They are 400km above Earth and cannot go home for the Spring Festival this year, but China's taikonauts have found their own ways to make the traditional Chinese holiday warm and sweet. The Shenzhou-21 crew aboard the space station Tiangong, which m...

Alibaba on ‌Monday unveiled a new artificial intelligence model Qwen 3.5 designed to execute complex tasks independently, with big improvements in performance and cost that the tech giant claims beat major US rival models on several benchmarks. Th...

China confirmed that Canadian and British citizens will be able to visit the country visa-free from Tuesday, after the two countries' leaders announced such agreements following official trips to Beijing. British and Canadian prime ministers Keir St...

Premier Li Qiang has signed a State Council decree issuing a regulation on water supply, which will take effect on June 1, 2026. The regulation consists of eight chapters and 50 articles. It aims to promote high-quality development in the water sup...

President Xi Jinping on Saturday extended Spring Festival greetings at a reception in Beijing to usher in the Chinese New Year – the Year of the Horse. At the Great Hall of the People, he conveyed New Year greetings on behalf of the central commit...

People across the city visited the famous wishing tree in Tai Po to make their wishes for the coming year on the first day of the Year of the Horse. The Well-Wishing Festival in Lam Tsuen, which began on Tuesday, saw the faithful toss placards onto...

Senior government officials on Tuesday extended Chinese New Year greetings, wishing residents a happy, healthy and prosperous Year of the Horse. Speaking on an RTHK programme, Chief Secretary Eric Chan said the government would continue to steer Hon...

Officials will consult the public when devising the first five-year plan for Hong Kong, the government said on Tuesday. Chief Executive John Lee earlier vowed to build a systematic policy framework in line with the 15th Five-Year Plan, the nation's ...

The Housing Department on Tuesday said the over 1,600 units at Oi Man Estate, which had no flushing water from 8 pm on Monday, saw services resume just before 9 am. The suspension was due to a burst saltwater pipe in the water pump room of Lai Man ...

Hong Kong welcomed at least three babies as the clock struck midnight to usher in the Year of the Horse on Tuesday. Two of the babies were born at Union Hospital, including a baby boy weighing 2.94 kilos. The newborn is the fifth child of a coupl...

Indonesia is trying to engineer a Ramadan spending boost, rolling out transport fare cuts and food handouts to shore up consumption during its busiest shopping season, but economists question how far the temporary support can go in lifting growth. Th...

In 1994, Richard Leiter, a South African entrepreneur, took a gamble on the then unknown Chinese commercial truck maker FAW with the introduction of the first Jiefang CA141 truck into the South African market. Two decades later, he had transitioned f...

Belgium summoned the US ambassador on Tuesday over a social media post where he accused the country of antisemitic persecution of Jewish Belgians, the kingdom’s foreign minister said. “Labelling Belgium as antisemitic is not just wrong, it’s da...

China’s Unitree Robotics plans to ship as many as 20,000 humanoid robots this year, up from about 5,500 in 2025, according to chief executive Wang Xingxing, after the company drew global attention with its appearance at Monday night’s Spring Fest...

An Indian court has issued death sentences against three men convicted of raping an Israeli tourist and another woman, and killing a man near a Unesco World Heritage site. The men had attacked a group of five people, which included the Israeli and an...

"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.