Technology minister Sun Dong on Sunday said a real-time chat between Hong Kong residents and the city’s first astronaut Lai Ka-ying could be arranged in one to two months at the earliest. Speaking on a Commercial Radio programme, he said the gover...

China warned communities in its northwestern Xinjiang and nearby regions on Friday to prepare for "extreme floods" this summer, driven by abnormally high temperatures, heavy rainfall and rapid glacier melt. Xinjiang's Taklamakan Desert, China's larg...

Financial Secretary Paul Chan said he's optimistic about Hong Kong's future development, citing its advantages over New York and Silicon Valley because of its close proximity to the Greater Bay Area (GBA). Chan on Friday joined a dialogue session at...

The Iranian nuclear issue cannot be solved through political confrontation, but through diplomatic efforts and cooperation on safeguards and supervision, a Chinese envoy to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said. This came as the Ministr...

A Thai court handed out death sentences on Thursday to two ethnic Uyghur men from Xinjiang for a 2015 bombing in Bangkok that killed 20 people. Reacting to the verdict, China said it supports Thailand in "severely punishing" the pair. The explosion...

A prominent paediatrician on Sunday urged the public to get their Covid jabs as soon as possible since the current batch of Covid-19 vaccines would expire soon. Mike Kwan, president of the Asian Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases, said it ta...

Technology minister Sun Dong on Sunday said a real-time chat between Hong Kong residents and the city’s first astronaut Lai Ka-ying could be arranged in one to two months at the earliest. Speaking on a Commercial Radio programme, he said the gover...

Financial Secretary Paul Chan on Sunday said Hong Kong’s first five-year plan would facilitate the establishment of consensus, gather resources and boost development. His remarks came as the two-month public consultation period for the blueprint ...

The government-appointed estate management company for Wang Fuk Court said on Saturday it is dedicating resources to facilitate the holding of a meeting for flat owners of the residential estate "as soon as practicable". Hop On Management, which was...

An intern doctor on Saturday was given bail after she was arrested on suspicion of accessing a computer with criminal or dishonest intent. The 24-year-old was taken to Caritas Hospital in the afternoon to help out with evidence collection. She must...

Securing health insurance for her autistic son in Hong Kong proved distressing for homemaker Sarah*. The 50-year-old said she approached several insurance companies over about three months, but none could assure her that her son, now 18, would be eli...

Two Chinese football fans were carjacked shortly after arriving in Mexico to watch the World Cup. The Chinese embassy said one suspect had been arrested while the two victims had returned to China on Friday after less than 48 hours in the country. St...

Two big issues are bubbling up over Hong Kong’s army of foreign domestic helpers. The whole community will have to sit down and decide how to address them. The first is the availability of places for helpers to congregate safely and freely on their...

Filipino domestic workers in Hong Kong have launched a month-long fundraising campaign to support families affected by the recent 7.8 magnitude earthquake in their home country’s south, with organisers saying food, drinking water and medicine are a...

Hong Kong’s older office assets and their struggling landlords could face more challenges as the wider adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) by firms in the city leads companies to relocate to newer buildings that better support their requiremen...

"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.