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Australian soft rock duo Air Supply will headline Hong Kong’s New Year countdown after the fireworks show was cancelled, with authorities expecting more than 11 million travellers to cross the city’s borders during the festive period. The government also said on Tuesday that they were in discussions with the Shenzhen government to extend border crossing […]

TIANJIN, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) -- Travel photography has become a trending way for people worldwide to learn traditional Chinese culture. Join Russian student Anna to experience travel photography at Yangliuqing Ancient Town in north China's Tianjin. For Anna, it's an immersive cultural journey.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, California: Growing delays at U.S. embassies abroad have prompted Google to warn some employees on American visas to reconsider international travel, amid tighter immigration scrutiny under President Donald Trump's administration, Business Insider reported. According to the report, Google, which Alphabet owns, circulated guidance to certain […]

Members of an independent committee created to investigate Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades inspected the scene of the blaze on Tuesday morning to get a better understanding of the actual environment and conditions at Wang Fuk Court. Judge David Lok Kai-hong, the group’s chairman, was joined by fellow committee members such as Executive Council […]

Hong Kong police have arrested two directors and a staff member from a company suspected of using surveying equipment with forged certificates in at least two redevelopment projects and a public hospital expansion, the Post has learned. The arrests, involving acoustic and environmental services consultant Novox, were made on Tuesday. The Urban Renewal […]

BEIJING, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) -- From orchestrating a groundbreaking in-orbit emergency rescue to launching its first asteroid mission and making a wealth of breakthroughs in frontier science, China's 2025 space endeavors have mapped out new dimensions for cosmic exploration.China's space station operations have had a sustained human presence this year, […]

Washington DC [US] December 23 (ANI): A group of nine legislators has addressed a letter to Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, requesting the inclusion of several Chinese tech companies in a department-maintained list for allegedly supporting the military of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), as reported by The Epoch Times (TET).The letter, dated December 18, […]

A Hong Kong appellate court has quashed the convictions of 11 men who were found guilty of conspiring to fraudulently obtain building licences from the government more than a decade ago, finding that they did not receive a fair trial because of their lawyers’ incompetence. In a written judgment delivered on Tuesday, the Court of Appeal ruled that the […]

(251223) -- BEIJING, Dec. 23, 2025 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Li Qiang, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, attends a meeting of heads of central state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and delivers a speech in Beijing, capital of China. An important instruction by Chinese […]

A Hong Kong court has sentenced a tram driver to four weeks in prison for careless driving after his vehicle fatally hit a three-year-old girl and injured three others, with the punishment significantly reduced due to the accident being deemed “inevitable”. Deputy Magistrate Chung Wing-sze of Eastern Court on Tuesday cited a probation officer’s report […]

The Hong Kong Red Cross has raised HK$420 million (US$54 million) to support victims of the deadly Tai Po blaze, launching a three- to five-year relief plan covering the financial, mental health and medical needs of those affected. Almost a month after the fire at Wang Fuk Court – which killed at least 161 people, injured dozens and displaced nearly 5,000 […]

Hong Kong customs has arrested five people on suspicion of laundering HK$8.9 billion (US$1.1 billion) in suspected crime proceeds over a four-year period, with investigators for the first time uncovering a syndicate using sophisticated fake shipping websites for “phantom trading”. Senior Investigator Tsoi Kim-fai of customs’ financial investigation […]

LANZHOU, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) -- In the face of escalating climate challenges, China's cultural heritage sites, particularly those in resource-rich regions like northwest China's Gansu Province, are increasingly turning to advanced meteorological services to mitigate risks posed by extreme weather events.With over 16,000 immovable cultural relics exposed to […]

New Delhi [India], December 23 (ANI): Congress MP Karti Chidambaram on Tuesday said that he would pursue all legal avenues available to him after a Delhi court framed charges against him and other accused in connection with the alleged Chinese visa scam case.Responding to the development, Karti Chidambaram said, 'The legal process allows me many avenues, […]

The number of deaths from workplace accidents in Hong Kong rose to a record 118 this year, including 16 killed in the deadly Tai Po fire, with a union calling for full transparency in investigation reports and heavier penalties on those found liable. The Association for the Rights of Industrial Accident Victims on Tuesday revealed that the 118 deaths […]

Hanan Ahmed, one of the 66 Ethiopian entrepreneurs who attended the China-supported Global Female Entrepreneurship Empowerment Program workshop in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, completed the program with a sense of accomplishment and newly acquired skills in business management, innovation, leadership and systematic thinking.ADDIS ABABA, Dec. 23 […]

