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Hong Kong’s first chief executive, Tung Chee-hwa, who died on Tuesday, has been lauded as “one of the greatest movers in China-US relations”, with a foundation established by a former American president’s family praising his “profound contributions” to deepening ties between the two nations. The US consulate and former city leader Donald Tsang […]

Hong Kong’s Buildings Department has filed 259 charges against two companies and four individuals over major renovation works at the inferno-ravaged Wang Fuk Court, after investigations found non-fire-retardant materials were used and safety obligations were not met. The department said on Wednesday that the charges included allegedly permitting or […]

(260909) -- KITAKYUSHU, Sept. 9, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Morteza Sharifi (top) of Iran spikes the ball during the pool B match between Iran and China at AVC Men's Volleyball Continental Championship in Kitakyushu, Japan, Sept. 9, 2026. (Xinhua/Jia Haocheng)

Hong Kong’s medical watchdog has said a target time frame for handling complaints will not be necessary as it presented its rebuttal against a government proposal that includes major reforms to its operations, disciplinary sentencing, internal supervision and membership make-up. The Medical Council on Tuesday presented its views on the government’s […]

Tung Chee-hwa, Hong Kong’s first leader following its return to Chinese sovereignty, has been remembered as a “kind-hearted man” who mentored others and even inspired some to take up public office. As tributes poured in for Tung, who died on Tuesday aged 89, people who worked closely with him shared touching anecdotes about the man they said cared […]

Tung Chee-hwa, Hong Kong’s first chief executive who died on Tuesday at the age of 89, kept a low profile in the final years of his life, making only a few public appearances but continuing to help bridge the China-US divide. Wearing a face mask and accompanied by his wife Betty Tung Chiu Hung-ping, Tung visited the South China Morning Post’s […]

Digital bank ZA Bank is taking 45,000 square feet (4,181 square metres) across four upper floors at Hysan Development’s Lee Garden Eight for its new headquarters, adding to a wave of financial and technology companies reshaping Causeway Bay’s commercial landscape. The move comes as landlords across the district grapple with a changing property market […]

A Hong Kong court has found a 24-year-old man not guilty of committing a spate of sexual offences against his younger sister a decade ago, ruling that prosecutors failed to prove the defendant knew what he did as a teenager was seriously wrong. A High Court jury of five men and two women acquitted the defendant on Thursday of four counts of incest and three […]

NANCHANG, Sept. 9, 2026 (Xinhua) -- This year marks the 90th anniversary of the victory of the Long March by the Red Army under the leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC). Ruijin and Yudu, Jiangxi Province, are both landmarks in the Long March, the historic military maneuver in modern Chinese history.Editors: Zhang Licong, Ma Jinrui, Zhang Keren, […]

BAGHDAD, Sept. 9 (Xinhua) -- The 4th Iraq International Exhibition and Conference for Oil, Gas and Petroleum Projects kicked off on Tuesday at the Baghdad International Fairgrounds, drawing local enterprises and global energy giants, including major Chinese firms, to showcase technology and deepen energy cooperation.The four-day exhibition was inaugurated […]

Hong Kong’s first astronaut Lai Ka-ying has conducted a live lesson for students of her alma mater from the Tiangong space station, showing them how chicken wings are cooked in zero gravity and how she locates the city’s lights from the darkness of space. In a livecast to teachers and students of Tsuen Wan Public Ho Chuen Yiu Memorial College on […]

(260909) -- BEIJING, Sept. 9, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Benjamin Hung, president (international) of Standard Chartered Bank, addresses the Global Trade in Services Summit of the 2026 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 9, 2026. The 2026 CIFTIS opened Wednesday in Beijing. (Xinhua/Xie Han)

KATHMANDU, Nepal: Rescue teams in Nepal are concentrating their efforts on three hydropower project tunnels where dozens of workers are believed to be trapped, authorities said this week. The search comes two weeks after a massive flood and mudslide struck the Himalayan country, killing hundreds of people and leaving thousands missing in Nepal and […]

By Ravi Khandelwal Seoul [South Korea], September 9 (ANI): Former Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has called for stronger cooperation between South Korea and Japan, saying the two countries together could become the world's third-largest economic and defence power.Speaking at the 27th World Knowledge Forum in Seoul during a session on "The Future of […]

Kathmandu [Nepal], September 9 (ANI): India's joint technical team has sustained its dewatering and slush removal operations at the tunnel located in flood-hit Nepal's Chilime area, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) stated in an update.Despite the deployment of innovative methods by the technical personnel, the slope of the tunnel and constrained […]

