Robots, AI-related products and innovative drugs are emerging as new drivers of China's export growth as the country expands into higher-value industries driven by innovation. In July, the country's exports rose 17.8 percent year on year in yuan-den...

The nation's exports beat expectations in July, remaining a key pillar of ⁠economic growth for the manufacturing powerhouse, as the global AI infrastructure buildout continued to power demand for high-tech goods. Exports expanded 23.9 percent year...

A lawmaker said on Friday new consumer protection regulations for the Greater Bay Area will help consumers make better choices and strengthen trust in cross‑boundary shopping. Under the plan, consumer councils in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao wil...

The White House on Thursday imposed a series of price floors and a 15-percent tariff on products made from polysilicon – the raw material used in semiconductors and solar panels that is primarily produced by China. US President Donald Trump's proc...

Beijing has been designated as the Unesco-UIA (International Union of Architects) World Capital of Architecture 2029, Unesco announced on Wednesday. The designation followed the recommendation of the Joint Committee for the World Capital of Architec...

Secretary for Security Chris Tang on Friday said the government aims to table legislative amendments to improve Hong Kong's sexual offence laws by the end of this year. The proposed changes include specifying 11 circumstances under which a victim w...

Chief Executive John Lee said the government will continue to lobby support for the SAR's early accession to the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership during a meeting with the Secretary-General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (As...

A union on Friday urged the Labour Department to raise awareness of its work guidelines for hot weather days, after a survey revealed that more than half of outdoor workers are unfamiliar with them. Its guidance notes on prevention of heat stroke at...

A burst pipe in North Point caused traffic and water supply disruptions on Friday morning. The Water Supplies Department said that a fresh water main began to leak, resulting in part of Fook Yum Road being temporarily closed for emergency repairs. ...

A lawmaker said on Friday new consumer protection regulations for the Greater Bay Area will help consumers make better choices and strengthen trust in cross‑boundary shopping. Under the plan, consumer councils in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao wil...

Hong Kong’s security chief has warned he will take down anyone who endangers national security, while also slamming the embattled Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) for lacking credibility ahead of an already delayed leadership election. Secr...

Nurul Izzah Anwar, the daughter of Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, has stepped back from the deputy presidency of his ruling People’s Justice Party (PKR), raising questions over his ability to hold together the political movement he built a...

Nominations for Hong Kong’s powerful Election Committee will take place in October, with the vote for 982 seats of the 1,500-member body – which picks the city’s chief executive and some of the legislative candidates – taking place a month la...

Hong Kong is “actively considering” creating a dedicated offence to target persistent sexual abuse of children, after more than 90 per cent of suggestions from a month-long public consultation backed a proposed overhaul of laws tackling sex crime...

The Hong Kong dollar’s four-decade-old peg to the US dollar is facing fresh calls for review, after a local financial industry body urged greater use of the yuan and floated the idea of shifting to a basket of major currencies and gold – though f...

"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.