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Apr 16, 2026 - World

Experts say US market ‘may have run ahead of itself’, while the ASX 200’s more modest recovery is due in part to Australia’s reliance on fuel importsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOne day the IMF warns of a global recession, the next day stocks on Wall Street hit a record high.From looking at the complete U-turn in fortunes in America, you wouldn’t know the world was in the grips of an unprecedented energy shock. Continue reading...

Apr 16, 2026 - World

The U.S. and Iran could meet for another round of peace talks this weekend, President Trump said Thursday after Israel and Lebanon agreed to a ceasefire that might open the path to a lasting truce in the Middle East.

Apr 16, 2026 - World

Ukrainian president says nearly 700 Russian drones and 19 ballistic missiles mostly targeted Kyiv, Odesa and DniproGerman chancellor Friedrich Merz and Irish prime minister Micheál Martin are now speaking at a press conference after their meeting in Berlin.Let’s listen in. Continue reading...

Apr 16, 2026 - World

More than 100 injured across country after Russia launches nearly 700 drones and dozens of ballistic and cruise missilesRussia has carried out its deadliest attack against Ukraine this year, killing at least 17 people and injuring more than 100 in a wave of drone and missile strikes across the country.Nine people died in the southern port city of Odesa and four were killed in Kyiv, including a 12-year-old boy. There were three fatalities in the Dnipropetrovsk region. Another person died in Zaporizhzhia oblast. Continue reading...

Apr 16, 2026 - World

US defense secretary says Iran’s energy infrastructure is ‘not destroyed yet’ while also lambasting the mediaIran’s energy infrastructure is “not destroyed yet” and the US is “locked and loaded” to finish the job, Pete Hegseth, the defense secretary, said on Thursday as he called many of the press corps gathered the moral equivalent of the Pharisees who conspired to destroy Jesus Christ.Hegseth’s comments from the Pentagon podium came as a naval blockade of Iranian ports began this week and he called on Tehran to accept a nuclear deal or face consequences for its remaining infrastructure, power generation and energy industry. Continue reading...