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FIDE officials have put personal interests and politics ahead of the game, leading names in Russian chess have arguedThe International Chess Federation (FIDE) has barred Russian teams from returning to the Chess Olympiad next month, prompting prominent names in Russian chess to accuse its leadership of politicizing the sport and making "Russophobic" […]

VMPLNew Delhi [India], August 24: Topnotch Foundation organized the NATIONAL LEADERS SUMMIT & AWARDS 2026 on 19th August 2026 at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi. This ceremony was to acknowledge and felicitate the leading contributors who have taken the initiative to bring a pleasant and powerful change in the Healthcare, Education, and Business fields. The […]

Irans top negotiator has dismissed the latest threat from Washington as empty bombastUS Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has announced new sanctions against Iran, and threatened to boot any country dealing financially with Tehran out of the US dollar system, in a bid to make Iran an "economic outcast."The new sanctions target nearly 60 entities, […]

Hong Kong police have arrested a woman for allegedly wearing a T‑shirt with a seditious message outside West Kowloon Court. The force said on Monday night that the woman was detained last week on suspicion of disorder in a public place, obstructing police and acting with seditious intention. “The purpose of the security operation was to ensure public […]

BEIJING, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- A group of Chinese-made humanoid robots competing for the ball on a soccer field immediately came to a halt when commanded to do so by 21-year-old Brazilian programmer Isabela Moura.Moments earlier, the robots had been positioning themselves, tracking the ball and kicking autonomously, powered by algorithms developed by young […]

(260824) -- BEIJING, Aug. 24, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Wang Huning, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, meets with U.S. delegates attending the third China-U.S. Track 1.5 Dialogue in Beijing, […]

New York [US], August 24 (ANI): Human Rights in China, an international, non-governmental NGO, has highlighted the case of Niu Tengyu, administrator of the E'osu Wiki website, who was arrested seven years ago and is currently serving a 14-year prison sentence in Guangdong.According to an X post by the organisation, Niu was arrested at his home in Jiaozuo, […]

Beijing [China], August 24 (ANI): National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi are set to hold the 25th round of India-China border talks on Tuesday. In a post on X, China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs shared the details and said, 'As agreed between the two sides, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, […]

(260824) -- TIANJIN, Aug. 24, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Tang Xin (R) of China spikes the ball during the pool A match between China and Iran at AVC Women's Volleyball Continental Championship in Tianjin, China, Aug. 24, 2026. (Xinhua/Zhao Zishuo)

The Russian president says the recent growth in bilateral trade is primarily due to the Indian PMRussian President Vladimir Putin praised Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday, attributing the recent growth in bilateral trade turnover amid a hostile geopolitical environment directly to Modi's "close personal attention" to relations between the two […]

PRNewswireTaipei [Taiwan], August 24: Informa Markets Asia Ltd., Taiwan Branch, announced that the 9th Taiwan Jewellery & Gem Fair (TJG) will take place from November 20-23, 2026, at Taipei World Trade Center Hall 1. With three months to go, the organiser is bringing together jewellery industry resources from Taiwan and overseas. The fair is expected to […]

Mainland Chinese technology and pharmaceutical companies are using Hong Kong as a launching pad for global expansion, industry leaders have said, as a major state-owned drugmaker weighs whether to invest in the city’s Northern Metropolis megaproject. The comments highlighting the city’s international background and professional expertise were made […]

BEIJING, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- The past week has been busy and fruitful for China's humanoild robot industry, which is qucikly racing from lab demos toward real-world deployment.On Wednesday, as the 2026 World Robot Conference (WRC) opened in Beijing, drawing more than 300 exhibitors from 26 countries with over 3,000 products, Unitree Robotics became the […]

(260824) -- SUQIAN, Aug. 24, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A robot is seen during a training at a robot data collection center of Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com in Suqian, east China's Jiangsu Province, Aug. 24, 2026. In operation since October 2025, JD.com's robot data collection center is a provincial-level embodied intelligent robot data collection center in east […]

(260824) -- BEIJING, Aug. 24, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Li Qiang meets with King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Abdullah II ibn Al Hussein, who is on a state visit to China, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 24, 2026. (Xinhua/Huang Jingwen)

CHANGSHA, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- Putting on headphones at a new exhibition hall in central China, visitors can hear a chorus of voices from across the country, including regional dialects, traditional songs in ethnic minority languages and field recordings of languages on the verge of extinction.The Exhibition Hall of the Project for the Protection of Language […]

BEIJING, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks with King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Abdullah II ibn Al Hussein in Beijing on Monday.

