China's railway network transported 24.8 million passengers on May 1, setting ⁠a new single-day record, according to data from the China State Railway Group. A report on Saturday from the Xinhua news agency ⁠said the national railway ⁠system i...

China on Friday slammed a proposal from a US regulator that would bar its labs from testing electronic devices for use in the United States, saying it undermined bilateral trade relations. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted on Thursda...

Vice-Premier He Lifeng, Beijing's lead person for China-US economic and trade affairs, has held a video call with US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Trade Representative Jamieson Greer. The two sides held candid, in-depth and constructive ex...

President Xi Jinping on Thursday urged greater efforts and more concrete measures to strengthen basic research, enhance China's capacity for original innovation, and further solidify the foundation for building the country's strength in science and t...

China's top legislature voted on Thursday to adopt a law on social assistance, aimed at strengthening basic living support and providing a stronger safety net for vulnerable groups. The law was passed after its third reading at a legislative session...

Secretary for the Civil Service Ingrid Yeung on Sunday said government department heads are responsible for reporting systemic loopholes after spotting them. If senior officials noticed a problem beyond the scope of their own department's authority,...

The Observatory said on Sunday afternoon that hail may affect the city shortly. Bad weather has been hitting Hong Kong, with forecasters saying violent gusts reaching 90 kilometres per hour or above may affect the SAR. The Observatory said members ...

A representative from the catering industry on Sunday forecast that local restaurants would see revenues rise by 10 percent year-on-year during the Labour Day Golden Week holiday. In an interview with RTHK, Simon Wong, president of the Hong Kong Fe...

Financial Secretary Paul Chan on Sunday said Hong Kong is expected to see the strongest quarterly growth in nearly five years. His remarks came as the government gets ready to release the advance estimates of the city’s gross domestic product for ...

The new Fanling Bypass opened on Sunday morning — the first major piece of transport infrastructure in the Northern Metropolis development project that has come into service. The four-kilometre, Eastern Section of the bypass takes vehicles from t...

Two foreign activists from a Gaza-bound flotilla who were brought to Israel for interrogation appeared before an Israeli court on Sunday, according to the rights group defending them. The flotilla of more than 50 vessels had set sail from France, Spa...

Hong Kong should not renew the HK$3 per litre diesel subsidy when it expires at the end of June. Instead, it should use the funds to launch a crash programme to accelerate electrification of public transport, starting with the minibus fleet. The cris...

A woman carrying a knife has been arrested after being tackled by the crowd during the Rain Rave Water Music Festival in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday night. In a viral video, a man can be seen attempting to disarm the woman. Several others from the crowd...

As the energy shock unleashed by tensions in the Middle East rippled through Africa, a massive oil refinery in Nigeria’s biggest city of Lagos, owned by Africa’s wealthiest man, came to the rescue. Running at its full capacity of 650,000 barrels ...

A robot in a high-visibility vest carrying a loud hailer while patrolling a park in China’s northeastern Jilin province has caused much amusement online. “We have sprayed pesticides in the park. It is highly poisonous,” the robot was exclaiming...

"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.