Kmart: Officially Dead in America, but Thriving in Australia and New Zealand
While Kmart in the U.S. is now a shadow of its former self—so much so that many consider it officially dead—the Kmart story in Australia and New Zealand is a…
While Kmart in the U.S. is now a shadow of its former self—so much so that many consider it officially dead—the Kmart story in Australia and New Zealand is a…
Felix Suarez, 25, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute fentanyl; two counts of attempt to distribute a controlled substance; unlawful export of a…
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Social media platform X said on Saturday it would challenge in court an order from an Australian regulator demanding the company remove some posts related to the…
By Lewis Jackson SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia will boost defence spending by A$50.3 billion ($32 billion) over the next decade and reshuffle its weapons programs to emphasise missiles, drones and…
By Praveen Menon SYDNEY (Reuters) – An attacker who fatally knifed six people in a Sydney mall on Saturday before being shot dead by police in Sydney’s beachside suburb of…
By Neil Jerome Morales MANILA (Reuters) -Defence forces of the U.S., Japan, Australia and the Philippines will conduct “maritime cooperative activity” on April 7 to support a free and open…
By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) – A former U.S. Marine Corps pilot facing extradition to the United States from Australia will argue he was no longer a U.S. citizen at…
By Alasdair Pal SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia and Britain criticised China on Friday for its actions in Hong Kong, the South China Sea and its support of Russia, after a meeting…
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s government backed its ambassador to Washington, the former prime minister Kevin Rudd, after U.S. presidential contender Donald Trump called the key diplomat “a little bit nasty”…
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By Lewis Jackson SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s prudential regulator said on Wednesday it will review how sections of the A$2.5 trillion ($1.7 trillion) pension fund sector value unlisted assets and…
By Lewis Jackson SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia on Thursday launched a wide-ranging review into pricing and competition in its supermarket sector as the government unveils a series of policies to…
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By Renju Jose SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia, the United States and Britain on Tuesday imposed cyber sanctions on a Russian man for his role in the breach at insurer Medibank, one…
By Peter Hobson CANBERRA (Reuters) – Australia is poised to produce much more wheat and other crops this year than previously thought after rainfall confounded expectations that an El Nino…
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian business conditions continued to soften in December as manufacturing and construction lost ground, a survey showed on Tuesday, while price pressures eased markedly in a promising…
By Lewis Jackson SYDNEY (Reuters) – Indebted Chinese developer Country Garden has agreed to sell a stake in an Australian residential project, the latest in a series of sales which…
By Stella Qiu SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian employment fell sharply in December after two months of surprisingly strong growth, while the jobless rate stayed at a 1-1/2 year high, adding…
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian employment fell sharply in December after two months of surprisingly strong growth, while the jobless rate held steady as fewer people went looking for work. Figures…
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Residents in the state of Western Australia were urged to evacuate their homes on Saturday, as a bushfire burned out of control near the state’s capital Perth,…
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By Lewis Jackson SYDNEY (Reuters) – Electric vehicle (EV) sales in Australia hit an all-time high in 2023, according to the country’s automotive association, however light vehicle sales remained dominated…
SYDNEY, Dec 19 (Reuters) – Australia’s central bank considered hiking interest rates for a second straight month in December, but decided there were enough encouraging signs on inflation to pause…