Searchers in the southeastern part of the mainland have found another body from rain-triggered landslides last weekend in Jiangxi province, raising the death toll to 16, state media said on Thursday. The deaths were spread across three towns in Suic...

Membership in the International Organisation for Mediation (IOMed), the first treaty-based intergovernmental body dedicated exclusively to mediation that is headquartered in Wan Chai, has grown to 47 signatory states from 37 since its inauguration in...

Pakistan's Federal Minister for Commerce Jam Kamal Khan reaffirmed Islamabad's commitment to the Belt and Road Initiative on Thursday, saying the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor had turned his country into a major regional connectivity hub linking l...

Visitors attending this year's Belt and Road Summit said on Wednesday that the signature initiative launched 13 years ago is yielding more "tangible outcomes" amid rising investment appetite. Shaimerden Chikanayev, a lawyer from Kazakhstan, said Chi...

The Hong Kong and Macao Work Office of the CPC Central Committee and the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council on Wednesday expressed deep sorrow over the death of Tung Chee-hwa, while extending heartfelt sympathy to his family. Se...

The city’s primary suicide surveillance centre has expanded its suicide reporting recommendations to cover social media in a push to minimise harm and encourage responsible information dissemination, particularly among young people. On World Suici...

Financial Secretary Paul Chan said Hong Kong stands ready to be the "partner of choice" that connects global capital with Chinese biotech innovation in an address to the Biotechnology Investment Forum of BIOHK2026 on Thursday. He pointed out that gl...

Conventional smoking products in Hong Kong will have to start adopting uniform packaging methods from March as part of a nine-month transition period, the government announced on Thursday. With the switchover, the physical features, colours and bran...

Membership in the International Organisation for Mediation (IOMed), the first treaty-based intergovernmental body dedicated exclusively to mediation that is headquartered in Wan Chai, has grown to 47 signatory states from 37 since its inauguration in...

Pakistan's Federal Minister for Commerce Jam Kamal Khan reaffirmed Islamabad's commitment to the Belt and Road Initiative on Thursday, saying the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor had turned his country into a major regional connectivity hub linking l...

Hong Kong will introduce standardised cigarette packaging from March next year, with a nine-month transition period before full enforcement in December, as the city strips all branding and decorative design from packs and updates health warnings to r...

Hundreds of Thais, led by a veteran political activist, rallied outside the Israeli Embassy in Bangkok on Thursday in a rare public protest against a group of foreign nationals. The protest follows months of complaints about illegal landholding, disr...

Every climate summit now runs on the same illusion: the next pledge will be the one that finally saves us. It will not. The money the rich world has promised the poor world is not coming at anything like the scale advertised, and pretending otherwise...

Hong Kong signed two milestone memorandums of understanding with partners in the Greater Bay Area to harmonise standards and commercialise advanced aerial technology as the city accelerated its integration into national development plans. Deputy Fina...

While German companies operating in China increasingly view the global expansion of local firms as a chance to collaborate, the window of opportunity is narrowing as Chinese firms quickly adapt, according to a new report. The internalisation of Chine...

"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.