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Two US-developed treatments for breast cancer and a degenerative eye disease will undergo large-scale clinical trials in the Greater Bay Area in a collaboration involving Hong Kong, Shenzhen and a pharmaceutical start-up founded by a former lawmaker. The agreement was formalised on Tuesday when Health Hope Pharma founder Dr Dennis Lam Shun-chiu signed a […]

An annual e-commerce shopping festival supporting Hong Kong’s small and medium-sized enterprises will expand into the Asean region for the first time via Singapore and Malaysia, with plans to include other countries in future. The Trade Development Council, the organiser, said on Tuesday that the third edition of the annual Hong Kong Shopping Festival, […]

The Exchange Fund, the war chest used to defend the local currency, reported a 37 per cent decline in first-half earnings as losses in Hong Kong equities and weaker bond returns weighed on performance, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) said on Tuesday. Earnings stood at HK$134.7 billion (US$17.17 billion), down from the record half-year return of […]

SHANGHAI, July 28 (Xinhua) -- Foreign enterprises are showing renewed optimism and expressing stronger confidence in China's resilient economy amid the 100-day countdown to the 9th China International Import Expo (CIIE).The expo, scheduled from Nov. 5 to 10, has already secured commitments from over 1,200 companies across 99 countries and regions, with […]

China and Africa pursuing modernization together, with no country left behind, is "a very large undertaking," said Xiang Wenbo, chairman of Sany Heavy Industry, one of China's largest construction machinery manufacturers.NAIROBI, July 28 (Xinhua) -- Sany Heavy Industry, one of China's largest construction machinery manufacturers, posted 3.5 billion yuan […]

BEIJING, July 28 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks with Slovak President Peter Pellegrini in Beijing on Tuesday.

JOHANNESBURG, July 28 (Xinhua) -- China's success in eradicating extreme poverty demonstrates strong political commitment and targeted policies, offering valuable guidance for African countries, a South African media executive has said."It's clear that poverty reduction is most effective when it is targeted, coordinated, and focused on building long-term […]

by Xinhua writers Xue Yanwen, Liu Xiaoyu and Zhang ShuhuiPERTH, Australia, July 28 (Xinhua) -- A high-level meeting has brought together experts, policymakers and industry leaders in the capital city of Western Australia on Monday, with a spotlight on the global green transition.Around 200 representatives from governments, businesses and academic […]

A Hong Kong man known on the internet as “Mr Ho” has died, a week after receiving a two-month prison sentence for stabbing his wife. A source told the South China Morning Post on Tuesday that Ho Huen, 79, had died in a public hospital a day earlier. Ronson Chan Ron-sing, former chairman of the Hong Kong Journalists Association, also said on social media […]

A top Hong Kong transport official has pledged to step up efforts to help the city’s premium taxi fleets recruit drivers, conceding that the number of vehicles on the road remains about one-third below target a year after the scheme was launched. As the five taxi fleets offering premium service marked a year of operations in July, the government said on […]

WASHINGTON D.C.: U.S. President Donald Trump's latest tariff measures signal a shift toward a more durable trade strategy, with his administration relying on long-established trade laws to rebuild tariffs that officials and analysts say are likely to withstand legal challenges and expand in the months ahead. After the U.S. Supreme Court struck down an early […]

BEIJING, July 28 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged pooling the strength of overseas Chinese and those who have returned to China to contribute to building China into a strong country and advancing national rejuvenation.Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military […]

(260728) -- BEIJING, July 28, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping holds talks with Slovak President Peter Pellegrini, who is on a state visit to China, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, July 28, 2026. (Xinhua/Li Xiang)

The owner of a Hong Kong private tutorial centre that ceased operations has been jailed for six years and four months for molesting five boys on the premises and filming some of the offences. The High Court on Tuesday sentenced Yu Hey-tsit for the “despicable and repulsive” acts he committed at the Prime Solid Learning Education Centre in Mei Foo Sun […]

BEIJING, July 28 (Xinhua) -- China's Ministry of Commerce on Tuesday released a document titled "China's Position on the So-called Excess Capacity Issue."This document was issued to clarify relevant facts and elaborate on China's policy stance on the so-called excess capacity issue, according to the ministry.The document said that the rapid development of […]

(260728) -- YANTAI, July 28, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A drone photo taken on July 27, 2026 shows homemade electric double-decker buses heading to a car carrier at Yantai Port in Yantai, east China's Shandong Province. A total of 35 Chinese bus maker Yutong's U11DD electric double-decker buses on Monday were shipped from the Yantai Port to Britain. The type of bus, […]

