Energy Minister Chris Bowen has assured that Australia has been able to secure "well into May," while an expert calls for Australia to be more self-sufficient.
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump warned Wednesday that U.S. military forces will remain positioned around Iran and stand ready to resume combat operations if Tehran fails to fully comply with what he called the "real agreement" reached in a fragile two-week ceasefire, as tensions over the Strait of Hormuz and ongoing regional strikes threaten to unravel the delicate truce.
SYDNEY — Commonwealth Bank of Australia has rolled out a pioneering digital identity feature that lets new customers open an account in as little as one minute using only their e-passport, marking the first time an Australian bank has deployed near-field communication technology to read the encrypted chip in government-issued passports.
SYDNEY — As the Iran war enters its second month with the Strait of Hormuz largely closed and global oil prices hovering above $100 a barrel, economists are warning that supply-chain shocks will deliver a triple blow to Australia's economy this year — driving inflation higher, squeezing key industries and raising recession risks.
NEW YORK — Oil prices tumbled sharply Wednesday after the United States and Iran announced a two-week ceasefire that raised hopes the partially reopened Strait of Hormuz could ease the worst global supply disruption in decades, sending benchmark crude below $95 a barrel for the first time in weeks.
A cascade of major cloud and server outages throughout 2025 exposed the fragility of the world's digital infrastructure, with analysts estimating that unplanned IT downtime inflicted hundreds of billions of dollars in global economic losses as businesses, governments and consumers grew ever more reliant on always-on services.
Dan Simpson, who has balanced a full-time government job with part-time deliveries for 14 years, delivered more than pizza on a busy Friday night in late March.
NBC's "Today" show delivered another memorable live television moment Wednesday when co-anchor Craig Melvin inadvertently spoiled Jenna Bush Hager's upcoming cameo in the highly anticipated sequel "The Devil Wears Prada 2," prompting playful ribbing from his colleagues and a visibly stunned reaction from Bush Hager herself.