Premier Li Qiang on Tuesday said China is ready to work with Russia to make sustained efforts to steer bilateral cooperation in a direction that is deeper, more substantive and more resilient, as he arrived in St Petersburg for a regular meeting betw...

The US government has ordered its agencies to stop using artificial intelligence tools from Chinese mainland startup DeepSeek as the two countries race for dominance in the fast-moving sector. A notice on Monday from the Department of Homeland Secur...

US President Donald Trump said on Monday he is open to three-way arms-control talks with President Xi Jinping and Russian leader Vladimir Putin as soon as next month, raising the prospect of an unprecedented meeting. "We would have it to talk about ...

The Immigration Department said manpower was deployed to handle an expected increase in inbound passengers at Huanggang port on Monday, at the end of the long Chung Yeung Festival weekend travel rush. Officials said operations at the redeveloped por...

Premier Li Qiang said on Monday that China is willing to expand cooperation with Tajikistan in emerging industries such as the digital economy and artificial intelligence. In his meeting with Tajik President Emomali Rahmon in Dushanbe, Li said China...

Hong Kong, China secured its first gold medal at the Asian Para Games in Aichi-Nagoya on Wednesday after boccia athlete Vivian Lau fended off teammate Cheung Yuen in an all-SAR women's individual BC4 final. Lau was in full control of the gold medal ...

The government has revealed that 16 contractors received a "poor" or "very poor" rating for site safety in quarterly performance reports between 2021 and 2025. In a written reply to the Legislative Council on Wednesday, Secretary for Development Ber...

The Hong Kong Construction Industry Employees General Union has called on the industry to adopt a monthly salary system to better protect workers' livelihoods and attract talent. The union polled about 1,100 workers in August and September and found...

Minister of Finance Lan Foan said the Apec Finance Ministers' Meeting has achieved "practical" results. The 2026 Apec Finance Ministers' Joint Statement and a policy statement on enhancing regional cooperation on digital infrastructure financing wer...

Hong Kong can contribute to digital infrastructure financing for Apec and its Business Advisory Council, according to the SAR’s alternate representative to the council. Digital infrastructure financing was among the topics discussed during the fi...

Hong Kong’s tougher oversight and weak investor demand have put many mainland China issuers in a dilemma, forcing many small-cap non-technology firms to delay their fundraising plans or even cancel them at the last minute, according to industry pla...

When Mark Ifurung left his 18-year career as an IT professional in May, he was happy to ditch his two-hour commutes from his home in Cavite province south of Manila to his office in Makati City. So for his fresh start, the 40-year-old father of four ...

As turbulence grows in many countries, it is tempting to ask if there is a global hegemon that can sort everything out fairly. US President Donald Trump has threatened that his country would not defend Nato allies if they failed to spend enough on th...

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) finance chiefs reached a consensus on economic policy coordination and cooperation on financing technology and artificial intelligence at a landmark two-day gathering in Hong Kong, according to China’s finan...

As Super Typhoon Champi – now the strongest storm of the year worldwide – barrels towards eastern China, authorities are planning evacuations and urging those in its path to prepare. Airports in major Chinese cities could be affected by the storm...

"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.