Typhoon Bavi was downgraded to a severe tropical storm Sunday after making landfall in the eastern Zhejiang Province, where authorities had evacuated nearly two million people in its path. There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties. Th...

The Office of the Work Safety Commission under the State Council has decided that it will oversee the investigation into a major fire that killed 28 people in Jinjiang City in Quanzhou, Fujian, the Ministry of Emergency Management said on Saturday. ...

Over 1.72 million people on Saturday had been evacuated across Zhejiang Province to safe areas ahead of Typhoon Bavi, according to authorities. As thousands of primary and secondary schools in the province suspended classes, the Ministry of Water R...

Premier Li Qiang on Friday chaired a State Council executive meeting to make further arrangements on flood prevention and relief work. The meeting stressed that all regions and departments must remain constantly vigilant in flood prevention and reli...

The nation on Friday successfully tested an experimental rocket retrieval system using a net attached to a sea platform, state media reported, achieving its first controlled recovery of a carrier rocket's first stage. The Long March-10B rocket lifte...

Health minister Lo Chung-mau said authorities were considering recruiting more medical professionals to work as investigators of complaints, as part of reforms of the Medical Council’s complaint-handling mechanism. “We will consider appointing a...

Financial Secretary Paul Chan has called on students who sat their university entrance examinations to combine their interests with artificial intelligence. His call came as the results of the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education (DSE) exams ar...

Officials will fine-tune proposed laws over the next two months to guarantee statutory work injury compensation for digital platform delivery workers, according to Secretary for Labour and Welfare Chris Sun. The race to provide statutory protection ...

The MTR says a total of 20 high-speed rail journeys have been cancelled on Saturday and Sunday due to adverse weather conditions. The MTR said it had been informed of the decision by mainland railway authorities. The cancellations come amid a hig...

Police Commissioner Joe Chow on Saturday said the force is continuing to investigate the embryo samples mix-up at a fertility clinic in Central. Earlier this week, the clinic was ordered to suspend most of its services and submit a report. This came...

Beijing has denounced a “thoroughly illegal” international tribunal that ruled against its expansive claims in the South China Sea, with a senior diplomat describing it as a “thorn” in the side of its relationship with the Philippines on the ...

Hongkonger Lam Chun and his family hopped onto a high-speed train for the first time last month for a five-day holiday in Zhangjiajie in Hunan province, finding the experience more suitable for travelling with the elderly. The 54-year-old medical sec...

Hong Kong authorities are reviewing whether any civil servant neglected their duties in a 15-year delay by the Medical Council in handling a complaint against a paediatrician linked to a boy’s permanent disability. Secretary for Health Lo Chung-mau...

Taiwanese-American singer-songwriter Leehom Wang continued his concert despite suffering from sudden injuries that later required 39 stitches to his face and ear, winning him widespread applause but raising concerns over stage safety. In the early ho...

Motorcycle taxis – often called boda-bodas in East Africa and okadas in Nigeria and parts of West Africa – serve as the primary mode of transport for millions in Africa. Now, Chinese investors are pouring funds into the continent’s multibillion...

"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.