Today
- Updated
- AGM season
QBE pumps up Australian premiums, but squeeze slows
QBE revealed growth in all commercial markets at its AGM, including in Australia, where premiums increased by 11 per cent.
- Updated
- Liam Walsh
- Opinion
- South China Sea
Chinaâs grim pattern in South China Sea needs a collective response
A quiet tussle is going on over Chinaâs ambitions to control all of its neighbouring seas. Affected countries need to unite before China miscalculates.
- Jennifer Parker
- Analysis
- Renting
Why Australiaâs long-suffering renters are not alone
Rents are soaring not only in Australia but also in the US, UK and Canada, preventing inflation from declining closer to central banksâ targeted levels.
- Swati Pandey, Irina Anghel and Enda Curran
- Opinion
- Opinion
Campus protests may help Donald Trump win
History suggests the intellectual conformism sweeping university life could trigger a popular backlash that ends in conservative rule.
- David Brooks
Yesterday
Russia not looking for global power clash: Putin
Vladimir Putin now casts the war as part of a holy struggle with the West, which he says has forgotten the role played by the Soviet Union in defeating Nazi Germany.
- Updated
- Guy Faulconbridge
Big US companies are pulling back diversity policies
Facing a legal, social and political backlash, Americaâs diversity, equality and inclusion industry is starting to reassess and rebrand.
- Taylor Telford and Julian Mark
âIntenseâ News Corp restructure to target premium content
A challenging ad market dragged down News Corpâs news publications, but CEO Robert Thomson said it had extended a lucrative commercial deal with Google.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
This Month
- Analysis
- China relations
Why Australia could benefit from engaging with China on clean energy
A new report provides the framework for a forward-looking Australia-China relationship, identifying vast potential for economic co-operation.
- James Curran
US reveals weapons shipment to Israel halted
The United States withheld 3500 bombs last week out of concern that they might be used in a major assault against the southern Gaza city, officials said.
- Peter Baker
- Analysis
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Benjamin Netanyahuâs dilemma: save the hostages or his government
In one of the biggest gambles of his career, Israelâs premier sent troops into Rafah to raise pressure on Hamas â and buy time.
- Neri Zilber, Mehul Srivastava and Andrew England
White House piles ceasefire pressure on Netanyahu as tanks roll into Rafah
White House national security spokesman John Kirby urged negotiators to come to an agreement after Israel launched a âlimitedâ assault on Rafah, in the south of Gaza.
- Nataliya Vasilyeva, Tony Diver and Abbie Cheeseman
Cettire founder makes rare appearance to talk up retailerâs growth
The luxury goods marketplace has been under considerable investor pressure with questions over some of the companyâs duty and tax payment practices.
- Carrie LaFrenz
Palestinians seek UN General Assembly backing for full membership
It would effectively act as a global survey of how much support the Palestinians have for their bid, which was vetoed in the UN Security Council last month by the US.
- Michelle Nichols
- Updated
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Israel takes control of Rafah border crossing
The Israeli 401st Brigade entered the Rafah crossing early on Tuesday local time, the Israeli military said, taking âoperational controlâ of the vital pass.
- Updated
- Mohammad Salem and Nidal al-Mughrabi
Xi urges Macron to help avoid a ânew cold warâ
The Chinese leader told his French counterpart that the two nations should uphold mutual benefits, and jointly oppose decoupling and the disruption of supply chains.
- William Horobin, Samy Adghirni and Li Liu
Americaâs new moon race is billionaire v billionaire
Todayâs space race looks in some ways like that of the 1960s; instead of the US v the Soviet Union, itâs Bezosâ Blue Origin v Muskâs SpaceX.
- Loren Grush
- Exclusive
- Aviation
Bonzaâs backers plotted to âget the planes outâ and âwind this upâ
Leaked documents show the writing was on the wall for the budget carrier weeks before it collapsed, and suggest co-ordination between its financiers and owners.
- Updated
- Ayesha de Kretser
- Analysis
- Banking products
Good banks today want to be seen as boring
Regional US financial institutions are promoting themselves as stodgy, stuffy and dull in response to industry failures.
- Bre Bradham
42-year-old Sydney tech company saved with $150m price drop
Casa Systems bought NetComm for $161 million in 2019. Five years later another US company is buying it out of administration for just $US7 million.
- Nick Bonyhady
Franceâs cognac exports to China could be hit like Australian wine
China opened an anti-dumping investigation into brandy imported from the EU in January, sparking fears cognac could suffer a similar blow to that taken by Australian wine.
- Emma Rumney
