Shenzhen is promoting its high-tech sector to showcase the nation’s ambitions in innovation and global competitiveness as the city prepares to host Apec. The city has designated four foundational economic pillars, with the high-tech industry servi...

Hong Kong should go after money that stays put, not cash that flees at the first wobble, the Financial Services Development Council said on Wednesday, in a push to tighten the city's hold as Asia's wealth-management hub. The council has set out ways...

Global leaders across various fields will gather in Hong Kong ahead of the Apec leaders' summit in Shenzhen to discuss how Sino-US relations can be reshaped in search of long-term stability and cooperation. The annual US-China Hong Kong Forum will b...

As Shenzhen's maritime logistics industry has taken off in recent years, a senior official at one of the world's busiest container terminals said Hong Kong still had much to offer as the nation forges closer ties with the world. Yantian Port, in eas...

China's trade surplus exceeded US$1 trillion for a second year in a row, according to official data released on Tuesday. The nation's foreign trade in goods maintained strong growth momentum in the first 10 months of 2026, with imports posting espec...

Hong Kong is 11th in the world and fourth in Asia for digital and artificial intelligence competitiveness, according to a ranking unveiled on Wednesday. The International Institute for Management Development's World Digital and AI Ranking 2026 cover...

Hong Kong has opened a new international police academy aimed at strengthening cross-border law enforcement cooperation and training local and overseas officers, according to Chief Executive John Lee. Speaking on Wednesday at the inauguration ceremo...

The District Court on Wednesday heard that five men allegedly conspired to offer bribes in a bid to secure a major renovation project of a residential building in Kwun Tong. The five defendants, charged with conspiracy to offer advantages to an agen...

Lawmakers have voiced their support for a bill that aims to fast track the development of the Northern Metropolis, as the second reading for the dedicated legislation resumed on Wednesday. Andrew Lam from the Election Committee noted that society ha...

Hong Kong should go after money that stays put, not cash that flees at the first wobble, the Financial Services Development Council said on Wednesday, in a push to tighten the city's hold as Asia's wealth-management hub. The council has set out ways...

In a makeshift studio inside his public housing flat in Singapore, Shane Soh stands before his smartphone, running his fingers through a towel as he extols its softness to viewers watching his live stream. A ring light illuminates his face while more...

A video showing six schoolgirls puffing on e-cigarettes inside a school toilet cubicle in Hong Kong has gone viral, prompting education authorities to say they are “highly concerned” and contact the school. The 20-second clip, titled “Six peopl...

Less than three weeks before a snap national election that could catapult the far-right to power, millions of Spain’s workers were striking on Wednesday to demand that the government remedy the nation’s housing crisis. They set up picket lines de...

Najib Razak, Malaysia’s corrupt former prime minister, may be back home to serve the rest of his prison sentence, but that does not mean he will be living in comfort with wife Rosmah Mansor and the rest of his family, a member of his party has conf...

Hong Kong is expanding clinical trials of histotripsy, a non-invasive treatment that uses focused ultrasound to destroy tumours, as the city seeks to establish a role in developing the technology for kidney cancer. The CUHK Medical Centre, Gleneagles...

"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.