Month: May 2021

Cuando los presidentes Joseph R. Biden Jr. (Demócrata) y Vladimir V. Putin se reúnan a la sombra de los Alpes suizos el 16 de junio, el escalofrío será palpable. Biden será el primer presidente en […]

SYDNEY — Australia’s softball team is ready to do the hard yards during a two-month lockdown in coronavirus-ravaged Japan, having waited since 2008 for a chance to compete at an Olympics. The softballers flew out of Sydney on […]

QUEENSTOWN, New Zealand — Barring a late change in plans, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison will touch down in New Zealand for his first trip of 2021. Queenstown, a city in South Island, New Zealand, is […]

PERTH, Australia — Western Australia’s gaming regulators opted not to investigate allegations of money laundering against Crown after the company’s “persuasive” former legal boss told them it was a media beat-up, a royal commission has been […]

CANBERRA, Australia — Software engineer Casey Whitelaw would love to drive an electric car in Australia but doesn’t have anywhere to charge it. Like so many people, he can’t make cutting-edge technology work for him just […]

CANBERRA, Australia — The Chief Executive of Westpac, an Australian bank and financial services provider, Peter King, wants the corporate sector to be allowed to step in and help Australia’s flagging vaccine rollout. The bank boss said […]

SYDNEY — Former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says there’s little Australia can do to exit the Chinese “freezer” of punitive trade measures, and should instead continue to prioritize the protection of its sovereignty. But he […]

CHENNAI, India — “The Family Man 2”, a crime thriller on streaming platform Amazon Prime Video, has raked up a controversy after members of an ethnic population in India accused the show of hurting “sentiments” […]

SYDNEY — A Melbourne aged care worker’s “mystery case” has authorities worried, as fellow staff members and residents prepare for more Covid-19 testing and vaccinations. Arcare Maidstone residents were locked down and placed into self-isolation on […]

SYDNEY — Amid a blizzard of economic events this week, there seems little doubt over the Reserve Bank of Australia making any change to its suite of policies when its board meets on June 1. The […]