China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, grew at a faster pace in November, driven by rising food prices, official data showed on Wednesday. The nation's CPI rose 0.7 percent year on year in November, accelerating from October'...

Twelve people were killed in a residential building fire on Tuesday night in the city of Shantou in Guangdong, local authorities said. The blaze erupted at 9.21 pm in the city's Chaonan District and was extinguished less than 40 minutes later, the d...

Premier Li Qiang has called for greater mutual opening up among markets, and avoiding politicising and overstretching the concept of security in economic and trade issues. Li made the remarks on Tuesday when holding the "1+10" Dialogue with heads of...

The Shenzhou-21 crew aboard China's orbiting space station completed their mission's first series of extravehicular activities on Tuesday, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA). The astronaut trio – Zhang Lu, Wu Fei and Zhang Hongzhang...

Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development Algernon Yau says the SAR is ready to play a pivotal role in the transformation of global supply chains brought about by changes in the geopolitical environment. Speaking at the Global Supply Chain Su...

People who own flats in Tai Po's fire-hit Wang Fuk Court are to be given HK$100,000 from the fund for victims which has swelled to some HK$3.4 billion thanks to donations from the public. The government announced the move on Wednesday, with Deputy ...

Hong Kong will host next year’s Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) General Assembly, where global sports leaders will tackle pressing issues such as anti-doping and sustainability, the event’s local steering committee said on Wedne...

Hong Kong athlete Yam Kwok-fan on Wednesday added a second silver medal to her tally, securing second place in the women’s T36 200 metres at the National Games for Persons with Disabilities in Guangdong. The 28-year-old completed the race in 32.83...

Intensive efforts to wipe out mosquitoes along the Tsing Yi Nature Trails will take a week to 10 days, an official said on Wednesday, a day after the area was closed over a chikungunya fever outbreak. Five people who have come down with the illness...

The National Games Coordination Office in Hong Kong said on Wednesday that athletes and participants of the National Special Olympic Games held in the SAR have been happy with the arrangements so far. Boccia, table tennis and wheelchair fencing eve...

Nio’s lidar supplier Seyond Holdings debuted on the Hong Kong stock exchange on Wednesday, through a de-SPAC transaction, merging with special purpose acquisition company TechStar Acquisition and raising a total of HK$1.03 billion (US$132.4 million...

A female bodyguard, assigned by the Chinese government to protect the French first lady during her official visit with her husband to China in early December, went viral on social media for her tough and professional demeanour. Known by her pseudonym...

A joint patrol by Chinese and Russian nuclear-capable bombers near Japanese airspace is a serious national security concern, the country’s Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi has said. In a social media post on Tuesday, Koizumi wrote that two Russian...

Japanese pop star Ayumi Hamasaki has cancelled her concert in Macau next month amid tense diplomatic relations between Beijing and Tokyo, with the decision following the axing of her December show in Shanghai. The singer-songwriter announced the deci...

A Hong Kong police officer has been found guilty of unlawfully terminating 10 criminal investigations by using forged statements as proof that the complainants had agreed to withdraw their cases. The District Court on Wednesday convicted Detective 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.