Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar has opened back
above USD0.9100 amid recent stronger data out of the US and China.
Christine Gaylican Dec 10, 2013
Nelson Mandela tried to do that all his life when he was alive: to make peace with the political rivals. His death proved his motto in life once again as political opponents share the podium just in the memory of Mandela.
Sounak Mukhopadhyay Dec 10, 2013
A few months ago, when reports came out that former South African President Nelson Mandela was dying, the family's good name was tarnished when news came out that even before the freedom icon breathed his last, members of the clan were feuding where to bury him.
Vittorio Hernandez Dec 10, 2013
Australia’s domestic spy agency the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) has cancelled the passports of 20 men from across western Sydney because of fears of their 'jihad mentality' and that there was a possibility of the men travelling abroad to participate in politically motivated violence.
Sunny Peter Dec 09, 2013
The long-awaited day has finally come for same-sex couples in Australia to marry legally. Over a dozen couples went down in history, as the first gay marriage ceremonies were held in the capital city of Canberra on Dec. 7.
Reissa Su Dec 09, 2013
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper left for South Africa to attend the funeral of Nelson Mandela. He will be joined by more than 60 other national leaders from all over the world.
Sounak Mukhopadhyay Dec 09, 2013
Over 100 protesters threw stones at the Australian embassy in Dili as they assembled outside the complex to express outrage over reports that Australian spies had bugged the East Timorese cabinet office in capital Dili in 2004 during negotiations on an oil and gas revenue-sharing deal between the two countries.
Sunny Peter Dec 06, 2013
Maj Gen Milner may have known Afghanistan as a country more than any other soldier from the coalition army
Sounak Mukhopadhyay Dec 06, 2013
Nelson Mandela wasn’t just a South African president; he was also the personified symbol of racial equality and hope all over the world. And with the passing of this great man, Australian leaders have offered their message of mourning.
Anne Lu Dec 06, 2013
Seeking nullification of its 2006 treaty with Australia dividing undersea oil and gas reserves, East Timor has approached the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague, Netherlands where proceedings began Thursday, to set up the procedural guidelines for the dispute arbitration, which experts believe could last almost a year.
Sunny Peter Dec 06, 2013
Nelson Mandela took up the mantle from where Gandhi left it.
Sounak Mukhopadhyay Dec 06, 2013
Former South African president Nelson Mandela was confirmed dead on Thursday evening at the age of 95. While the whole world mourns for the loss of a great leader, there are several netizens who still fire brow-raising comments on Twitter, condoning Mandela's act as a 'terrorist leader.'
Mon Imperial Dec 06, 2013
The Australian Electoral Commission releases a report on the missing 1370 WA senate votes
Athena Yenko Dec 06, 2013
Australia had its share of ending apartheid in South Africa.
Athena Yenko Dec 06, 2013
Labor on Thursday, charged the government on failing to uphold its promise to bring "discipline and focus" in the targeted military operation for managing the refugee issue, after reports emerged that around 28 Rohingya asylum seekers spent three days at Christmas Island beach unnoticed.
Sunny Peter Dec 06, 2013
Australia and South Korea has entered into a free trade agreement on Thursday. The deal most advances the plight of meat exporters and agricultural producers.
Esther Tanquintic-Misa Dec 06, 2013
Canada continued to decelerate in the Forbes' magazine's eighth annual 'Best Countries for Business' ranking, all in just a span of two years. From top five in 2012, Canada has been ranked as only the eighth most favored country for business. In 2011, Canada was number one.
Esther Tanquintic-Misa Dec 06, 2013
Bell FX Currency Outlook: Tonight's US non-farm payrolls report will be scrutinised by financial markets for its implications for the US Federal Reserve's asset purchasing
program.
Christine Gaylican Dec 06, 2013
Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop promised on Thursday to Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa that Canberra would no longer spy again on Indonesian officials in the future.
Vittorio Hernandez Dec 06, 2013
After a battle to a vicious lung infection, anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela died at the age of 95.
Athena Yenko Dec 06, 2013
Authorities in Mexico, on Wednesday, recovered the truck which was carrying dangerous radioactive isotopes and was reported stolen near Mexico City. The radioactive material laden truck was found after two days of search.
Sunny Peter Dec 05, 2013
Bound to cause further headache to the Tony Abbott government, already reeling under allegation of spying on Indonesia, latest reports noted U.S. Whistleblower and Former National Security Agency Contractor Edward Snowden may have accessed and leaked between 15,000 and 20,000 files containing Australian intelligence reports.
Sunny Peter Dec 05, 2013
Timor Leste’s Prime Minister, Xanana Gusmao called upon his Australian counterpart, Tony Abbott, Wednesday, to explain the allegation of spying in which it is reported that Australian Security Intelligence Service (ASIS) bugged the Timorese cabinet office in 2004, during sensitive negotiations for the Certain Maritime Arrangements in the Timor Sea (CMAT) treaty between the two countries.
Sunny Peter Dec 05, 2013
Queensland Premier Campbell Newman has recruited a retired brigadier to oversee his government's crackdown on criminal bikie gangs in the state. Media reports say that the retired brigadier Bill Mellor, a former infantry platoon commander and army helicopter pilot, who is known for taking on violent warlords in Somalia in the 1990s, will now head the Queensland government crack team against the notrious bikie gangs.
Sunny Peter Dec 05, 2013
Bell FX Currency Outlook: Yesterday in Australia, GDP grew by only 0.6% q/q in Q3, weaker than market expectations seeing the Aussie Dollar weaker.
Christine Gaylican Dec 05, 2013
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott may not have to use his threat to not allow MPs to have a Christmas break for failure to pass his party's legislative agenda. Reports said that the Liberals and the Greens have agreed to remove the federal limit on borrowing and to fund everyday services through the issue of more commonwealth bonds.
Vittorio Hernandez Dec 05, 2013
Although the furor over the spying row between Australia and Indonesia has been reduced, the diplomatic impasse is far from resolved as Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa insisted on an explanation for Canberra's wiretapping on the mobile phones of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, his wife and several other officials.
Vittorio Hernandez Dec 05, 2013
The United States military has halted cargo movement through Pakistan after large scale protests in the country against U.S. drone strikes. The route, from Torkham Gate at the Afghanistan-Pakistan border to the Pakistani port city of Karachi, is the key route for ground transport of military cargo. Although there are other routes, reports say, they are significantly more expensive.
Sunny Peter Dec 04, 2013
Australian authorities are investigating whether a Chinese postdoctoral student who recently worked at the Commonwealth Science and Industrial Research Organisation laboratory in Melbourne actually accessed unauthorized sensitive data at the Organisation's nanotechnology laboratory. The laboratory works closely with Australia's Defence Science and Technology Organisation.
Sunny Peter Dec 04, 2013
Secret service agents from the Australian Security Intelligence Organization (ASIO) raided the homes of a lawyer and a former spy of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service (ASIS) in Canberra after it was revealed that they intended to approach an international court in The Hague, backing East Timor’s case that Australia had bugged the East Timorese Cabinet ahead of the sensitive oil and gas revenue-sharing negotiations between both countries.
Sunny Peter Dec 04, 2013
