The Hong Kong men’s and women’s rugby sevens teams have set their sights on a podium finish at this year's National Games, but a significant challenge awaits both squads in their opening matches: a showdown with powerhouse Shandong teams next Wed...

China will continue to suspend the 24-percent additional tariff on imports from the United States for one year while retaining the 10-percent rate, according to an announcement released on Wednesday by the Customs Tariff Commission of the State Counc...

Premier Li Qiang said on Wednesday trade restrictions have created barriers to doing business and that China would work to reform the global economic and trading system and make trade rules fairer, more reasonable and transparent. In a keynote speec...

The return of China's Shenzhou-20 crewed spaceship, originally scheduled for Wednesday, will be postponed due to a suspected impact from tiny space debris, the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) announced. An impact analysis and risk assessment are un...

A representative at the Trade Development Council (TDC) on Tuesday said it would lead dozens of company representatives in promoting Hong Kong brands via livestreaming sales, when they join the eighth edition of the China International Import Expo in...

The Hong Kong men’s and women’s rugby sevens teams have set their sights on a podium finish at this year's National Games, but a significant challenge awaits both squads in their opening matches: a showdown with powerhouse Shandong teams next Wed...

The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge will be closed for about five hours on Saturday morning while the men's individual road cycling event for the National Games takes place. The race, the only event of the Games spanning Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau...

A worker in her 40s died on Wednesday after she was apparently hit by a falling wall while a village house was being demolished in Yuen Long. Police said around 11am, a brick wall of about two metres tall and eight metres long in Shan Pui Tsuen col...

The Medical Council has been urged to offer a timely and specific explanation over a years-long delay in its inquiry into an alleged medical incident in 2009, leading to proceedings originally scheduled for 2016 being dropped last month. The inquiry...

Health officials reported a new imported case of chikungunya fever on Tuesday, bringing the city's total for the year to 56 so far. The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) said the latest case involves a 60-year-old Tai Po resident who recently trave...

A 90-year-old man from northern China, who has been travelling across the country in his van with his wife for the past two decades, has captured significant attention on social media. Wang Ruisen, from Hohhot, the capital of the Inner Mongolia auton...

More than 80 years ago, high above the jagged peaks of the Himalayas, American and Chinese pilots braved the perilous “Hump” air route from India to China. They flew weapons, fuel and medical supplies into China to support its fight against Japan...

A Hong Kong construction worker was killed on Wednesday morning after a wall collapsed during demolition work at a village house in Yuen Long, as labour authorities stepped in to investigate the incident. Police said they received a call at 10.58am t...

Digital trading in Hong Kong has taken a step forward with the launch of the city’s first Luxembourg-registered tokenised money market fund by US asset manager Franklin Templeton, marking a major development under the Fintech 2030 plan unveiled thi...

Hong Kong police have charged 16 individuals, including influencer Joseph Lam Chok, with fraudulently or recklessly inducing others to invest in virtual assets, conspiracy to defraud and money laundering, in the HK$1.6 billion (US$205.8 million) JPEX...

"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.