On the second floor of the East Africa Commercial and Logistics Center on the outskirts of Tanzania's port city of Dar es Salaam, bolts of neatly arranged clothing line the shelves as customers drift in from different corners of the East African nation and beyond.DAR ES SALAAM, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) -- On the second floor of the East Africa Commercial and […]

New Delhi [India], December 23 (ANI): The Rouse Avenue court framed charges against Congress MP Karti Chidambaram and other accused persons in connection with the Chinese visa scam case. The case pertains to an FIR registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).The court has charged Karti P Chidambaram for Criminal Conspiracy and for the offence of […]

Hong Kong’s top Catholic priest has said the city’s deadliest fire in decades underscored the fragility of life, but celebrating Christmas amid the grief would share the “sweetness, acidity, bitterness and heat of our humanity”. Cardinal Stephen Chow Sau-yan, head of the Catholic diocese of Hong Kong, said in his Christmas message on Tuesday that […]

A luxury flat in Hong Kong’s Kowloon Tong district is one of the latest to have found a buyer amid a rosier outlook for the city’s residential property market. The HK$225 million (US$28.9 million) property in Tower 6 of Mont Verra was bought by Elbe Rhein Investment on December 12 and the transaction was registered on Monday, according to the Land […]

BEIJING, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping has called on the state-owned enterprises (SOEs) directly administered by the central government to better serve the overall work of the Party and the country and contribute more to Chinese modernization.Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman […]

HANGZHOU, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) -- As winter chill spreads across the Northern Hemisphere, demand for down jackets surges. Unknown to many consumers, the cozy coats they zip up likely trace their origins to Pinghu, a temperate county-level city in east China that experiences little snowfall.Situated in Zhejiang Province, Pinghu is home to a modest population of […]

Gandhinagar (Gujarat) [India], December 23 (ANI): The Alang-Sosiya Ship Recycling Yard in Gujarat is being positioned as a global benchmark in sustainable maritime practices, as the state prepares to showcase its achievements at the upcoming Vibrant Gujarat Regional Conference (VGRC) for Kutch and Saurashtra in January 2026.Scheduled to be held in Rajkot […]

Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], December 23 (ANI): Ahead of the Uttarayan festival, the Special Operations Group (SOG) of Ahmedabad Rural Police has cracked down on the illegal manufacture and sale of banned Chinese manja, seizing material worth 2.34 crore from multiple locations across Gujarat and Dadra and Nagar Haveli. Based on inputs gathered during an […]

BEIJING, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) -- As 2025 draws to a close, let's play a game of "Origin Story." Look around you: The diamond on a young couple's engagement ring. The matcha latte warming your palm. The robot vacuum cleaning the floor. The Labubu toy swaying from a commuter's backpack.Chances are, they all share the same place of origin: China."Made in China" […]

Clearly, a Japan that refuses to truly reflect on its past while accelerating military expansion risks again becoming a source of regional volatility.BEIJING, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) -- Since Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi wrongfully claimed in early November that a "Taiwan contingency" could constitute a so-called "survival-threatening situation" for […]

To manipulate public education and popular opinion, Japan's right wing has long promoted historical revisionism to "whitewash" wartime crimes.BEIJING, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) -- The fact that Japan has never thoroughly purged militaristic ideology in the post-war period has led to the emergence of figures like Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. Over the […]

The remarks of Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi have triggered widespread shock and concern. They represent not only a blatant intrusion into China's internal affairs, but also an open challenge to the post-war international order.BEIJING, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) -- Eighty years ago, the world won a great victory in the war against fascism. At the cost of […]

Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], December 23 (ANI): Telangana BJP President N Ramchander Rao on Tuesday slammed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's comments in Germany, saying they belittle India and defame its political system.Speaking to ANI, he criticised Gandhi's claim that China has surpassed India, saying it is another instance of the Leader of the […]

More than 99 per cent of Hong Kong residents have low immunity against the new “super flu”, a team of researchers has found, as they urged the public to get vaccinated against the rapidly spreading strain. Despite the low level of immunity among the city’s population, the team from the medical faculty at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) on Tuesday […]

(251223) -- JAHRA GOVERNORATE, Dec. 23, 2025 (Xinhua) -- Liu Xiang, charge d'affaires at the Chinese Embassy in Kuwait, speaks during the signing ceremony of an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for the first phase of the Mubarak Al-Kabeer Port project on Boubyan Island in Jahra Governorate, Kuwait, Dec. 22, 2025. The Kuwaiti Ministry […]

