Premier Li Qiang has signed a State Council decree issuing a regulation on water supply, which will take effect on June 1, 2026. The regulation consists of eight chapters and 50 articles. It aims to promote high-quality development in the water sup...

President Xi Jinping on Saturday extended Spring Festival greetings at a reception in Beijing to usher in the Chinese New Year – the Year of the Horse. At the Great Hall of the People, he conveyed New Year greetings on behalf of the central commit...

China and the United States have agreed to strengthen dialogue and co-operation in various fields and promote the stable development of bilateral relations as Foreign Minister Wang Yi engaged in a flurry of meetings with his Western counterparts on t...

Beijing urged Tokyo on Friday to protect the rights of a Chinese crew after a fishing boat was seized by Japanese authorities. "It is hoped Japan strictly respects the China-Japan fisheries agreement, fairly enforces the law and safeguards the safet...

The DAB's deputies to the National People's Congress on Friday announced a series of proposals for the upcoming Two Sessions meetings in Beijing next month, focusing on enhancing the integration of Hong Kong into the nation's development strategy. ...

Secretary for Justice Paul Lam visited a public housing estate to spread the Lunar New Year cheer with residents. Writing on social media, Lam said he visited two families living in Lai Tak Estate in Tai Hang. Lam said he first visited a family of ...

Hong Kong saw tens of thousands of mainland tourists visiting the city to celebrate the Year of the Horse as the festive period across the border began on Sunday. The official Lunar New Year holiday on the mainland lasts for nine days, and Hong Kong...

Police said on Sunday they arrested two men on Lantau Island on suspicion of smuggling more than three million sticks of illicit cigarettes – with a street value of some HK$14.6 million. The force said they suspected there had recently been smugg...

At least 17 people sustained minor injuries from a crash on a cross-border link between Hong Kong and Shenzhen on Sunday afternoon. The incident happened shortly before 2pm on Shenzhen Bay Bridge after the driver of a Hong Kong-bound coach lost con...

Financial Secretary Paul Chan on Sunday said he expects 1.43 million mainland travellers to visit the SAR during the Lunar New Year holiday period, a six percent year-on-year increase compared to the previous year. In his weekly blog, Chan noted tha...

The route to challenging China’s supremacy in rare earth minerals lies in using artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum computing to create synthetic substitutes or alloys, according to a prominent American expert in AI. Jack Hidary, CEO of Sandbo...

Russia’s army chief Valery Gerasimov visited Moscow’s troops in Ukraine and said the Kremlin’s forces seized a dozen eastern villages in February, the defence ministry said on Sunday. Gerasimov’s visit comes days before US-mediated talks with...

Hong Kong has begun 2026 with a surge in inbound tourism, welcoming 7.23 million visitors to date, marking an increase of 9.6 per cent compared with the previous year. Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po also said that 1.43 million mainland Chinese v...

ByteDance’s latest video generation model Seedance 2.0 has blown people away for its ability to rapidly generate lifelike videos, but is also receiving blowback globally for alleged intellectual property (IP) violations. The controversy focuses on ...

China has expanded its list of domestic systemically important banks (D-SIBs) – institutions subject to tighter regulatory standards – as authorities step up macroprudential oversight to safeguard financial stability amid high exposure to propert...

"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.