7+ mon, 2+ week ago (529+ words) Shares lift as CBA, banks rally; Trump mulls tariff relief for autos; Star unveils earnings; Bellevue Gold slumps; Collins Foods exits Taco Bell. Follow live. Star's losses top $300m ASX extends gains; CBA rallies RBA April minutes revealed after holding cash rate Asian stocks rise, led by Japan on auto reprieve Stanmore profit sinks 54pc on coal price hit The Australian sharemarket rose on Tuesday following a day of relative calm at the White House when US President Donald Trump said that he was considering delaying tariffs on automotive imports, lifting hopes for a softer approach to his trade agenda. The S&P/ASX 200 edged up 0.6 per cent, or by 48.5 points, to 7797.1 points near 12.15pm, extending Monday's more than 1 per cent gain. The All Ordinaries also rose 0.6 per cent. Just five of 11 sectors were in the green, led by financials. On Wall Street,…...

7+ mon, 2+ week ago (214+ words) The struggling West Australian gold miner has been forced into a dilutive fundraising to close out lowball forward hedging contracts. Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Bellevue Gold has been targeted by several unsolicited takeover approaches and appointed a team to review future bids, the struggling miner said, after tapping shareholders for $156 million following another production downgrade. The embattled West Australian group has been caught out by the soaring price of gold, and will use more than $110 million of the cash raised to escape from forward hedging contracts agreed for an average of $US2135 ($3370) per ounce " far below the current price of above $US3220. Follow the topics, people and companies that matter to you. AFR Magazine celebrates The Art of Movement "We don't want to die wondering': Jo Horgan on Mecca's biggest bet yet This Brisbane restaurant…...

7+ mon, 3+ week ago (207+ words) A West Australian gold miner has failed to capitalise on record prices after low-quality ore prompts looming downgrade. Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Bellevue Gold has missed out on the Donald Trump-inspired rally for gold producers after the ASX-listed miner extended the trading halt on its shares due to concerns over the quality of its ore. Western Australia's newest gold miner requested its shares be suspended from trading on March 26 to warn the market of a looming drop in its production. Its shares had fallen 15 per cent in the five days preceding the suspension. Follow the topics, people and companies that matter to you. "We don't want to die wondering': Jo Horgan on Mecca's biggest bet yet This Brisbane restaurant deserves a Michelin star How Ozempic and other GLP-1s are transforming much more than…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago (469+ words) The Afghan national who shot two National Guard soldiers near the White House had been part of a brutal CIA force called Zero Unit in Kandahar province. Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Washington | An Afghan national who worked with the CIA in his native country and immigrated to the US in 2021 drove from Washington state to shoot two National Guard members deployed in Washington, DC, just blocks from the White House, US officials said on Thursday (Friday AEDT). The Afghan refugee fought in the late days of the US war there as part of "Zero Unit," a paramilitary force that worked with the CIA, according to a person briefed on the investigation and an Afghan intelligence officer familiar with the matter. The units were known for their brutality and labelled "death squads" by human…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago (226+ words) The women held a press conference on Capitol Hill to push for full disclosure on the disgraced financier as Donald Trump again dismissed the issue as a hoax. Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Washington | Survivors of Jeffrey Epstein's sexual abuse called on Congress to pass legislation forcing the release of all material gathered from an investigation into the late financier and pushing back on President Donald Trump's effort to dismiss the issue as a "hoax." In a news conference on the Capitol lawn that drew hundreds of supporters and chants of "release the files," the women shared " some publicly for the first time " how they were lured into Epstein's abuse by his former girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell. Follow the topics, people and companies that matter to you. Dion Lee lost his business. He's back The…...