BEIJING, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) -- From orchestrating a groundbreaking in-orbit emergency rescue to launching its first asteroid mission and making a wealth of breakthroughs in frontier science, China's 2025 space endeavors have mapped out new dimensions for cosmic exploration.AMAZING BREAKTHROUGHSChina's space station operations have had a sustained human […]

HARBIN, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) -- The five people trapped in a coal mine accident on Sunday in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province have been confirmed dead, local authorities said on Tuesday.The flooding occurred at about 4:30 a.m. on Sunday at the Datonggou coal mine of Heilongjiang Fengyuan Mining Co., Ltd. in the city of Jixi, the Jixi publicity department […]

Hong Kong is marking this Christmas and New Year in a subdued mood following last month’s Tai Po fire, which has claimed 161 lives so far. Many large-scale events have been postponed or scaled down, prompting residents and tourists to find quieter ways to celebrate amid a sombre atmosphere. The Post lists the major citywide celebrations that are still […]

The Sigg Prize 2025 has been awarded jointly to Hong Kong animator Wong Ping and Macau-raised artist Heidi Lau, marking the first time the contemporary art prize has been shared between two artists since it was first awarded in 2019. The announcement was made on December 16 by M+, the museum in Hong Kong’s West Kowloon Cultural District that organises the […]

Education has long been considered one of the strongest forces for social progress, shaping safer, healthier and more equitable societies. But as the world changes, learning must evolve with it – a belief that is at the heart of the Yidan Prize, which recognises innovations with the power to transform education and bring lasting change for all. […]

The American president has claimed the new fleet will be "100 times more powerful" than any ever built US President Donald Trump has announced plans to introduce a new class of battleships for the US Navy's 'Golden Fleet', calling them the biggest and most powerful ever built. Speaking Monday from

Hong Kong will provide more chargers compatible with mainland Chinese electric vehicles, the transport chief has said, after the first batch of cars from Guangdong province entering the city’s urban areas under a new scheme nearly exhausted the daily quota. Secretary for Transport and Logistics Mable Chan said on Tuesday that nearly 100 mainland cars […]

Imphal (Manipur) [India], December 23 (ANI): Manipur Police and security forces carried out multiple operations across the state on Monday, leading to the recovery of a substantial cache of arms and explosives, and the arrest of extortionist. According to a release from Manipur Police, security forces recovered two improvised mortars and three WT sets from […]

Hong Kong, December 23 (ANI): China has encountered turbulence in recent years, especially since unleashing COVID-19. However, the year 2025 appeared to be a better one for Chairman Xi Jinping and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Much of this can be put down to the world facing tumult, to which President Donald Trump contributed.Trump was inaugurated on […]

[The content of this article has been produced by our advertising partner.] Hong Kong’s first Research Grants Council (RGC) Research Summit, held at Hong Kong Science Park on December 11, arrived at a watershed moment when technological breakthroughs such as AI are no longer simply scientific discoveries within ivory towers but are directly impacting our […]

Taipei [Taiwan], December 23 (ANI): Taiwan's Ministry of National Defence detected six sorties of Chinese aircraft and six naval vessels operating around the country as of 6 am (local time) on Tuesday.As per the MND, of the seven sorties, two crossed the median line and entered Taiwan's northern and southwestern Air Defence Identification Zone (ADIZ).'Six […]

Vietnam has kicked off construction of the first component of the Lao Cai-Hanoi-Hai Phong railway, an important project aimed at enhancing regional connectivity and promoting economic development in northern Vietnam.LAO CAI, Vietnam, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) -- When Ngo Manh Hai, a resident in Vietnam's northern province of Lao Cai, joked that his family might one […]

The DRC-China partnership has been developing and making continuous progress as it is deeply rooted in people-to-people exchanges, shared cultural and historical memories, more than bilateral trade and economic cooperation, said DRC Vice Prime Minister Daniel Mukoko Samba.KINSHASA, Dec. 22 (Xinhua) -- Ties between the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) […]

Cybersecurity experts have urged Hong Kong residents to prioritise the use of an official one-stop digital identity app to register their accounts on the city’s new centralised pension fund platform to prevent theft after scammers made off with HK$1.8 million. Some also questioned why the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority (MPFA), which manages […]