China's gross domestic product (GDP) grew 4.7 percent year-on-year in the first half of 2026, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed on Wednesday. The world's second-largest economy generated around 69.57 trillion yuan (US$10.25 tr...

Legislative Council President Starry Lee has called the drafting of Hong Kong's first five‑year plan "groundbreaking" and of historic significance. She said the plan will bring benefits to residents by aligning the city's development with the nat...

A new boundary-control facility at Huanggang is a step closer to opening, as the government on Tuesday gazetted the Huanggang Port Hong Kong Port Area Bill to implement co-location arrangements there. The bill will be introduced to the Legislative ...

China called on the United States and Iran on Tuesday to restore safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz, as fighting between the two sides reignited over how the strategic waterway should be managed. "Restoring normal and safe passage through the...

Former Politburo member Ma Xingrui has been expelled from the Communist Party of China (CPC) and dismissed from public office for serious violations of party discipline and laws. According to an official statement on Tuesday, an investigation by the...

Security chief Chris Tang said the Legislative Council House Committee will hold a special meeting on Thursday to review a bill on the redeveloped Huanggang Port. As the State Council had decided the Hong Kong Port Area is to be commissioned on July...

The Competition Commission has proposed making serious anti-competitive behaviour, including bid-rigging, a criminal offence, as a three-day final hearing began on Wednesday into the deadly fire at Tai Po’s Wang Fuk Court. The session marks the s...

The Consumer Council said on Wednesday that pet owners should not simply consider the price and benefits of insurance plans when selecting the type of protection for their furry friends. It looked into 24 pet insurance plans and found that the cove...

A significant number of this year’s top performers are setting their sights on a future in medicine, as the results of the Diploma of Secondary Education (DSE) exams were released on Wednesday. The exam results saw 24 students achieve a perfect sc...

The Consumer Council on Wednesday said it found that nearly 60 percent of ready-to-wear reading glasses it tested did not come with clear indications. It said 10 of the 17 samples did not indicate the pupillary distance (PD) or the optical centre di...

Malaysia’s unity government is holding in Putrajaya, but its uneasy alliance is fraying in the states after Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s Pakatan Harapan (PH) moved into opposition in Melaka even as it is still reeling from a rout by its federal...

When Hong Kong launched its latest Connect programme on July 7, most of the attention focused on gold. That misses the bigger story. Delivery Connect, part of the city’s new gold clearing and settlement system, is not simply another financial initi...

The Philippines has begun holding active school shooter drills after a rare act of violence in Tacloban City last month during which two teenage students opened fire, killing three schoolmates and injuring 20 others. On Wednesday, at one educational ...

Hong Kong needs to diversify the source of its listed companies and investors if it is to reclaim its recently lost crown as the world’s top initial public offering (IPO) venue, according to a government think tank. “Hong Kong should continue to ...

It is part-boat, part-bridge and part-life raft – and in the massive floods in southern China, it has been all rescue vehicle. The foldable, self-propelled pontoon barge has emerged as a powerful new tool in the response to the disaster, used to re...

"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.