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Hong Kong health authorities have confirmed that no child showed signs of poisoning after drinking a batch of infant formula found to contain excessive levels of lead. The Department of Health gave an update on Wednesday, a month after Macau authorities alerted the public that a batch of Frisolac Prestige Stage 1 infant formula, manufactured by the Dutch […]

Hong Kong will unveil its first five-year plan and annual policy address on September 16, the city’s leader has announced, as he visited residents from lower-income households and inspected community services to gather public views. “The five-year plan draws the eyes of a dragon, while the policy address draws the entire dragon,” Chief Executive John […]

(260826) -- LHASA, Aug. 26, 2026 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Aug. 26, 2026 shows an area near Gyirong Port in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region. A mudslide struck near Gyirong Port in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region on Wednesday, with people feared missing, local authorities said. The disaster has cut off roads leading to the port on […]

Celebrating its 45th anniversary this year, the Student of the Year (SOTY) Awards unveiled a series of forward-looking initiatives while honouring a community-minded student-athlete from Ying Wa College with the Grand Prize for exemplifying this year’s theme: “Leadership in Action: Shaping the Possible.” Organised by the South China Morning Post and […]

LHASA, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- A mudslide struck near Gyirong Port in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region on Wednesday, with people feared missing, local authorities said.The disaster has cut off roads leading to the port on the Chinese side, as well as communications and power supplies, according to the emergency management bureau of Gyirong County in […]

BEIJING, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- Nearly two in every three passenger cars sold at retail in China are now new energy vehicles (NEVs), a share that signals both the vitality of China's NEV market and the industry's capacity to turn new technologies into reliable products at scale.Industry association data showed that NEVs accounted for 65.1 percent of […]

Beyond surpassing human records on the competition field, humanoid robots are becoming better integrated into everyday life.by sportswriters Li Chunyu and Hu JialiBEIJING, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- At the second World Humanoid Robot Games, people are becoming accustomed to seeing robots surpass human records.At the opening ceremony on Saturday, a humanoid robot […]

(260826) -- BEIJING, Aug. 26, 2026 (Xinhua) -- China and India hold the 25th round of talks between the two countries' special representatives on the boundary question in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 25, 2026. Wang Yi, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, director of the Office of the Central Commission for […]

NANJING, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- Chinese researchers have recently developed a novel cardiac cell therapy that helps repair damaged myocardium and improve heart function in patients with severe heart failure.The therapy, pioneered by Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital in east China's Jiangsu Province, uses lab-cultivated cardiomyocytes to replace necrotic heart […]

SHENYANG, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- In a workshop near the Yalu River, Teng Xulin bends over a grinding machine, carefully shaping a watchmaking hob less than one-third the size of a coin. With a module of just 0.036 millimeters, the tiny tool is designed to machine miniature gears for mechanical watches. Its teeth are so fine that they are best seen through a […]

NANCHANG, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- One month after the Jingdezhen Handicraft Porcelain Industry Sites were inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List, a symposium was held on Tuesday to explore how to turn the status into lasting momentum for urban development.Themed "Preserving Cultural Heritage: Advancing the Inheritance and Innovation of Ceramic Culture," […]

(260826) -- SAO PAULO, Aug. 26, 2026 (Xinhua) -- An exhibitor communicates with visitors during the smarter E South America 2026 at the Expo Center Norte in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Aug. 25, 2026. The three-day smarter E South America 2026 kicked off in Sao Paulo on Tuesday, attracting over 600 enterprises in the new energy sector to participate, showcasing their […]

PRNewswireKaohsiung [Taiwan], August 26: As GLP-1-based therapies reshape weight management, brands are looking beyond appetite control to nutrition quality, protein utilization, muscle support and long-term vitality. Nutrition conversations increasingly connect to women's healthy aging and active living. SynbioTech, the world-leading biotechnology company […]

A mainland Chinese Buddhist monk has been remanded in custody after allegedly stealing a statue of the Monkey King, a deity famed in classic Chinese novel Journey to the West, from a Hong Kong temple. The 57-year-old, Zha Jianxin, appeared in West Kowloon Court on Wednesday after being charged with one count of theft involving a statue belonging to Lung Mo […]

URUMQI, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- Several hundred kilometers from Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan, cotton plants in a 1,000-mu (about 66.67 hectares) demonstration field are approaching one meter in height, each bearing 8 to 10 bolls.For Song Meizhen, chief scientist of a high-quality cotton research team at the Institute of Western Agriculture under the […]

