The United States and China will set up a "communication channel" for artificial intelligence incidents, according to the White House. President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart, Donald Trump, concluded a summit on Friday, with their talks focused ...

President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart, Donald Trump, pledged to maintain long-term stability by developing a cooperative relationship guided by fairness, mutual respect, and reciprocity. The consensus was reached during a tea chat at the White...

President Xi Jinping wrapped up his state visit to Washington on Friday by announcing that he will meet US President Donald Trump two more times before the end of the year, doubling the number of face-to-face discussions between the leaders of the wo...

Thailand's Puripol Boonson broke his own Asian Games record to win gold in the men's 100 metres in 9.90 seconds in Nagoya on Friday. The national team's Chen Yujie won the women's 100 metres in a Games-record 11.06 seconds to relegate the Hangzhou G...

Chinese teenager Zhang Zhanshuo won a record seventh swimming gold at the Asian Games on Friday and said it had been the "perfect conclusion" to his week in Tokyo. The 19-year-old wrapped up a scintillating campaign with victory in the 400m freestyl...

Financial Secretary Paul Chan said markets would view constructive signals from the meeting between the leaders of the world’s two largest economies as a positive sign. That came as President Xi Jinping wrapped up his state visit to Washington on ...

Hong Kong, China is guaranteed both gold and silver in the squash mixed doubles at the Asian Games after both of its pairs won their semifinals, setting the SAR up beautifully for Sunday's final. At the Nagoya Kinjo-Futo Arena, Lee Ka-yi and Donald ...

A voyeurism investigation has been launched following the discovery of pinhole cameras inside changing cubicles at a gym in Sha Tin, police said on Saturday. Officers said a staff member reported finding a pinhole camera wired into the false ceilin...

The government will help train white-collar workers to support career transitions amid rapid advances in artificial intelligence, Secretary for Labour and Welfare Chris Sun said on Saturday. This comes as the Labour and Welfare Bureau estimated in ...

Secretary for Justice Paul Lam said on Saturday that the Law Reform Commission needed to consider whether creating AI-generated pornographic images of a person without consent should itself be an offence. He was responding to a question on an RTHK r...

First ladies Peng Liyuan and Melania Trump opened a new front in US-China exchanges this week, with their unusually frequent and spontaneous interactions putting a more personal face on ties during the presidential summit in Washington. The pair char...

Hikers flocking to a popular geological attraction in Hong Kong’s Sai Kung over the Mid-Autumn Festival weekend have called for real-time displays showing when time slots are available under a trial registration system. A day after the large influx...

China’s technology companies face a question that no pricing strategy can answer: what will their success do to their trading partners? In Europe, that question has become politically urgent. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen warns...

Hong Kong police are investigating a case of voyeurism after three suspected pinhole cameras were found in the changing rooms of a 24/7 Fitness branch in Sha Tin. The force said on Saturday that officers were alerted at 5.11pm on Friday to a suspecte...

EnerVenue, a start-up co-founded by Full Vision Capital, the family office of Hong Kong tycoon Peter Lee Ka-kit, has begun manufacturing a new battery it expects to challenge existing energy-storage technologies dominated by mainland Chinese players,...

"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.