Thousands of people flocked to one of the world's largest indoor ski resorts in Shanghai, seeking to beat the heat as temperatures hit around 37 degrees Celsius in the mainland city. Visitors snowboarded, skied and had snowball fights on Thursday on...

A senior mainland official said on Friday that Beijing is committed to building peaceful ties with major countries and creating a “community with a shared future for mankind”. Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Ma Zhaoxu made the remarks at a pr...

Holding a military parade to mark the victory in the war against Japan demonstrates China's strength as a world power amid geopolitical tensions, according to a historian. Lau Chi-pang, who's a history professor at Lingnan University and a lawmaker,...

China is willing to strengthen coordination with Brazil and work with Brics countries to resist unilateralism and bullying, Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his Brazilian counterpart Mauro Vieira over a phone call on Thursday. Wang also said China is w...

An almost year-long exhibition will open on Friday at the Museum of the War of Resistance and Coastal Defence in Shau Kei Wan, highlighting the efforts made by the people of Hong Kong and Guangzhou in the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Ja...

Travel industry leaders have vowed to push for “red tourism” in Hong Kong, saying such tours can help the younger generation better understand history. On Friday, representatives of the trade organised a tour around the city, with a stop at the...

Holding a military parade to mark the victory in the war against Japan demonstrates China's strength as a world power amid geopolitical tensions, according to a historian. Lau Chi-pang, who's a history professor at Lingnan University and a lawmaker,...

An almost year-long exhibition will open on Friday at the Museum of the War of Resistance and Coastal Defence in Shau Kei Wan, highlighting the efforts made by the people of Hong Kong and Guangzhou in the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Ja...

The Observatory issued the Standby Signal No 1 at 7:10pm on Thursday as a tropical depression moves across the South China Sea towards Hainan. The tropical depression, which at 7pm was about 770 kilometres south of Hong Kong, is forecast to be close...

The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department said on Thursday its deployment of night vision cameras has been effective in aiding enforcement action over dripping air conditioners. The department said it has observed a rising trend in complaints r...

The European Union is preparing an “economic security doctrine” that will for the first time connect its trade and economic defences – but while Brussels builds the pipes, national leaders remain reluctant to turn on the tap. Sources say the do...

Thailand’s Constitutional Court on Friday threw suspended prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra out of office over her handling of the country’s border row with Cambodia. Paetongtarn, daughter of controversial billionaire ex-prime minister Thaksi...

Four men in Seremban, Malaysia pleaded not guilty to charges of raping a girl who was three months shy of her 12th birthday. The accused – K Kumar, 39; M. Thineshvaran, 30; Sayrran Kumar, 21; and G. Niressh Pillai, 20 – were all charged with rape...

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In a hotel-turned-campus on a reclaimed island in Malaysia, crypto and tech entrepreneurs are building software, chomping down on Australian prime rib-eye, hitting the gym – and getting schooled in a radical blueprint for creating new sovereign sta...

"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.