Macau authorities on Wednesday ordered various types of entertainment venues to close from midnight to prevent the spread of Covid-19. But casinos will stay open for the time being. Macau officials have already ordered a "state of immediate prevent...

China on Wednesday reported its highest daily number of local coronavirus cases in months as mass testing and contact tracing campaigns uncovered a trail of Delta variant infections. Health authorities reported 71 domestic cases, the highest since J...

Macau on Wednesday launched a mass Covid-19 testing exercise with the aim of checking everyone in the SAR within three days. Authorities ordered the tests for the city of 680,000 people after a family of four were confirmed to have the more infecti...

Macau authorities are on alert after a couple who recently returned from Zhuhai and their two children tested positive for Covid-19. The SAR said it received notification from Zhuhai authorities on Tuesday that samples they collected from two Macau...

Authorities in Wuhan on Tuesday said they would test its entire population for Covid-19 after the city where the coronavirus emerged reported its first local infections in more than a year. The city of 11 million is "swiftly launching comprehensive ...

Justice minister Teresa Cheng has sought to play down concern about reports that Beijing plans to introduce anti-sanctions law to Hong Kong and the impact it could have on financial institutions here. The law was introduced on the mainland in June ...

A museum commemorating the Tiananmen Square incident reopened online on Wednesday, two months after its physical location in Mong Kok was closed following a probe by the authorities. The Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movement...

The observatory issued the Standby Signal Number 1 at 4.20am on Wednesday, to replace the Strong Wind Signal Number 3. At 5am, the tropical depression over the northern part of the South China Sea was estimated to be about 170km south-southeast of H...

Pro-establishment figures on Tuesday dismissed suggestions that their election rallies could be in breach of the law, one day after a former pro-democracy lawmaker and a singer were charged by the ICAC over a rally three years ago. The case involvin...

Initium Media, a Hong Kong-based digital media outlet, said on Tuesday that it was moving its headquarters to Singapore, citing "difficult" conditions in the SAR. In a letter to readers, Initium's executive editor Susie Wu said “the road to freedo...

Britain’s HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier and its strike group did not sail near Beijing’s artificial islands when it was in the South China Sea, according to the Chinese foreign ministry.In doing so, Britain has avoided joining the United S...

In the eastern Chinese city of Weifang, there was a company, seemingly above board, that was advertising itself as a reproductive health business. The paperwork was in order, it had a storefront and looked like any other business.The entire enterpris...

Tencent Holdings, which runs the world’s largest video gaming business by revenue, has significantly cut down playing time for minors under 18 on its flagship game Honour of Kings in a bid to appease Beijing’s concerns about gaming addiction amo...

Hong Kong’s consumer watchdog has received 42 complaints so far about the city’s newly launched HK$5,000 (US$643) consumption voucher scheme, and warned of unscrupulous tactics hidden in the myriad discounts being provided by merchants hoping to ...

A Belarusian Olympic sprinter who had a public feud with officials from her team at the Tokyo Games said Tuesday that they “made it clear” she would face punishment if she returned home to an autocratic government that has relentlessly stifled an...

"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.