Australia

• Gold prices fall over 4%; Asia-Pacific shares trade mixed after Trump says he will name new Fed chair - Asia-Pacific markets traded mixed after U.S. President Donald Trump said that he will announce his choice for the next Federal Reserve chair on Friday.
• Gold jumps over 3% to fresh highs as Asia stock markets trade mixed after U.S. Fed holds rates - The bullion rose more than 3% on Thursday to breach the $5,500 per ounce mark for the first time.
• Australia PM Albanese visits East Timor to discuss security, gas - SYDNEY, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will flag Australia's desire for deeper security and energy ties when he addresses East Timor's parliament on Wednesday, in his first visit
• Three dead and gunman still at large after shooting in rural Australian town - Residents of Lake Cargelligo, a small town west of Sydney, are being urged to stay indoors as police hunt the gunman who they have ‘identified’
• Faded hand shape in Indonesian cave may be world’s oldest rock art - A hand stencil left on an Indonesian cave wall at least 67,800 years ago may reveal how and when ancient humans reached a lost continent known as Sahul that once linked Australia with southeast Asia.
• Hand stencil in Indonesian cave seen as the oldest-known rock art - Jan 21 (Reuters) - The painted outline of a human hand inside a cave on the Indonesian island of Muna represents what researchers are calling the oldest example of rock art in the world, created at
• After Four Shark Attacks in 48 Hours, Australia Shuts Dozens of Beaches - Many of the closed beaches were in Sydney, the site of three of the attacks.
• Australia's Syrah Resources buys more time for Tesla graphite supply deal - Jan 19 () - Australia's Syrah Resources said on Monday it agreed with Tesla to extend for the third time a ​deadline to resolve an alleged breach of their graphite supply ‌agreement. The 2021 agreement to supply 8,000 metric tons of graphit
• Who will be next to implement an Australia-style under-16s social media ban? - U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer expressed concerns about children's screen time, as the House of Lords may vote next week on an under-16s social media ban.
• Australia's hate speech, gun law reforms face free speech concerns - SYDNEY, Jan 15 (Reuters) - Tougher hate speech and gun control laws proposed by Australia's centre-left Labor government in the aftermath of the Bondi Beach mass shooting were criticised by