The Chinese Football Association (CFA) on Thursday revealed penalties for gambling and match-fixing as 73 individuals, including former CFA president Chen Xuyuan and former national team coach Li Tie, have been banned for life from all football-relat...

Mainland authorities on Thursday said passenger trips during the Spring Festival travel rush are expected to hit a record 9.5 billion. The 40-day period, known as Chun Yun, starts on Monday. National Development and Reform Commission Deputy Direc...

President Xi Jinping told Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer their countries must strengthen ties to counter geopolitical headwinds, as the leaders met in Beijing on Thursday. This is the first visit to China by a UK prime minister since 2018 and...

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer arrived in China on Wednesday to kick off a four-day visit aimed at fostering ties and expanding opportunities for British companies in the world's second-largest economy. There are "opportunities" to deepen bilateral ...

A think tank on Wednesday said government departments should divide their workload more effectively to facilitate communication with mainland enterprises hoping to go global through Hong Kong. According to Our Hong Kong Foundation (OHKF), more than...

Hong Kong has to overcome obstacles and forge its own path in 2026, Chief Executive John Lee said on Thursday, following a year filled with events of far-reaching significance to the city's development. At a function announcing the top 10 events re...

The Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (PCPD) urged construction workers to stay vigilant against fraudulent recruitment ads as Chinese New Year approaches. In the past two weeks, the PCPD received 42 complaints from workers who sh...

Sources on Thursday said that a cleaning company's forewoman was arrested on suspicion of animal cruelty, following the deaths of more than a hundred fish in a pond in Tseung Kwan O. The fish were found dead on Monday in a park in King Lam Estate, ...

Customs officers on Thursday said they seized smuggled goods worth more than HK$56 million last week on a vessel at Black Point near Tuen Mun. Officers said after carrying out the appropriate analysis and risk assessment, the vessel departing from ...

A study by accounting giant PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) found only 16 percent of the city's employees intend to change jobs over the next 12 months — a more than 50 percent drop year-on-year. Respondents cited job security concerns as the reason...

Alibaba Group Holding’s semiconductor design arm, T-Head, on Thursday unveiled details of its advanced artificial intelligence chip with capabilities said to be on par with Nvidia’s H20, days after the unit was reportedly being prepared for a pot...

The European Union has surpassed the United States as the economy with the most serious trade disputes with China, driven by conflicts over semiconductor materials, rare earth magnets and other strategic sectors, according to a Chinese trade body. A ...

Clumps of earth dug up from the front of a Chinese woman’s rural dwelling are being sold for up to 18 yuan (US$3) as a “lucky charm” after she shot to online fame by inviting people to slaughter pigs at her home. The 23-year-old from southweste...

Hong Kong’s workforce lags behind regional peers in the frequent use of AI, a sluggish adoption rate that experts say is limiting pay rewards and job security even as companies prepare to trim entry-level roles. A 2025 survey conducted by Pricewate...

Beijing has released footage of flight tests of an upgraded J-20A stealth fighter, with signs that the jets have been equipped with long-awaited high-thrust WS-15 engines and better avionics. Chengdu Aircraft Corporation – the Aviation Industry Cor...

"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.