Pop Mart International Group, the Beijing-based maker of collectible "blind box" toys — including the viral, toothy-grinned Labubu — on Wednesday said profits and revenue for 2025 were robust and generally in line with market expectations. The c...

Japan on Wednesday said it conveyed its regrets to China after authorities confirmed they arrested a Japanese army soldier on suspicion of trespass, a day after Beijing protested over a break-in at its embassy in Tokyo. The intruder has been identif...

Air strikes battered Iran and Iranian missiles and drones targeted Israel’s Tel Aviv and sites across the Mideast on Tuesday, even as US President Donald Trump said Washington was in talks with Tehran to end the war. Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed...

China has lodged a strong protest and solemn representations with Japan after what was described as a "forceful break-in" at its embassy in Tokyo, the Foreign Ministry said. Speaking at a regular media briefing on Tuesday, ministry spokesman Lin Jia...

Polytechnic University Council Chairman Lam Tai-fai said on Tuesday that enhancing the country's "soft power" and promoting Chinese culture is not only a national strategy but also the mission of our times for both Hong Kong and the university. The ...

Financial Secretary Paul Chan on Wednesday said the ongoing conflict in the Middle East was having a "minimal impact" on Hong Kong for now, and the government was committed to deepening ties with the Gulf region despite geopolitical risks. The remar...

Officials are planning to turn a typhoon shelter in southern Hong Kong into a marina equipped with recreational facilities and residential housing in a bid to promote yacht tourism. The Development Bureau on Wednesday said it expects to launch a ten...

Hong Kong has secured an agreement with Art Basel to be the region’s sole host for the next five years, Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism Rosanna Law announced on Wednesday. Speaking to reporters, Law said the arrangement reinforces the ci...

The Competition Commission on Wednesday said it had initiated proceedings against a bid‑rigging syndicate, alleging it sought to corner a quarter of Hong Kong’s building maintenance market through illicit means. The syndicate, comprising six com...

Part of the Tung Chung Line's existing signalling system will undergo an upgrade in the early hours of Sunday, according to MTR officials, assuring the move would not affect train services. The railway company is planning to upgrade its automatic t...

The second Chinese-owned liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) carrier has transited the Strait of Hormuz since the outbreak of the US-Israeli war with Iran, according to industry sources and vessel-tracking data, amid conflicting claims over access to the v...

China’s top diplomat, Wang Yi, encouraged his Iranian counterpart to pursue negotiations with the United States as conflict in the Middle East threatens to enter a second month. “Talking is better than fighting,” Wang told Abbas Araghchi by pho...

Two days before the United States and Israel launched their war on Iran, Washington asked Sri Lanka to let two armed warplanes use an airport on its southern coast. Colombo said no, Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake recently revealed – ...

Hong Kong’s MTR Corporation will carry out overnight signalling upgrade works on Sunday as part of preparations for the partial opening of the Tung Chung line extension later this year. Representatives from the city’s sole rail operator also said...

A Chinese national accused of raping and strangling a woman during a violent home invasion appeared in a New Zealand court on Wednesday to face charges, seven months after he was extradited from Singapore. Zhang Xuesong reportedly fled to China follo...

"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.