China's birth rate fell last year to its lowest level on record, official data showed on Monday. A total of 7.92 million births were recorded in 2025, officials said, a rate of 5.63 births per thousand people. It marked the lowest birth rate since ...

Helping the SAR to get in line with the country's 15th Five-Year Plan on a proactive basis and mainland enterprises to go global will be the focus of the 19th Asian Financial Forum (AFF) when it starts at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centr...

The return capsule of the Shenzhou-20 spaceship, carrying no astronauts, touched down at the Dongfeng landing site in the northern Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region at 9.34am on Monday, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA). An on-site in...

China's gross domestic product grew five percent in 2025, meeting the annual target, official data showed on Monday, hitting 140 trillion yuan as the world's second-largest economy maintained its resilience during the year despite external and intern...

An explosion at a factory in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on Sunday killed two people, left five others missing and sent 66 to hospitals, according to local authorities. The blast occurred at around 3pm at a plate plant of Baogang United Steel i...

Chief Justice Andrew Cheung said on Monday Hong Kong courts fully respect people’s rights of expression but that any criticism of court decisions "is only as meaningful as it is informed". In a speech marking the start of the Legal Year, the top j...

Helping the SAR to get in line with the country's 15th Five-Year Plan on a proactive basis and mainland enterprises to go global will be the focus of the 19th Asian Financial Forum (AFF) when it starts at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centr...

A human resources expert on Monday said employers should not face a significant financial burden under a new rule that entitles more workers to benefits such as paid leave and sick and long-service pay. For the past three and a half decades, workers...

Sports sector representatives on Monday said expanding the annual Hong Kong marathon could help boost tourism and fit into the government's policy initiatives. The comments came after the Hong Kong, China Association of Athletics Affiliates said it ...

Police said they were investigating a fatal traffic accident in Sheung Shui on Sunday in which a 55-year-old woman died. The accident happened at 8.37am when a light goods vehicle driven by a 53-year-old man was travelling along Ma Sik Road towards ...

People’s Liberation Army activities in the Taiwan Strait are being closely watched by the United States and Japan and it needs to find a way to operate effectively while being surveilled, according to analysts. A report by Beijing-based defence thi...

The International Monetary Fund has raised its 2026 economic growth forecasts for both China and the United States by 0.3 percentage points, the latest sign that the pause in their trade war has eased pressure on both economies. In its latest World E...

An 11-year-old girl in China who often sends text messages to her dead grandfather has moved millions of internet users in the country. According to a report by media outlet The Cover, the girl’s mother known as Han, who lives in the southwestern S...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi announced her plan to dissolve the House of Representatives on Friday for a snap general election, the opening day of this year’s ordinary parliamentary session. At a press conference on Monday, Takaichi said ...

Hong Kong has deported 113 rejected non-refoulement claimants after a week-long operation, according to the Immigration Department. The operation codenamed “Shield” involved deporting a group of 68 men and 45 women, some of whom had completed pri...

"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.