Flights resumed at Sanya Phoenix International Airport on Hainan at 6am on Saturday as Typhoon Maysak, the 10th typhoon of the year, weakened. The tropical storm made landfall at around 6.20pm on Friday in Yelin Township of Lingshui Li Autonomous Co...

The State Council has issued a plan for building a Beautiful China during the 15th Five-Year Plan period from 2026 to 2030, setting out the overall requirements, targets, key tasks and major projects for comprehensively advancing the initiative. By ...

Tropical Storm Maysak lashed Hainan on Friday, making landfall with maximum winds near its centre of 23 metres per second and forcing flight, rail and ferry suspensions. Maysak hit the island's southeastern coast at around 6.20pm, the National Meteo...

China's national observatory on Friday renewed a yellow alert for Typhoon Maysak, which was expected to bring strong winds and rainstorms to southern China. At 10am on Friday, the 10th typhoon this year was observed some 145 km south of Lingshui on ...

China said on Friday that cooperation between Japan and India "should not target" Beijing. In response to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's remarks that Tokyo and New Delhi will strengthen cooperation over critical minerals, Foreign Ministry spo...

Hong Kong's first and only traditional Chinese medicine hospital has upped its quota for subsidised outpatient services, with the increase taking effect on Saturday. This is the fourth time the Chinese Medicine Hospital of Hong Kong (CMHHK) in Tseun...

Permanent Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry Kevin Choi on Saturday said that officials are working to attract more international firms to the Hetao industrial zone. Speaking on an RTHK radio programme, Choi, who also chairs Hong Kon...

Secretary for Development Bernadette Linn has welcomed collaboration among developers and industry operators in a recent tender for a major land parcel in the Northern Metropolis, calling it an example of the government's matchmaking hopes. Her rem...

Public officials should raise the standard of their conduct and intensify commitment to their duties, Legislative Council President Starry Lee said on Saturday, stressing that society’s expectations leave no margin for error. The comments came aft...

Industry representatives are calling for urgent reform of safety management, tendering policies and safety education, warning that the construction sector's "rushing culture" is coming at the cost of human lives. Speaking on a radio programme, Chau ...

The government-appointed administrator of Hong Kong’s fire-ravaged Wang Fuk Court will hold an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) with owners of the flats on July 19, ending months of delays. In a notice issued on Saturday, Hop On Management Compa...

Almost anywhere you look these days, you can find claims from political, academic and other various sources that China’s supposed overproduction and exports of manufactured goods pose unfair advantages. These sources may also claim such unfair adva...

A top social media agency in mainland China, suspended from business operations two years ago for selling fake Hong Kong brand mooncakes, is back in the spotlight for selling live-streaming courses. Three Sheep Network, based in eastern Anhui provinc...

When Chelsea Wang travelled to Seoul with two friends in late April, they barely visited any of the city’s palaces or tourist attractions. Instead, their three-and-a-half-day itinerary revolved around duty-free shopping, beauty treatments, hair sal...

Thousands of opponents of Germany’s far-right AfD took to the streets of Erfurt on Saturday and blocked roads to the party’s annual conference ahead of regional elections that could see it take power at state level for the first time. Protesters ...

"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.