China's producer prices rose for a third straight month in May to the highest since July 2022, while consumer prices also climbed, official data showed on Wednesday. The producer price index (PPI), which measures costs for goods at the factory gate,...

Beijing on Tuesday said it "firmly opposed" the US blacklisting of Chinese companies after Washington added tech giants Alibaba and Baidu to a list of firms it says are aiding the Chinese military. The Pentagon update on Monday came months after it ...

President Xi Jinping and Kim Jong Un, president of State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), agreed on Tuesday that the two countries should carry forward their great traditional friendship from generation to generation. Xi ...

China's foreign trade grew 16.9 percent year on year in May in yuan-denominated terms, data from the General Administration of Customs showed on Tuesday. The total value of goods imports and exports reached 4.45 trillion yuan, remaining above four t...

President Xi Jinping said China and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) should boost strategic cooperation and firmly safeguard their respective sovereignty, security and development interests in talks with the DPRK's leader Kim Jong Un ...

The Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) and police said seven people and two companies were charged on Wednesday with 25 offences linked to last year’s deadly fire in Tai Po. The blaze tore through seven of the eight blocks at Wang Fu...

Secretary for Transport and Logistics Mable Chan on Wednesday said more vehicle inspection centres will be established in Guangdong to ensure all cars which are set to arrive in Hong Kong via a soon-to-be-expanded scheme are roadworthy. Starting Jul...

Chief Secretary Eric Chan said on Wednesday the government would transform Hong Kong into a world-class tourist destination, amid solid growth for inbound tourism this year. Chan also pledged to develop the SAR into an East-meets-West centre for int...

Civil service chief Ingrid Yeung on Wednesday said a pay trend survey that the government refers to in deciding a final pay rise was crucial in its decision-making process, even though the Executive Council's latest proposal fell short of the indicat...

The government announced that a new phase of a food coupon programme for the elderly was rolled out from Tuesday, to mark the upcoming 29th anniversary of the establishment of the Hong Kong SAR. Chief Secretary Eric Chan said the fifth phase of the ...

Prabowo Subianto has brought one of Indonesia’s most prominent labour leaders into his administration, giving organised labour a voice inside the presidential palace while also fuelling concerns that the country’s unions are being pulled away fro...

Hong Kong authorities have proposed doubling the size of a planned digital technology hub in Lau Fau Shan under the city’s Northern Metropolis megaproject, while landmark buildings would be permitted to reach up to about 250 metres (820 feet) in he...

Multiple attackers killed 12 people and wounded at least nine in a late-night mass shooting in Johannesburg, police said Wednesday, the latest in such attacks that have shaken the South African city. Police said they believe more than 10 suspects wer...

The European Commission has declared its trade and economic relationship with China “unsustainable”, pointing to a daily trade deficit of €1 billion (US$1.16 billion) and Chinese manufacturing overcapacity that puts millions of jobs across vari...

A Hong Kong co-led global study has found that a targeted therapy can keep more than half of advanced lung cancer patients alive without disease progression for at least seven years, marking a step towards turning the deadly illness into a chronic co...

"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.