• Australian Associated Press

    Snapper Rocks back on World Surf League tour

    Queensland's Snapper Rocks will return to the elite World Surf League tour in 2025, with the break's status guaranteed until 2028.

  • Reuters

    QUOTES-BOJ Governor Ueda's comments at news conference

    The Bank of Japan kept interest rates around zero on Friday and highlighted a growing conviction that inflation was on track to durably hit 2% in coming years, signalling its readiness to hike borrowing costs later this year. The central bank also stuck to its guidance made in March to keep buying government bonds around the current pace, dashing hopes by some traders that it could soon taper purchases partly to slow the yen's declines.

  • Australian Associated Press

    Bail for woman accused of murdering cop in hit-and-run

    A woman charged with murder over the death of a policeman in an alleged hit-and-run has been bailed with a judge finding prospects of a conviction are not high.