Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Nvidia is facing its first real competitor in China. US export controls, designed to cut off China’s access to advanced chips and chipmaking gear, were supposed to ensure that no domestic rival could emerge. But … Read more
Australia’s east coast is bracing for impact as Tropical Cyclone Alfred, which had been expected to remain offshore, now appears set to make landfall later this week. Damaging winds, dangerous surf and widespread flooding are expected for parts of Queensland and northern New South Wales. The sudden shift in Alfred’s path has caught forecasters by … Read more
James Harrison did not much care for needles. Whenever he donated plasma, he would look away as the tip went into his arm. But Mr. Harrison, an Australian who died last month at 88, was one of the most prolific donors in history, extending his arm 1,173 times. He may have also been one of … Read more
If any model symbolizes the ultimate victory of the S.U.V., Mr. Edwards said, it is the Mercedes G-Class, or Geländewagen. Built in Austria, it was conceived in 1979 as an unpretentious military or farm truck. Mercedes didn’t initially offer the G-Class in America, and a gray market of imports stoked demand. The federal government cut … Read more
China has in recent weeks staged military drills off Australia and Vietnam, sending pointed warnings near and far. Neither was a full-fledged exercise. But taken together, China’s recent shows of force, experts said, conveyed a message: the region must not ignore Beijing’s power and claims. Three Chinese naval ships, including a cruiser with 112 missile … Read more
President Trump’s intense interest in Ukraine’s minerals seemed to come from out of the blue. He dispatched his Treasury secretary to Kyiv this month to negotiate with Ukraine’s leader, then began ratcheting up the pressure publicly in what appeared to critics like a Mafia don’s extortion scheme. “I want security of the rare earth,” he … Read more
Drake, whose new album topped the Billboard 200 chart this week after Kendrick Lamar had made him a punchline at the Super Bowl halftime show, has canceled four tour dates in Australia and New Zealand because of a “scheduling conflict,” representatives for the rapper said on Wednesday. It was not immediately clear what the conflict … Read more
Alfred was a tropical cyclone in the Coral Sea Monday morning Eastern time, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center said in its latest advisory. The tropical cyclone had sustained wind speeds of 75 miles per hour, which would make it a Category 1 hurricane if it were in the Atlantic Ocean. All times on the map … Read more
Chinese warships that have been sailing south along the eastern coast of Australia gave notice on Friday of their intent to conduct live fire exercises in international waters between Australia and New Zealand, forcing commercial flights to divert and putting the two countries on edge. The three naval vessels, which include one of the most … Read more
A group of Chinese navy vessels, including a formidable warship, sailing legally in the Tasman Sea have raised alarm in Australia and New Zealand because they were in unusually southern waters and on an undeclared mission. Australian officials said Thursday that they were closely monitoring the ships — a cruiser, a frigate and a supply … Read more