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Don’t despair, Australian mortgage holders – another rate cut is a question of when, not if
The direction of travel is clear, we might just take a bit longer to get thereGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastDo not despair, mortgage holders of Australia: we didn’t get a rate cut on Tuesday, but they are still coming.The Reserve Bank board showed it doesn’t give a fig about popular opinion and held its cash rate target at 3.85% at its July meeting. Continue reading...
Kremlin calls minister's death 'tragic' but gives no clues about his suicide
The apparent suicide of Russia’s transportation minister brought expressions of shock and sorrow from the Kremlin but no new clues as to why Roman Starovoit might have taken his own life amid media speculation he potentially was facing corruption charges
Why convicted mushroom poisoner Erin Patterson did it remains a mystery
Erin Patterson's conviction for the deaths by poisoning of her estranged husband's relatives has prompted fevered speculation across Australia about her motive
The EU presidency says Europe must rearm within 5 years. It's unclear how that could be done.
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen says Russia could pose a security threat to the European Union by the end of the decade and that defense industries in Europe and Ukraine must be ramped up
Zachary Rolfe accuses NT coroner of going ‘far beyond her remit’ in Kumanjayi Walker inquest – as it happened
This blog is now closedRBA interest rates: Reserve Bank of Australia leaves cash rate on hold at 3.85%Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastQueensland zoo to reopen two days after woman loses arm to lionessA woman has lost her arm after being attacked on Sunday at a Queensland zoo by a lioness, which the zoo insists “was not hungry” or maltreated.We can confirm that she was attacked by a lioness. She was not in its enclosure.As a result the Darling Downs zoo will reopen at 9am tomorrow [Tuesday] morning. Continue reading...
RBA interest rates: Reserve Bank of Australia leaves cash rate on hold at 3.85%
Decision will come as shock to financial markets and large majority of experts who were sure RBA board would cut for a second straight meetingFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA divided Reserve Bank of Australia has held rates at 3.85%, in a surprise decision that denies further mortgage relief for millions of households.The split decision came as a shock to financial markets and a large majority of experts who were sure the RBA board would cut interest rates for a second straight meeting.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...
A Paris man will be decorated for saving children from fire
A man in Paris is hailed as a hero for rescuing several people including children from a fire
Storms and fires hit Balkan countries following a period of extreme summer heat
A severe hail storm has ripped trees and roofs in Croatia while hundreds of fires raged in neighboring Serbia following a period of extremely hot weather in parts of the Balkan region
Suspect in shooting of Slovakia’s populist leader Fico stands trial on terror charges
A man has gone on trial for last year’s attempted assassination of Slovakia’s populist Prime Minister Robert Fico
Srebrenica women bury loved ones but remain haunted by memories of 1995 massacre
Women who survived the Srebrenica massacre find some solace in finding their loved ones in far-away mass graves and burying them at the town's memorial cemetery
UK conservative politician Norman Tebbit, an icon of the Thatcher era, dies at 94
Former British Conservative politician Norman Tebbit has died at the age of 94
Cairo telecom building fire kills 4 and injures 26
A fire at a Telecom Egypt building in downtown Cairo has left four employees dead and 26 people injured
Jul 8, 2025