Russian and Ukrainian negotiators will meet in Istanbul on Friday for their first peace talks in more than three years as both sides come under pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump to end Europe' ...

India is considering plans to dramatically increase the water it draws from a major river that feeds Pakistani farms downstream, as part of retaliatory action for a deadly April attack on tourists tha ...

The 90-day tariff truce agreed by the United States and China during trade talks in Switzerland last weekend is too short, China's state-backed Global Times said on Friday, as envoys from the world's ...

Two National Rugby League teams are facing A$10,000 fines as punishment for on-pitch trainers dousing the ball with water from drinks bottles to make it harder to catch during a match in Townsville la ...

An Indian climber and another from the Philippines became the first mountaineers to die on Mount Everest in the current March-May climbing season of the world's highest peak, hiking officials said on ...

An American scholar remains in Thailand after prosecutors dropped charges against him of insulting the monarchy, his family said, as his legal jeopardy continues in a case that has raised concern in t ...

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財經事務及庫務局長許正宇出訪卡塔爾和科威特後返港，他表示,卡塔爾和科威特對投資亞洲很有興趣，香港可作為跳板，為他們提供很多投資渠道和機會，而本地巿場亦會越來越多機會。 許正宇表示，很多中東國家都希望，能夠在石油經濟以外更多元化，今次出訪除了本地企業，也有內地企業代表同行，這些企業能帶給這些國家科技或業務方案，可他們幫助在石油以外，於其他經濟領域有更多發展，所以在金融領域及實體經濟，都能為雙邊創造不 ...

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