(260824) -- WUHAN, Aug. 24, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Mark Selby looks on during a round 2 match between Mark Selby of England and Fan Zhengyi of China at Wuhan Open 2026 snooker tournament in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Aug. 24, 2026. (Xinhua/Wu Zhizun)

(260824) -- BEIJING, Aug. 24, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping holds a welcome ceremony for King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Abdullah II ibn Al Hussein in the Northern Hall of the Great Hall of the People prior to their talks in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 24, 2026. Xi held talks with King Abdullah II, who is on a state visit to […]

Beijing has slammed Western nations for interfering in China’s internal affairs over their criticism of the conviction of the now-disbanded alliance that organised Hong Kong’s annual Tiananmen Square vigils and its former leaders for inciting subversion. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian used a regular press briefing on Monday to hit out at […]

A consortium comprising mainland Chinese state-owned and private heavyweights together with a major Hong Kong developer has won the first “large-scale land disposal” project in the Northern Metropolis for HK$1.03 billion (US$132 million), with total investment projected at HK$16.8 billion. The Development Bureau announced the results on Monday, awarding […]

Beijing [China], August 24 (ANI): National Security Advisor Ajit Doval arrived in Beijing for a two-day visit on Monday afternoon at the invitation of Foreign Minister Wang Yi. The leaders are set to hold the 25th round of Special Representatives' Talks on the India-China boundary question on Tuesday. Sharing the details in a press release, the Ministry of […]

New Delhi [India], August 24 (ANI): Badminton legend Saina Nehwal said she is open to entering electoral politics in the future, though she has not made a final decision yet. A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) member, Nehwal said she wants to contribute to the country's development and continue serving the nation beyond her sporting career.In 2020, Nehwal […]

BEIJING, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- China's National Meteorological Center (NMC) on Monday issued blue alerts for typhoons and severe convective weather and a yellow alert for rainstorms, with multiple typhoons forecast to bring heavy rainfall and strong winds to parts of the country.The China Meteorological Administration also raised its emergency response for […]

Hong Kong preschoolers will be offered free dental check-ups starting next month, with more than 70 per cent of the city’s kindergartens having already signed up for the new government initiative. The Department of Health announced on Monday the launch of the Outreach Oral Health Programme for Preschool Children on September 1, aimed at fostering oral […]

A Hong Kong court sentenced a former teacher on Monday to 18 months in prison for molesting a student, aged 15 at the time, on two occasions in 2020. District Judge Gary Lam Kar-yan described defendant Cheng Hon-sze’s case as serious and said there was no room for a reduced sentence, even if it was a first offence. Cheng, now 32, was sentenced at Tsuen […]

New Delhi [India], August 24 (ANI): Badminton legend Saina Nehwal praised Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand for their confident and composed performance that earned India a women's doubles bronze at the recently concluded BWF World Championships 2026. Speaking to ANI, Nehwal said she had hoped India would win more medals in the singles events, but […]

(260824) -- BEIJING, Aug. 24, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, holds talks with Sheikh Jarrah Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kuwait, in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 24. 2026. (Xinhua/Pang Xinglei)

An associate professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) has been acquitted of indecently assaulting a woman who reported him upon discovering he was married, after a court found the pair had been mutually attracted and that the man may have wrongly believed she had consented to being touched. Magistrate Raymond Wong Kwok-fai acquitted Peng […]

Hong Kong has launched its first countryside real-name reservation system, capping daily visitors to a popular trail in Sai Kung at 2,000 on select dates, with a lawmaker and a district councillor saying the move could gather data to help shape formal arrangements. The trial reservation system for visits to the Po Pin Chau trail in Sai Kung East Country […]

A Hong Kong-listed educational group has completed the largest commercial property leasing deal so far this quarter, as the sector benefits from an influx of immigrant and expatriate families to the city, according to CBRE. The tenant agreed to occupy and transform the entire Tower B at the China Life Centre in Hung Hom, Kowloon into a purpose-built […]

