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A Hong Kong court has granted three women bail after they were charged with fighting in the children’s play area of a shopping centre and barred them from returning to the venue. Leung Lai-ha, 68, her 34-year-old daughter Ng Ka-wun and Xu Yang, 34, made their first appearance at Kwun Tong Court on Thursday to face charges after their altercation on August […]

ASHEVILLE, North Carolina: The United States is pressing G20 countries to address global trade and fiscal imbalances, with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent urging members to reconsider their trade relationships with China and potentially raise barriers to Chinese goods. The push comes as a renewed sell-off in global bond markets has heightened concerns over […]

The global advertising industry is mourning the death of Hong Kong-born Meta Greater China creative chief Kitty Lun Kit-ying, who drowned in a swimming pool at a residential complex earlier this week. A source close to the investigation confirmed on Thursday that Lun was identified as the 70-year-old woman who died after drowning in the pool of Ville De […]

Chinese mainland investors rotated into Hong Kong stocks tied to artificial intelligence and pulled out of companies in traditional industries in August, taking advantage of a market dip to boost bets on the world’s most cutting-edge technology. AI model developer MiniMax Group logged net buying of HK$10.1 billion (US$1.29 billion) last month, the most […]

BEIJING, Sept. 3 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping returned to Beijing on Thursday after attending the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2026 in Bishkek, and concluding his state visits to Kyrgyzstan and Egypt.Xi's entourage, including his wife Peng Liyuan, Cai Qi, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the […]

BEIJING, Sept. 3 (Xinhua) -- China and Egypt, both ancient civilizations with long histories and splendid cultures, have learned from each other and prospered together for thousands of years.More than 2,000 years ago, China and Egypt were connected by the ancient Silk Road, along which not only porcelain and glassware, but also knowledge and ideas, flowed […]

Hong Kong will roll out its first cross-industry exhibition for high-end products ranging from haute jewellery to supercars, yachts and private jets in November, as part of efforts to attract big spenders and cement the city as a global conference and event capital. The South China Morning Post learned on Wednesday that the inaugural Festival of […]

Hong Kong’s culture chief has paid tribute to veteran actor and dancer Lau Siu-ming following his death on Wednesday at the age of 94, praising his outstanding artistic achievements and contributions to the cultural sector. Lau, affectionately known as Ming Sir, died at about 6pm on Wednesday, according to media reports citing voice actor Ding Yue. […]

The great debate about what to do with Hongkong Post has begun. There will be many twists and turns before we know the final outcome, but one thing is clear: it is vital to keep the staff on board at every step. We ultimately want to have an organisation of committed professionals running a world-class outfit. Early indications are that there could be […]

Five years after a nude photo was taken without her consent, a woman opened Instagram to find the image had been turned into a sticker and sent back to her in a chat. Terrified that the sticker could already be circulating widely, the victim reached out to Emilia Wong Yue-kiu, a women’s rights activist and adult content creator who advocates for bodily […]

Washington DC [US], September 3 (ANI): US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said that he does not believe there are talks currently going on for a trade deal between India and Iran, while warning that countries helping Tehran amid the West Asia conflict to evade US sanctions could face sanctions themselves.Rubio's remarks came after Prime Minister Narendra […]

(260902) -- ABU DHABI, Sept. 2, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A staff member displays behaviors of dogs during the 2026 Abu Dhabi International Hunting and Equestrian Exhibition (ADIHEX) in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates, Sept. 2, 2026. ADIHEX 2026 is held here from Aug. 28 to Sept. 6. (Xinhua/Wang Zecong)

Recently, I joined Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development Algernon Yau Ying-wah in Malaysia for the official opening of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Kuala Lumpur. The occasion marked an elevation in Hong Kong’s economic and trade ties with Malaysia and the broader Southeast Asian region. During the visit, Hong Kong’s Belt and Road […]

Dhaka [Bangladesh], September 3 (ANI): Litton Das will captain Bangladesh in the men's cricket tournament at the Asian Games 2026, with the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) announcing a 15-member squad for the competition, which begins on September 17, according to the ICC.The squad features the return of several key players from the team that faced Zimbabwe […]

CAIRO, Sept. 2 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping left Cairo on Wednesday after paying a state visit to Egypt.During the visit, Xi held talks with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi. The two heads of state jointly witnessed the signing of multiple cooperation documents on Belt and Road cooperation, artificial intelligence, economic and trade, and […]

CAIRO, Sept. 2 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan, visited on Wednesday the Grand Egyptian Museum accompanied by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and his wife.

