Mainland stocks rose on Monday as memory chipmaker CXMT Corp's roughly six-fold surge on its debut lifted investor sentiment after a bruising recent selloff in tech shares. In Hong Kong, the benchmark Hang Seng Index ended 243 points, or one percent...

President Xi Jinping said on Monday that China stands ready to further strengthen bilateral and multilateral strategic coordination with Brazil. Xi made the remarks during a phone call with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Xi said in ...

Profits of China's industrial firms above a designated size increased 18.7 percent year on year in the first half, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed on Monday. Industrial firms with an annual main business revenue of at least 20 mil...

China's national commission for disaster prevention, reduction and relief on Sunday activated a Level-IV national disaster relief emergency response for Guangdong province after the region was severely affected by Typhoon Noul. A working team has be...

Authorities in Guangdong have evacuated more than 340,000 people as Typhoon Noul beared down on the coast of Guangdong, prompting the national observatory to issue its highest typhoon warning. The National Meteorological Center (NMC) said the storm ...

Accounting firm, PwC, has submitted a range of recommendations to the government for the city's first five-year plan as well as the 2026 Policy Address. The submission aims to set out a strategic roadmap to enhance Hong Kong's competitiveness for s...

A 62-year-old man has died after falling from height while working at the airport. Police were alerted to the incident at 8.35am on Monday following an injury report made by the victim's colleague. The man was pronounced dead after being sent to No...

Terminally-ill patients are encouraged to discuss care planning for the later stages of their life with loved ones and whether or not they should refuse resuscitation or life-sustaining treatment. The call from the Hospital Authority came as patient...

A former assistant director at the Observatory said Severe Typhoon Noul did not affect the city as much as it could have done due to it making landfall to the east of Hong Kong — the first time this happened in 17 years. The storm prompted the ci...

The University of Hong Kong's President and Vice-Chancellor, Xiang Zhang, has announced he will step down in 2028 after completing his 10-year term. In an email to the HKU community, he said the university needs to embrace new ideas, and a new leade...

Beijing has stepped up its global messaging campaign over East China Sea islets that Tokyo also claims by rolling out a five-part documentary to tell its version of history, as the countries’ relationship continues to be fraught. The state broadcas...

Hong Kong’s Urban Renewal Authority (URA) received seven tender submissions for a major waterfront residential redevelopment project in Hung Hom, drawing bids from some of the city’s largest developers despite a subdued land market. The authority...

In the first half of this year, investment in Hong Kong commercial real estate reached HK$24.1 billion (US$3.1 billion), up 56 per cent in annualised terms, according to CBRE data. The education industry was a crucial source of demand, generating HK$...

Malaysia has won a small victory in Washington’s tariff wars, securing a 10 per cent rate that leaves it better placed than four of its Southeast Asian neighbours in the scramble for US orders. Economists warn the narrow advantage may prove fleetin...

Indonesian police are investigating the unexplained death of a man whom local media reported managed the household of detained former anti-corruption prosecutor Febrie Adriansyah, adding a new layer of scrutiny to one of the country’s most sensitiv...

"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.