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Australia pledges $2.7bn to speed up nuclear submarine shipyard
Reuters, Published on 15/02/2026
» SYDNEY - Australia said on Sunday it would spend A$3.9 billion (US $2.76 billion) to progress construction of a shipyard that will help deliver nuclear-powered submarines under the trilateral AUKUS defence pact with the US and Britain.
Whoop device ban at Australian Open raises discontent
Reuters, Published on 28/01/2026
» MELBOURNE — Aryna Sabalenka said the Australian Open should reconsider its policy on banning wrist-worn fitness trackers after several players were told to remove the devices before coming onto court.
Three shot dead in Australia, town in lockdown
Reuters, Published on 22/01/2026
» SYDNEY — Three people have been shot dead in an attack in the Australian state of New South Wales, police said on Thursday, with local media reporting the gunman remained at large and the shooting was a suspected incident of domestic violence.
World begins to bid goodbye to 2025 with fireworks and icy plunges
Reuters, Published on 31/12/2025
» Dec 31 - 10...nine...eight...As Wednesday turned to Thursday, people around the world said goodbye to a sometimes challenging 2025 and expressed hopes for the new year to come.
Australian teens mourn loss of social media as ban begins
Reuters, Published on 10/12/2025
» SYDNEY — Australian teenagers have taken to social media for the last time to farewell their followers and mourn the loss of the platforms that shaped much of their lives before a world-first ban took effect on Wednesday.
Australia social media ban set to take effect, sparking global crackdown
Reuters, Published on 09/12/2025
» SYDNEY — Australia is set to become the first country to implement a minimum age for social media use on Wednesday, with platforms like Instagram, TikTok and YouTube forced to block more than a million accounts, marking the beginning of an expected global wave of regulation.
Australia hits Afghan Taliban officials with sanctions, travel bans
Reuters, Published on 06/12/2025
» SYDNEY — Australia on Saturday imposed financial sanctions and travel bans on four officials in Afghanistan's Taliban government over what it said was a deteriorating human rights situation in the country, especially for women and girls.
China floods the world with gasoline cars it can't sell at home
Reuters, Published on 02/12/2025
» WARSAW — China's electric vehicle (EV) industry captured half its domestic market in just a few years, crushing sales of gasoline-powered vehicles from once-dominant global automakers.
YouTrip to expand into Australia after Thailand
Reuters, Published on 02/12/2025
» SINGAPORE — Singapore-based fintech firm YouTrip said on Tuesday it will launch in Australia, its first new market since the coronavirus 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic, aiming to use it as a springboard for further expansion into other high-travel Asia-Pacific markets.
Aussie teens ask court to block social media ban
Reuters, Published on 26/11/2025
» SYDNEY — A constitutional challenge against Australia’s social media ban on children younger than 16 has been filed in the nation’s highest court, two weeks before the world-first law is set to take effect.