(260728) -- BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, July 28, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Dai Qilin, defense attache of the Chinese embassy in Brunei, speaks at a reception marking the 99th founding anniversary of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) at Muara Port, Brunei, July 26, 2026. TO GO WITH "Chinese embassy in Brunei marks PLA's 99th founding anniversary" (Xinhua/Li Meng)

Mumbai, (Maharashtra) [India], July 28 (ANI): The United States could face 'massive capital destruction' from its artificial intelligence (AI) investment boom as Chinese open-source AI models increasingly challenge the dominance and profitability of US hyperscalers, according to a report by Jefferies.The brokerage said investors are beginning to question […]

New Delhi [India], July 28 (ANI): Indian benchmark indices opened on a subdued note on Tuesday before recovering in early trade, supported by easing crude oil prices. However, weak cues from most Asian markets kept investor sentiment cautious.The BSE Sensex opened 34.69 points lower at 76,801.09, while the NSE Nifty 50 slipped 3.55 points to 23,992.40 […]

Hong Kong authorities should revamp their public inquiry hotline to better handle residents’ complaints by learning from Beijing’s model, lawmakers have told the chief executive at the first “rules-free and warm-hearted” closed-door dialogue session. While the current Legislative Council term marks the first since the 1997 handover not to hold any […]

BEIJING, July 28 (Xinhua) -- The kilns of the eastern Chinese city of Jingdezhen have transformed mounds of humble clay into exquisite porcelain that has traveled across oceans, transcended cultural boundaries and fostered bonds between civilizations for over 2000 years.On Saturday, the Jingdezhen Handicraft Porcelain Industry Sites were inscribed on the […]

BEIJING, 28th July, 2026 (WAM) -- A 5.7-magnitude earthquake jolted Xinghai County of northwest China's Qinghai Province at 11:16 am on Tuesday (Beijing Time), according to the China Earthquake Networks Centre (CENC).The earthquake struck at a depth of 10 km, the centre said.

Hong Kong leader John Lee Ka-chiu has indicated that a by-election to fill the legislative seat vacated by William Wong Kam-fai is a lower priority than preparing for three major polls over the next 18 months. Wong resigned from the Legislative Council earlier this month following his arrest over an alleged drink-driving and hit-and-run incident Weighing in […]

Washington DC [US], July 28 (ANI): More than 1,000 pages of personal journal entries written by former top US infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci have been released by Republican Senator Rand Paul ahead of a Senate hearing on the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, shedding light on Fauci's early thinking on the virus, his often-complicated […]

(260728) -- GUANGZHOU, July 28, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Journalists and social media influencers from ASEAN countries visit a science popularization center of a substation under China Southern Power Grid Co., Ltd. in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, July 27, 2026. Over 20 journalists and social media influencers from ASEAN countries started their visit […]

(260728) -- DALIAN, July 28, 2026 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken in June 2025 shows a released spotted seal at the Changshan Archipelago in Dalian, northeast China's Liaoning Province. On Monday, the 48th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee in Busan, the Republic of Korea, approved the boundary modification of the Migratory Bird Sanctuaries along […]

Parent Volkswagen weighs eliminating up to 100,000 positions as Berlins energy policies deepen an industrial slumpGerman luxury carmaker Porsche will eliminate another 5,000 jobs by 2035, bringing its planned workforce reduction to around 9,400 positions as Germany's once-dominant automotive industry struggles with soaring costs, collapsing competitiveness […]

Hongkonger Ms Lam has long known she is carrying a ticking time bomb after her mother and grandmother died of liver cancer. Her mother was completely asymptomatic until a late-stage diagnosis left no option for surgery. “I knew I carried the hepatitis B virus when I was in my twenties and had since then undergone regular health check-ups to manage the […]

Taiwan [China], July 28 (ANI): Taiwan on Tuesday detected one sortie by China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) aircraft and seven PLA Navy (PLAN) vessels operating around the island up until 6 a.m. local time.The Ministry of National Defence wrote in a post on X that the single detected aircraft entered Taiwan's southwestern Air Defence Identification Zone […]

(260727) -- BISHKEK, July 27, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A participant reads a single-volume copy of the Kyrgyz and Russian versions of a think tank report titled "Contemporary Features and Global Significance of Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building" at the 2026 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Media and Think Tank Summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, July 27, 2026. […]

