The nation is bracing for possibly the most destructive tropical storm in years as Typhoon Bavi churned southeast of Taiwan on Thursday, with winds near 200 kilometres per hour. Bavi, currently about 1,000km at its widest point or roughly the width ...

Authorities in southern China said on Thursday that 39 people have died in flooding from Tropical Storm Maysak and led to the escape of at least 100 animals from a zoo. Most of the deaths were related to the breach of a dam in the city of Nanning in...

The nation's producer price inflation surged for a fourth straight month in June to its highest since July 2022 while consumer prices extended gains, official data showed on Thursday. The producer price index (PPI), which measures costs for goods at...

Director of Broadcasting Angelina Kwan said on Wednesday that a study tour organised by RTHK's Solar Project to Xinjiang had been a success, with more than 100 students getting the opportunity to learn more about the region. Speaking to reporters on...

The Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Emergency Management on Wednesday allocated 50 million yuan in natural disaster relief funds to support emergency rescue and relief work in Hubei and Gansu provinces. Twenty-one people were killed and seven in...

Police have said they will place a holding charge on a woman who was allegedly involved in a fight in a public place which led to the death of another woman. The incident happened on Tuesday, when officers received reports at 10.31pm saying a 53-y...

Radio Television Hong Kong's (RTHK) flagship summer programme, Solar Project 2026, concluded its seven-day study tour in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region on Thursday. Led by the Director of Broadcasting, Angelina Kwan, a delegation of 106 students ...

Dog lovers can finally dine out with their four-legged companions on Thursday, when a decades-old ban on canines in restaurants came to an end. More than 940 restaurants and cafés have completed the necessary licensing procedures to become dog-frie...

The Liberal Party on Thursday put forward more than 130 suggestions spanning 13 topics for Hong Kong's first five-year plan, as well as the Chief Executive's upcoming Policy Address. One of the suggestion was the introduction of a new dedicated cap...

Police on Thursday reclassified a case of fighting in a public place in Aberdeen as murder. On Tuesday, a 53-year-old woman was allegedly pushed to the ground during a dispute with another woman at a public light bus stop near Wah Chui House on Wah...

Indonesia’s attempt to keep children aged under 16 off social media platforms deemed high risk has quickly become one of the world’s biggest tests of online safety regulation, with more than 4.8 million suspected underage accounts removed or deac...

Hong Kong authorities have recorded 176 reports of suspected child abuse involving 188 children in just over five months of the city’s new mandatory reporting regime, with sexual abuse accounting for the largest share of total victims. Secretary fo...

Dozens of outbound flights from Hong Kong to Taiwan, mainland China and Japan originally scheduled for later this week have been cancelled due to Super Typhoon Bavi, with some local carriers offering special arrangements for affected passengers. A So...

Why are global investors so bearish on the yen? There are good reasons Japan’s currency should be gaining in value. Last month, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) raised interest rates to a 31-year high of 1 per cent and signalled it would continue increasing...

The leaders of ⁠Malaysia and Thailand said ⁠on Thursday they would ⁠work on developing a special border economic zone, and had resolved an issue that had disrupted trade in seafood between the neighbours. In May, Thailand restricted the import ...

"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.