By Christine Chen SYDNEY (Reuters) – BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, said on Thursday it was considering shifting focus away from Australia due to stretched valuations and weak growth, eyeing better opportunities in other markets like the U.S. and Japan. Katie Petering, who leads BlackRock’s multi-asset investment strategy in Australia and New Zealand where…
3 days ago The Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria (CEAN), says the Nigerian film industry has experienced a significant surge with the Box Office recording an impressive 60 per cent increase in 2024. Mr Ope Ajayi, CEAN’s National Chairman revealed this while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in Lagos. According to him,…
Joeboy Joeboy Electrifies Melbourne Ahead of Second Australian Show Nigerian Afrobeats star Joeboy has touched down in Melbourne, igniting anticipation among fans eagerly awaiting his second Australian performance. Renowned for his captivating melodies and chart-topping hits like “Baby,” “Alcohol,” and “Contour,” Joeboy is captivating global audiences with his dynamic live shows, solidifying his status as…
Three foreign executives from the Australian mining company Resolute, which operates a gold mine in Mali, were arrested in Bamako on Friday, AFP reported. The executives were detained at a hotel in the Malian capital before being transferred to a specialised anti-corruption centre set up by the country’s military government. A company official reportedly said…
Indigenous senator Lidia Thorpe shouted anti-colonial slogans at King Charles during his visit to the Australian parliament on Monday, shocking assembled lawmakers and other dignitaries. “Give us our land back! Give us what you stole from us!” Thorpe screamed in an almost minute-long diatribe after the 75-year-old king’s speech. “This is not your land, you…
The Royal Australian College of GPs, the peak body for general practices in Australia, has released guidance for practitioners looking to adopt AI scribes to support clinical documentation. An AI scribe captures audio speech from a clinical encounter to convert it into text that becomes part of a patient’s health record. WHAT IT’S ABOUT RACGP…
Online calculator predicts long COVID risk A COVID-19 risk calculator developed by a group of universities in Australia can now also determine a person’s risk of developing long COVID. The obstinate condition, which reportedly affects at least 65 million people worldwide, is commonly characterised by fatigue, brain fog and shortness of breath. Introduced in 2021,…
Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange has landed in Australia and reunited with his family after reaching a plea deal that ended his 14-year legal saga with the United States government. Assange’s release came after leaving a US court in the US Pacific island territory of Saipan as a free man on Wednesday after pleading guilty to…
