A Politburo meeting held on Thursday set out priorities for the world's second-largest economy in the second half of 2026. President Xi Jinping, who is also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, presided over the...

The nation's meteorological authority renewed a yellow alert for rainstorms and a blue alert for severe convective weather on Thursday, warning of heavy rainfall and thunderstorms across parts of the country over the next three days. Through Saturda...

Hong Kong and Shenzhen have signed an agreement to implement the co-location arrangement at the redeveloped Huanggang port. The Hong Kong Port Area – which will be subject to the SAR's jurisdiction under its laws – will be established on Friday...

China on Wednesday expressed strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition after the US Department of Defense placed some Chinese research institutions on a sanctions list, the Ministry of Commerce said. China will take necessary measures to safeguard ...

China has slammed a move by US President Donald Trump's administration to add humanoid and quadruped robots to a list of products and companies that are banned from being imported into the United States on national security grounds. Most humanoid ro...

The Water Supplies Department said it expects to gradually restore supply to areas in Tuen Mun by 7pm on Thursday. Supply to four estates and a secondary school in Tuen Mun was suspended from Tuesday night to Wednesday morning after the department r...

The independent committee investigating November's Wang Fuk Court inferno published witness statements late on Wednesday from several key individuals who did not give verbal submissions during the public hearings. The sixth and final round of eviden...

Hong Kong and Shenzhen have signed an agreement to implement the co-location arrangement at the redeveloped Huanggang port. The Hong Kong Port Area – which will be subject to the SAR's jurisdiction under its laws – will be established on Friday...

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority said a decision by the US Federal Reserve to keep interest rates unchanged was in line with market expectations. Overnight, the Fed held the target range for federal funds rate steady at 3.5 to 3.75 percent for the ...

Organisers said on Wednesday that Hong Kong will once again stage the World Rugby Sevens Championships next April at the Kai Tak Sports Park, marking the SAR’s return as a key stop on the sport's global circuit. World Rugby announced that all host...

Malaysia’s claim that Myanmar has agreed to take back 5,000 Rohingya has raised hopes of easing pressure on the country’s strained refugee system but also drawn alarm from activists over the risks of returning members of the persecuted minority t...

As US tech giants face growing market scrutiny over their swelling artificial intelligence budgets, China’s top technology firms are confronting a similar reckoning: proving that billions of dollars spent on AI infrastructure will yield sustainable...

For Singaporeans who grew up stirring Marmite into hot water, spreading it on toast or eating it in local dishes, the famously divisive yeast extract is easy to love, but now it is much harder to buy. Unilever International, the Singapore distributor...

Zhou Bo is a retired senior colonel in the People’s Liberation Army, a senior fellow at Tsinghua University’s Centre for International Security and Strategy, and the author of the book Should the World Fear China? SCMP Plus readers get early acce...

Electric vehicle giant BYD plans to unveil its first humanoid robots within the next few weeks, as China’s electric car makers accelerate their push into the embodied artificial intelligence market. The Shenzhen-based company told the South China M...

"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.