St George Illawarra Dragons player Jack de Belin has been hit with fresh charges over his alleged joint rape of a woman at a Wollongong unit block last December. De Belin will face Wollongong Local Court on Wednesday on not one but three rape charges after police quietly laid two additional counts of aggravated sexual…
Glenn Maxwell is plotting a game of survival against Afghan superstar Rashid Khan with Australia's most aggressive batsman ready to take it slow against the legspinner. Saturday's World Cup clash with the South Asian minnows would usually be considered an ideal opening fixture, if not for Australia's struggles against their slow bowlers. Khan has been…
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O'Neill has formally tendered his resignation to the Pacific country's Governor-General rather than face a parliamentary no-confidence motion. "At 9.35am this morning I delivered to his excellency … the Governor-General, my letter of resignation," he said in parliament at Port Moresby on Wednesday. O'Neill had promised to resign on…
A three-pronged boost to the mortgage market over the last 10 days has sparked predictions the housing downturn in Sydney and Melbourne could reach its low point later this year. If that ends up being the case, many home owners would not doubt breathe a sigh of relief. For prospective buyers, however, the message remains…
The last time Nick Cotric visited his family in Serbia, he was a boy who could only dream of one day playing for NSW. When he returns to Serbia – where his mother was born before migrating to Australia – at the end of this season, he will have fulfilled that dream. And he will…
An operation targeting the supply and distribution of cocaine and other illicit drugs in Sydney's eastern suburbs has led to 55 people being charged with drug supply and possession. Over the course of six nights this month, police from Strike Force Northrop allegedly seized more than 290 grams of cocaine, 13 grams of MDMA, 110…
Telstra signalled the progress it is making on its T22 transformation strategy on Wednesday by bringing forward $500 million in writedowns on its legacy IT systems and confirming that 6,000 of the 8,000 job losses planned as part of the strategy will occur this financial year. It means that $200 million of restructuring costs are…
Apple's earnings could fall 26 per cent in its 2020 fiscal year if China bans sales of the iPhone, according to Cowen, the latest firm to paint a dramatic picture of the tech giant's risk in the event that trade tensions between the US and China deteriorate further. While Wall Street has fretted over Chinese…
Bitcoin jumped as much as 10 per cent on Monday to almost breach $US9,000 as it extended the best one-month rally since before the token's historic surge in 2017. The largest cryptocurrency climbed as much as 10 per cent Monday from levels late Friday, and was trading at $US8,785 at 1.15pm AEST, according to Coindesk….
Paris: Ashleigh Barty has survived a bumpy ride to book her spot in the French Open second round. The eighth seed beat American Jessica Pegula 6-3, 6-3 to make it three from three for Australians, after Alex de Minaur and Alexei Popyrin's earlier victories on the Paris clay. Samantha Stosur followed suit later in the…