Riyadh hosts fraternal meeting of GCC, Jordan, and Egypt leaders    Saudi Arabia celebrates Founding Day on Saturday, marking three centuries of a proud legacy    Saudi foreign minister meets South African president on G20 sidelines in Johannesburg    Saudi FM at G20: Ensuring Palestinian self-determination key to lasting peace    Saudi airports record 128 million travelers in 2024    Riyadh Air to launch operations by end of 2025, CEO confirms Douglas expresses confidence in Boeing amid supply chain challenges    Al-Falih: Saudi Arabia is one of major countries attracting foreign investment    Netanyahu takes aim at West Bank after bus explosions near Tel Aviv    Body returned from Gaza is not Bibas mother, Israeli military says    Trump 'very frustrated' with Zelensky, says adviser    Hong Kong's main opposition party announces plan to dissolve    'Neighbors' canceled again, two years after revival    Al-Tuwaijri: Not a single day has passed in Saudi Arabia in 9 years without an achievement Media professionals urged to innovate in disseminating Kingdom's story to the world    Proper diet and healthy eating key to enjoying Ramadan fast    Saudi Media Forum panel highlights Kingdom's vision beyond 2034 World Cup    AlUla Arts Festival 2025 wraps up with a vibrant closing weekend    Al Hilal secures top spot in AFC Champions League Elite, set to face Pakhtakor in Round of 16    Al-Ettifaq's Moussa Dembélé undergoes surgery, misses rest of the season    'Real life Squid Game': Kim Sae-ron's death exposes Korea's celebrity culture    Al Ahli defeat Al Gharafa to seal AFC Champions League Elite knockout berth    Bollywood star Saif Ali Khan 'out of danger' after attack at home in Mumbai    Order vs. Morality: Lessons from New York's 1977 Blackout    India puts blockbuster Pakistani film on hold    The Vikings and the Islamic world    Exotic Taif Roses Simulation Performed at Taif Rose Festival    Asian shares mixed Tuesday    Weather Forecast for Tuesday    Saudi Tourism Authority Participates in Arabian Travel Market Exhibition in Dubai    Minister of Industry Announces 50 Investment Opportunities Worth over SAR 96 Billion in Machinery, Equipment Sector    HRH Crown Prince Offers Condolences to Crown Prince of Kuwait on Death of Sheikh Fawaz Salman Abdullah Al-Ali Al-Malek Al-Sabah    HRH Crown Prince Congratulates Santiago Peña on Winning Presidential Election in Paraguay    SDAIA Launches 1st Phase of 'Elevate Program' to Train 1,000 Women on Data, AI    41 Saudi Citizens and 171 Others from Brotherly and Friendly Countries Arrive in Saudi Arabia from Sudan    Saudi Arabia Hosts 1st Meeting of Arab Authorities Controlling Medicines    General Directorate of Narcotics Control Foils Attempt to Smuggle over 5 Million Amphetamine Pills    NAVI Javelins Crowned as Champions of Women's Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) Competitions    Saudi Karate Team Wins Four Medals in World Youth League Championship    Third Edition of FIFA Forward Program Kicks off in Riyadh    Evacuated from Sudan, 187 Nationals from Several Countries Arrive in Jeddah    SPA Documents Thajjud Prayer at Prophet's Mosque in Madinah    SFDA Recommends to Test Blood Sugar at Home Two or Three Hours after Meals    SFDA Offers Various Recommendations for Safe Food Frying    SFDA Provides Five Tips for Using Home Blood Pressure Monitor    SFDA: Instant Soup Contains Large Amounts of Salt    Mawani: New shipping service to connect Jubail Commercial Port to 11 global ports    Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Delivers Speech to Pilgrims, Citizens, Residents and Muslims around the World    Sheikh Al-Issa in Arafah's Sermon: Allaah Blessed You by Making It Easy for You to Carry out This Obligation. Thus, Ensure Following the Guidance of Your Prophet    Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques addresses citizens and all Muslims on the occasion of the Holy month of Ramadan    

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Hong Kong's main opposition party announces plan to dissolve
The leaders of Hong Kong's Democratic Party have announced plans to dissolve what was once the city's largest opposition group. Members will soon vote on the final decision on whether to shut down the 31-year-old party, chairman Lo Kin-hei said. The (...)

21 - 02 - 2025
Hong Kong launches naming contest for twin panda cubs
Panda fever has swept through Hong Kong as residents compete to name the city's first locally born giant panda twins, who celebrated their six-month milestone on Saturday. The naming contest, officially launched at a ceremony at Ocean Park, was (...)

15 - 02 - 2025
Iran is rearming its missile program, Western sources say
The first of two vessels carrying 1,000 tons of a Chinese-made chemical that could be a key component in fuel for Iran's military missile program has anchored outside the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas on Thursday, ship tracking data shows. It could (...)

14 - 02 - 2025
Chinese film stirs national pride, rakes in $1bn in days
An animated film about a boy who battles demons with his magical powers has become China's highest-grossing film ever and a source of national pride. Ne Zha 2, based on a Chinese mythological character, has raked in more than 8 billion yuan ($1.1bn; (...)

10 - 02 - 2025
China hits back as Trump's tariffs go into effect
Beijing announced a broad package of economic measures targeting the United States on Tuesday, hitting back after US President Donald Trump imposed 10% tariffs on Chinese imports. The fresh duties, announced by China's Ministry of Finance, levy a (...)

04 - 02 - 2025
Asian markets tumble as Trump's tariff war escalates
Asian shares slid on Monday morning after US President Donald Trump followed through on his promise to impose tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China. Investors are bracing for a potential trade war that could hit the earnings of major companies and (...)

