President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday that China and South Korea should promote their strategic cooperative partnership to a higher level. He made the call over the phone with South Korean President Lee Jae-myung. China and South Korea should inject...

Chinese and United States officials are set to meet on Tuesday for a second day of trade talks in London, seeking to shore up a tariff truce. The gathering of key officials from the world's two biggest economies began on Monday in the historic Lanca...

Vice President Han Zheng on Monday laid out four proposals on sustainable ocean governance while addressing the general debate at the ongoing third United Nations Ocean Conference in France. He stressed that it is a responsibility that all parties ...

The first meeting of the China-US economic and trade consultation mechanism opened in London on Monday. Vice Premier He Lifeng attended the meeting with the US delegation including Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent ...

The Hong Kong government has reminded residents who are already in the United States or intend to visit the country to pay attention to personal safety in view of the ongoing protests and riots there. "The government reminds residents who intend to ...

The Ombudsman on Tuesday said it launched an investigation into the Hospital Authority's assistive device loan service. Jack Chan said the service is beneficial to the public, but data has shown that procedures for borrowing and returning such devic...

Taxi licences have all along given cabbies "exclusive rights" to operate, Chief Executive John Lee said on Tuesday in response to a proposal from the trade for the government to consider repurchasing licences that it said have depreciated in value. ...

Hong Kong has successfully completed its largest single liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering operation and marked a significant milestone with the first-ever ship-to-ship LNG refuelling alongside simultaneous cargo handling. The operation, conducte...

Freebies, discounts and 71,000 free train tickets will be on offer as part of the upcoming July 1 celebrations to mark the 28th anniversary of the SAR. In announcing the celebration plans on Tuesday, Chief Executive John Lee said more than 1,000 res...

The government acted quickly to improve water quality at two Fanling estates after residents complained about black particles in their tap water, Chief Executive John Lee said on Tuesday. Speaking before the weekly Executive Council meeting, Lee sa...

Hoping the world’s trendiest monster will scare up some new customers, China’s Ping An Bank is rewarding those who open new accounts with a Pop Mart Lababu doll amid fierce competition for young customers among Chinese retail banks. New clients w...

TikTok, the short video app owned by Beijing-based ByteDance, is expanding in the United Kingdom, adding a new office and more than 500 jobs, while its fate in the US remains uncertain as a June 19 sell-or-ban deadline approaches. The new 135,000 sq ...

Where would the United States be without immigrant talent? Some of the country’s leading tech companies, including Alphabet and Nvidia, were founded or co-founded by immigrants. Two-thirds of the tech workers in Silicon Valley are foreign-born. Acc...

In an unprecedented show of strength, the Chinese aircraft carriers Liaoning and Shandong have been conducting exercises in the western Pacific Ocean beyond the second island chain, according to the Japanese defence ministry. In a statement on Monday...

An organisation in Japan’s Saitama prefecture is under fire for holding combat drills featuring toy guns for schoolchildren amid public anxiety about growing militarisation in the country. At the “junior survival school” run by a general incorp...

"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.