BEIJING, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- As China and Brazil deepen green cooperation, Chinese companies are bringing cutting-edge technologies to the South American country, helping diversify its energy supply and accelerate its push for sustainable development, according to industry insiders."China and Brazil share a high degree of consensus on building an ecological […]

(260824) -- CHANGSHA, Aug. 24, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Children perform at the opening ceremony of the Exhibition Hall of the Project for the Protection of Language Resources of China in Changsha, central China's Hunan Province, Aug. 24, 2026. A new exhibition hall dedicated to the preservation of China's diverse language resources opened on Monday in Changsha, […]

When Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) opened in 1998 to replace its predecessor, the iconic Kai Tak Airport, the world was amazed by its engineering and architectural marvels. HKIA’s construction transformed the geography of northern Lantau Island, adding 1 per cent to the city’s total land mass by reclaiming land to connect two other islands, […]

New Delhi [India], August 24 (ANI): India alone accounted for over 70 per cent of Asia's total office leasing during H1 2026, driving prime commercial real estate activity across the region, according to the Asia Pacific Office Market Insights H1 2026 report by Colliers.Across the 11 key Asia Pacific markets tracked, total office leasing reached 4.6 million […]

Indian Foreign Minister is visiting Russia as New Delhi gears up to host Russian President Vladimir PutinIndian Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar is in Russia for high-level talks as the two countries prepare for Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to India next month and step up bilateral cooperation amid rising geopolitical tensions.Jaishankar will […]

CHENGDU, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- The video came with almost no instructions.There was no narration explaining the mythology behind palaces rising above an ocean of clouds in the video, nor subtitles identifying the heavenly gates, cranes or tiny figures moving beneath them.Yet viewers outside China quickly began naming the world for themselves.Some called it […]

(260824) -- BEIJING, Aug. 24, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice President Han Zheng meets with Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kuwait Sheikh Jarrah Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 24, 2026. (Xinhua/Rao Aimin)

(260824) -- TIANJIN, Aug. 24, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Yim Wing Ni (top) of China's Hong Kong competes during the pool C match between Vietnam and China's Hong Kong at AVC Women's Volleyball Continental Championship in Tianjin, China, Aug. 24, 2026. (Xinhua/Sun Fanyue)

(260824) -- KUWAIT CITY, Aug. 24, 2026 (Xinhua) -- People participate in the Chinese & Kuwaiti Tea Art and Treats Tasting event at the China Cultural Center in Kuwait in Hawalli Governorate, Kuwait, Aug. 23, 2026. More than 150 people gathered Sunday evening here for the event, where they savored teas and sweets and learned about tea-making traditions […]

Nearly 80 per cent of low-income elderly people surveyed in Hong Kong reported physical or mental distress during periods of extreme heat, prompting calls for stronger government support and heat-prevention measures. Data from the Department of Health cited by Greenpeace identified elderly people as the city’s demographic most at risk from extreme […]

The likelihood that Hong Kong’s weather forecaster will issue a typhoon signal in the next two days is “relatively low”, although multiple tropical cyclones are set to bring unsettled weather to the city later this week. The Observatory said at noon on Monday that Tropical Storm Narra was expected to skirt the coast of the Leizhou Peninsula in western […]

PRNewswireSingapore, August 24: As organisations accelerate the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) beyond pilot projects and into enterprise-wide deployment, AIMX Singapore 2026 will convene business leaders, policymakers, technology innovators and researchers from more than 60 countries to showcase how AI is delivering measurable impact across […]

PRNewswireSingapore, August 24: The Responsible Fintech Institute (RFI) and Safeheron have launched a pilot initiative to evaluate post-quantum cryptography for digital asset transactions, with participation from selected financial institutions and regulatory stakeholders across multiple jurisdictions. The initiative is designed to move quantum-safe […]

Hong Kong should introduce a tiered risk framework and carry out DNA testing and physical checks to identify dogs with aggressive traits, a veterinarian and a lawmaker have said after a woman and two pets were mauled within a week. Monday’s calls for policy change came after the woman, 33, was found dead in Ping Yeung Tsuen last week. Hours before her […]