Premier Li Qiang on Friday chaired a State Council executive meeting to make further arrangements on flood prevention and relief work. The meeting stressed that all regions and departments must remain constantly vigilant in flood prevention and reli...

The nation on Friday successfully tested an experimental rocket retrieval system using a net attached to a sea platform, state media reported, achieving its first controlled recovery of a carrier rocket's first stage. The Long March-10B rocket lifte...

Bavi is expected to make its closest approach to Okinawa prefecture's Sakishima Islands in southwestern Japan around Saturday, potentially unleashing violent winds and torrential rain along with thunderstorms, the country's weather agency said on Fri...

Twenty-eight people have been killed in a fire that ripped through a shoe factory in Fujian province on Thursday. Xinhua News Agency cited the fire and rescue department as saying that the blaze broke out at the Huiteng Shoes factory in the Jiangtou...

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 ...

The MTR says a total of 20 high-speed rail journeys have been cancelled on Saturday and Sunday due to adverse weather conditions. The MTR said it had been informed of the decision by mainland railway authorities. The cancellations come amid a hig...

Police Commissioner Joe Chow on Saturday said the force is continuing to investigate the embryo samples mix-up at a fertility clinic in Central. Earlier this week, the clinic was ordered to suspend most of its services and submit a report. This came...

The Vocational Training Council is reminding students who sat for university entrance examinations to check the status of their offers and submit their acceptances by 4 pm on Wednesday. That is the day the results of the Hong Kong Diploma of Second...

Secretary for Development Bernadette Linn said on Saturday that public funds would not be needed to cover any gap resulting from the construction of Pak Shek Kok MTR station going over budget. She made the comment after authorities this week unveil...

Commercial vehicle drivers will have to undergo physical examinations from the age of 65 in order to keep their driving licence in future, under a government proposal aimed at boosting road safety. Currently, only those aged 70 or above have to subm...

BYD, the world’s largest electric vehicle (EV) maker, has intensified efforts to promote its high-performance batteries and superfast charging technology around the world as it tests a car that it says boasts the world’s longest driving range in ...

Volkswagen Group’s deliveries in China slumped during the first half of 2026 to their lowest level in 16 years, as local electric vehicle (EV) brands further siphoned off buyers’ interest in petrol cars amid a slowing market. Through its three ve...

The brave new world of artificial intelligence (AI) is going to be a mixed and divisive blessing for governments – not least those of key Asian countries – as well as for financial markets. The AI revolution points to higher economic growth for e...

A 19-year-old Chinese student recently made a will bequeathing his personal wealth of 20 million yuan (US$2.9 million) to his childhood friend, sparking heated discussion online. The teenager from Shanghai, surnamed Li, recently set up a notarised wi...

Tolls at Hong Kong’s cross-harbour tunnels could be adjusted in the future to better control the flow of vehicles as traffic volume has exceeded levels recorded before fees were overhauled in late 2023, transport authorities have said. A Transport ...

"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.