Auckland City earned a hefty payday for competing in the FIFA Club World Cup. Photo: stock It was an epic mismatch — the paid professionals of Argentinian soccer club Boca Juniors up against the unpaid amateurs of Auckland City. But the non-A League Kiwi side managed to score a goal and hold Boca Junior to…
A C17 heavy transport aircraft takes off from RAAF Base Amberley, Qld, late last week. Photo: Department of Defence 2025 The UN’s nuclear watchdog says American air strikes on Iranian nuclear power sites have caused extensive devastation but so far there are no reports of radiative contamination. Of the Esfahan, Fordow and Natanz facilities that…
Exploring the wreck in the waters of Newport Harbor, Rhode Island, in 2019. Photo: ANMM After 25 years of study, the Australian National Maritime Museum says the HMS Bark Endeavour is definitely at the bottom of a Rhode Island harbour. The museum has just released a final report that back up a preliminary report in…
The University of Auckland is one NZ university receiving EU funding. Photo: ANDREW KACIMAIWAI Australian universities really have to look towards Europe for research funding as the Trump government cracks down on academic freedom in the US. That was the chief sentiment made by Universities Australia (UA) Chief Executive Officer Luke Sheehy in a drivetime…
The US is expanding tariffs on trade imports from Canada and Mexico to Australia and the EU. Photo: supplied The Australian Workers’ Union says the US tariff on Australian steel and aluminium should spur the use of local steel in all construction projects. AWU National Secretary Paul Farrow says that Australia is very good at…
Australian exporters will need to show greater flexibility, says NSW academic Maggie Dong. Photo: UNSW Australia is facing an increasingly fraught trading tightrope walking act between a swinging rock and a hard place, says a University of NSW business marketing academic. Professor Maggie Dong is head of the School of Marketing at UNSW Business School. In…
Australia is looking to deepen trading ties with India markets. Photo: stock Australia is looking to diversify its trading base by boosting trading ties with India against a background of fresh US trade tariffs. Trade Minister Don Farrell recently announced an economic roadmap to boost two-way investment between the countries especially in four sectors: clean…
The Royal Danish Navy frigate Triton passes an iceberg around Greenland in 2023. Photo: NATO NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte says Europe’s defence industry is playing catch-up to Russia in a dangerous new age of global competition. His concerns were spelt out during a recent visit to Slovakia to meet with President Peter Pellegrini, talk to…
A Norwegian Leopard tank takes part in a gunnery training competition in Latvia last year. Photo: NATO NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte is a man on a mission – get Europe to spend more on defence. A great deal more. And he believes the new hawkish US government is giving him the ammunition he needs to…
Trade mission delegates at the Sydney Opera House, in front of the harbour bridge. Photo: Trade Canada/Twitter (X) A Canadian trade mission came to the country looking for new deals amid their country’s ongoing trade tariff row with the US. The 220-strong delegation was led by Canada’s Minister of Export Promotion and International Trade Mary…