The Commerce Ministry on Sunday defended Beijing's export control measures on rare earths and related items as a legitimate action, while urging the United States to properly manage differences through dialogue and on the basis of mutual respect and ...

US President Donald Trump announced an additional 100 percent tariff on China on Friday, reigniting his trade war with Beijing in a row over export curbs on rare earth minerals. Trump said the extra levies, plus US export controls on "any and all cr...

North Korea on Friday staged a military parade in its capital Pyongyang to mark the 80th anniversary of the creation of its ruling Workers' Party, Xinhua news agency reported. Premier Li Qiang attended the celebration ceremony and watched "grand mas...

The Ministry of Transport in Beijing announced on Friday that the country will charge special port fees on ships owned or operated by US enterprises, organisations and individuals from October 14. The fees are a counter-measure against upcoming US ...

The Commerce Ministry in Beijing on Thursday announced it would impose export control measures on technologies related to rare earths, with immediate effect. The ministry also said it had decided that foreign organisations and individuals must obtai...

A 1,100-strong medical volunteer team has vowed to keep athletes and audience members safe during the upcoming National Games. The volunteers from Hong Kong St John Ambulance, including more than 100 medical professionals, will provide emergency ser...

Financial Secretary Paul Chan said he would promote Hong Kong’s advantages to foreign investors during a trip to the United States in the coming week. He will attend the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank in Wash...

More than 80 people were evacuated from their homes following a fire in Tsing Yi on Sunday morning. Police received reports at around 4am, stating that a blaze had broken out at Villa Esplanada in Nga Ying Chau Street. Firefighters arrived at the...

A former assistant director at the Observatory predicts that more powerful tropical cyclones will occur in the future. This year, the Observatory issued twelve Standby Signal No. 1 alerts, the highest number since 1946. Leung Wing-mo, also a spok...

Health officials on Saturday reported two new cases of chikungunya fever, bringing the total number of infections in Hong Kong this year to 31. All of the infections have been linked to travel outside the SAR. According to the Centre for Health Pr...

The United States is likely to seriously consider Pakistan’s proposal for a new port in the Arabian Sea and use it to ship the South Asian country’s rare minerals, even as observers warn of commercial and geopolitical risks of investing in a vola...

When HSBC announced its plan to privatise Hang Seng Bank for US$13.6 billion at a 30 per cent premium, the markets responded with enthusiasm. Many interpreted the move as a confident bet on Hong Kong’s future. But beneath the strategic packaging li...

South Korean police plan to conduct a joint autopsy with Cambodian authorities on a Korean college student who was kidnapped and allegedly tortured to death, officials said on Sunday, amid rising concerns over similar crimes against Koreans in the So...

Construction is set to begin next month on a monumental railway linking Hotan in Xinjiang with Lhasa in Tibet – one of China’s most ambitious infrastructure projects to date. The 1,980km (1,230 miles) line has been dubbed one of the “projects o...

Singaporean singer Stefanie Sun Yanzi has donated more than 10 million yuan (US$1.4 million) to a charity fund in China over the past decade, winning admiration on social media. Top Chinese diva Han Hong revealed that the Lion City singer was behind ...

"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.