NRL sets itself as unity force against China in PNG
In the PNG Chiefs, James Marape sees a “national unity project” akin to South Africa’s Rainbow Nation Rugby World Cup win in 1995. The Papua New Guinea prime minister hopes…
US to allow Nvidia H200 chip shipments to China
The US government will allow Nvidia to export its H200 artificial intelligence chips to China, collecting a fee for each chip. Nvidia shares rose 1.2 per cent in after-hours trading…
Warner Bros fight heats up with Paramount hostile bid
Paramount Skydance has launched a hostile bid worth $US108.4 billion ($A163.4 billion) for Warner Bros Discovery, in a last-ditch effort to outbid Netflix and create a media powerhouse that would…
‘Ruthless’ political kingmaker receives final farewell
Leading figures from across the political spectrum have gathered to bid farewell to one of Australia’s most notorious kingmakers. Labor prime minister Anthony Albanese, one of his Liberal predecessors Tony…
Another triple-zero failure death adds to telco trouble
Defective phones that cannot reach emergency services have been connected to another death, heaping more pressure on the under-fire telecommunications sector. TPG Telecom chief executive Iñaki Berroeta on Tuesday said…
Taxpayers on hook for minister’s seven-hour car wait
Government frontbencher Anika Wells is under growing pressure to explain her travel bills after revelations she charged taxpayers nearly $1000 for a chauffeur to wait while she attended the Australian…
ABC signs Jimmy Kimmel to a one-year contract extension
US President Donald Trump won’t be getting his wish, after ABC confirmed it has signed late-night comic Jimmy Kimmel to a one-year contract extension. Kimmel’s previous, multiyear contract had been…
The NetFix is in. Streaming production quotas no bonanza
Is there a ‘bonanza’ for local film and TV producers in the new local content rules or is it just another Hollywood hustle by Netflix? Kim Wingerei asks. The new…
US, Greenland pledge ‘mutual respect’ as envoy visits
The United States and Greenland pledged to show “mutual respect” as the new US ambassador to Denmark made his first visit to Nuuk in the wake of President Donald Trump’s…
One Nation set to capitalise on Barnaby Joyce defection
Barnaby Joyce’s defection to One Nation will hand the minor party an “easy” Senate victory, but the relationship might end in tears. The former deputy prime minister and New England…