China has lashed out against Japan's plans to spend a record nine trillion yen on defence for the fiscal year from April 2026, saying its plans reveal the "sinister intentions" of the country's right-wing forces to "push for the country's re-militari...

China will tighten oversight of new copper and alumina projects to curb irrational investment and disorderly expansion from 2026 to 2030, the nation’s top economic planner said on Friday. In an article on its website, the National Development and ...

An impeachment motion against Taiwan leader Lai Ching-te, submitted by lawmakers from the Chinese Kuomintang party and Taiwan People's Party, was approved by the island's legislature on Friday. According to procedures, the legislature is expected to...

China on Wednesday denounced US tariffs on semiconductors, saying that "holds back Chinese industries groundlessly". The comment was in response to the Trump administration's announcement that it will slap tariffs on Chinese semiconductor imports f...

Eight people, including several children, were killed when a kindergarten director lost control of an SUV and plunged into a pond in southeast China, state media reported on Wednesday. The incident occurred on Tuesday afternoon in Pengze county, a r...

More than 1.25 million border crossings were recorded on Christmas Day alone, with hundreds of thousands of people rushing off for the holidays. The Immigration Department said there were 795,000 departures and 457,000 arrivals on Christmas Day, wit...

A sudden cold snap has driven a spike in holiday clinic visits, with medical professionals urging the public, especially the elderly and those with chronic illnesses, to take the drop in temperatures seriously. Speaking on an RTHK radio programme on...

The government on Thursday announced that multiple border control points will extend their operating hours on New Year's Eve. In a statement, the interdepartmental working group on festival arrangements said the changes were made in view of a series...

A taxi driver was on Thursday hospitalised after her vehicle crashed into a school in Kwun Tong. Police said they were alerted of the incident at around 10.30am. Officers said the taxi was travelling along Wan Hon Lane before losing control and c...

The president of a body that supports the government in attracting top talents to Hong Kong said on Thursday the decision to lift restrictions on the Technology Talent Scheme can draw in more non-local tech researchers. The Innovation and Technolog...

China has opened a new shopping centre on Woody Island in the disputed Paracel Islands, bolstering its civilian presence on the strategically vital South China Sea outpost. The Sansha City Commercial Centre opened to business on Thursday, according t...

China’s most advanced aircraft carrier, the Fujian, has allowed the use of naked flames on board to accommodate a form of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). The use of fire on the vessel is to be allowed so that cupping therapy can take place. The...

The Hong Kong Jockey Club is planning to build its fourth public riding school on a former landfill site in Tseung Kwan O to reduce applicant wait times and boost the equestrian talent pool. The project has already gained in-principle support from au...

China’s private rocket makers are stepping up their dash for public funding, with Beijing-based LandSpace becoming the first commercial launch provider to clear a key regulatory “tutoring” milestone ahead of a planned listing on Shanghai’s Na...

Beijing has imposed sanctions against 20 US defence firms and their executives in response to Washington’s massive arms sales package to Taiwan last week. The deal, if approved by the US Congress, would mark the largest-ever American weapons packag...

"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.