Thailand aims to complete by 2030 the construction of a 250km section of a high-speed rail line that will connect it to China, its government said on Monday, as Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul concluded a five-day visit to the country. Thailand's...

Standard Chartered on Monday maintained its forecast that China's economy would grow by 4.6 percent year-on-year for 2026, with policymakers from Beijing to ramp up fiscal support to aid key infrastructure projects. The prediction came as the countr...

Rescue teams in southwestern China used explosives on Monday to blast through heavy boulders hampering efforts to reach 34 people reported missing for three days after a landslide during torrential rain. Eight people died in Friday's disaster in the...

Jingye Steel has urged Britain to immediately stop "trampling on international investment rules" ⁠and to promptly, fully and effectively compensate the company for all investment losses incurred in the decision to nationalise British Steel. The Br...

The government will take reference from tests conducted ahead of the Kai Tak Sports Park opening to prepare for Huanggang port's coming onstream, Secretary for Security Chris Tang said on Saturday. He was speaking a day after lawmakers passed the Hu...

Lawmakers said their week-long study tour in Beijing would help them serve the people better and contribute to the city's first five-year plan. Speaking on RTHK's "In The Chamber" programme before embarking on their trip, DAB lawmaker Gary Chan high...

Customs officers have arrested 11 people in their latest crackdown on the sale of illicit cigarettes. Officers said they seized 130,000 sticks of cigarettes with duty not paid in an ongoing operation that began on July 12. Speaking in a media brief...

The Permanent Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry Kevin Choi on Wednesday said high-standard laboratories in the Northern Metropolis have filled a previous gap, boosting science and technology development. In an interview for an RTHK T...

An insurance sector representative has reminded holidaymakers planning a self-drive tour outside of Hong Kong to check carefully if their travel insurance policy covers traffic accidents. Federation of Insurers chief executive Selina Lau made the r...

A collision between a coach and a light goods vehicle along Fanling Highway on Wednesday morning left one driver trapped. Police said they were alerted shortly before 6.30am about the incident near Tsung Pak Long. The coach was heading towards Sheu...

Chinese regulators moved on Tuesday to improve the quality of credit ratings for panda bonds – a yuan-denominated asset class that has seen a surge in interest from foreign sovereign and institutional investors this year as a key tool to bolster Be...

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent signalled potential action against open source artificial intelligence (AI) models amid accusations that Chinese developers are creating low-cost systems using stolen US intellectual property. “This administratio...

At the remote, mountainous frontier where the mighty Mekong carves the border between Myanmar and Laos, planners have sketched the outline of a mega dam. It would be the largest hydropower project ever built on the river’s mainstream outside China,...

A flagship model from China’s Zhipu AI has helped contain an autonomous cyberattack by OpenAI’s frontier systems targeting popular developer platform Hugging Face, as concerns grow over the security risks posed by advanced AI models. OpenAI’s l...

On July 9, a fire burned through a shoe factory in Jinjiang, Fujian province, killing at least 28 people. The accident signals a larger problem: firms operating under financial pressure often cut costs by compromising safety. China’s low-cost busin...

"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.