China's manufacturing sector showed resilience in January, achieving steady factory output and continued growth in the high-tech sector despite a dip in overall activities, official data revealed on Saturday. The purchasing managers' index (PMI) for...

China said on Friday it would take "necessary measures" to protect the interests of Chinese companies after a ruling by Panama's top court annulled a concession allowing a subsidiary of CK Hutchison to operate ports at the strategic Panama Canal. Fo...

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Friday that the UK has a "huge amount to offer" China, and his "very warm" meetings with Chinese leaders provided "just the level of engagement that we hoped for". Starmer told a meeting of the UK-China ...

President Xi Jinping and visiting British Prime Minister Keir Starmer agreed on Thursday in Beijing that the two countries should develop a long-term and consistent comprehensive strategic partnership. During their meeting, Xi said as the world toda...

Apple on Thursday said it saw record-high earnings in the final three months of last year, with iPhone sales surging in Greater China. The tech giant reported profit of US$42.1 billion on revenue of US$143.8 billion in the recently-ended quarter. T...

Hong Kong Coalition secretary-general Tam Yiu-chung said on Saturday the Legislative Council should monitor the government without "overstepping boundaries" and not try to replace government departments. His call came after the director of the Hong...

Six people have been arrested in connection with Friday’s robbery in Sheung Wan, in which robbers took 58 million yen, or nearly HK$3 million, from two Japanese men. The incident occurred outside a currency exchange shop on Des Voeux Road Central ...

The Supreme Court of Panama says a contract held by a Hong Kong company to operate ports at the Panama Canal failed to “serve the public interest and social welfare", in its decision on Thursday voiding the contracts. While the court announced the ...

While the government has returned to a surplus in its operating account, authorities have to continue to ensure cash flow remains strong to meet long-term development needs, Financial Secretary Paul Chan said on Saturday. In the first nine months of...

Secretary for Health Lo Chung-mau said on Saturday his bureau was drafting amendments to the Medical Registration Ordinance to address procedural shortcomings in the handling of patients' complaints, as well as other matters. The Health Bureau is exp...

Flight routes between Europe and China are suddenly crowded with prime ministers and presidents, giving the impression of a continent pivoting eastward. A flurry that began late last year with visits to Beijing by the Spanish king and French presiden...

A 32-year-old Chinese programmer who died suddenly after working intensively for years received a new work task message eight hours after his death. News of his overwork and death trended online and struck a chord with many people. Gao Guanghui died ...

The new generation of Hong Kong police officers will need “iron bones” in the face of unrelenting “oppression by hostile foreign forces”, the security minister has said. Secretary for Security Chris Tang Ping-keung, speaking at the force’s ...

A landslide earlier this week collapsed several mines at a major coltan mining site in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), leaving at least 200 people dead, rebel authorities said on Saturday. The collapse took place on Wednesday at the R...

Compared with the turmoil threatened by US President Donald Trump’s actions in everything from geopolitics to trade, the outcome of Japan’s parliamentary lower house election, set for February 8, may seem like small beer. Yet it could presage a g...

"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.