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RBA interest rates: Reserve Bank hikes official cash rate to 4.35% in blow to mortgage holders | Reserve Bank of Australia
The Reserve Bank has delivered a third straight interest rate hike to contain growing inflationary pressures linked to h...
Explosion at China fireworks factory kills 21 people
A blast at a fireworks factory in Hunan province has killed 21 people and injured 61, state media report.
Victorian budget 2026: state records first post-pandemic surplus but financial health uncertain as debt nears $200bn | Victorian politics
Victoria has recorded a surplus for the first time since the pandemic but the state’s financial recovery remains uncerta...
Beyonce, Rihanna and Katy Perry turn heads on the carpet
A parade of celebrities, including Naomi Osaka, Angela Bassett, Madonna, and Sabrina Carpenter posed for the cameras. So...
US strikes Iranian fast boats as Iran attacks UAE oil facility
Shipping company Maersk says one of its US-flagged commercial vessels has successfully exited the Strait of Hormuz under US m...
Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni settle lawsuit over It Ends With Us film
The settlement comes just ahead of a trial slated to begin in May, where both stars were expected to testify.
Feminism play Liberation and first world war novel Angel Down among Pulitzer winners | Pulitzer prize
Pulitzer prize officials awarded the fiction award to an author with a long history in fantasy, horror and young adult n...
Two killed and many injured after car driven into crowd in German city of Leipzig
A 33-year-old German citizen was detained following the incident, the authorities say.
Donald Trump sends warships to break Iran’s strait of Hormuz blockade | US-Israel war on Iran
The US has launched Donald Trump’s bid to open a route through the strait of Hormuz for hundreds of ships trapped with t...