The Ministry of Transport in Beijing on Monday announced a one-year suspension of special port fees for ships owned or operated by US enterprises, organisations and individuals "simultaneously" with Washington's pause on levies targeting Chinese ship...

She lived a life of luxury that earned her the nickname "goddess of wealth", but Chinese businesswoman Qian Zhimin now faces a long jail sentence after police made the UK's largest-ever cryptocurrency seizure of Bitcoin worth over US$6 billion. The ...

The 15th National Games – co-hosted by Hong Kong, Macau and Guangdong for the first time – got off to a rousing start on Sunday night as President Xi Jinping declared the Games open at a spectacular curtain-raiser in Guangzhou. Xi and other dign...

Hong Kong table tennis star Wong Chun-ting on Sunday made it to the round of 16 in the National Games' men's singles event. He defeated Shanghai's Zhao Zhaoyan in a gruelling 4-3 encounter. Wong, 34, said afterwards this was the first time that he...

Consumer prices on the mainland were up 0.2 percent year on year in October. Data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Sunday showed that the consumer price index (CPI) also rose 0.2 percent on a monthly basis. The core CPI, which exclud...

Police said they have arrested three people on suspicion of damaging Legco election promotional material while stressing zero tolerance for anyone attempting to interfere with the upcoming polls. Officials said they arrested three men over the weeke...

A 42-year-old man was killed after he apparently lost control of his truck and rammed into a kerb on Monday. The incident happened shortly before noon when he was travelling along Tsing Kwai Highway near the Lin Cheung Road roundabout. He was rush...

The Hospital Authority was urged on Monday to be more flexible with families who need morgues to preserve the remains of their loved ones for an extended period of time. The call came after the authority had announced over the weekend that bodies co...

Hong Kong rowers Chiu Hin-chun and Winne Hung both fell just short in their bids for a National Games medal on Monday, each finishing fifth in their respective events in Guangzhou. Chiu, a two-time Olympian, started the race on lane one and finished...

The observatory issued the Standby Signal No. 1 at 12.20pm on Monday as Typhoon Fung-wong continued edging closer to Hong Kong. Forecasters said the No. 1 signal will remain in force until at least noon on Tuesday. According to the current forecast...

Lin Wenbin, one of the founders and leading lights in the cutting edge field of metal-organic frameworks (MOF) – an area of chemistry recognised this year with a Nobel Prize – has left the United States for China. The internationally renowned mol...

In China, the term “iron rooster” describes someone who is extremely stingy and originates from a bizarre Qing dynasty (1644–1912) tale about a wealthy man so greedy that he would not even spend money to find a concubine. The rooster symbolises...

A federal appeal court late on Sunday allowed a judge’s order to stand that directs US President Donald Trump’s administration to fully fund this month’s food aid benefits for 42 million low-income Americans during the ongoing US government shu...

Hong Kong is marketing a new set of “digitally native” bonds denominated in multiple currencies, intensifying the city’s drive to become a global hub for digital assets. The government was looking to sell digital green bonds denominated in US d...

China has suspended retaliatory port fees on US-linked vessels for one year, following Washington’s pause of similar charges under its “Section 301” investigation targeting the Chinese maritime sector. After months of uncertainty over the rival...

"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.