The Ministry of Commerce in Beijing on Tuesday added 20 Japanese entities to its export control list to safeguard national security and interests and fulfil international obligations such as non-proliferation. The measures cover exports of "dual-use...

China will resolutely safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of the company in question, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said on Tuesday, following a takeover by Panamanian authorities of two Panama Canal ports operated by CK Hutchison. ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will pay an official visit to China from Wednesday to Thursday at the invitation of Premier Li Qiang, a foreign ministry spokesperson announced on Monday. The visit will be the conservative leader's first to China s...

President Xi Jinping congratulated Kim Jong-un on Monday on his election as general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). In a message, Xi noted that since the eighth congress of the Workers' P...

The Ministry of Commerce on Monday said it is conducting a "comprehensive assessment" of the US Supreme Court's tariff ruling and urged Washington to lift relevant unilateral tariffs on its trading partners. Xinhua News Agency reported the ministry ...

Thirteen parents and a middleman on Tuesday were found guilty of bribing a kindergarten administrator with HK$1.1 million to secure priority admission for 12 children between 2019 and 2022. A former administrator of ESF International Kindergarten (...

Hong Kong could inaugurate an Intellectual Property Academy by the end of the year, as part of measures in the budget to further boost the city's intellectual property (IP) economy, according to sources. It comes as Financial Secretary Paul Chan is...

Chief Executive John Lee said on Tuesday that Hong Kong will go full throttle in the new year to attract more high-value-added industries and high-potential enterprises to set up operations in the city. "In the coming year, Hong Kong will gallop for...

The Fire Services Department on Tuesday said it has implemented a comprehensive package of reforms in the wake of the deadly fire at Wang Fuk Court last November aimed at preventing similar tragedies and boosting public safety. Presenting the depart...

A new signalling system will go live on the Tsuen Wan Line on March 15 replacing the existing system that has been in operation for two decades, the MTR announced on Tuesday. The company said each train on the line has undergone at least 200 kilome...

The deaths of 72 captive tigers at a private park popular with tourists in northern Thailand have renewed scrutiny of a lucrative industry that campaigners warn treats wild animals as “entertainment”. The outbreak at Tiger Kingdom in Chiang Mai b...

China’s Lunar New Year box office slid to its weakest level since 2020, weighed down by the absence of major breakout films, despite the country leading global single-market takings so far this year. Cinemas generated 5.75 billion yuan (US$831 mill...

Hong Kong labour authorities are investigating the cause of a fatal industrial accident involving a worker who fell to his death from the third floor of a food factory while setting up scaffolding. The force received a report on Tuesday at around 1.3...

France’s feud with the US ambassador to Paris took another turn on Tuesday with the French foreign minister saying the top US diplomat in France must explain himself after ignoring a French summons. The minister suggested that Ambassador Charles Ku...

India and Brazil are stepping up efforts to boost trade cooperation among developing economies and regional blocs as a hedge against mounting global trade uncertainty, after signing agreements in New Delhi ranging from rare earths to digital infrastr...

"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.