A Hong Kong man has lost more than HK$2.8 million (US$357,000) in an online investment scam in which fraudsters claiming to be employees of electricity companies duped him into investing in a “recyclable waste project”. Police also said on Wednesday that the force had recorded 50 investment scams in the past week, with the total losses exceeding HK$30 […]

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) need subsidies to cope with soaring electricity costs after fuel surcharges imposed by Hong Kong’s two power suppliers rose by up to 78.5 per cent since March due to the Middle East war, an industry leader and a lawmaker have said. HK Electric, which mainly supplies Hong Kong Island and Lamma Island, announced […]

A Hong Kong constable is suspected of discharging his service firearm accidentally at a police base in Mong Kok, the force has said. Police said on Wednesday the officer was loading a round into his weapon at the West Kowloon Regional Emergency Unit’s base at 11.01pm the previous day. A single round was believed to have been fired. No one was injured. […]

Hong Kong authorities are investigating two new dog attack cases that have resulted in injuries to a woman and a canine, taking place amid mounting safety concerns triggered by two other similar but deadlier incidents last week. In the first case, police said on Wednesday that they had received a report from a woman the previous afternoon that her dog, a […]

BEIJING, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- China has so far formulated nearly 200 key standards for artificial intelligence (AI) to steer the sector toward sound and orderly development, an official with the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) said on Wednesday.Xin Guobin, vice minister of the MIIT, told a press conference that AI has now been largely […]

by Xinhua writers Yi Yangang and Zhang YunlongURUMQI, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- In the height of summer, China's most popular tourist sites are known for their gridlock. Deep in the Tianshan Mountains, in a Kazakh village called Qiongkushitai, the jam is made of horses, not cars, as growing numbers of tourists line up to ride into the mountains.Ars, 24, in a […]

A Hong Kong court has ordered a civil servant at public broadcaster RTHK to complete 160 hours of community service after he admitted taking upskirt footage of a woman in public. Chong Tak-yin, an assistant chief assignment editor in RTHK’s Chinese news and current affairs division, was sentenced on Wednesday at West Kowloon Court after pleading guilty to […]

Hong Kong’s growing number of expatriates is boosting the city’s residential property leasing market with luxury rents likely to rise by about 5 per cent this year and continue their upswing in 2027, according to property consultancy JLL. The private residential rental index by the Rating and Valuation Department had surged by 18.5 per cent as of June […]

HANGZHOU, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- The core components of an offshore wind farm -- turbines, pile hammers and submarine cables -- are clustered within a 10-km industrial zone in Wenzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, slashing the distance from factory floor to offshore installation.At a Goldwind factory, workers assemble turbine hubs and nacelles. A ZTT […]

by Xinhua writer Vladislava ChuguevaMOSCOW, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- Even in August, months after the Chinese New Year, Moscow Zoo takes on a distinctly Chinese air.Scarlet lanterns, an iconic symbol of joy and festivity in Chinese culture, sway above a tea-ceremony stall, while visitors pose in colorful costumes and gather around images of "Katyusha," the first […]

New Delhi [India], August 26 (ANI): Former Union Minister MJ Akbar said the India-China border remains critical to the relationship between the two countries, as National Security Advisor Ajit Doval held Special Representatives-level talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in China.Speaking to ANI on Tuesday, Akbar said the Chinese border was more […]

by Guo Xinhui and Bai YongquanSUVA, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- On a stretch of land once scarred by salt, rows of lush green grass now ripple in the Pacific breeze. Just a few years ago, little could grow here. Today, the field stands as living proof of how a single plant is helping reshape both the landscape and the lives of local people.The grass is known as […]

BEIJING, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- China and India on Tuesday held the 25th round of talks between the two countries' special representatives on the boundary question in Beijing, conducting comprehensive, in-depth, friendly and candid communication on issues such as the boundary question and bilateral ties.Wang Yi, a member of the Political Bureau of the […]

Mainland Chinese enterprises will play a key role in developing Hong Kong’s Northern Metropolis by sharing financial risks and helping align the megaproject with national strategy, according to real estate and political advisers. Their analysis followed the award of the blueprint’s first pilot area in Hung Shui Kiu to HSK New Development, a consortium […]

(260825) -- ACCRA, Aug. 25, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Benjamin Boakye, Executive Director for Africa Center for Energy Policy (ACEP) is pictured during the 2026 Future of Energy Conference in Accra, Ghana, on Aug. 25, 2026. GO TO WITH "Ghanaian expert urges Africa to partner with China for cheaper energy development" (Photo by Seth/Xinhua)

