North America news for Canada and USA
NFL hype is turning Melbourne into a ‘end zone’ for fans as the clock counts down to Friday’s match between Los Angeles and San Francisco At 10.30am on Friday, NFL teams 49ers (San Francisco) and Rams (Los Angeles) kick off
An island in a Canadian reservoir that went walkabout has been found again — about 30 kilometres away. British-Columbia Hydro (BC Hydro) says the floating island, on Williston Reservoir, was found via satellite imagery, aircraft spotting and reports from boaters.
The first group of Australian and New Zealand firefighters are to return home tomorrow (AEST) after a month helping fight bushfires in the US. The Idaho-based National Interagency Fire Center says 74 specialists that arrived in July and early August
A fresh group of more than 100 firefighters from WA and New Zealand are off to the US to reinforce an Australian-Kiwi presence already there. The WA Government says a 46-strong team left Perth today (August 10) for a briefing
More overseas deployments are not expected to affect domestic preparations as NSW and New Zealand send more firefighters to North America. An RAAF Globemaster carrying two NSW Rural Fire Service helicopters and a 24-strong support crew has just flown out
Spider-Man has swung his way into Australian cinema record books by claiming the biggest opening weekend in 2026. Spider-Man: Brand New Day brought in $30.4 million on its debut weekend and attracted over 1.8 million fans into cinemas from Thursday,
Global challenges in the welding industry are driving new industrial alliances in the face of universal labour shortages and evolving technology. Weld Australia has just signed two new deals with the American Welding Society (AWS) to develop its domestic ability
Import prices hit a five-year high in just three months due to war in the Middle East, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) says. And the Business Council of Australia and Australian Chamber of Commerce have hit out at a
Firefighters from Australia and New Zealand now in the US to help local fire crews wrestling with almost 100 large bushfires. The group was sent after a call for help from the US National Interagency Fire Centre was received by
Melbourne fintech firm Airwallex says it is helping Aussie SMEs recover their US tariff refunds faster by streamlining administrative compliance. A US Supreme Court ruling in February ruled that tariffs imposed by the Trump Administrations using an emergency powers Act
