President Xi Jinping said India and China should "keep the future of humanity in mind" and work together to advance cooperation within the greater Brics framework. Xi made the comments on Saturday alongside Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the...

Brics is returning China once again, as President Xi Jinping announced that Beijing will assume the bloc's presidency next year. He spoke on Saturday in the Indian capital New Delhi, at the opening of the two-day annual Brics Leaders' Summit. Xi t...

President Xi Jinping arrived on Saturday in New Delhi for the 18th Brics Summit as well as talks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Scheduled for September 12 to 13, the annual Brics conference gathers the leaders of the 11-nation bloc of eme...

President Xi Jinping left Beijing on Saturday for the 18th Brics summit in New Delhi at the invitation of the prime minister of the Republic of India, Narendra Modi. Xi's entourage includes Cai Qi, a standing committee member of the Political Bureau...

Beijing and New Delhi are arranging for a bilateral meeting between President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said in Beijing on Friday, as Xi is set to travel to India to attend a Brics summit this ...

Financial Secretary Paul Chan on Sunday said Hong Kong’s connections with Belt and Road regions and the Global South have deepened, with the continuous growth in Hong Kong’s innovation and technology ability. Writing in his weekly blog, Chan sa...

Two local banks have urged customers to suspend their credit cards – either via the bank’s mobile app or by phone – if they spot any unauthorised transactions. The reminders follow a wave of social media posts from users who suspect their cred...

The Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups has called on the government to include a dedicated chapter on youth development in the city’s five-year plan. This came as a think tank set up by the federation, Youth IDEAS, surveyed more than 650 young p...

Chief Executive John Lee on Sunday said he would wear a lapel pin symbolising the city’s first five-year plan while delivering the blueprint and Policy Address on Wednesday. Writing on his social media, Lee said he and his team would also wear gr...

Several political heavyweights who worked with Hong Kong's first chief executive, Tung Chee-hwa, paid tribute to the late leader on Sunday, praising his foresight and major contributions to the city's development. Tung passed away on Tuesday at the...

Chinese scientists say they have discovered a massive underwater mineral deposit in the western Pacific that is remarkably rich in gold and silver. According to a report by state broadcaster CCTV on Friday, the discovery was made during a joint scien...

For 10 days, Nepali hydropower worker Sanjay Sah survived in darkness inside a flooded tunnel, drinking muddy water and losing all sense of time as he desperately prayed for rescue. When a disaster response team finally pulled him to safety on Septem...

For anyone who has spent time living in Canada, the country’s default posture towards its southern neighbour has long felt almost hard-coded: polite, deferential, almost allergic to confrontation. I saw this first-hand as a visiting scholar in the ...

Bangladesh’s tilt towards China has added a new dimension to security and trade in South Asia, signalling what observers see as Dhaka’s desire to be a strategic actor in the region and ease its overreliance on India. The hedging policy comes afte...

A growing number of South Korean beauticians are providing illegal eyebrow or lip microblading treatments in Hong Kong, with the country’s consulate issuing a warning to its citizens that practising without a proper permit breaches local laws, foll...

"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.