China lashes FBI’s ‘cold war mentality’ over NZ bureau
China has reacted furiously to comments by FBI chief Kash Patel that the agency’s new bureau in New Zealand would help to counter a rising China.
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Miners lead ASX 200 falls; Flight Centre dives on profit miss
Rio declines on profit miss, copper price crash; BHP also drops. Flight Centre bets on loyalty, AI push for recovery. ‘Few positives’ in Beach Energy update. Analyst downgrades hit MinRes. Cettire shares slammed 23pc-plus.
Thai-Cambodia ceasefire falters as civilians count cost of conflict
Malaysia’s Anwar Ibrahim has hailed the US and China for helping mediate a truce, but warned ASEAN members the region cannot afford disunity in the current geopolitical climate.
Another Chinese ute to spark Aus price war
Australia’s busy ute market is about to get busier thanks to a new arrival from China that could force leading brands into a price war.
MinRes starts hedging amid iron ore price jitters
Chris Ellison’s Mineral Resources is locking in iron ore prices while it races to fix a vital hauling route.
Axe hangs over lithium refinery in latest blow to Made in Australia
Part owner IGO doubts problems with the first lithium hydroxide plant built in Australia – and outside China – can ever be fixed, as it looks to stop the financial bleeding.
Rio Tinto profit miss; ASX gains on RBA rate cut hopes
June quarter inflation falls lock in 25 basis-point cut next month. Rio Tinto profit misses estimate. IGO, Chinese partner in talks to stop Kwinana refinery cash bleed. Coal miner Bowen Coking in administration. Austrac sues Mounties.
US, China allies resolve conflict
Thai-Cambodian conflict could have destabilised region.
Transition must support economic, energy security
Mr Bowen, to his credit, has not jumped on Mr Stiell’s bandwagon.
Secret Cellar offer: premium shiraz and cabernet deal
One of Australia’s most innovative winemakers has an idea to re-ignite wine sales in China, while our wine club releases its latest red wine bargain sale.
Rinehart-backed miner changes tune on Chinese money
US carmaker Ford’s unwanted lithium sold to Chinese customer as Liontown retreats from hardline stand to only doing offtake deals with Western partners.
Trump drops another tariff bombshell that may hit Australia
Donald Trump has flagged the US could double the baseline tariff on foreign imports to 20 per cent.
Banks trims fall as declines narrow; Greatland drops
Australia faces trade pain as US President Donald Trump flags 15-20 per cent baseline tariffs for no-deal nations. Woodside in driver’s seat at Bass Strait after 50 years. Viva’s weak first-half weighs. Greatland’s worst one-day drop since June IPO.
In national interest, China must be a key climate ally
We can outlast warmongers like Putin on the battlefield, but we cannot outrun the far greater existential collapse of climate change.
China pursues Australian activist
Beijing hunts dissidents to the end of the earth.
‘Late bloomer’ claims swim bronze, 12yo almost steals show
Alexandria Perkins claimed an unexpected world championships medal for Australia in the women’s 100m butterfly final, while China’s 12-year-old Yu Zidi almost became the story of the night.
Take your lecture and doomsday appraisals to big emitters
UN climate change official Simon Stiell should spend more time lecturing the world’s biggest emitters in China, India and the US.
Aussie dollar climbs to 9-month high
Record-breaking Aussie dollar could smash through 66 cents this week as markets await make-or-break trade deals and inflation data.
‘Genocide’: Ex-Premier lashes Israel
The former NSW premier compared Israel’s actions in Gaza to war crimes committed by the Nazis and Joseph Stalin, and urged stronger action from the PM.
‘Words are f***’: China’s Aus turf war explodes
The battle for the dollar of the everyday Aussie between some of China’s biggest manufacturers has exploded amid profanity-laced tirades and accusations of copycat products.
The pitch-invading Elvis-impersonator who saved Bears from extinction
He describes himself as loose, authentic and a little bit crazy. Meet Daniel Dickson, the man with a wacky dress sense who helped revive the Bears after almost 30 years out of the game.
‘Genocide’: Israel Gaza action likened to Hitler
The former NSW premier compared Israel’s actions in Gaza to war crimes committed by the Nazis and Joseph Stalin, and urged stronger action from the PM.
‘You will be dominated’: Huge China warning
As Australia’s biggest war-games reach their tail end, Canberra has been hit with a grim warning about a “threat” facing future generations.
UK to China: it’s all the way with Aussie allies
British PM Keir Starmer’s top security officials have elevated defence and AUKUS as ‘bedrocks’ of the relationship with Australia, as Britain sent one of its carrier groups to dock in Australia for the first time in decades.
US scientists’ cosmic mystery: Is China building world’s biggest telescope?
Top American astronomers are hunting for clues about a giant that Beijing isn’t talking about.
The incredible story behind China’s 12yo swim prodigy
Aussie defector Michael Bohl says he’s “never seen a 12-year-old that could swim like” Yu Zidi. This is the incredible story of how the swimming prodigy was discovered.
Taiwan rejects bid to oust politicians from China-friendly party
The recall election result has dampened hopes for the ruling party to flip the balance of power in the self-ruled island’s legislature.
Is the world’s biggest polluter finally cleaning up its act?
China’s carbon output dipped last year even as energy use rose. Now there’s hope it signals a permanent switch that shows a different kind of power is possible – and ends the ‘but China’ argument by countries seeking to justify climate inaction.
The absence so far of a Third World War is akin to a miracle
Climate change is widely viewed as the mightiest threat to humanity, but in the hierarchy of threats we face, is a Third World War still the most dangerous?
‘Extreme risk’ of AUKUS deal to US motivates Colby
If Elbridge Colby wasn’t inquiring about what an Australian government and military might or might not do should a conflict with China over Taiwan begin, he wouldn’t be doing his job.
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