(260902) -- CAIRO, Sept. 2, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping leaves Cairo after paying a state visit to Egypt, Sept. 2, 2026. (Xinhua/Xin Mengchen)

(Photo credit: Chris Jones-Imagn Images)Dallas Wings center Li Yueru is unable to travel to Berlin for the FIBA World Cup because of a lost passport and will not play for China.The Chinese team is scheduled to open play in the event Friday against the United States.She posted the news on Instagram on Wednesday.'Unfortunately, my passport was lost in the […]

(260902) -- CAIRO, Sept. 2, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan, accompanied by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and his wife Entissar El-Sisi, tour the Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza, Egypt, Sept. 2, 2026. (Xinhua/Xie Huanchi)

From Russia, India and China to the wider Global South, BRICS offers a peaceful way to reshape global governance still dominated by the WestIn a thought-provoking recent column, "The Age of Endarkenment," the distinguished Brazilian economist Paulo Nogueira Batista examines the relative political decline of the collective West and the inability of its […]

From Russia, India and China to the wider Global South, BRICS offers a peaceful way to reshape global governance still dominated by the West In a thought-provoking recent column, "The Age of Endarkenment,"

Experts at a forum in Vladivostok, Russia have warned that unequal access to AI could deepen global divisions and reshape jobs and incomesAI is advancing faster than governments can regulate it and could widen global inequality, making international cooperation essential to managing its development, experts at the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) warned.The […]

(260902) -- BISHKEK, Sept. 2, 2026 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken with a mobile phone shows the first batch of equipment for municipal infrastructure projects delivered by China's Guangxi Liugong Machinery Co., Ltd. (Liugong) in Karakol, Kyrgyzstan, July 1, 2026. TO GO WITH "Feature: Chinese enterprise deepens roots in Kyrgyzstan, forging new chapter of […]

HARBIN, Sept. 2 (Xinhua) -- Across the fertile black soil of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, data and technology are helping farmers anticipate weather and growing conditions with unprecedented precision, reshaping how food is grown in the country's agricultural heartland.For 16 consecutive years, the province has ranked first in the country in […]

HANGZHOU, Sept. 2 (Xinhua) -- Holding up a small vial of fine white powder, Su Hongjiu said it took his company only 14 months to turn a laboratory sample of the ultrapure nanosilica abrasive, a key chip-polishing consumable, into China's first mass-produced version."Overseas companies once held more than 90 percent of the market. Now we can make this type […]

(260902) -- DALIAN, Sept. 2, 2026 (Xinhua) -- An intelligent device empowered by the Chemical Engineering Large Language Model (ChemELLM) 3.0 Pro carries out testing tasks at the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP) under the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Dalian, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Sept. 2, 2026. The latest version of China's first […]

BEIJING, Sept. 2 (Xinhua) -- WNBA-based center Han Xu and rising star Zhang Ziyu were named in China's roster for the 2026 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup on Wednesday, while another WNBA-based post player Li Yueru will be absent.Apart from Han and Zhang, other Chinese players to compete in the World Cup include Chen Mingling, Chen Yujie, Jia Saiqi, Li […]

(260902) -- MAPUTO, Sept. 2, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Wang Junshou, a member of the Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China Hunan Provincial Committee and secretary-general of the committee, speaks at the China (Hunan)-Mozambique Economic and Trade Matchmaking Conference held in Maputo, Mozambique, Sept. 1, 2026. TO GO WITH "China's Hunan, Mozambique […]

(260902) -- CAIRO, Sept. 2, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Peng Liyuan, wife of Chinese President Xi Jinping, visits a small handicrafts exhibition with Entissar El-Sisi, wife of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, in Cairo, Egypt, Sept. 2, 2026. (Xinhua/Liu Bin)

(260902) -- NANTONG, Sept. 2, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Foreign staff dancers from Ukraine take selfies at the snow ocean park of the Sendi Resort in Nantong, east China's Jiangsu Province, Sept. 1, 2026. With their unique charm and outstanding dancing skills, foreign staff dancers have become an attractive part of the Sendi Resort in Nantong. After years of working […]

