Airbus said on Wednesday it had opened a second assembly line in China, increasing manufacturing capacity for its best-selling A320neo family of single-aisle jets. The European planemaker's 10th final assembly line globally, located in the port city...

European Trade Commissioner Maros Sefcovic said on Tuesday he had invited Commerce Minister Wang Wentao to Brussels in the coming days to find "urgent solutions" to China's tightening of its restrictions on rare earth exports. "The Minister Wang Wen...

Beijing said on Tuesday it hopes to "advance" ties with Tokyo, after prominent China hawk Sanae Takaichi was appointed Japan's first female prime minister. Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun told a regular press briefing that China had "noted the...

A group of 55 Chinese iPhone and iPad users filed a complaint with China's market regulator on Monday, a lawyer representing the group said, alleging that Apple abuses its market dominance by restricting app distribution and payments to its own platf...

Hong Kong sailors are hoping to make waves at this year's National Games, as they chase the city's first-ever medal in the competition which started on Monday in Guangdong province. The SAR is fielding eight athletes at four sailing competitions at ...

Outgoing Legislative Council President Andrew Leung said on Wednesday that the turnover rate of lawmakers this term is lower than that in the past several terms. So far, 22 out of 89 serving lawmakers have said they are not running again, or a litt...

Ocean Park has seen revenues rise for a fourth consecutive year, up by 9 percent, with visitor numbers soaring as the preservation-focused theme park leveraged on the "Panda mania" to create green shoots of business growth. However, a statement rele...

University of Hong Kong researchers said on Wednesday people suffering from depression run twice the mortality risk of those who don't as the illness increases their likelihood of being beset by various physical diseases. That conclusion was reache...

Election Committee lawmaker Doreen Kong said on Wednesday she would not be seeking another term in the legislature, the 22nd legislator to do so. Kong, a solicitor by trade, made the announcement as the Legislative Council began its final meeting se...

A workers' rights representative said on Wednesday that a coroner's inquest should be opened into the fatal collision that happened at the airport on Monday. In the accident, an Emirates cargo plane veered off the runway before crashing into a secur...

Alibaba Group Holding’s Qwen AI models are winning over major Western firms like Airbnb, underscoring the growing global appeal of China’s open-source approach to artificial intelligence. Brian Chesky, co-founder and CEO of the San Francisco-base...

The Philippines will revive its electronic visa programme for Chinese tourists next month, nearly two years after its abrupt suspension, as part of a broader push to boost lagging visitor arrivals and regain lost ground in the regional tourism race. ...

Two buses collided on a major highway in Uganda early on Wednesday, killing 46 people and injuring several others, police said, lowering the death toll from 63. The east African country has a notorious road safety record, frequently recording bus or ...

A United States’ transport safety agency is deploying five investigators to Hong Kong to assist with the city’s probe into the cargo plane crash that killed two security workers, while the four aircrew involved have met with local authorities. Th...

Russia launched multiple drone and missile strikes on Ukraine as the latest peace attempts by US President Donald Trump appeared to be floundering. The attack killed at least six civilians, including two children, with more than a dozen injured acros...

"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.