China on Wednesday denounced US tariffs on semiconductors, saying that "holds back Chinese industries groundlessly". The comment was in response to the Trump administration's announcement that it will slap tariffs on Chinese semiconductor imports f...

Eight people, including several children, were killed when a kindergarten director lost control of an SUV and plunged into a pond in southeast China, state media reported on Wednesday. The incident occurred on Tuesday afternoon in Pengze county, a r...

China has launched a complaint with the World Trade Organization over Indian measures on trade of solar cells and modules as well as information technology goods, the global trade body said on Tuesday. The WTO said that Beijing had requested that it...

China is firmly opposed to the overstretching of the concept of national security and making up of discriminatory lists by the United States to suppress Chinese companies without foundation, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Tuesday. Lin Jian mad...

More than 60 firms have already signed leases in the Hong Kong-Shenzhen Innovation and Technology Park, just nine months after the completion of three buildings in the tech hub, Chief Executive John Lee said on Monday. Lee noted that this means 80 ...

The future operator and manager of Kai Tak Cruise Terminal will have to comply with four new key performance indicators (KPIs) announced by the government at the launch of an open tender exercise on Wednesday. Bids will be welcome until May 22, 202...

The Health Bureau is expanding the availability of the "Cross-boundary Health Record" function in Hong Kong's eHealth app to all 6.3 million registered users of the mobile application. This service, previously offered only to Elderly Health Care Vo...

Twenty people have been arrested on suspicion of money laundering, fraud and wasting police resources in cases involving more than HK$2 million, the police said on Wednesday. In the most serious case, a 19-year-old tertiary student allegedly swindl...

A majority of outbound tour groups are opting to travel by high-speed rail to spend the Christmas break this year on the mainland, the Travel Industry Council said on Wednesday. Speaking on RTHK, executive director Fanny Yeung said the number of tou...

Public transport operators said they will ramp up services overnight to cater for revellers who will be out and about ringing in Christmas. The MTR will operate at higher frequencies starting from 3pm, and most lines and some Light Rail routes will...

Two top PLA Air Force officers have become the latest military brass to miss a key political event, as the anti-corruption campaign in the Chinese military continues unabated. Footage broadcast by state television CCTV indicated that General Chang Di...

The Filipino domestic worker who fought for her life to escape from Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades with her employer’s three-month-old baby is spending Christmas with her family back home after being treated for pneumonia. While 28-year-ol...

Award-winning Chinese actress Mao Xiaotong may be famous for her sweet and cute appearance, but she has a tough streak that has seen her walk away from toxic relationships with her father and ex-boyfriend. Mao, 37, has won multiple awards including t...

A Philippine cabinet minister has claimed that fugitive former lawmaker Zaldy Co intends to build a five-storey basement within a luxury home to store money, as more revelations of the widening flood-control corruption scandal surface. Interior Secre...

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said the latest version of a plan to end the Russian invasion would freeze the front line, but still pave the way for Ukrainian withdrawals and the creation of demilitarised zones. “We now have draft documen...

"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.