The nation's senior leaders on Friday vowed to stabilise the domestic economy with "fully prepared emergency plans" to ward off drastically evolving external uncertainties, as tariff tensions between Beijing and Washington persist. The comments came...

US President Donald Trump has defied international norms on the nascent field of deep-sea mining, signing an executive order expanding the practice for rare earth minerals in domestic and international waters. White House aides say the initiative c...

The three astronauts on board the Shenzhou-20 have successfully docked with the Tiangong space station, according to state media. The three-man crew blasted off on Thursday and will spend six months on the space station. Speaking on RTHK's Hong Kon...

China's Liu Yan and South Korea's Ryu Hae-ran each fired a seven-under par 65 to share the lead in Thursday's storm-suspended opening round of the LPGA Chevron Championship. Both Asian standouts had bogey-free starts for 18 holes at Carlton Woods in...

The Shenzhou-20 spacecraft – atop a Long March-2F carrier rocket – blasted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Thursday, sending astronauts Chen Dong, Chen Zhongrui and Wang Jie to space. Xinhua news agency, citin...

The government on Friday said it plans to outlaw the possession and use of alternative smoking products in public in a year's time, with a view of extending the ban to other premises going forward. The items in question include e-cigarettes and heat...

The Hospital Authority (HA) on Friday said it will proactively invite external experts to analyse the reasons behind medical incidents at public hospitals. A review committee released a report last year on the management of the public hospital syste...

Hong Kong’s tourism sector has demonstrated robust recovery, with its Tourism Satisfaction Index rebounding to pre-pandemic levels by 2023 and reaching an all-time high in 2024, according to recent research from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University...

Inbound travellers found carrying more than the permitted amount of duty-free cigarettes would be subject to a bigger fine of HK$5,000 in future. That spike in the fine is among a series of anti-smoking measures in a bill gazetted on Friday, with of...

Chief Executive John Lee said on Friday Hong Kong is ready to offer new supply-chain services for mainland entities when they explore emerging markets and break through the tariff "blockade" imposed by the United States. Lee made the comments as he...

President Xi Jinping promised to fund a number of projects in a meeting with his Kenyan counterpart William Ruto in Beijing.

Malaysia is looking for ways to reduce its US$25 billion trade surplus with the US in a bid to ease the pain of a proposed 24 per cent levy.

The centre of faith is moving away from the West, a shift that could add impetus to the late pope’s reforms.

New government report concludes degradation caused by combination of natural and human activity, including nearby Philippine construction projects.

Wong is being prosecuted by the city’s securities watchdog for alleged insider trading involving shares in Transmit Entertainment.

"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.