Australia

By Wayne Cole SYDNEY – Australian home prices slipped for a second month in June as once red-hot markets in Sydney and Melbourne felt the chill from rising interest rates …

SYDNEY – Job vacancies in Australia surged to all-time highs in the May quarter as firms struggled to find staff amid a tightening labour market, another sign interest rates are …

By Praveen Menon HUNTER VALLEY, Australia – At Glencore’s aging Mt Owen open-cut coal mines north of Sydney, a team of scientists and engineers is restoring woodlands to mined-out fields, …

By Byron Kaye SYDNEY – Uber Technologies Inc and Australia’s main transport union agreed on Tuesday to back a federal body that enforces minimum pay for the company’s drivers, joining …

          LOS ANGELES – A former cargo handling company employee at Los Angeles International Airport was sentenced today to 12 months in federal prison for stealing four gold bars that …

By Jorgelina do Rosario LONDON – Argentina’s Bioceres Crop Solutions plans to carry out field tests of its genetically modified drought resistant wheat in Australia and seek planting approvals next …

SYDNEY – Australia’s central bank decided to raise interest rates by a larger 50 basis points this month because policy would still be very stimulative and it needed to be …

By Wayne Cole SYDNEY – Australia’s central bank said on Tuesday its pandemic stimulus programme to keep short-term bond yields low was successful for much of its life but the …

By Byron Kaye SYDNEY – Australia’s biggest building materials manufacturers are cutting back operations, hiking prices and considering moving production offshore to manage a spike in power and gas bills, …

(Reuters) – Shares of Bubs Australia jumped on Thursday after the company signed a deal to supply its infant formula products to U.S. retail giant Walmart amid a baby food …

SYDNEY – Australian farmers’ confidence fell in the latest quarter, as rising production costs took some shine off high commodity prices and prospects of a bumper harvest, a survey showed …

SYDNEY – Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Sunday his trip to Indonesia just over two weeks after he was elected showed the importance his new government places on …

By Wayne Cole SYDNEY – Australian home prices broke a 20-month winning streak in May as falls accelerated in Sydney and Melbourne amid rising interest rates and a cost-of-living crunch. …

(Reuters) – Shares in Bubs Australia surged on Monday after U.S. health authorities approved imports of its infant formula to help address a severe shortage and U.S. President Joe Biden …

SYDNEY – China’s foreign minister signed a deal with Samoa on Saturday to strengthen diplomatic relations, while Australia’s new leader said he had a “comprehensive plan” for the Pacific, as …

By Katharine Jackson and Mike Stone WASHINGTON -The U.S. State Department has approved the sale of mobile rocket launchers to Australia, as the country seeks to boost its military presence …

(Reuters) – A shooting at a Texas elementary school that killed 19 children and two teachers has revived a push for new gun safety laws in the United States, which …

(Reuters) – U.S., Japan, Australia, and India will unveil a maritime initiative at the Quad summit in Tokyo to curb illegal fishing in the Indo-Pacific, the Financial Times reported on …

By Ernest Scheyder (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Defense has asked Congress to let it fund facilities in the United Kingdom and Australia that process strategic minerals used to …

SYDNEY – A measure of Australian consumer sentiment slid for a sixth straight month to a 21-month low in May as surging inflation and rising interest rates weighed on family …

By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON – Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne said she met her Solomon Islands counterpart Jeremiah Manele for the first time since his government signed a controversial security …

(Reuters) – AMP Ltd said on Thursday its Australian wealth management business logged another quarter of cash outflows as it continued to lose investors amid market uncertainty due to the …

SYDNEY – Australian home prices were still rising nationally in April even as more of the heat came out of the Sydney and Melbourne markets, with the smaller cities and …

(Reuters) – Virgin Australia said on Friday it will add four new Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft to its fleet to meet higher demand as the airline expects to hit …

SYDNEY – The Australian government has imposed sanctions and travel bans on two daughters of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov’s daughter, it said in a statement …