RBA interest rates: Reserve Bank hikes cash rate to 4.6%, the highest level since 2011
Widely expected decision is fourth increase to interest rate this year and will be blow to mortgage holders across AustraliaFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or d…
‘We have time to make our case’: Labour insiders are confident Burnham can sell his social care reforms
Analysts believe PM has a ‘golden opportunity’ to offer older people better protection in return for weakening the triple lock guaranteeIt is a brave party leader who is prepared to go into an election promising a mu…
The Voices Behind ‘Made in China’

In a faltering Chinese economy, working-class stories are striking a chord.
OpenAI scraps rollout of new model over safety concerns

The firm also issued an update on incidents in which its models accessed Australian government systems.
US ban on Canadian alcohol and dairy comes into effect as trade war drags on

It is the latest escalation in the Canada-US trade war after negotiations collapsed in late August, with no word on when talks may resume.
New York Times executive fatally shot by elderly in-laws, police say

Jonathan McKinsey’s in-laws, who are both 77 years old, face multiple charges including first-degree murder.
Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s Labour Conference Speech Will Aim to Reset UK Mood

Prime Minister Andy Burnham is expected to lay out his policy plans in an address on Tuesday at the Labour Party’s annual conference.
A Turkish Doughnut Maker Whose Sweets Honor the Dead

For one Istanbul confectioner, distributing fried dough balls as memorials is not just a job. It’s personal.
Argentina threatens legal action against UK over Falkland Islands oil exploration

President Javier Milei set a two-week deadline for the Sea Lion oilfield project to be scrapped.
Tennessee governor declines to halt execution of state's lone woman on death row

If the execution proceeds, Pike would be the first woman put to death in Tennessee in more than 200 years.