Rescue teams in southwestern China used explosives on Monday to blast through heavy boulders hampering efforts to reach 34 people reported missing for three days after a landslide during torrential rain. Eight people died in Friday's disaster in the...

Jingye Steel has urged Britain to immediately stop "trampling on international investment rules" ⁠and to promptly, fully and effectively compensate the company for all investment losses incurred in the decision to nationalise British Steel. The Br...

The government will take reference from tests conducted ahead of the Kai Tak Sports Park opening to prepare for Huanggang port's coming onstream, Secretary for Security Chris Tang said on Saturday. He was speaking a day after lawmakers passed the Hu...

Beijing on Friday welcomed Washington’s decision not to extend a Hong Kong-related national emergency. The Ministry of Commerce (MOC) called the move “an important step in implementing the consensus reached during China-US economic and trade con...

China and Pakistan have urged the United States and Iran to stop fighting and resume negotiations. The call followed a meeting between Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his Pakistani counterpart Ishaq Dar in Shanghai. The two sides expressed "deep conce...

The Legislative Council passed a bill on Friday that provides the legal basis for implementing a co-location arrangement at the redeveloped Huanggang port. The Huanggang Port Hong Kong Port Area Bill was introduced to the legislature this week. Dur...

Beijing accused US President Donald Trump of "fabrications" on Friday, after he said China had meddled in US election data, reviving his long-standing baseless claims of voter fraud ahead of midterm polls many expect him to dispute. Trump said in a ...

Nine people have so far been rescued after a rainfall-induced landslide occurred along a section of the Wujiang River in southwest Chongqing municipality on Friday. None of those rescued sustained life-threatening injuries, according to local author...

Mainland artificial intelligence startup Moonshot on Friday unveiled Kimi K3, a 2.8 trillion-parameter model that it said is the world's largest open-weight AI system and delivers performance approaching US giant Anthropic's frontier Fable model. Th...

The Legislative Council has resumed the second reading of the Huanggang port co-location bill. The Huanggang Port Hong Kong Port Area Bill was introduced to the legislature for first and second readings on Wednesday, and that was followed by a House...

China said on Friday it firmly opposes and strongly disapproves of Britain's decision to nationalise British Steel and urged fair treatment for Chinese firms there. Britain nationalised British Steel on Thursday, fully taking over the loss-making co...

President Xi Jinping said artificial intelligence should not be dominated by a single country. Delivering a keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the 2026 World AI Conference and High-Level Meeting on Global AI Governance in Shanghai on Friday, ...

A special Legislative Council meeting has been scheduled for Friday on the Huanggang port co-location bill during which its second reading is to resume. That's after the Legco House Committee completed its vetting of the Huanggang Port Hong Kong Por...

An industry representative for non-franchised bus operators has welcomed the government's decision to introduce franchised services at the redeveloped Huanggang port. This came after Secretary for Transport and Logistics Mable Chan said on Wednesday...

Transport minister Mable Chan on Wednesday said a convenient public transport network at the new Huanggang port would encourage travellers to use private cars less frequently. In a written reply to the Legislative Council, Chan said a public transpo...

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...

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...