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...

Bavi is expected to make its closest approach to Okinawa prefecture's Sakishima Islands in southwestern Japan around Saturday, potentially unleashing violent winds and torrential rain along with thunderstorms, the country's weather agency said on Fri...

Twenty-eight people have been killed in a fire that ripped through a shoe factory in Fujian province on Thursday. Xinhua News Agency cited the fire and rescue department as saying that the blaze broke out at the Huiteng Shoes factory in the Jiangtou...

Radio Television Hong Kong's (RTHK) flagship summer programme, Solar Project 2026, concluded its seven-day study tour in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region on Thursday. Led by the Director of Broadcasting, Angelina Kwan, a delegation of 106 students ...

The nation is bracing for possibly the most destructive tropical storm in years as Typhoon Bavi churned southeast of Taiwan on Thursday, with winds near 200 kilometres per hour. Bavi, currently about 1,000km at its widest point or roughly the width ...

New People's Party chairwoman Regina Ip on Friday urged the government to take steps to align with the nation's goals for aerospace industry development as outlined in the 15th Five-Year Plan. This is among the 29 suggestions proposed to the governm...

Secretary for Health Lo Chung-mau said on Friday the administration will make improvements to its procurement process for the 2026-27 seasonal influenza vaccination scheme to ensure sustainable supply and boost jab rates. Lo, speaking at a Legislati...

A part of the Yau Ma Tei-bound lanes of the Central Kowloon Bypass were closed as of 2.40pm on Friday following a traffic accident. The Transport Department said only one lane remains available to motorists. An articulated vehicle crashed into a ...

Concerns over the construction timeline for the new Pak Shek Kok MTR station took centre stage at a Tai Po District Council meeting on Friday, as officials revealed that the project is currently slated for completion by 2033 or earlier. According to...

Customs officers have arrested a 57-year-old woman for allegedly trying to smuggle a puppy through Lo Wu crossing, the government said on Friday. Customs and Excise Department officers intercepted the mainland resident and found the puppy – with a...

Eleven people were killed and 19 are missing after a wildfire tore through a Spanish village, with four victims who may have been British who were burned in their car, authorities said on Friday. Authorities said many of the victims may be foreign to...

The United States is set to resume military sales to Turkey, Nato’s second-largest military power, after President Donald Trump said sanctions imposed against Ankara over its procurement of Russian air defence systems seven years ago would soon be ...

As US President Donald Trump flew home from a fractious Nato summit in Turkey, he was poised to resume the war with Iran, whose leaders he labelled “sick” and “scum”. Trump also complained about European leaders’ failure to spend enough on ...

Hong Kong’s army of gig workers in food and goods delivery services will be entitled to compensation for job-related injuries under proposed legislation aimed at improving labour protection for those working for digital platforms. According to a pa...

Hong Kong customs officers have arrested two women at the border for allegedly smuggling animals after they were separately found with a dog worth HK$3,000 (US$380) and two endangered birds that could be sold for a total of HK$5,000. The Customs and ...

"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.