China held a departure ceremony in Sanya, Hainan, on Saturday to mark the start of its 43rd Antarctic scientific expedition. Organized by the Ministry of Natural Resources, the mission will upgrade China's polar research stations and logistics netw...

Vice-Premier He Lifeng, who is leading China's economic and trade affair talks with the United States, held a video call on Friday with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Trade Representative Jamieson Greer. The two sides held candid, in-depth ...

A Pakistani astronaut will join the Shenzhou-24 crewed flight mission as a payload specialist, the China Manned Space Agency said on Saturday. After completing a short on-orbit flight, the Pakistani astronaut will return to Earth aboard the Shenzhou...

Former Macao lawmaker Au Kam-san was jailed for 12-and-a-half years on Friday in the territory's first national security case. That came after the court convicted him on one count of subverting state power, two counts of establishing links with orga...

A Peruvian expert on Asian affairs urged Apec member economies to take a page from China when formulating policies to stimulate the economy, pointing to exports and foreign investment as two key drivers. World leaders are expected to gather in Shenz...

Secretary for Development Bernadette Linn said the Building Maintenance Support and Services Council plans to recruit around 90 people in the initial phase. The government announced the formation of the new body in the wake of the deadly Wang Fuk Co...

Three people were injured on Sunday after being struck by a paraglider that was trying to land at the Ngong Ping campsite at Ma On Shan Country Park. Police said they received a report shortly after 12.30pm from a 42-year-old woman, who said she had...

Financial Secretary Paul Chan on Sunday said the government would continue to support the growth of high-value tourism alongside the Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and Exhibitions (Mice) industry. Writing in his weekly blog, Chan noted that Hon...

Secretary for Justice Paul Lam on Sunday said the government hoped to work closely with the legal sector to help practitioners better navigate the changing international environment and strengthen external exchanges. Speaking on a Commercial Radio ...

The Buildings Department on Saturday said it had found dozens of substandard columns at the MTR station that is currently under construction in Tung Chung West. Around 30 such columns were identified by the registered structural engineers (RSE) wor...

A grieving father in southeastern China became a citizen watchdog after a collision killed his nine-year-old daughter. On August 1, Wu Zhisheng’s wife was riding an electric bike with their two young daughters through an intersection in Jiangxi pro...

Middle powers navigating the US-China competition in artificial intelligence (AI) favour flexible partnerships over closed alliances, demanding a “plugged in, not locked in” approach, an AI governance panel heard on Saturday. Alejandro Reyes, adj...

Humanoid robots represent the next frontier for Pudu Robotics, according to founder and CEO Felix Zhang Tao, as the global commercial robotics leader takes on Elon Musk’s Tesla in the growing sector and explores manufacturing in Europe, its largest...

Temperatures in Hong Kong are forecast to plunge to as low as 16 degrees Celsius (61 Fahrenheit) on Tuesday, a further drop from an earlier prediction, as a cold front is expected to hit the city early this week. The Hong Kong Observatory on Sunday r...

More than half of Hong Kong’s underprivileged children spend over two hours a day on electronic devices, often turning to screens for cheap entertainment despite problems with their eyesight, attention, sleep and addiction, a survey has found. The ...

"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.