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Israel Adesanya defends his UFC middleweight title against Sean Strickland. