Australia

Australia’s central bank hiked interest rates to a near eight-year high Tuesday as it joins others in trying to bring down sky-high inflation and warned further increases were likely that would hit families’ pockets. The Reserve...

This week, Emilia Clarke attended the “House of the Dragon” official Australian premiere in Sydney, but the affair quickly descended into controversy after Foxtel CEO Patrick Delany referred to Emilia Clarke as a “short, dumpy girl.”...

The UK is expected to take delivery of a shipment of gas all the way from Australia next week, as the pressure on European energy supplies grows. The liquid natural gas (LNG) is due to arrive...

Australian cricket may experience a “lost generation” of young players after the coronavirus outbreak caused a 15,000 drop in first-time enrollment in junior programs last season. While there has been a significant increase in club players...

Leg-spinner Mitchell Swepson will make his long-awaited Test debut for Australia as the tourists opted for two spinners for the second Test against Pakistan starting on Saturday. After a dreary draw on a flat Rawalpindi pitch...

The body of Shane Warne left Thailand early Thursday, flying back to Australia where the cricket superstar will receive a state funeral. Wrapped in the Australian flag, the coffin of the 52-year-old — who died on...

Immutable, a Sydney-based NFT business backed by the likes of Coinbase, a publicly-traded cryptocurrency exchange in the United States, and billionaire Sam Bankman-Alameda Fried’s Research, has raised $200 million in Series C funding, valuing the company...

AGL, Australia’s largest carbon emitter, said Monday that it had turned down a revised buyout offer from billionaire green activist Mike Cannon-Brookes, who wanted to close the company’s coal-fired power stations. The board of AGL, Australia’s...

Severe rains and flash flooding swamped swaths of Australia’s largest metropolis on Tuesday, forcing tens of thousands of Sydney residents to flee their homes. According to emergency services, 60,000 people are subject to evacuation orders and...

Shane Warne, an Australian cricket legend who died suddenly on Friday at the age of 52, will be honored with a state funeral after his family accepted an offer from his home state’s leader. “I’ve spoken...