Authorities on the mainland outlined a set of policy priorities aimed at strengthening economic momentum, expanding domestic demand and ensuring stable development on Friday. A co-ordinated mix of macro policies will be rolled out, with a reserve of...

The Shenzhou-21 crew aboard China's space station completed their mission's third series of extravehicular activities on Friday, according to the China Manned Space Agency. The astronauts – Zhang Lu, Wu Fei and Zhang Hongzhang – worked for rough...

China has offered to boost ties with Vietnam on railway infrastructure, from loans and technology to training and industrial capabilities, a joint statement issued by its foreign ministry showed on Friday. China said it would guide enterprises to pa...

Honda Motor will slash petrol car production in China by shutting down one of its joint-venture plants this year and possibly another next year, said two insiders, highlighting the Japanese giant's troubles in the world's biggest auto market. Japan'...

China's economic growth topped expectations in the first quarter, official data showed on Thursday, even as the global economy reels from the fallout of war in the Middle East. Gross domestic product grew 5 percent year on year, data from the Nation...

Secretary for Security Chris Tang on Friday said the government would increase the number of phone lines the Fire Services Department (FSD) uses to answer emergency calls, with the goal of boosting it to more than 100 next year. This comes as the in...

The Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) on Friday said many of the suspected animal-cruelty reports they had received turned out to have been nothing of the sort as they were sparked by pets and their owners being a nuisance to ...

Customs officers on Friday said they had arrested seven people in a territory-wide crackdown on party rooms and bars providing karaoke systems pre-loaded with suspected copyright-infringing songs. The five men and two women apprehended, aged between...

The Hospital Authority (HA) on Thursday pledged to tighten security measures and conduct a holistic review of its vendor management to reduce risks of data breach. This follows the arrest of a contract worker earlier this month on suspicion of acces...

The main contractor of major-renovation works being carried out at Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po at the time of the estate's devastating fire in November had asked subcontractors to create openings at fire-escape stairwells, with one of the witnesses tell...

Property tycoon Pan Shiyi issued a rare critique of China’s real estate sector, describing its development model as a “Ponzi scheme” and urging the industry to restore integrity and better protect homebuyers, just days after a fraud trial saw a...

The China-US trade war bubbled away this week, even as the Strait of Hormuz shutdown dominated global headlines. The US is finalising a multinational agreement on trade and critical minerals to break China’s grip on vital resources, US Trade Repres...

South Korea’s combat-proven, interoperable and geopolitically accessible surface-to-air missiles could hinder China’s efforts to sell its own defence systems to the Middle East, analysts have suggested. The US-Israel war on Iran has been marked b...

This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. The Hong Kong Observatory issued an amber rainstorm warning on Friday afternoon, after earlier telling reside...

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer faced mounting pressure to quit on Friday over his appointment of Peter Mandelson as envoy to Washington, after it emerged the veteran politician had failed security vetting. The affair has haunted Starmer for months am...

"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.