Mainland authorities renewed weather alerts on Saturday, warning of rainstorms and high temperatures in several regions. The National Meteorological Centre maintained a yellow alert for rainstorms, forecasting heavy rainfall from Saturday to Sunday ...

Temperatures topping 40 degrees Celsius have broiled the southwest city of Chongqing, pushing some locals to use innovative ways to cope with the increasingly hot weather. "It's getting hotter and hotter," said Liu Fengying, 60, a local resident. As...

Nvidia chips do not contain "backdoors" that allow remote access, the US tech giant has said, after Beijing summoned company representatives to discuss "serious security issues". The California-based company is a world-leading producer of AI semicon...

China said on Thursday a total of 44 people were killed and nine unaccounted for following heavy rains that have soaked large parts of the capital Beijing since last week. "As of midday on July 31, some 44 people have died and nine are still missing...

China's cyberspace regulator on Thursday summoned US tech giant Nvidia over security risks concerning its H20 AI chip sold to China. The company was asked to give explanations and submit relevant proof materials on this issue. This is aimed at saf...

The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) on Sunday stepped up mosquito control efforts in Kwun Tong following Hong Kong's first imported case of chikungunya fever in six years. FEHD officers sprayed mosquito repellent around flowerbeds...

Attracting global enterprises and introducing high-end industries to the Northern Metropolis are among the government’s top development strategies, Chief Executive John Lee said on Sunday as he held a second town hall meeting with citizens before d...

Financial Secretary Paul Chan on Sunday said that Hong Kong could reverse its expected fiscal deficit for this financial year, as the performance of the market in the first half of the year had been positive. The SAR recorded three percent economic...

Hong Kong has recorded its first imported case of chikungunya fever in six years, with a 12-year-old boy catching the mosquito-borne disease. The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) on Saturday said the boy developed a rash, fever and joint pain aft...

The Hong Kong Observatory dropped all rainstorm warning signals at 4pm on Saturday after torrential rain pounded parts of the territory. The deluge led to the Black Rainstorm Warning Signal, which was issued at 9.45am, lasting for two hours and mor...

An unexpected resurgence in ties between the United States and Pakistan amid Washington’s simmering tensions with India has turned the tables in the dynamics between the three nations, according to observers. US President Donald Trump last week imp...

Outside Tai Wai MTR station in Hong Kong’s Sha Tin district, a resident from the nearby Mei Lam Estate stops near a long row of parking racks with dozens of bicycles packed tightly together. It took the resident, surnamed Wong, minutes to rummage t...

Adult pacifiers which claim to relieve anxiety and improve sleep have become a trending product in China, sparking concerns from doctors and internet users. Some online shops claim they sell more than 2,000 such items a month. They are described as b...

Hong Kong authorities have stepped up mosquito control measures at a hospital and the neighbourhood where the city’s first imported case of chikungunya fever since 2019 was reported. The Housing Authority and the Food and Environmental Hygiene Depa...

Two Hong Kong men have been arrested after police found HK$10 million (US$1.3 million) worth of suspected ketamine in an industrial building. Police on Sunday said that the force’s narcotics bureau launched an anti-drug operation in Ngau Tau Kok an...

"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.