PRNewswireDubai [UAE], September 9: TerraPay, a global money movement company, and Alipay+, Ant International's unified wallet gateway, today announced a strategic partnership to enable seamless cross-border QR payments for digital wallets, significantly enhancing global payments interoperability for users across Latin America, the Middle East and […]

BEIJING, Sept. 9 (Xinhua) -- With ship flows through the Hormuz Strait having largely collapsed during the latest Middle East tensions, China has emerged as a stabilizing force for energy prices by sharply cutting its oil purchases, thereby easing pressure on the global market.Data released by China's customs authority on Tuesday showed that China imported […]

Biomedicine is set to feature in Hong Kong’s first five-year plan, due to be unveiled next week, as the city’s top officials signal closer medical cooperation across the Greater Bay Area. Lending weight to those ambitions, global pharmaceutical company GSK emphasised its interest in expanding its role in the region’s biotech development on Wednesday, […]

Kazakhstan has signed a memorandum of understanding with Hong Kong’s transport authorities to establish a laboratory and discussed low-altitude economy initiatives to help manage traffic jams. Bakhtiyar Mukhametkaliyev, Kazakhstan’s vice-minister of artificial intelligence and digital development, told the South China Morning Post on Wednesday about […]

By Deepjoy DasNew Delhi [India], September 9 (ANI): Twenty years after its formation, BRICS has acquired enormous economic weight and a growing institutional footprint. Twenty years after the BRIC grouping took shape, BRICS has become one of the clearest institutional expressions of the changing global economy.What began as an acronym coined by Goldman […]

PRNewswireMumbai (Maharashtra) [India], September 9: Kering is proud to announce the launch of its Kering Generation Award in India. It's the first time this initiative is introduced in the region.At Kering's headquarters in Paris, Marie-Claire Daveu, Chief Sustainability & Institutional Affairs Officer at Kering and Jaspreet Chandok, Group Vice […]

BEIJING, Sept. 9 (Xinhua) -- China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) has detected 156,411 neutral hydrogen sources across nearly half the sky, marking a major breakthrough in radio astronomy.The findings, published as a cover story in the journal Science China Physics, Mechanics & Astronomy, position FAST as the new global […]

(260909) -- BEIJING, Sept. 9, 2026 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Sept. 9, 2026 shows a scene of the Global Trade in Services Summit of the 2026 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 9, 2026. The summit opened here on Wednesday. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

(260909) -- TEL AVIV, Sept. 9, 2026 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Sept. 8, 2026 shows an AI-powered chess set at Israel's First National Physical AI Conference in Tel Aviv, Israel. Driven by artificial intelligence, the chess pieces move on their own. Israel's first National Physical AI Conference, hosted by Israel's National AI Directorate, was held here […]

Manila [Philippines], September 9 (ANI): Philippines Defence Secretary Gilberto C. Teodoro publicly denounced Beijing after receiving an unexpected note outlining China's stance on the South China Sea while delivering an address at a defence conference in South Korea.The incident unfolded during the Seoul Defence Dialogue when a man dressed in a white […]

BEIJING, Sept. 9 (Xinhua) -- After multiple attempts to treat paralysis in her lower limbs in her home country, 12-year-old Russian girl Vera, a pseudonym, traveled to Hangzhou in east China's Zhejiang Province with help from the Russian Embassy in China.There, doctors implanted a domestically developed closed-loop spinal cord neural interface, which […]

URUMQI, Sept. 9 (Xinhua) -- For about nine hours a day, Altyn Magzina sells clothes to customers through livestreams from Horgos, a border city in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region facing Kazakhstan.The Kazakh livestreamer runs the business with a Chinese partner and says she sells at least 300 items a day. Her income, she said, is about 10 […]

(260909) -- MEXICO CITY, Sept. 9, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A visitor (L) views a cleaning product displayed by a Chinese exhibitor at the 11th China Homelife Mexico Expo in Mexico City, Mexico, Sept. 8, 2026. The three-day expo opened here on Tuesday, showcasing over 30,000 products from more than 1,000 suppliers. (Photo by Pool Contreras/Xinhua)

(260909) -- KIGALI, Sept. 9, 2026 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Sept. 8, 2026 shows a part of the China-aided road expansion and upgrading project in Kigali, Rwanda. Rwandan and Chinese officials officially launched Tuesday a road expansion and upgrade project in the capital city Kigali's transport network.The 10-km project from Prince House to Masaka in […]

BEIJING, Sept. 9 (Xinhua) -- China's price levels continued their moderate recovery in August, reflecting sustained improvement in domestic demand under supportive policy measures.Data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Wednesday showed the consumer price index (CPI) rose 0.4 percent month on month in August, reversing three consecutive […]

