Finance

Hong Kong-listed stocks with cryptocurrency-related businesses have tumbled after China’s central bank vowed to crackdown on virtual currencies and flagged […]

Asia’s manufacturing powerhouses struggled with sluggish demand in November, extending declines in factory activity as progress in US trade negotiations

Ludwig Minelli, the Swiss founder of leading assisted-dying clinic Dignitas has died “self-determinedly by voluntary assisted dying”. Dignitas said in

Oil prices have risen as much as 1.5 per cent after OPEC+ members reaffirmed a plan to pause production increases

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda says the central bank will consider the “pros and cons” of raising interest rates

Australia is still tracking towards a potentially disruptive gap between the closure of its biggest coal station and key grid

Stoked by the wars in Gaza and Ukraine, the revenues of the 100 largest arms makers grew to a record

While the Coalition and Murdoch media ramp up their campaign against renewable energy, renewables set yet another record – more

Independent retail supplier Metcash has posted a small rise in interim profit, after a further collapse in tobacco sales. The

A recalcitrant reindeer has gone on the run in an English seaside town, causing a Christmas kerfuffle for local authorities.

Dodgy business practices that trap consumers into hard-to-escape subscriptions or hit shoppers with hidden fees are a step closer to

Surging home prices have wiped away the benefits of three interest rate cuts to new buyers, new data reveals. Across

Labor is poised to announce the biggest overhaul of Defence in decades in a bid to lift performance in a

Australia keeps defence trade office in West Jerusalem despite genocide and condemns “unfair targeting” of Israel by the United Nations.

A controversial senator has received a hero’s welcome from an anti-immigration mob, declaring she won’t be kowtowed after her latest

China’s factory activity contracted for the eighth straight month in November, underscoring challenges for the country’s economy despite the US-China

Parents might be put out, but leaders say closing childcare centres early on a handful of nights each year will

Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades has raised questions about corruption and negligence in the renovations of the apartment complex

The state of Australia’s economy will be given a health check, with crucial growth figures set to be released. GDP

Opposition Leader Sussan Ley is warning of thousands of job losses in Tasmania as a result of a “dirty deal”

Australia just had another circus week in politics. Pauline Hanson’s burqa stunt made global headlines from the BBC to the

Who’s game to take on Big Noise? Sure, it’s retail politics but such obvious retail politics that it’s a wonder

Global airlines have scrambled to fix a software glitch on Airbus A320 jets as a partial recall by the European

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has raised the pressure on the European Commission to rethink its course of fully banning combustion

Air passengers should expect some delays and cancellations as Jetstar services recover after the carrier grounded dozens of planes due

Antony Albanese is a prime minister of history. He made history when he became the first Italian-Australian head of government.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Jodie Haydon have tied the knot in an intimate spring wedding in Canberra.  Previously dubbed

Thousands of commuters, including schoolies, are facing lengthy travel disruptions after 90 Jetstar flights were grounded due to a plane

Australia’s economy is being wrenched back into the spotlight as Opposition Leader Sussan Ley attempts to leave behind the coalition’s

Lavish renovations to “Bishopscourt” mansion, a host of unregistered trusts and other financial irregularities, present the new Archbishop to the

Towns battling housing shortages fear locals being shut out as hundreds of temporary workers flock to their regions to build

False claims about “out-of-control” immigration have been disputed by experts as police brace for protests and counter-rallies in Australia’s biggest

Europe’s Airbus has ordered an immediate software change on a significant number of its best-selling A320 family of jets in

The first major electoral test for a state premier championing a crackdown on youth crime will be held in his

Government’s costly efforts to keep secret the gender identity of an Aussie spy – keeps it at 1 person in

Qantas says it is dedicated to serving country Australia despite shutting bases and skyrocketing costs, amid fears the aviation industry