(260902) -- NANTONG, Sept. 2, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Sofiya Tatarin, a staff dancer from Kazakhstan, is seen after a performance at the Sendi Resort in Nantong, east China's Jiangsu Province, Sept. 1, 2026. With their unique charm and outstanding dancing skills, foreign staff dancers have become an attractive part of the Sendi Resort in Nantong. After years of […]

In a meeting with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi on Wednesday, Chinese President Xi Jinping raised a four-point proposal on building a new security architecture in the Middle East via upholding a vision of common, comprehensive, cooperative and sustainable security.Produced by Xinhua Global Service

Xi said the China-Egypt comprehensive strategic partnership has achieved leapfrog development in recent years under the guidance of the two heads of state.In the talks, Xi raised a four-point proposal on building a new security architecture in the Middle East, saying that China supports countries in the region in developing good-neighborly and friendly […]

Houston [US], September 2 (ANI): Chevron Corporation will invest more than USD 7 billion in its Venezuelan joint ventures over the next five years and more than double production to around 600,000 barrels per day, after securing updated terms and additional acreage from Venezuela to support future investment and production growth, as per an official […]

The Ukrainian leader has warned every airline using Russian airspace as Kiev steps up its long-range drone campaignUkraine's Vladimir Zelensky has warned "every airline" using Russian airspace that the "safe days" are over, as Kiev looks to deploy swarms of drones to disrupt air travel in the country.He warned foreign airlines, insurers and governments on […]

DUBAI, U.A.E.: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on September 1 that Tehran would immediately respond if the United States returned to the commitments it made under an interim agreement between the two countries. Pezeshkian made the comments while attending the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit in Bishkek. His remarks came after the first […]

GYIRONG, Xizang, Sept. 2 (Xinhua) -- Twenty-one people have been confirmed dead and 541 others remain missing as of Wednesday noon after a mudslide struck Gyirong Port on the China-Nepal border in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region on Aug. 26, according to the regional government's latest news briefing.

Taipei [Taiwan], September 2 (ANI): Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) is planning to expand its presence at the Baipu Industrial Park in Kaohsiung to speed up the testing and validation of semiconductor materials and equipment, a company executive said on Tuesday, according to Focus Taiwan.As per the report, TSMC Vice President of Advanced […]

Raipur (Chhattisgarh)[India], September 2(ANI): Chhattisgarh Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Sharma on Wednesday said that terrorism is a matter of global concern that requires collective effort for the upliftment and preservation of humanity.Speaking to reporters, Dy CM Sharma said, 'This is a matter of global concern that requires everyone to work together […]

BEIJING, Sept. 2 (Xinhua) -- In a gallery of golden wheat fields on canvas, Wang Yaoyao in a pale pink qipao is a quiet contrast. The academically trained painter now embraces the unruliness of farmer painting -- a typical Chinese naive art.At the exhibition hall in the financial hub of Beijing, under Wang's brush, a traditional paper-cutting-style piglet […]

(260902) -- KARAMAY, Sept. 2, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A aerial drone photo shows a drilling platform in Jiqing Oilfield operation area of Xinjiang Oilfield Company of China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) in Jimsar, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Aug. 30, 2026. In 2026, the first year of China's 15th Five-Year Plan period, Xinjiang Uygur […]

(260902) -- GYIRONG, Sept. 2, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Staff members on a food truck distribute lunches to rescue workers in mudslide-affected Gyirong Town, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Aug. 31, 2026. A food truck has been deployed in mudslide-affected Gyirong Town of Gyirong County recently, providing hot meals to disaster relief volunteers. The […]

Shenzhen [China], September 2 (ANI): Indian shuttlers Kidambi Srikanth and Tanvi Sharma secured wins in singles competition at the ongoing China Masters tournament on Wednesday. Several Indian shuttlers are in action on Wednesday at the China Masters, with Kidambi prevailing over Chi Yu Jen 21-16, 21-15 in men's singles first round.17-year-old World Junior […]

VMPLNew Delhi [India], September 2: Food has a way of bringing people together. A family deciding where to have dinner, friends meeting after a long day, or someone simply looking for a comfortable place to enjoy a good meal are all everyday moments that become meaningful around a table.For vegetarian families in Hyderabad, finding a restaurant that offered […]

Hong Kong authorities have arrested a man and woman from a clinic on suspicion of selling a laboratory reagent as a bogus vaccine against more than 20 types of cancer. The arrests followed a joint operation by the Department of Health and police, during which investigators raided 13 premises linked to the company, said Frank Chan Ling-fung, an assistant […]