President Xi Jinping said on Friday that the China-Canada relations is developing in a healthy and stable manner since he met with Canadian prime minister Mark Carney last year. Speaking during a meeting with Carney in Beijing, Xi said their meeting...

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Thursday hailed the leadership of President Xi Jinping and the speed of progress in bilateral ties, declaring that the stage was set for both nations to become strategic partners across many fields. Carney's op...

Chinese Go master Nie Weiping died at the age of 73 in Beijing on Wednesday night, the Chinese Weiqi (Go) Association announced on Thursday. Born on August 17, 1952, Nie rose to fame in the Go world after leading China to victories at the China-Japa...

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney arrived in Beijing on Wednesday for a four-day state visit. Carney, who is expected to meet President Xi Jinping for talks on Friday, is the first Canadian leader to visit China in eight years. Aside from Xi, Car...

The State Administration for Market Regulation in Beijing said on Wednesday that it had launched an investigation into Trip.com Group's alleged monopolistic practices involving abuse of market dominance. It said that following preliminary checks and...

Customs officials have joined forces with their mainland and Macao counterparts in a special enforcement operation that saw an arriving lorry at the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Hong Kong Port intercepted and about 19,000 items of suspected counterf...

Hong Kong will ring in the Year of the Horse with a vibrant fireworks display over Victoria Harbour on the second day of the Lunar New Year next month that will be capped by a shower of symbolic blessings for city and country, organisers said on Frid...

Financial Secretary Paul Chan on Friday stood firm in his stance in not making any further cuts to stock trading stamp duties, saying the current level is "appropriate" in maintaining Hong Kong's competitiveness. At a special meeting of the Legisla...

The government rolled out the Port Community System (PCS) on Friday, a digital data-sharing platform for Hong Kong's port and logistics community system to link data involving commercial freight movements with that of financial and trade flows. The ...

Hong Kong launched its inaugural 2026 WAIC UP! Global Summit on Friday, a platform under the World Artificial Intelligence Conference, with ambitions to shape an equitable and sustainable AI future. The one-day event, held at Science Park, featured...

Days after the operation that abducted then Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro, President Donald Trump’s nominee to command US forces in Latin America dodged pressure from senators to endorse a military-first plan to counter China’s growing influen...

An 82-year-old woman from eastern China, affectionately known as the “hardcore grandma,” has captivated many with her remarkable skills in operating field fertilisation drones and her success as a live-streamer selling rice. Born in 1943, Dai Shu...

Hong Kong’s corporate landscape expanded to unprecedented levels last year, with the total number of local registered companies reaching a record of nearly 1.56 million by the end of 2025. “By the end of 2025, the total number of local companies ...

HSBC Holdings’ exploration of options for its insurance business in Singapore may lead to a sale of the unit as the group reallocates resources to its insurance business in Hong Kong and mainland China, according to analysts. “It makes sense for ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping has refocused national anti-corruption efforts on illegal villas and “private resorts”, luxury developments that have come to symbolise excess and graft over the past two decades. According to newly released excerpts ...

"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.