The White House says US President Donald Trump, President Xi Jinping, and Russia's Vladimir Putin will hold a three-way meeting next week on the sidelines of the Apec summit in Shenzhen. White House spokeswoman Olivia Wales said Trump wanted to disc...

China has approved its first orally administered GLP-1 weight-loss drug, permitting Eli Lilly to sell its orforglipron pill in a market where 630 million adults could be overweight or obese by 2050. GLP-1 drugs aid weight loss by mimicking a natural...

President Xi Jinping will chair the 33rd Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Apec economic leaders' meeting and deliver remarks, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Friday. The meeting will be held in Shenzhen from November 18 to 19 under the...

Tokyo on Friday said Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will visit China next week for the first time since she took office, attending an Asia-Pacific summit in Shenzhen. "Prime Minister Takaichi is scheduled to visit the Philippines and China f...

China accused the United States on Thursday of using spurious spying claims as a pretext to impose a technological "blockade" on Beijing, following claims that Nvidia boss Jensen Huang was the victim of a Chinese espionage plot. "China's technologic...

Hong Kong has so far received no reports of government systems being affected by Friday’s disruption to Microsoft services. In response to enquiries, the Digital Policy Office said it was highly concerned about the software system failure, which d...

An 82-year-old woman has been hospitalised in an unconscious state after being hit by a light goods vehicle in Ngau Tau Kok around noon on Saturday. The 40-year-old driver was arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving. Police said the driver was ...

Lawmakers have called on the government to tighten artificial intelligence regulations after the city ranked just 50th out of 70 economies for AI governance in a new global index. In terms of competitiveness, the Switzerland-based International Inst...

MTR Corporation chief executive Jeny Yeung said the quality and safety standards of the Northern Link line that it is building will not be compromised despite a significantly reduced cost forecast. Her remarks came after the government gave the gree...

Police have arrested 12 drivers suspected of providing illegal cross-border hire cars over the past two weeks, Police Commissioner Joe Chow said. Speaking after a police passing-out parade, he said the arrests were part of a series of operations tar...

In ancient China, when a man became seriously ill, his family might arrange a wedding for him in an attempt to drive away the disease. The custom is called chong xi, literally translated as “clashing with joy”. Its rationale is that a happy event...

From A-list underwear campaigns to everyday wardrobe staples, tight briefs are often hailed as the ultimate symbol of masculine appeal. However, a major new study out of China suggests that choosing tight underwear over classic boxer shorts could lea...

Hong Kong police will activate artificial intelligence-powered facial recognition across their expanding smart surveillance network on Monday, the force’s commissioner has said. Speaking after attending a police passing-out ceremony, Commissioner o...

Hong Kong will launch a trial scheme next year to handle proxy voting via an electronic platform, a move designed to pave the way for a cap on proxies and curb rampant bid-rigging in private housing estates. Announcing the plan on Saturday, Secretary...

China is updating a law that has underpinned one of the most remarkable industrial transformations of our time. After two decades of rapid renewable-energy development, China is preparing to rewrite the rules that have guided, supported and guarded i...

"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.