Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Wednesday told his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi that China was “deeply distressed” over the war in the Middle East that has lasted more than two months and said a “comprehensive ceasefire" was needed. China’...

Chief Executive John Lee said on Tuesday Hong Kong can turn challenges posed by the global energy disruption in the Middle East into "green opportunities", as exemplified by the SAR working with Dongguan to set up a biofuel base. The sustainable avi...

A fireworks plant explosion on Monday in central Hunan province has left 26 people dead and 61 injured, authorities said on Tuesday. President Xi Jinping earlier called for all-out efforts to find people still missing and save the injured. The blas...

Three people were killed and 25 others injured in an explosion at a fireworks plant in Hunan province. Two of those injured were in serious condition, according to Xinhua News Agency. The explosion occurred on Monday afternoon at the plant in Liuya...

President Xi Jinping has encouraged young Chinese to integrate their personal aspirations into the bigger picture of national development. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Milit...

One more arrest has been made over a murder and wounding case in Tsim Sha Tsui nearly six years ago, police said on Wednesday. The bar fight on October 6, 2020, led to the death of a 36-year-old man and injuries for some people. Officers laid a hol...

A senior Housing Bureau surveyor told an inquiry hearing on Wednesday on the deadly Wang Fuk Court fire that its officers did not regularly conduct inspection visits to sites where major-renovation work was being carried out – and that they mainly ...

Catering sector lawmaker Jonathan Leung on Wednesday called on the government to promote "delicacies tourism" as part of efforts to prop up Hong Kong's restaurants. Speaking on RTHK's "In The Chamber" programme, Leung also suggested authorities set ...

New People's Party lawmaker Judy Chan on Wednesday was slapped with a written warning by the Legislative Council over her careless driving conviction this year. Legco's Supervisory Committee said it made the decision after the council received a pu...

The Hospital Authority on Wednesday said it expects more than 400 patients will save hundreds of thousands of dollars a year following a major change to drug subsidies. The leukaemia drug Dasatinib was reclassified from a self-financed item to a spe...

The European Union’s push to bar Chinese suppliers from its critical infrastructure under a proposed new Cybersecurity Act would cost the bloc a jaw-dropping €367.8 billion (US$431.4 billion) over the next five years, a new study has warned. The ...

Hong Kong’s retail sales jumped by 12.8 per cent in March, bringing first-quarter growth to 9.8 per cent, driven by a spurt in sales of electric cars ahead of the withdrawal of tax breaks. Provisional figures released by the Census and Statistics D...

It was the perfect split-screen for the race to succeed Donald Trump – so long as your name is Marco Rubio and not J.D. Vance. In a packed White House briefing room, journalists shouted over each other in a bid to get a question from the US secreta...

Fewer than 5 per cent of Hong Kong flights have been cancelled in May and June combined, and about 1 per cent during the peak July travel period, the Airport Authority has said, despite a global fuel crisis triggered by the Middle East war, adding it...

Asia’s next food crisis is under way. After the US-Israeli strikes on Iran, shipping through the Strait of Hormuz collapsed, sending shock waves across energy, fertiliser and food systems. Fuel, freight and fertiliser costs are rising sharply, ampl...

"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.