Hong Kong’s first large-scale Northern Metropolis land disposal tender was designed to test a new public-private partnership model integrating housing, economic transformation and innovation. As the Hung Shui Kiu pilot tender concludes, the market’s response provides insights into investor sentiment and highlights opportunities to strengthen future […]

(260727) -- BISHKEK, July 27, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Guests attend the 2026 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Media and Think Tank Summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, July 27, 2026. Themed "The Shanghai Spirit in the New Era: From Shared Values to Practical Cooperation," the summit opened here on Monday. It gathers about 260 representatives from nearly 150 […]

(260727) -- BISHKEK, July 27, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A copyright licensing agreement for the Kyrgyz edition of the first volume of "China's Governance Under Xi Jinping's Leadership" is exchanged between Xinhua Publishing House and Osoo JenVen, a Kyrgyz publishing house, during the 2026 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Media and Think Tank Summit in […]

(260727) -- BISHKEK, July 27, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Guests visit a photo exhibition titled "Pooling the Strength of the SCO: Moving Toward Development and Prosperity" in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, July 27, 2026. A photo exhibition marking the 25th anniversary of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) opened here on Monday. The exhibition features 32 photographs […]

Heavy rain has led to flooding in some parts of Hong Kong’s New Territories, with some drivers struggling to navigate waterlogged roads in Tai Po even as the Observatory cancelled the amber rainstorm warning on Tuesday morning. The amber alert, which went out at 7.15am, is issued when more than 30mm of rain has fallen in an hour or is likely to fall […]

(260727) -- BISHKEK, July 27, 2026 (Xinhua) -- This photo shows a copy of the Xinhua think tank report titled "Upholding Fairness and Justice and Improving Global Governance -- Achievements, Opportunities, and Prospects for SCO Cooperation." The report, which was released here on Monday by the National High-Level Think Tank of Xinhua News Agency, offered a […]

Hong Kong environmental authorities have warned that restaurant operators must not use disposable tableware coated in plastic for dine-in service, after some owners told the South China Morning Post they were caught off guard by inspectors. The Environmental Protection Department on Monday clarified that paper products with an inner plastic lining could […]

Singapore-based investors have become the largest group of non-local buyers of commercial properties in Hong Kong, drawn by the sizeable correction in the prices of distressed assets amid a slump in the city’s office segment, according to Colliers. The demand from Singapore was likely to remain steady in the coming months, given that the prices of office […]

New Delhi [india], July 28 (ANI): Chief Election Commissioner and Chairman of the Council of Member States of International IDEA Gyanesh Kumar on Monday held bilateral meetings with the High Commissioner of Sri Lanka and the Ambassador of Uzbekistan at Nirvachan Sadan in New Delhi to enhance democratic cooperation and election management ties.In his meeting […]

Dharamshala [Himachal Pradesh], July 28 (ANI): Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC) on Monday held a special press briefing on Monday here in North Indian hill town of Dharamshala and outlined the next phase of the global movement and upcoming initiatives. Tibetan activists also briefs on the Weekly Update of the Worldwide Chain Hunger Strike Protest Campaign.From […]

By Adarsh ChauhanOntario [Canada], July 28 (ANI): Anahat Singh expressed her joy after winning the junior world title, saying the achievement has been a dream of hers since she first started playing squash.She defeated Egypt's Ruqayya Salem 3-0 in the girls' singles final of the World Squash Junior Championships 2026 to claim the prestigious title on […]

(260727) -- ADDIS ABABA, July 27, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Ethiopian President Taye Atske Selassie delivers a speech during a launching event of collaborative medical partnership initiatives at the Silk Road General Hospital in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, July 27, 2026. China and Africa launched collaborative medical partnership initiatives here on […]

Dharamshala (Himachal Pradesh) [India], July 27 (ANI): Chinese authorities have ordered all monks and nuns whose residences were recently demolished at Larung Gar Buddhist Academy in Serthar to leave the religious centre and return to their native monasteries or family homes, according to Tibet Times.As reported by Tibet Times, the directive prohibits […]

Munich [Germany], July 27 (ANI): The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) has strongly condemned the detention and deportation of prominent Uyghur activist and former WUC President Dolkun Isa by Moroccan authorities, describing the incident as part of a broader pattern of transnational repression against Uyghur human rights defenders.In a press release, the WUC said […]

New Delhi [India], July 27 (ANI): The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday carried out searches at two places in West Bengal and Chhattisgarh in connection with a human trafficking and cyber fraud case focusing on an international network that illegally transferred Indian citizens to Myanmar.The searches were conducted at Durgapur in West Bengal […]