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The time Perth homes spent on the market has blown out to a median of two weeks, according to new data, but houses are still being snapped up in suburbs once considered working-class.
Even China’s inventories are now starting to decline, with Gulf oil supplies likely to take months to recover even if a peace deal is agreed
Even China’s inventories are now starting to decline, with Gulf oil supplies likely to take months to recover even if a peace deal is agreed
In what Ardea Resources insists is a shrewd value-improving move, the company has pushed back the completion timeline for its definitive feasibility study (DFS) at the globally significant Goongarrie Hub nickel-cobalt project near Kalgoorlie.
Policy forum lays out ‘prolonged disruption’ scenario in which world’s GDP falls to 2.1% this year from 3.4% in 2025
SEOUL, June 3 (Yonhap) -- The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) on Wednesday raised South Korea's economic growth outlook for this year to 2.6 percent from 1.7 percent three months earlier, citing the country's robust chip exports amid the artificial intelligence boom.
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development has slashed its global growth outlook, warning that the economic damage from the U.S.-Iran war could dramatically worsen unless a durable peace settlement is reached quickly.
The economy was slowing even before the Middle East conflict and interest rate hikes started to bite, while the boom in datacentres was a rare bright spot
A new company to be born out of a merger of Japanese insurers Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance and Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance next April aims to earn an adjusted profit of ¥280 billion in fiscal 2030, Hiroshi Umiyama, president and CEO of Mitsui Sumitomo, said in a recent interview.
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More than two decades ago, Benjamin Netanyahu, then Israel’s finance minister, told the Herzliya security conference that the primary demographic threat facing the country did not arise from the Palestinians living in the occupied West Bank and Gaza, but rather from “the Israeli Arabs” in 1948 territories.
Study urges more tax incentives for voluntary pension savings, while a lawmaker suggests retirees consider lower-cost living in the Greater Bay Area
Study urges more tax incentives for voluntary pension savings, while a lawmaker suggests retirees consider lower-cost living in the Greater Bay Area
Rocket Now is partnering with more than 10,000 restaurants in Japan to provide food at the same price as diners see on the menu. (CP One Japan)
The companies that can provide the most economic value from the power their AI uses will ultimately command the highest valuations, Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas told CNBC on Wednesday.
Sidecar triggers near 2008 record as rising leverage, forced selling amplify volatility
Australian Bureau of Statistics estimates nicotine consumption rose 40%, with illicit sources accounting for 80% of all tobacco
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The number of babies born in 2025 was 671,236, down 2.2% from 2024, but the pace of the decline is slowing down. (Photo by Shoho Kodama)
Since 2017, I have covered South Korea’s political and economic landscape as a reporter, with a focus on foreign affairs, inter-Korean relations and security.As a foreign affairs reporter, I closely follow developments from the Ministry of Unification, the Foreign Ministry and the Defense Ministry, tracking shifts i…
Litchfield Minerals has delivered an encouraging clutch of broad copper-zinc-silver hits from phase three reverse circulation (RC) drilling at its Oonagalabi base metals project in the Harts Range region, 120km northeast of Alice Springs in the NT.
Brian Tan, Applied Materials' corporate vice president and president for Southeast Asia, said the company is looking to hire about 1,000 additional workers in the region. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Cheng Ting-Fang and Reuters)
Since the start of US President Donald Trump’s second term, a Republican-controlled Congress has confirmed almost all his controversial nominees, ceded trade authority to the White House and largely acquiesced as the president started a hugely unpopular war in Iran.
Disgraced former congressman said to have put bet on whether he would be at Trump’s State of the Union speech
Bitcoin declined Wednesday to its lowest levels since February as other asset classes continued to lure investors away from cryptocurrencies.
India's central bank may defy expectations that it will leave its benchmark interest rate unchanged during its monetary policy decision meeting on Friday.
Pacgold Limited has unveiled a strategic demerger of its non-core North Queensland gold assets, relinquishing control to roll the projects into a soon-to-be-listed and powerfully backed Manda Resources.
US Republican Representative Thomas Massie criticised Washington’s continued financial support for Israel and downplayed reports of a heated exchange between US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son told CNBC this week that physical AI and robotics were where he saw the next trillion-dollar company emerging from.
1886 -- Korea signs a treaty of commerce and amity with France, legalizing French business and religious activities in the country. The period from 1876 until the fall of the Joseon Dynasty in 1910 is referred to as an open-door era, when the country opened its ports and built commercial ties with Japan, the United …
Qantas’ Project Sunrise plane made its first test flight over France, as the airline stretches out the timeline on the delivery of the landmark service.
A container ship passes under the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge in California on April 9. © Reuters
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on urges senators to 'get back to work' after the Senate failed to convene for two days due to an impasse between the majority and minority blocs. 'I’m afraid all these events that we have been witnessing has thrown the Senate and its leadership, the whole Senate into disarray. It has …
India allocated 10.4 gigawatts of standalone battery energy storage system capacity in 2025, but analysts estimate that about 75% of this is at risk of not being built due to underbidding. © Getty Images
The Hong Kong-listed biotech company rose as much as 29 per cent after rejecting suggestions it poses a national security risk
The Hong Kong-listed biotech company rose as much as 29 per cent after rejecting suggestions it poses a national security risk
Gateway Mining has strengthened the case for a district-scale gold discovery at its flagship 1780-square-kilometre Yandal gold project in Western Australia after reporting a string of high-grade first-pass intercepts from southern structural corridors, a whopping 20 kilometres south of previous drilling at its Musta…
With the constant risk of being recorded, many young people are afraid of showing enthusiasm – let alone doing something so potentially embarrassing as dancing in public. Is there a way to set themselves free?
President Donald Trump and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen shake hands after reaching a trade deal at the Trump Turnberry golf course in Turnberry, Scotland, on July 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
Pudu CEO and founder Felix Zhang told Nikkei Asia that the Shenzhen-based robotics company is preparing to list in Hong Kong. (Photo by Kensaku Ihara)
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The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has proposed additional tariffs of up to 12.5% on imports from 60 economies over their failure to ban goods made with forced labor, in a sweeping action that would hurt most trading partners including China, the European Union and Japan.
Strong demand for memory chips has reshaped South Korea’s exports to China – but analysts warn the gains could be short lived
Strong demand for memory chips has reshaped South Korea’s exports to China – but analysts warn the gains could be short lived
My March 30 column on why the Iran war wouldn’t hammer stocks or global economies for long triggered scepticism. War fear is understandable. However, this sentiment really shows the “Wall of Worry” bull markets proverbially climb remains high. Let us explore.
China is undertaking a vast effort to reshape its western frontier, transforming Xinjiang and Tibet from remote borderlands into strategic hubs for industry, energy, tourism and trade, according to a new lengthy report from Financial Times.