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The share market jumped to reach its highest level in almost three months on Monday morning before shedding early gains to finish flat at the end of trading.The benchmark S & P/ASX200 added just 4.1 points, to finish at 7,199 at the…

The National Defense Authorization Act for 2024 includes several measures to counter Chinese influence but dropped many others. Items in the bill include investigations into whether defense funds were used by the Wuhan Institute of…

Influencer and perennial reality TV contestant Teddy Briggs’ business has sensationally collapsed amid a storm of controversy, with liquidators preparing to sell his prized Mercedes-Benz as part of their efforts to claw back hundreds of…

Embattled Chinese property juggernaut Evergrande has once again wriggled its way out of shutting down completely two years after becoming the most indebted company in the world. On Monday local time, many thought the property developer was…

Senate Republicans called on President Biden to restrict travel between the U.S. and China in response to a rise in respiratory infections among children in China. Since mid-October, China has reported an increase in respiratory…

Australia, the United Kingdom and America will deploy advanced artificial intelligence to track and surveil submarines in the Asia-Pacific as part of a larger AUKUS-led collaboration to contain threats to democracies in the region,…

For anyone planning a trip to the US in the coming months, the sudden and substantial increase in the Australian dollar will come as welcome news.Against the US dollar, our currency has added nearly 5 per cent over November, the biggest…

Just about everywhere you look, there are worsening signs that Australia is no longer the lucky country.From record-high rents to skyrocketing mortgages, a cost-of-living crisis to the alarming emergence of a ‘working poor’ population, the…

President Biden said Tuesday that he took important steps during his meeting last week with Chinese President Xi Jinping to curb the flow of fentanyl into the United States, but that he will have to verify that the Chinese follow…

A leading Australian vape advocate has called for an urgent overhaul to the government’s approach to regulating vaping across the country, claiming the current approach is leading to China staging a “reverse opium war”.Health authorities…