The 11th Hong Kong Food Festival, which an event incorporated in the Hong Kong Mega Showcase, is held from 25-28, December.
After a roller-coaster year, China's foreign trade may yet reach its 8-percent growth target by the end of 2013. Exporters remain optimistic.
The Queen in Britain delivered a televised Christmas speech Wednesday afternoon, reflecting on the past year when the 60 anniversary of her coronation was celebrated and her great-grandson was born.
Much to the relief of Chinese toy exporters, shoppers in the West have finally loosened their purse strings for the Christmas rush this year.
Global growth in 2014 is expected to move up a notch or two, and there are reasons for optimism about the U.S. economy, said Standard & Poor economists on Monday.
Anthony Lake, the executive director of the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), said on Monday that 2.3 million children have been affected by the vicious conflict in the Central African Republic (CAF) country.
The Australian National University Dictionary Centre (ANDC), based in Canberra, confirmed in a statement on Friday that they have selected "bitcoin" as the 2013 Word of the Year.
Nanjing witnessed mass murder, massacre and war rape following the Japanese capture of the city on December 13, 1937, during World War II.
U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday approved a two-year budget plan crafted by negotiators from both parties in Congress, a further step toward removing the threat of a government shutdown early next year.
The Singapore government is offering more scholarships to encourage young people to pursue degrees and diplomas in cybersecurity, Communications and Information Minister Yaacob Ibrahim said.
Christmas time, has become a concern for millions who will neither give nor receive presents this year due to the persisting economic crisis.
Chief budget negotiators in the U.S. Congress said Tuesday that they have struck a two-year deal to avoid a government shutdown on Jan. 15.
China's fiscal revenue achieved rapid growth in November, partly due to its stabilizing economy, the Ministry of Finance said Wednesday.
Global miner BHP Billiton said Wednesday that its U.S. shale oil business would be one of its major cash flow generators by 2020, contributing almost 3 billion U.S. dollars a year to the company by the end of the decade.
Overseas visitors are continuing to spend less time in New Zealand despite arriving in greater numbers, according to figures from the government statistics agency Wednesday.
The family of a 17-year-old student who committed suicide after he was physically punished a year ago by a former teacher filed a lawsuit on Wednesday for more than 165 million yen (about 1.60 million U.S. dollars) in damage against Osaka City, which runs the school he was attending, local media reported.
China's automobile sales and output both hit new highs in November
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