Former Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, now the head of the BRICS bloc's development bank, has been discharged from a hospital in Shanghai after nearly a week hospitalized, her press office said on Friday.
Hong Kong will officially open a new 50,000-seat stadium with a gala event, part of its bid to compete with cities around the region that are spending billions of dollars on state-of-the-art arenas to attract sports games and concerts by the world’s biggest stars.
Sergei Shoigu, the secretary of Russia's Security Council, has held talks in Beijing with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, Russia's Interfax news agency reported on Friday. It cited Shoigu, Russia's former defence minister,
The Asian financial hub will reduce salaries tax and businesses’ profit tax by 100%, subject to a ceiling of 1,500 Hong Kong dollars, said Hong Kong Financial Secretary Paul Chan.
New Zealand's foreign minister said he had raised concerns over China's recent live-fire drills in the Tasman Sea during meetings with Chinese leaders on Wednesday. The issue was a lack of notice given to New Zealand over the military exercises off its coast,
"DeepSeek complements, rather than competes against, existing AI leaders like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google DeepMind," the Chinese embassy said.
Hong Kong's home prices fell for a second straight month in January, government figures showed on Friday, as potential homebuyers searched for more positive market signals amid a weak economic outlook.
China pushed back against recent remarks by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, declaring that Washington could never "sow discord" in its ties with Moscow. Newsweek reached out to the White House and the Russian Foreign Ministry via email for comment.