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Australia to start gun buyback programme after Bondi Beach terror attack

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Friday announced the government will introduce legislation to help fund the buyback

Nasa chief fuels SpaceX-Blue Origin rivalry as US eyes return to moon

Both SpaceX and Blue Origin hold contracts with Nasa to build lunar landers for the agency's Artemis program

US core inflation unexpectedly eases to slowest pace since 2021

The report was complicated by the federal government shutdown, which prevented the BLS from collecting much of the October price data

Venezuela inflation soars 500% as Trump intensifies pressure on Maduro

The inflation rate soared to 556 per cent in the 12 months through Dec. 17, up from 219 per cent at the end of June and 45 per cent in 2024, according to a weekly index compiled by Bloomberg News

Trump announces $1,776 'Warrior Dividend' for troops amid inflation fears

Trump announced the plan Wednesday during a prime-time address from the White House meant to extol his accomplishments this year and assuage Americans increasingly worried about their cost of living

US approves up to $11 bn arms sale to Taiwan, risking China backlash

The total value of the sales is up to $11.154 billion, according to a separate statement from Taiwan's Defense Ministry

How BP's new boss O'Neill became the most powerful woman in fossil fuels

Under her watch, Woodside doubled oil and gas output, leaned aggressively into seaborne LNG, and shelved lower-carbon projects that failed to clear commercial hurdles

Trump Media to merge with TAE in $6 bn deal to build nuclear fusion company

Upon completion of the deal, shareholders of each company will own about 50% of the combined firm on a fully diluted equity basis

Kneejerk reactions not enough to stop the next Bondi Beach attack

Faced by such a targeted act of violence after years of increasing antisemitic attacks, it's unsurprising that Jewish Australians feel they've been left unprotected

Insurance reforms pave way for 100% foreign ownership in pension firms

The measure is an "enabler" that will help draw interest from global investors in the pension fund sector over time

Tankers with Russian oil shunned by India pile up off China coast

At least five vessels carrying about 3.4 million barrels were idling in the Yellow Sea as of Wednesday, double the volume of last week and the highest level for the grade in that region

BP appoints Meg O'Neill as first woman CEO of Big Oil in bid for revival

BP has been under pressure from Elliott to improve its performance, after Auchincloss reset the company's strategy in February by promising to refocus on oil and gas

Australia to toughen hate speech laws after Bondi Beach Jewish attack

The prime minister is under intense pressure over his centre-left government's handling of a rising tide of antisemitism over the past two years that critics say culminated in Sunday's massacre

Oscars show moving to YouTube from 2029 after over 50 yrs on Disney's ABC

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences announced Wednesday that the streaming platform will take over the show when the organisation's contract with Walt Disney Co.'s ABC network expires

World-beating 55,000% surge in Indian AI stock sparks bubble fears

Little-known until recently even within its home market of India, RRP Semiconductor Ltd. became a social-media obsession as its shares surged more than 55,000 per cent in the 20 months

Apple makes changes to iOS software in face of stricter Japanese rules

The company announced a compliance plan on Wednesday for Japan's Mobile Software Competition Act, or MSCA, which was passed last year and goes into effect this week

US readies new sanctions if Putin rejects peace deal with Ukraine

The US has already sanctioned four top Russian producers and, along with other Group of Seven nations, hundreds of tankers involved in transporting Moscow's oil

Waymo in talks to raise over $15 billion at nearly $100 billion valuation

Waymo and its would-be financial backers have weighed a valuation as high as $110 billion, though the amount raised and final value have yet to be determined

Cost of proposed White House ballroom may now reach $400 mn, says Trump

The White House has said it's being financed by private donations, but has not publicly specified them - raising questions about which people or companies might fund it to curry favour with Trump

Mizuho Financial to buy KKR-backed Avendus Capital for expansion in India

Japan's third-largest bank got agreement from a major shareholder to purchase 61.6 per cent of the Mumbai-based firm