Hong Kong's overall consumer prices rose 1.7 percent year-on-year in July, the Census and Statistics Department of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government said on Thursday.

China has become Ecuador's second-largest trading partner as bilateral trade has grown rapidly since the China-Ecuador free trade agreement (FTA) took effect more than two years ago, a commerce ministry spokesperson said Thursday.

The US national debt has exceeded $40 trillion for the first time in history, according to Treasury Department data released on Wednesday. The ominous milestone comes less than five years after the debt passed the $30-trillion mark in January 2022, a rise of more than one-third in that period.

China's AI-powered blackboards are gaining global attention. Educators worldwide are hailing the technology as the future of teaching.

U.S. automaker Tesla has integrated Doubao, a large language model developed by technology firm ByteDance, into its electric vehicles sold in the Chinese mainland, according to Tesla China.The onboard intelligent voice system, activated by a long press of the voice button on the steering wheel,

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) delivered an exceptional first half of 2026, with revenue and profit both reaching new half-year records, Bonnie Chan, HKEX chief executive officer, said in the interim‑results announcement on Wednesday.