Seven people have been killed in a building collapse in Heilongjiang province. According to Xinhua News Agency, nine people were trapped after the partial collapse of the building in Hailin Town, in the city of Hailin, shortly after midnight on Sund...

Cheng Li-wun, chairwoman of the Chinese Kuomintang (KMT) party, on Monday expressed her thanks and accepted the invitation to visit the Chinese mainland in April. The Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and Xi Jinping, general secretary...

Air China restarted direct flights between Beijing and Pyongyang on Monday after a six-year hiatus, another sign that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) is gradually opening up following the resumption of train services between the capi...

Sports sector lawmaker Kenneth Fok on Sunday called on the authorities in the Greater Bay Area to look into forming a coalition in a bid to secure the rights to host major sporting events in future. Speaking after taking part in a running event at t...

Customer testing of Huawei's new AI chip, designed to challenge Nvidia in ⁠the China market, has gone well and big tech giants including ByteDance and Alibaba plan to place orders, two insiders said. The development marks a milestone for Huawei. ...

Chief Executive John Lee cited new Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Janice Tse's extensive government experience as a crucial asset for the role as he announced her appointment on Monday. She replaces acting secretary Clement Woo, w...

Hong Kong's graft watchdog on Monday announced that a joint operation held with police has resulted in the arrests of 42 people over offences ranging from alleged bribery in securing several buildings' maintenance projects, to operating illegal gambl...

Survivors of the Wang Fuk Court fire on Monday told a hearing about the deadly blaze that residents of the estate were often barred from attending meetings where important decisions were made. Yip Ka-kui, from Wang Tai House, said he recalled seein...

Secretary for Environment and Ecology Tse Chin-wan reaffirmed on Monday Hong Kong’s commitment to achieving carbon neutrality before 2050. Speaking at a summit during the Hong Kong Climate Week 2026, he outlined some key developments in the city's...

The State Council on Monday appointed former government official Janice Tse as Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs, according to the Xinhua News Agency. It said she was nominated by Chief Executive John Lee. Tse takes over from acting...

Gunmen killed at least a dozen people in Jos, the capital of Nigeria’s restive Plateau state, sparking retaliation from a mob that killed 10 more, locals said on Monday. Plateau state, in central Nigeria’s Middle Belt region, experiences recurrin...

Spare a thought for investors seeking shelter from the energy shock caused by the war in Iran. There are no sanctuaries. Government bonds, a traditional beneficiary of a flight to safety, have fallen in response to fears central banks will be forced ...

Israel said on Monday it was striking military targets across Tehran, a day after US President Donald Trump insisted a deal could “soon” be reached, while not ruling out ground operations. Iran also launched fresh strikes on Israel, Kuwait and Sa...

A horrific road crash in Malaysia’s port city of Klang that left a motorcyclist dead on Sunday has spiralled into yet another bout of race-baiting, after what began as a fatal drink-driving investigation. Police said the crash happened at about 11....

China’s flagship airline resumed direct flight services to Pyongyang on Monday, a symbolic and logistical development that marks warming bilateral ties and comes just weeks after passenger train services were restored for the first time in six year...

"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.