Dollar was supported on Monday in cautious trade as worries of an immediate widening of the Sino-U.S. trade war eased and markets awaited the latest Chinese manufacturing data for a glimpse into the health of the world's second-largest economy.
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World number four Naomi Osaka showed no signs of fatigue as she powered past Belgium's Elise Mertens 6-4 6-1 in her second match of the day to reach the Pan Pacific Open final on Saturday.
Osaka was forced to double up after persistent showers had (...)
Hundreds of thousands of protesters in Australia, many of them children who skipped school, kicked off a day of demonstrations around the world against climate change in the run-up to a UN summit in New York.
Rallies to open the ``Global Climate (...)
Dollar fell while safe havens and currencies of oil-producing countries rallied on Monday, following an attack on Saudi Arabian refining facilities that disrupted global oil supply and heightened Middle East tensions.
Oil prices surged nearly a (...)
Yen and Swiss franc fell to five-week troughs on Thursday as investors looked for higher-risk currencies, emboldened by a report of German stimulus plans, diminishing chances of a no-deal Brexit and hopes of a trade war breakthrough.
and were also (...)
A risk-off mood bolstered the safe-haven yen on Thursday, with record lows on U.S 30-year Treasury yields holding back the dollar as investors turned bleak on the prospect of a trade war breakthrough any time soon.
The yen firmed 0.3 percent by (...)
U.S. universities produce the vast majority of the world's wealthiest grads, a new research suggests. Yet, beyond the borders of the booming billionaire hub, higher education institutions globally are minting multimillionaires at a rapid rate.
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Reigning Wimbledon champion Simona Halep will play in the inaugural Adelaide International ahead of next year's Australian Open, organizers said on Friday.
Adelaide International, a combined ATP and WTA event, replaces the Sydney International which (...)
Australia's hard-hit property markets of Sydney and Melbourne enjoyed a second straight month of earnings in an early sign that rate cuts were feeding through although slow wage growth and record household debt means boom times are still distant.
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Australia's Peter McNamara, who won three doubles Grand Slam titles and became a prominent coach after hanging up his racquet, has died at the age of 64 after a quiet battle with cancer.
Melbourne man McNamara won five singles titles and 19 in (...)
Yen brushed a more than four-month high against the dollar on Monday and the Swiss franc rose as U.S. President Donald Trump's hard stance on trade broadened to countries beyond China, stoking investor demand for safe-haven assets.
With trade issues (...)
For the first time in four years the big three in men's tennis will all be present at the French Open, all striving to etch another remarkable storyline in the red Parisian dirt.
That Spain's undisputed king of clay Rafael Nadal is hunting a (...)
World number one Novak Djokovic has enjoyed two good weeks on red clay but admitted that winning a second French Open title would be a tall order after a crushing defeat by Rafael Nadal in last week's Italian Open final.
Djokovic clinched the Madrid (...)
Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison officially launched his party's election campaign on Sunday, less than a week before the May 18 vote that opinion polls have consistently indicated he will lose.
At the campaign launch in Melbourne, (...)
وصلت سفن حربية من الهند واستراليا والعديد من الدول الأخرى إلى مدينة تشينغداو الساحلية بشرق الصين، اليوم الأحد، لحضور عرض بحري كجزء من زيارة ودية حيث تواصل الصين يد الصداقة رغم التوترات والشكوك في المنطقة.
وقالت الصين، إن السفن الحربية من حوالي 12 (...)
They finally caught him. The mercurial silver fox, tall, strong, defiant, who came out of nowhere to warn us of the evil that surrounds us.
If every journalist in the world devoted his life to revealing the truth, what a gracious world that would (...)
From its clubhouses in Melbourne and Sydney, the Lads Society promotes drug-free living and exercise, as well as “white resistance” and Islamophobia, according to online statements and interviews with two of its leaders.
One of Australia's most high (...)
Australia will fine social media and web hosting companies up to 10 percent of their annual global turnover and imprison executives for up to three years if violent content is not removed "expeditiously" under a new law.
The new law passed by (...)
Gold prices edged higher on Monday as dollar backed off three-week highs, but gains in the metal were limited as equities rose on signs of progress in the Sino-U.S. trade talks and upbeat Chinese economic data.
Spot gold was up 0.1 percent at (...)
Former Australia captain Tim Cahill has announced his retirement from football at the age of 39 to focus on a career in media and coaching.
Cahill, who spent 15 seasons in England playing for Millwall and Everton, ended his international career (...)
Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Cardinal Ricardo Ezzati as archbishop of Santiago, the highest-ranking member of the Catholic Church in Chile, who has been caught up in the country's sex abuse scandal.
The decision to accept Ezzati's (...)
Gold prices rose to a three-week peak on Thursday as the U.S. Federal Reserve ruled out chances of any interest rate hike this year, while a surprise cut in U.S. growth forecast added to concerns on global economic slowdown.
Meanwhile, palladium (...)
Dollar rose against most of its peers on Wednesday as reports of renewed tension in U.S.-China trade negotiations supported safe-haven bids, although the Federal Reserve's policy meeting later due in the day limited the greenback's gains.
Against a (...)
يحيي النجم اللبناني نادر الأتات ثلاث حفلات في أستراليا خلال شهر أبريل المقبل.
ومن المقرر أن يلتقي نادر الأتات الجمهور ليل 24 الشهر القادم في Melbourne Grand Star Receptions وفي 26 و27 الشهر في The Bellevue Venue.
وسيقدّم نادر الأتات خلال الحفلات (...)
Egypt's Minister of Immigration and Expatriate Affairs Nabila Makram will head to New Zealand on Tuesday to visit the 11 Egyptians injured in the Christchurch mosque attacks this weekend which left 51 people dead.
A gunman attacked two mosques in (...)
