Chinese automation equipment maker RoboTechnik Intelligent Technology fell up to 9.8 percent in its Hong Kong trading debut on Tuesday, after raising HK$5.18 billion in its share sale. The stock dropped to as low as HK$393.20, compared with its offe...

Chief Executive John Lee on Tuesday urged the press to drive society forward by reporting objectively and fairly, while serving as a messenger to tell the good stories of the nation and Hong Kong. Speaking at a media sector reception celebrating th...

China and the United States have released reciprocal lists of products worth about US$30 billion each that will see tariff cuts, in a deal expected to boost bilateral trade. The reciprocal tariff reduction as well as an extension of a trade truce we...

Malaysia is pushing to take durian, whose powerful smell delights its lovers and repels its haters, beyond its roadside stalls and family orchards, particularly targeting the Chinese market. Devotees savour durian like wine. For the Malaysian ones...

Profits at China's industrial firms above a designated size increased 15.7 percent year on year in the first eight months of 2026, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed on Monday. These industrial firms, with an annual main business rev...

The Tourism Board announced on Tuesday that it would launch the Hong Kong Halloween Month for the first time ever this year. The city-wide event will take Halloween celebrations that used to be held for only one day at places such as Lan Kwai Fong a...

Hong Kong, China won a bronze medal on Tuesday on the first day of track cycling at the Asian Games in Japan. The trio of Mok Tsz-chun, To Cheuk-hei, and Yung Tsun-ho clocked 43.507 seconds in the men's team sprint to finish ahead of Malaysia in the...

The Transport Department on Tuesday urged cross-boundary travellers to plan ahead and avoid peak hours, warning that waiting times for public transport could be longer during the National Day holiday period, with the busiest period expected on Sunday...

The Commissioner for Transport, Winnie Tse, on Tuesday called on taxi drivers to provide courteous and quality service during the National Day golden week, as visitor arrivals are expected to increase during the holiday period. Tse, who also chairs ...

Locally trained nurses remain the backbone of the public healthcare system as 99.8 percent of these Hospital Authority (HA) caregivers are trained in Hong Kong, the government said on Tuesday as it addressed community concerns over manpower planning ...

Shares of Akeso surged after British drug maker AstraZeneca moved to advance the Chinese biotech firm’s flagship cancer drug, while a new deal from US giant Merck further underscored the sector’s global momentum amid easing fears of US curbs. Ast...

Armageddon is what will happen when billionaires, or even trillionaires, are given free rein. Could this be the final outcome of late-stage American capitalism and democracy? Imagine a human-extinction event: a rogue artificial intelligence (AI) revo...

Hong Kong’s High Court has sentenced a man with a triad background to three years and two months after he attacked an associate with a hammer, leaving the victim bleeding on the street before he died of an overdose hours later. The court heard on T...

The governor of an Indonesian prison has been suspended after authorities uncovered a suspected luxury compound for VIP inmates within the grounds, prompting a parliamentary inquiry. However, Director General of Corrections Mashudi denied the accusat...

China is offering the world’s brightest young scientists generous 15-year research grants for free exploration, as the country accelerates its drive to become a global science powerhouse. Dou Xiankang, director of the National Natural Science Found...

"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.