Trump's decision to bypass Israel during his current visit to the Middle East had already been seen as a marker of the his administration's increased focus on lucrative business deals with wealthy ...

When President Donald Trump announced in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday that he would lift all sanctions on Syria, the decision, which will boost a country devastated by 13 years of war, took many in the ...

An exhaustive examination of lunar gravity using data obtained by two NASA robotic spacecraft is offering new clues about why the two sides of the moon - the one perpetually facing Earth and the other ...

The U.S. State Department said on Thursday a solution to be able to deliver food aid to Gaza was "steps away" and an announcement was coming shortly, as the aid community expressed skepticism that the ...

Using a carbon market-like tool to control air pollution can help developing countries such as India where the standard approach of limiting the emissions with policy making is falling short, a new ...

A Trump Tower in Damascus, a detente with Israel and U.S. access to Syria's oil and gas are part of Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa's strategic pitch to try to get face time with U.S. President Donald ...

Coast Guard vessels of the Philippines and the United States have taken part for the first time in joint maritime exercises with naval and air force units in the contested South China Sea. The exercis ...

在北京，外交部副部長馬朝旭會見美國新任駐華大使龐德偉(David Perdue)，就當前中美關係及共同關心的重要問題，坦誠和深入交換意見。 馬朝旭強調，中方按照國家主席習近平提出的相互尊重、和平共處、 ...

商務及經濟發展局局長丘應樺表示，截至4月底，「中小企融資擔保計劃」下八成、九成和百分百特別擔保產品的累計壞帳率，分別約為百分之5.2、4.2及15.6，都低於假設整體壞帳率。 丘應樺在書面回應立法會議員質詢時表示，按證保險公司一直與貸款機構緊密合作，致力妥善處理違約個案，如借款企業拖欠還款，貸款機構會先與借款企業商討可行的還款方案，例如在過渡期內只償還利息或部分本金，以期借款企業可盡快在債務重整安 ...

據銀行公會數據，與樓按相關的一個月HIBOR報0.75780厘，較上日跌0.20256厘。 隔夜HIBOR報0.03577厘，升0.00091厘。

政府在去年宣布調低烈酒稅，商務及經濟發展局局長丘應樺表示，截至今年四月底的六個半月，留意到進口並已完稅的烈酒數量按公升計算和其價值，與調低烈酒稅前六個半月比較均有上升，其中烈酒進口數量上升逾一成半，而價值則大幅上升近六成，反映政府引進的雙層稅制有效鼓勵高價烈酒貿易. 丘應樺回覆立法會議員提問時表示，商界藉調低烈酒稅的機會，舉辦不同形式的酒類展銷活動，當中售賣烈酒的比例明顯上升，亦有酒商調低烈酒售價 ...

政府去年的施政報告提出建立大宗商品交易生態圈，財政司司長陳茂波表示，政府計劃為合資格大宗商品交易活動提供半稅優惠，預計年底向立法會提交條例草案，時間較陳茂波早前預期的明年上半年提早。