Orient Securities has announced that it would acquire unlisted rival Shanghai Securities, in a deal that local media said would make it one ⁠of China's 10 biggest brokerages. The deal comes as China's central government, eager to build globally co...

Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) chairman Frederick Ma on Sunday said the city provides essential professional services to mainland enterprises looking to go global under the "GoGlobal Connect" initiative launched last Tuesday. The initia...

Dozens of Chinese-made humanoid robots showed off their fast-improving athleticism as they whizzed past human runners in a half-marathon race in Beijing on Sunday, having lagged far behind a year earlier. The race's ⁠inaugural edition last year wa...

The core area of Beijing's Satellite Town, designed as a hub for satellite manufacturers and operators, will ⁠be completed in the second half of 2026, state-owned media Beijing Daily reported on Saturday. Commercial launches now account for more t...

Agriculture Minister Han Jun has urged the hogs industry to meet production-capacity reduction targets and scale the breeding sow herd to a reasonable level as hog prices languished at low levels. Han met with industry representatives with a message...

The first group of people allowed back to their fire-ravaged flats at Wang Fuk Court on Monday salvaged what remained of their belongings, almost five months after an inferno tore through most of the estate and claimed 168 lives. About 270 people h...

The inquiry into the Wang Fuk Court inferno heard on Monday that a previous owners' corporation management committee stationed security guards at homeowners' meetings — a move a witness said was intended to prevent the gatherings from turning unrul...

The Airport Authority has invited yacht bosses and hoteliers from all over the world to express their interest in a marina development project next to the city's airport. The planned yacht bay, which would be Hong Kong's largest marina, is part of t...

The first batch of displaced Wang Fuk Court inhabitants started returning to their former residences in the housing estate's seven fire-ravaged blocks on Monday to collect what's left of their belongings almost five months after the deadly blaze. De...

The Hong Kong, China men's team are again the Melrose Claymore champions, after defeating Japan 19-15 in the final held as part of the Hong Kong Sevens on Sunday. Japan opened the scoring late in the first half, but the SAR's Matteo Avitabile respon...

The United States is planning to build an “economic security zone” in the Philippines to counter China’s dominance in critical technologies. The 4,000-acre (1,619-hectare) hi-tech industrial hub will reportedly be the first of its kind in the w...

Malaysia’s busiest container port has started refusing Middle East-bound cargo unless shipping lines can guarantee prompt pickup, in one of the clearest signs yet that the Gulf crisis is working its way past oil and into the everyday trade that mov...

Hong Kong’s real estate market has come a long way in the past year. For a sign of the extent to which its outlook has improved, look no further than the rapid shift in expectations for the growth in house prices this year. As recently as January, ...

A tsunami warning was issued for northeast and northern Japan after an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.5 struck at 4.53pm on Monday. The epicentre of the quake, which had a depth of 10km (six miles), was off the Sanriku Coast, The Japan News reporte...

China’s trade with Iran and Gulf countries fell sharply in March as restrictions on the Strait of Hormuz tightened amid the US-Israeli war on Iran. Newly released data by Chinese customs showed imports from Iran plunged 48 per cent year on year las...

"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.