The U.S. aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson arrived at the southern city of Busan in South Korea on Sunday as a show of force, South Korea's navy said. The visit was part of the "ironclad" commitment of ...

Russian shelling overnight killed one person and injured two more in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk and Russian forces attacked Ukraine with 79 drones, Ukraine's authorities said on Sunday.

Mauritius' Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam has described as "positive" U.S. President Donald Trump's comments that signalled Washington would likely back a deal over the future of a U.S.-UK military ba ...

Pope Francis is in a stable condition as he fights double pneumonia in hospital for the 17th day, and is resting having had a peaceful night, the Vatican said on Sunday. The Vatican said on Saturday e ...

A second Ebola patient, a four-year-old child, has died in Uganda, the World Health Organization said, citing the country’s health ministry. The fatality brings the number of confirmed cases in Uganda ...

Police have discovered a dozen anti-personnel mines and some ammunition in eastern Afghanistan's Parwan province, said a statement of provincial police on Sunday. The anti-personnel mines and some une ...

Voting in the elections for the lower house of Tajikistan's parliament began at 6:00 a.m. local time on Sunday. A total of 220 candidates, including representatives from six political parties and some ...

Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo launched his electoral campaign for New York City mayorship on Saturday. "Our city is in crisis. That's why I am running to be mayor of New York City. We need gov ...

美國總統特朗普簽署行政命令, 指示商務部長盧特尼克, 就進口木材對國家安全的影響展開調查, 可能會加徵關稅. 命令指出, 商務部的調查必須在270天內完成, 特朗普同時下令90天內採取新措施, 包括簡化從公共土地砍伐木材的許可程序, 以及改善從森林等回收倒下樹木的方式, 增加國內木材供應量. 有關調查針對包括加拿大, 德國和巴西的木材出口國. 有白宮官員表示, 美軍在執行職務時消耗大量木材, 而美 ...

​財政預算案中提出, 政府正檢視在洪水橋／厦村, 新田科技城等新發展區, 提供區域供冷系統的規模和推進模式, 初步估計節省不少於400億元的工程開支. 環境及生態局長謝展寰在網誌表示, 去年第四季開始已要求相關部門, 檢視在2個新發展區提供區域供冷系統, 優次和推進模式. 把工程縮減至絕對必要範圍, 務求更具成本效益配合當區發展, 並會在第二季度向立法會提交報告. 謝展寰又表示, 現時啓德區域供冷 ...

行政會議成員、 經民聯立法會議員林健鋒表示, 新一份財政預算案穩健踏實, 雖然中產受惠較少, 但相信政府已經多方兼顧. 他又指, 財政儲備跌至約6千億元並非危險的水平, 最重要是將來能夠吸引投資及人才來港, 強調對香港有期望及信心. 林健鋒在本台節目指, 政府可以在土地用途方面留有彈性, 按投資項目的特質靈活應變. 他又指, 當局提出3年內削減百分之7經常開支, 已經是較為保守, 建議更多利用科技 ...

人民銀行, 中國證監會等5個部門聯合召開會議, 強調下大氣力, 解決民營企業融資難, 融資貴問題, 共同營造更優的民營企業發展環境. 會議要求, 實施好適度寬鬆的貨幣政策, 發揮好結構性貨幣政策工具作用, 強化監管引領, 引導金融機構一視同仁, 對待各類所有制企業, 增加對民營和小微企業信貸投放; 同時執行好金融支持民營經濟25條舉措, 健全民營中小企業增信制度, 加快推出規範供應鏈金融業務政策文 ...