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Canberra Shawwal 12, 1444 AH corresponding to May 02, 2023 AD The Federal Reserve Bank of Australia announced in a statement on its official website that it has raised the official interest rate by 25 basis points from 3.6% to 3.85%. The Governor of the Reserve Bank, Dr. Philip Lowe, …

US stocks rose to an advanced closing level at the end of monthly trading, Friday, while benchmark Treasury yields fell at the end of a week marked by strong business results. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up 272, or 2.5%, in April. The S&P achieved a monthly gain of …

The Canadian government has banned TikTok from all of its phones and devices, citing data protection concerns. And the TikTok application, owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, has been under the microscope of the West for months due to concerns about the extent of Beijing’s access to user data. And …

Russian President Vladimir Putin considered, on Wednesday, in a brief speech during a major national festival at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, that Russia is currently fighting in Ukraine for its “historic lands.” “Today, the military leadership told me that battles are taking place within our historical lands for the …

On Friday, CNN reported, according to informed sources, that the computers of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in New York “The FBI is aware of the incident and is working to obtain additional information,” the FBI said in a statement to the network, adding that it was still conducting …

LONDON – (Reuters) British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace said on Wednesday that Western allies could help Ukraine more quickly by bolstering its position on the ground rather than concentrating on supplying it with aircraft. Long-range weapons and anti-aircraft missiles. “I think we can help Ukraine faster by providing what they …

London – (AFP) Britain announced Thursday that it is aware of the “potential escalatory risks” of supplying more Western weapons to Ukraine, while playing down the possibility of Kyiv handing over old Typhoon fighter jets. The comments came in the wake of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s visit to London on …

Washington: (AFP) The White House announced, on Wednesday, that China had launched “in recent years … a fleet of balloons intended for espionage operations” around the world. White House spokeswoman Karen Jean-Pierre said in a press conference aboard Air Force One, the presidential plane carrying US President Joe Biden to …

Australia pledged Thursday to hold Russia to account over the 2014 downing of a Malaysian Airlines passenger jet over Ukraine, after an international team halted its investigation into the disaster. The six-country investigation team announced that there were “strong indications” that Russian President Vladimir Putin personally agreed to provide the …

Valletta – (Reuters) British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said, in an article published Sunday, that helping to arm Ukraine so it can defend itself against Russia is the quickest path to peace. Cleverly’s remarks came in an article published in a Maltese newspaper ahead of a planned visit to the …