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Australia's annual inflation rate remained steady in October at a more than three-year low as electricity and fuel prices fell. The local share market rose after a rally on Wall Street. Follow how the day's trade unfolded on the markets blog.

Wall Street cheered the relatively orthodox choice the US president-elect made for his Treasury secretary nomination. Within hours, Trump threatened tariffs on key trading partners, reminding markets it's his world, not his cabinet's.

China's ambassador to Australia has declared there's "no reason" that Donald Trump's return to the White House should damage the relationship between Canberra and Beijing.

Tender documents reveal the Australian Submarine Agency awarded the lucrative AUKUS contract to the local subsidiary of McKinsey & Company last month.

The icebreakers have been invited to expand their use of Hobart as part of a push by the Tasmanian government to capitalise on China's growing interest in Antarctica.

In a matter of days, two long-running Hong Kong court cases highlight just how much the semi-autonomous city is shrinking under Beijing's gaze.

With Joe Biden about to step off the world stage, the jockeying for position has begun, with China's Xi Jinping taking an early lead.

Pacific aid dropped sharply as COVID support ended, while China has re-emerged as the second largest donor in the region. 

Police have arrested a man after a car drove into primary school students, injuring a number of people in Changade.

The typical household faces spending half their income to service a new home loan, according to research from ANZ and CoreLogic, while the Australian share market ended lower.

G20 summit calls for peace in the Ukraine-Russia and Middle East war, just before Russia claimed Ukraine had begun launching American-made long-range missiles into its territory.

The Chinese president left his seat in APEC sessions empty despite being present in the Peruvian capital of Lima.

Gender disappointment still divides families and is sometimes perpetuated by mothers who experienced it themselves, straining relations between parents and children — especially girls.

Donald Trump's threat to ignite global trade wars has China seeking to capitalise, particularly in nations that might have previously looked north to the United States for economic support.

The new megaport is 992 hectares in size and creates a direct link between Shanghai and Peru and will cut shipment times down by 20 days on some routes. 

An Australian National University associate professor sharply criticises Australia's domestic intelligence agency, saying it asked her to report on Chinese international students and put a "chill" on China research as the bilateral relationship deteriorated.

President Xi Jinping has called for strict punishment of the perpetrator, about whom authorities have provided little information.

Indonesia's new President Prabowo Subianto is eager to assert a much stronger presence on the global stage than his predecessor — with mixed success.

With the apparent appointment of two of America's most hawkish Republicans, president-elect Donald Trump looks to be setting the stage for a confrontational relationship with China.

Global emissions look to rise in 2024, a new Carbon Budget report reveals. Climate scientists say it's "grim news" because the world has the technology to change that. What's missing, they say, is political will.