The trend that compatriots from both sides of the Taiwan Strait will get closer and get together will not change, Xi Jinping said, as he met the head of the Chinese Kuomintang Party in Beijing on Friday. Xi, the General Secretary of the Communist Pa...

China is expected to see growth dip to 4.6 percent this year and 4.5 percent next, down from five percent, on the back of continued weakness in its property market and slower export growth, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) warned on Friday. That gro...

China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, rose one percent year on year in March, official data showed on Friday. Core CPI, which excludes food and energy prices, increased 1.1 percent, according to data released by the National...

Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Thursday told his Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) counterpart Choe Son Hui that China was willing to step up exchanges and cooperation with Pyongyang. Xinhua News Agency reported that Wang – who is on a two...

Beijing said on Thursday that Lebanon's sovereignty "should not be violated" after Israel carried out strikes on the country, threatening a fragile truce. "Lebanon's sovereignty and security should not be violated," Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao ...

Police on Friday said they arrested a man who was suspected of robbing a bank in Wan Chai and stealing more than HK$30,000. The force said they were notified of the case, which occurred at a Bank of East Asia branch on 56 Gloucester Road, at around...

Officials are planning to introduce tougher penalties for unauthorised handling of fire service installations following the Wang Fuk Court blaze, a Fire Services Department assistant director said on Friday. Keung Sai-ming, who’s responsible for l...

The Energy Advisory Committee on Friday said a government proposal to offer fuel subsidies for commercial vehicles and vessels running on diesel first was reasonable as the impact of any rise in their costs could be amplified. The government is prop...

Lawmakers are set to review the government’s emergency funding proposal on Friday, which includes fuel subsidies for commercial vehicles as a key measure to support industries hard hit by the recent surge in fuel prices. While the move has drawn w...

The government on Thursday proposed subsidies for industries affected by the recent surge in fuel prices in a bid to help commercial vehicles and vessels running on diesel, as well as those using tunnels. Following a special meeting chaired by Chief...

Chinese President Xi Jinping said he was “fully confident” of closer ties with Taiwan as he met a leader of the island’s opposition Kuomintang (KMT) party for the first time in almost a decade. “The historical trend that compatriots of both s...

Last week, on April 1 to be exact, Apple reached the grand old age of 50 (almost exactly a year younger than Microsoft), one of a tiny proportion of S&P-listed companies that have stayed the course for half a century. It is a company with which I hav...

Cheng Li-wun, chairwoman of Taiwan’s biggest opposition party, the Kuomintang, highlighted the need for peace as she spoke to the media in Beijing on Friday afternoon after her historic meeting with Communist Party chief Xi Jinping. It is the first...

China plans to launch its first rocket from open waters in the South China Sea, in a display of a more flexible, long-range maritime launch capability. The 31-metre (102-foot) tall, solid-fuelled Jielong-3 is expected to lift off at 7.30pm on Saturda...

A Malaysian association has come under fire after warning that wider work-from-home arrangements would hurt urban businesses, with critics accusing it of prioritising city-centre takings over the government’s effort to cut fuel use across the count...

"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.