Australia could become regional AI hub: OpenAI

Australia could become a regional hub for AI infrastructure, providing a “low-latency” access corridor to regional partners and new training capacity outside of the United States and Europe, according to a new report from OpenAI. But the ChatGPT...

Australian Sailing welcomes Malcolm Page OAM as new CEO

Australian Sailing is pleased to announce the appointment of respected sports administrator and dual Olympic gold medallist Malcolm Page OAM OLY as its new Chief Executive Officer. Page brings a wealth of experience to the role, with a celebrated...

Australian online retail sales lift in May as consumers spend $63b in past year

Australian online retail sales grew again May — albeit slower — as consumers spent up on fashion, games and toys. The 0.7 per cent May lift compared with the 1.1 per cent April increase, according to new National Australia Bank figures on Tuesday....

Australia’s REA Group appoints Praveen Sharma as CEO of REA India

Australia’s REA Group has appointed Praveen Sharma as Chief Executive Officer of REA India, replacing Dhruv Agarwala, who stepped down in April after 14 years with the business. Praveen has an experience of over 25 years in senior management roles...

Asia-Pacific left: ‘End the US-Israeli war on Iran’

Left organisations in the Asia-Pacific have responded to Israel’s illegal “pre-emptive” strikes on Iran, on June 13, and the bombing of Iran’s nuclear facilities at Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan by the United States, on June 22. The Socialist Party...

Europe drives LNG import growth as Asia stumbles on higher price: Russell

(The views expressed here are those of the author, a columnist for Reuters.) LAUNCESTON, Australia - Global imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) ticked higher in the first half of 2025 as stronger European demand pulled cargoes away from Asia....

Asian shares tick up, dollar wobbles as investors ponder Trump's tax bill

TOKYO: Asian shares crept higher and the dollar languished near multi-year lows on Tuesday as markets awaited a vote over U.S. President Donald Trump's landmark tax and spending legislation. Global share markets rallied to an intraday record on...

Australia's avocado harvest shrinks amid global boom: report

SYDNEY, July 1 (Xinhua) -- Australian avocado production is down 15 percent this season, but the global market has surged past 30 billion Australian dollars, with international demand and exports continuing to rise, an industry report revealed on...

European Markets Seen Opening Positive On Tuesday

Stock markets in Europe are expected to open on a positive note on Tuesday amidst expectations of a de-escalation in global trade tensions. Renewed hopes of another rate cut by the Federal Reserve in September also supported sentiment. However,...

Asian Markets Open: Japan’s Nikkei Falls 1.1%, Sensex Poised For Tepid Start

Image Source: Unsplash Asia-Pacific stock markets showed a mixed performance at Tuesday’s open, with investors assessing the record-setting gains on Wall Street while simultaneously keeping a wary eye on the global impact of US President Donald...

Australian Sailing welcomes new CEO

by Australian Sailing 1 Jul 00:27 PDT Australian Sailing is pleased to announce the appointment of respected sports administrator and dual Olympic gold medallist Malcolm Page OAM OLY as its new Chief Executive Officer. Page brings a wealth of...

Asian shares are mostly higher, tracking U.S. rally into record heights

MANILA--Asian shares are mostly higher after U.S. stocks added to their records with the close of a second straight winning month. U.S. futures and oil prices were lower. Japan’s Nikkei 225 fell 1.2% to 40,003.24 despite positive results of the...

European heatwave creates towering ‘tsunami cloud’ which sweeps over beachgoers

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Europe is in the grips of a deadly heatwave as temperatures continue to soar. Parts of Spain and Portugal recorded temperatures of 46°C....

Global Impact: Jamestown Rotary Club Supports Project In Macatabo, Philippines

Marissa and David Troxell meet with some of the young children of the Macatabo School. He and his wife, Marissa, live half of the year in Jamestown and half the year in Thailand. Participating in international projects for the Rotary Club of...

Australian shares rise on rate cut hopes, US trade deal optimism

Australian shares began the second half of 2025 on a positive note on Tuesday, supported by gains in gold, real estate and tech stocks, as expectations of domestic interest rate cuts and renewed optimism over US trade talks boosted sentiment. The...

Australia is making a ‘huge commitment’ to defence through AUKUS

Nationals Deputy Leader Kevin Hogan discusses the Coalition’s defence spending target, emphasising the importance of the AUKUS alliance. “We took to the last election … a commitment that we’d increase defence spending to GDP by 2.5 per cent in the...

Australia Can’t Have Its Geopolitics Both Ways

At last week’s NATO meeting in The Hague, U.S. President Donald Trump declared that the United States’ European partners had pledged to raise their defense spending to 5 percent of GDP by 2035. Irrespective of whether the leaders of these...

Australia’s US tariff fixation ‘missing bigger picture’

Australia has been urged to zoom out on its approach to the US relationship, instead of honing in on the nitty-gritty of tariffs. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese faces growing pressure to organise a face-to-face with US President Donald Trump...

Australian Lamb annual summer ad scoops major global award

Australians recruited for Israel’s ‘weaponised aid’ project in Gaza

A Melbourne company is recruiting Australians to work on a mysterious Israeli and American-backed aid project in Gaza. Could it be the infamous Gaza Humanitarian Foundation? Yaakov Aharon reports. An ad posted by Claymore Personnel – named after...