Shares were mostly higher in Asia in cautious trading Monday after Wall Street dipped once again to the edge of a bear market, the Associated Press reported.
Tokyo and Sydney gained Monday while Hong Kong declined. Shanghai was little changed and (...)
Australia has elected its first Labor government in almost a decade and Anthony Albanese as prime minister, ousting Scott Morrison's coalition.
Albanese told jubilant supporters that Australians had "voted for change". However it is still unclear (...)
Across Australia household budgets are being tightly squeezed, with the cost of living soaring to an eye-watering 21-year high.
Rising prices will be a pivotal concern for voters as they head to the polls on Saturday.
Although not surging as high as (...)
Former Australia cricketer Andrew Symonds has died aged 46 after being involved in a car crash.
The all-rounder played 26 Tests, 198 One-Day Internationals and 14 Twenty20s for Australia between 1998 and 2009.
A powerful batter, canny bowler and (...)
The recently announced Prince Mohammed Bin Salman Nonprofit City has appointed David Henry as the chief executive officer of the City.
An industry veteran with over four decades of experience in property development, David has been leading the team (...)
The recently announced Prince Mohammed Bin Salman Nonprofit City has appointed David Henry as the Chief Executive Officer of the City. An industry veteran with over four decades of experience in property development, David has been leading the team (...)
Two members of a British family have died and two others are critically injured after a landslide in Australia.
The man, 49, and his nine-year-old son were killed by falling rocks in the Blue Mountains near Sydney on Monday.
A woman, 50, and her (...)
World number one Ashleigh Barty has shocked the sporting world by announcing she will retire from professional tennis at just 25.
The Australian made the announcement on social media on Wednesday, saying she was leaving to "chase other dreams".
"I'm (...)
India has been gearing up to become the ultimate digital partner, providing end-to-end, innovative and transformative solutions and services to enterprises across the globe. It faces a historic opportunity to transform into one of the world's major (...)
Australia announced on Tuesday it would lift its entry ban for international cruise ships next month, effectively ending all major COVID-related travel bans after two years.
Australia banned the entry of cruise ships in March 2020, when they were (...)
Australia's nearly two-year-old ban on cruise ships entering the country's waters will end on April 17, Health Minister Greg Hunt said Tuesday according to the dpa.
The government of Prime Minister Scott Morrison decided not to renew the ban which (...)
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison says he will declare a national emergency over flooding in two states.
The disaster in New South Wales (NSW) and Queensland has killed 20 people and inundated thousands of homes in the past two weeks, after (...)
Tens of thousands of Sydney residents have been told to evacuate their homes as floods ravage eastern Australia.
In the past fortnight, New South Wales (NSW) and Queensland have been pummelled by heavy downpours that have caused floods and killed 20 (...)
Shares fell in Asia on Tuesday after Wall Street logged its biggest drop in more than a year as markets were jolted by another surge in oil prices, the Associated Press reported.
Benchmarks declined in Tokyo, Sydney, Hong Kong, Seoul and Shanghai (...)
Sydney, Australia's most populous city that has been drenched in rain for days, braced for more heavy downpours on Sunday as the death toll from flooding across the country's east rose to 17.
A wild weather system that dumped more than a year's (...)
Legendary Australia leg-spinner Shane Warne, one of the greatest cricketers of all time, has died of a suspected heart attack aged 52.
Warne took 708 Test wickets, the second most of all time, in 145 matches across a stellar 15-year international (...)
Western Australia has reopened its borders nearly two years after first sealing them to international visitors and other Australians because of the coronavirus pandemic.
The Australian state is the last to drop its travel entry ban, four months (...)
Asian stock markets rebounded Thursday the Associated Press reported.
Shanghai, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Sydney advanced even as Russian forces whose attack on Ukraine has roiled financial markets bombarded the The Nikkei 225 in Tokyo rose 0.8% to (...)
The death toll of the historic floods affecting Australia's east coast rose to at least 13 on Wednesday, the dpa reported today.
Australian authorities said at least nine people died in Queensland and a fourth person was confirmed dead in New South (...)
The rouble has slumped by 30% against the US dollar, after Western nations announced new sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine.
The new record low for the Russian currency comes after some of the country's banks were banned from (...)
Asian shares slipped Monday, AP reported.
Japan's Nikkei 225 index lost 0.4% to 26,366.60 and the Hang Seng in Hong Kong lost 1.4% to 22,445.66. The Shanghai Composite index was 0.1% lower at 3,446.44. The Kospi in Seoul was nearly unchanged at (...)
Australia has reopened its international border for the first time in nearly two years, bringing joyful family reunions and a boost to tourism.
The country imposed some of the world's strictest travel bans after shutting itself off in March 2020 due (...)
Asian shares were mostly lower Monday after a retreat on Wall Street, the Associated Press reported.
Tokyo, Seoul, Hong Kong and Shanghai declined while Sydney advanced.
Tokyo's Nikkei 225 index lost 0.8% to 26,910.87, while the Hang Seng in Hong (...)
Sydney has reopened its beaches two days after a British swimmer died in the city's first fatal shark attack in 59 years.
Simon Nellist, 35, was mauled by a shark in the waters off east Sydney on Wednesday.
Though beaches a now open, a popular (...)
أمرت حكومة سيدني اليوم الخميس بإغلاق عدة شواطئ بعد مقتل شخص في هجوم سمكة قرش بينما كان يسبح، وذلك في أول واقعة من نوعها على شواطئ المدينة منذ ما يقرب من 60 عاما.
وفي مقطع فيديو متداول على مواقع التواصل والإنترنت، تظهر سمكة قرش وهي تهاجم رجلا بعد ظهر (...)
