China's national commission for disaster prevention, reduction and relief on Sunday activated a Level-IV national disaster relief emergency response for Guangdong province after the region was severely affected by Typhoon Noul. A working team has be...

Authorities in Guangdong have evacuated more than 340,000 people as Typhoon Noul beared down on the coast of Guangdong, prompting the national observatory to issue its highest typhoon warning. The National Meteorological Center (NMC) said the storm ...

Mainland authorities have evacuated more than 20,000 people and suspended railway services in southern China as approaching Typhoon Noul threatens torrential rain and gale-force winds, according to state media. The typhoon is forecast, according to ...

Foreign Minister Wang Yi called for an early resumption of negotiations on the Middle East war in a meeting with his Iranian counterpart Seyed Abbas Araghchi in Kyrgyzstan. The one-on-one was part of a series of meetings with his counterparts on the...

The State Administration for Market Regulation said on Saturday that it has imposed administrative penalties on Trip.com Group, the operator of Ctrip travel platform, for abusing its dominant market position in violation of the country's anti-monopol...

Financial Secretary Paul Chan on Sunday said the Northern Metropolis would help improve the living space of Hong Kong residents. Writing in his weekly blog, Chan said the size of public housing units in the Northern Metropolis would be enhanced, alo...

The Observatory replaced the T3 signal with the Standby Signal No. 1 at 3.20pm on Sunday as Noul weakened into a tropical storm and moved further away from Hong Kong. Forecasters added that they would cancel all tropical cyclone warning signals when...

The Observatory downgraded the T8 signal to the Strong Wind Signal No. 3 at 12.40pm on Sunday, adding it will be replaced by the Standby Signal No. 1 at 3:20pm as Severe Tropical Storm Noul continued to move into inland Guangdong and away from Hong K...

The Airport Authority said that most flights will resume after noon on Sunday, as Typhoon Noul continues to move away from Hong Kong. Approximately 675 flights are expected to be processed, but around 350 cancellations have already been confirmed. ...

Hong Kong’s major bus operators will gradually resume services from 12.40pm on Sunday, after the Observatory confirmed the Strong Wind Signal No. 3 will replace the T8 signal at that time. Citybus, Kowloon Motor Bus and Long Win Bus, however, note...

Residents of the Northern Metropolis, Hong Kong’s future mega township near the border with Shenzhen, can expect bigger living spaces and improved access to recreational areas, according to the city’s finance chief. Financial Secretary Paul Chan ...

An international journal has said it is looking into concerns raised over a map featured in a paper by an Education University of Hong Kong (EdU) researcher, in which Victoria Harbour was omitted and Kowloon Peninsula was merged with Hong Kong Island...

A secondary school graduate in China, unlike many of her peers who travelled after sitting for the national university entrance exam, chose to work alongside her mother at a construction site. To earn money for her university tuition fees, she carrie...

Narrowing profit margins due to higher raw material costs have dealt yet another major blow to China’s carmakers as they face shrinking market demand amid a rollback of purchase subsidies and tax incentives. The dire scenario could also dash Chines...

Iran said on Sunday it had made progress in talks with Oman on management of the Strait of Hormuz, the strategic waterway crucial for oil and gas trade that both countries border. The latest talks come after the United States resumed attacks on Iran ...

"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.