February is live: RBA warns of impending rate hike
Reserve Bank governor Michele Bullock could hardly have been more clear: expect the next move for interest rates to be up, not down. In a notably more hawkish media conference…
Google faces probe in Europe over content used for AI
Google faces fresh antitrust scrutiny from European Union regulators, who have opened an investigation into the company’s use of online content for its artificial intelligence models and services. The European…
China cites US tariff blow as surplus hits $1 trillion
Higher tariffs have dealt a “severe blow” to the world economy, China’s premier said Tuesday, even as China’s own trade surplus has surged past $US1 trillion ($A1.5 trillion). Premier Li…
Airline ordered to pay families of MH370 victims
A Beijing court has ruled that Malaysian Airlines must pay 2.9 million yuan ($A618,830) each to the families of eight passengers who went missing in the mysterious disappearance of the…
China’s Li condemns ‘mutually destructive tariffs’
China’s Premier Li Qiang says the “mutually destructive consequences of tariffs have become increasingly evident” over 2025, in remarks at a “1+10 Dialogue” to the heads of the IMF, World…
Trump’s former lawyer quits as top federal prosecutor
US President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer, Alina Habba, has resigned as the top federal prosecutor for New Jersey, leaving the job after an appeals court said she had been…
Segal Secrets: docs reveal Antisemitism Envoy’s big pay day
Jillian Segal, Australia’s controversial Antisemitism Czar and Israel lobbyist procured an extra $12.9m funding from PM Anthony Albanese, heavily redacted FOI documents show. Stephanie Tran reports. The Albanese government has…
Shopping for a new car? Life360 will have your back
A popular family location-sharing app is ramping up plans to monetise its base of tens of millions of free users by allowing advertisers to send them targeted ads. Life360 chief…
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…
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…