(260909) -- BAGHDAD, Sept. 9, 2026 (Xinhua) -- People visit the booth of ZhenHua Oil during the 4th Iraq International Exhibition and Conference for Oil, Gas and Petroleum Projects at the Baghdad International Fairgrounds in Bagdad, Iraq, Sept. 8, 2026. TO GO WITH "Roundup: Chinese energy firms showcase tech, commitment to cooperation at Iraq int'l oil, gas […]

From BrahMos missiles and T-90 upgrades to aerospace parts and drones, New Delhi is turning Make in India into a serious export strategyIndia saw record defense production of around $18.6 billion, with defense exports jumping by 63% to $4.6 billion in fiscal year 2025-26. Exports were driven by expanding from basic protective gear and ammunition to […]

Washington, DC [US], September 9 (ANI): United States federal agencies have alleged that Chinese artificial intelligence companies are executing "industrial-scale" theft of American competitors' trade secrets to cut development costs and accelerate market deployment.According to a joint advisory released on Tuesday by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, […]

BEIJING, Sept. 9 (Xinhua) -- Open standards, fair licensing and global cooperation have become keywords at the ongoing 15th China Intellectual Property (IP) Annual Conference. Industry leaders from China and abroad pointed out that innovation thrives on sharing, not shutting others out.Chinese IP heavyweight Huawei said it has greatly benefited from sharing […]

GUANGZHOU, Sept. 9 (Xinhua) -- Fiji Times managing digital editor Anish Chand was impressed by his first encounter with an AI-powered inspection robot dog during a visit to a smart substation in south China's Guangdong Province.Located in Zhuhai City, the Qinyun substation serves as a key power hub linking Guangdong and the Macao Special Administrative […]

Former Hong Kong lawmaker William Wong Kam-fai, who resigned after an alleged drink-driving incident, has been given two months to consider his plea on four traffic offences. Wong, 66, was not required to enter a plea during his first appearance at Sha Tin Court on Wednesday. Defence lawyer Paul Tse Wai-chun, also a former legislator, sought a nine-week […]

SYDNEY, Sept. 9 (Xinhua) -- China's sophisticated digital ecosystem and vast consumer market are creating new opportunities for Australian companies, Glenn Cross, chief strategy officer of Australian company EZZ Life Science Holdings Ltd., has said.He made the remarks in a recent interview with Xinhua ahead of the 2026 China International Fair for Trade in […]

HANGZHOU, Sept. 9 (Xinhua) -- In China, a high score in the annual national college entrance examination, or gaokao, has traditionally opened the door to the country's established elite universities. However, this September, as universities across the country welcome new students, some high achievers are taking a different path.Shen Chenlin, from the […]

TASHKENT, Sept. 9 (Xinhua) -- Chinese technology is driving industrial transformation and injecting strong momentum into economic development in Uzbekistan's Namangan Region, Governor Shavkat Abdurazakov has said.In a recent interview with Xinhua, Abdurazakov said that Namangan is deepening practical cooperation with China across the board, with more than […]

New Delhi [India], September 9 (ANI): The Indian Men's Hockey Team departed for Japan on Tuesday evening to defend their continental crown at the Asian Games 2026, scheduled to be held in Aichi-Nagoya from September 19 to October 4.The hockey competition will be played in Kakamigahara, located approximately 35 km from Nagoya. Led by captain Harmanpreet […]

Hong Kong will continue to serve as a gateway linking belt and road economies with mainland China and global markets, the chief executive has said, underscoring the city’s role in bringing together capital, talent and businesses to advance the national initiative. Speaking at the opening of the annual Belt and Road Summit on Wednesday, John Lee Ka-chiu […]

BEIJING, Sept. 9 (Xinhua) -- Tung Chee-hwa, former vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and former chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), died of illness at the age of 89 in Hong Kong at 9:57 p.m. Tuesday.Tung is regarded as an outstanding contributor to […]

(260909) -- BEIJING, Sept. 9, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A file photo of Tung Chee-hwa. Former vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and former chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Tung Chee-hwa, died of illness at the age of 89 in Hong Kong at 9:57 p.m. Tuesday. (Xinhua)

American forces and contractors have access to roughly two-thirds of its defense facilities, the outlet has reportedThe US is turning Australia into a forward base for potential military operations in the Pacific, with American forces and defense contractors controlling or having access to roughly two-thirds of the country's military facilities, The […]

By Reena BhardwajWashington, DC [US], September 9 (ANI): The United States has announced a fresh round of trade measures against Canada, banning several categories of imports and reshuffling existing tariffs after Ottawa imposed its own retaliatory tariffs on American goods.Speaking to reporters on a background call, a senior US official said President […]