computing unit on Thursday inked a multi-year collaboration with the National Basketball Association (NBA) in China, a partnership that is expected to strengthen fan engagement on the mainla...

Donald Trump has urged Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul to pursue a peaceful resolution to the country’s simmering border conflict with Cambodia, as the US president looked to bolster his credentials for a Nobel Peace Prize. Trump’s push f...

Beijing announced sanctions on a slew of Western companies and institutions in the defence sector on Thursday. Fourteen entities, mostly headquartered in the United States, were added to Beijing’s unreliable entity list, banning them from trade and...

A Hong Kong medical student has pleaded guilty to covertly filming two male schoolmates while they showered at their university dormitory last year. Chung Chun-yu, 23, on Thursday admitted to two counts of voyeurism for his actions at the University ...

On Thursday afternoon, hours after HSBC Holdings announced a plan to privatise subsidiary Hang Seng Bank, the local lender’s headquarters in Central was crowded with customers queuing for services. Among them were many elderly people, including fiv...

"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.