Malaysia is pushing to take durian, whose powerful smell delights its lovers and repels its haters, beyond its roadside stalls and family orchards, particularly targeting the Chinese market. Devotees savour durian like wine. For the Malaysian ones...

Profits at China's industrial firms above a designated size increased 15.7 percent year on year in the first eight months of 2026, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed on Monday. These industrial firms, with an annual main business rev...

Two giant pandas have arrived in the United States from China after a Washington summit between the two countries. A chartered FedEx cargo plane carrying Ping Ping and Fu Shuang landed in Atlanta on Sunday after leaving Sichuan earlier in the day. ...

The Foreign Ministry said China and the US have agreed to a US$30 billion reciprocal tariff-reduction arrangement and to launch a dialogue on AI, under an eight-point consensus reached during President Xi Jinping's ⁠visit to the United States. The...

The United States and China will set up a "communication channel" for artificial intelligence incidents, according to the White House. President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart, Donald Trump, concluded a summit on Friday, with their talks focused ...

The Immigration Department said four women have been arrested on suspicion of illegally selling makeup, photography and tour-guide services in Hong Kong through social media. In an undercover crackdown on illegal cross-boundary employment ahead of t...

Queen Mary Hospital has introduced a new technique to minimise wounds caused by surgery on prostate cancer patients. It said the new approach would reduce the surgical trauma and shorten the recovery time for patients who suffered from prostate canc...

Hong Kong's home prices reversed July's decline, with the private home price index climbing 0.06 percent month on month to 320.5 in August, according to data from the Rating and Valuation Department released on Monday. On a yearly basis, the index w...

Hong Kong, China will leave the Asian Games table tennis competition with a medal after Doo Hoi-kem and Pedrey Ng secured women’s doubles bronze on Monday. The SAR duo’s run ended in the semifinals, where they fell 0-4 to Japan’s Hina Hayata a...

Financial Secretary Paul Chan discussed deepening co-operation in regional infrastructure development, sustainable development, and making better use of Hong Kong's strengths in financial markets and professional services during a meeting with Asian ...

ByteDance accounts for roughly one-fifth of China’s delivered data centre capacity, making the TikTok owner the country’s largest tenant and a main driver of its artificial intelligence buildout, according to new estimates by research firm SemiAn...

An escalating diplomatic row over Ukraine’s disclosure of a North Korean prisoner-of-war transfer is threatening to jeopardise South Korea’s future ties with and support for Kyiv, analysts say, even as it hands fresh ammunition to the political o...

Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker Nio has deepened its partnership with Zhejiang Geely Holding Group after agreeing to sell a stake in its battery swap subsidiary to the automotive conglomerate in a deal that values the unit at 16 billion yuan (US$...

The Chinese and US embassies in the Philippines have exchanged sharp accusations following Washington’s defence of its treaty ally after a stand-off in the South China Sea last week. In a statement issued on Sunday, the US embassy in Manila backed ...

Tokyo on Monday rebuked Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov after he voiced opposition over the weekend to Japan’s drive for permanent membership of the UN Security Council, claiming the country was on a “path of militarisation”. Lavrov’s ...

"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.