03 - 02 - 2025
Taiwanese star Barbie Hsu of Meteor Garden fame dies
Taiwanese actress Barbie Hsu has died from pneumonia after contracting influenza while on a vacation in Japan, local media report. She was 48. Hsu is one of the biggest names in the Mandarin-speaking world and is best known for starring in the 2001 (...)

03 - 02 - 2025
China celebrates DeepSeek's breakout AI success as tech race heats up
People across China are hailing the success of homegrown tech startup DeepSeek and its founder, after the company's newest artificial intelligence model sent shock waves through Silicon Valley and Wall Street. "DeepSeek overturns the US stocks (...)

29 - 01 - 2025
Xi and Putin hail tightening ties in call hours after Trump inauguration
Chinese leader Xi Jinping vowed to take his country's ties with Russia to a new level this year in a video conference with his counterpart Vladimir Putin on Tuesday, hours after the inauguration of US President Donald Trump. The two leaders have (...)

22 - 01 - 2025
China unveils prototype for what could be the world's fastest high-speed train
China has revealed a prototype of its next-generation high-speed train, a vehicle it says is on track to be the world's fastest. The CR450, which was unveiled in Beijing on December 29, had reached test speeds as high as 450 kilometers (281 miles) (...)

01 - 01 - 2025
WHO urges China to share Covid origins data, five years on from pandemic's emergence
The World Health Organization has urged China to share data to help understand the origins of Covid-19, five years on from the start of the pandemic in the Chinese city of Wuhan. On December 31, 2019, the WHO's China office noted a cluster of (...)

31 - 12 - 2024
China says astronauts completed nine-hour spacewalk, breaking US record
China says two of its astronauts completed a nine-hour spacewalk Tuesday, a figure that beats the US-held record for the world's longest spacewalk set in 2001, in the latest milestone in the country's ambitious space program. Cai Xuzhe and Song (...)

18 - 12 - 2024
Indian students in the US outnumber Chinese for the first time in 15 years
For more than a decade, Chinese students have flocked to the United States, drawn by the prestige of an overseas education and the glamor of the American Dream. Education consultancies flourished across China, with parents paying big bucks for (...)

21 - 11 - 2024
Hong Kong's leading democracy activists handed lengthy prison terms in mass trial
More than 40 of Hong Kong's best-known pro-democracy figures have been sentenced to prison terms of up to 10 years on subversion charges, in the biggest single blow to the city's already shrinking political freedoms following Beijing's sweeping (...)

19 - 11 - 2024
Driver detained after car plows into people exercising in Chinese city
Police in southern China have detained the driver of a car that plowed into people exercising in the grounds of an outdoor sports center on Monday evening, leaving scores injured. A car "hit multiple pedestrians and then fled the scene" at the (...)

12 - 11 - 2024
China is building new villages on its remote Himalayan border
High in the mist-shrouded Himalayas, a winding mountain road opens to a clearing in the pine forested valley, revealing rows of uniform Tibetan-style houses, each topped with a Chinese flag. Construction is booming in this remote place. Piles of (...)

06 - 11 - 2024
TikTok founder becomes China's richest man
The surging global popularity of TikTok has seen the co-founder of its parent company, ByteDance, become China's richest person. According to a rich list produced by the Hurun Research Institute, Zhang Yiming is now worth $49.3bn (£38bn) — 43% more (...)

30 - 10 - 2024
Chinese police target Halloween revellers in Shanghai
A heavy police response has stifled Halloween celebrations in Shanghai, in what many have viewed as an attempt by authorities to crack down on large public gatherings and freedom of expression. Witnesses have told the BBC they saw police dispersing (...)

28 - 10 - 2024
Twelfth monkey dies in HK zoo amid bacterial outbreak
A twelfth monkey died at a Hong Kong zoo, with tests underway to determine if it succumbed to the same bacterial infection that killed 11 other monkeys in the past 10 days. The De Brazza's monkey had been isolated since 13 October when the first (...)

24 - 10 - 2024
Xi vows 'reunification' with Taiwan on eve of Communist China's 75th birthday
Chinese leader Xi Jinping reiterated his pledge to achieve "reunification" with Taiwan on the eve of Communist China's 75th birthday, as Beijing flexed its military might in the run-up to the national holiday. At a state banquet celebrating the (...)

01 - 10 - 2024
BTS star Suga fined $11,500 for drink-driving
Suga from K-pop boy band BTS has been fined 15 million won ($11,500; £8,600) for driving an electric scooter while intoxicated, according to media reports. The singer, whose real name is Min Yoon-gi, was indicted in August after police found him (...)

30 - 09 - 2024
Hong Kong jails two journalists for sedition
A Hong Kong Court has jailed two journalists who led a pro-democracy newspaper after they were found guilty in a landmark sedition case last month. Chung Pui-kuen and Patrick Lam, editors at the now-defunct Stand News media outlet, had published (...)

26 - 09 - 2024
Boy, 10, killed in new China stabbing attack near Japanese school
A 10-year-old boy attending a Japanese school in southern China has died after being stabbed on his way to class on Wednesday, according to Tokyo's foreign minister, in the second knife attack near a Japanese school in the country in recent (...)

19 - 09 - 2024
Shanghai slammed by strongest storm in seven decades
Shanghai was brought to a standstill on Monday by what authorities say was the strongest typhoon to directly hit the Chinese financial hub in more than seven decades, with flights, trains and highways suspended during a national holiday. Typhoon (...)

16 - 09 - 2024
Ex-CIA officer jailed for 10 years as spy for China
A former CIA officer has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for spying for the Chinese government. Alexander Yuk Ching Ma, 71, was arrested in August 2020 after admitting to an undercover FBI agent that he sold US secrets to China. Ma, a (...)

12 - 09 - 2024
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