(260825) -- RAMALLAH, Aug. 25, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian girls perform at a closing ceremony for a children's support project funded by the Chinese Office in Palestine in the West Bank city of Ramallah, on Aug. 24, 2026. GO TO WITH "Feature: Despite hardships, West Bank refugee camp children find hope with Chinese support" (Photo by Ayman Nobani/Xinhua)

(260825) -- DAKAR, Aug. 25, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Oulimata Sarr (front R), former Senegalese minister of economy, planning and cooperation, speaks at a meeting hosted by the Chinese Embassy in Senegal on China's zero-tariff policy in Dakar, Senegal, Aug. 21, 2026. TO GO WITH "Roundup: Senegal eyes more processed exports to China under zero-tariff policy" […]

(Photo credit: Geoff Burke-Imagn Images)Denied a chance to compete in a final U.S. Open, former champion Stan Wawrinka bid an emotional farewell to New York on Tuesday.Wawrinka, who announced last December that he is retiring at the end of the season, was not granted one of the eight wild cards given out. It is the only Grand Slam event not to have invited […]

Beijing [China], August 25 (ANI): The 25th round of Special Representatives' Talks on India-China border talks is currently underway in Beijing, spearheaded by National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. The meeting between the two leaders comes shortly after they met in June in India on the sidelines of the BRICS National […]

PNNNew Delhi [India], August 25: There was no crash. That, more than anything, is why this market gets so little credit for what it has come through. For the better part of two years the Nifty simply moved sideways, and it is easy to forget that Indian shares spent that time absorbing one blow after another, with almost every major economic factor turning […]

New Delhi [India], August 25 (ANI): China's data centre electricity consumption is projected to quadruple to 774 terawatt-hours (TWh) by 2030 as rapid growth in artificial intelligence workloads drives a structural rise in computing-related power demand, according to a release by Wood Mackenzie.The research firm said data centres could account for 6 per […]

Dharamshala (Himachal Pradesh) [India], August 25 (ANI): Chinese authorities have intensified campaigns promoting ethnic integration and opposition to separatism across Tibet, with senior officials and representatives stressing national unity and the implementation of recently enacted ethnic unity legislation, according to Tibet Times.Tibet Times reported […]

New Delhi [India], August 25 (ANI): Indian skipper Harmanpreet Kaur, ahead of the much-anticipated ACC Women's T20 Asia Cup 2026, acknowledged the immense pressure surrounding an India-Pakistan clash, saying the intensity is unlike any other international match. However, the India captain stressed the importance of staying calm, sticking to routines and […]

Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 25 (ANI): Sri Lanka all-rounder Dewmi Vihanga will have to wait for her T20I debut after being ruled out of the Women's T20 Asia Cup with a right knee injury. Left-arm spinner Nimasha Meepage has been named as her replacement.Vihanga did not travel with the Sri Lankan squad to the UAE after sustaining the injury during a practice […]

Mainland China’s vast pool of engineers can help Hong Kong companies expand, bridge their talent gap and scale up operations, industry leaders have said. They shared their insights during a six-day media tour of the Greater Bay Area organised by the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office. The itinerary included a research institute in Guangzhou’s Nansha […]

BEIJING, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- Chinese researchers have unveiled an open-source text-to-speech artificial intelligence (AI) model that tackles the long-standing challenge of Arabic speech synthesis. The system covers more than 20 regional variants of the language under a unified technical framework.The model, named Habibi, meaning "my dear friend" in Arabic, […]

BEIJING, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- Vincent van Gogh's iconic painting "Irises" has found an unexpected new canvas -- a traditional Chinese Qipao dress woven in brocade.The fabric's intricate weave renders the painting's brushstrokes. Deep blue petals sweep upward from the hem, interlaced with lush green leaves, while green trim and knotted buttons at the collar […]

KABUL, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- Behind the glass counters of Kabul's antique sellers' street, blue lapis lazuli, green emeralds, red rubies and multicolored tourmaline reflect the light of a market that has long connected Afghanistan's mineral-rich mountain regions with buyers across the globe.For traders and jewelry designers in the capital, the stones […]

(260825) -- FUZHOU, Aug. 25, 2026 (Xinhua) -- An artist performs writing Chinese calligraphy with a marionette at a mansion on the Qiaonan ancient street in Quanzhou City, southeast China's Fujian Province, Aug. 18, 2026. Qiaonan ancient street in Quanzhou is a historical and cultural block which still preserves traditional Minnan buildings and […]

BEIJING, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- Chinese lawmakers on Tuesday began reviewing a draft law on countering transnational corruption, a move to fill a legislative gap in China's efforts to combat cross-border corruption.The formulation of the law is an important step by China to put in place a systematic and comprehensive foreign-related legal framework for […]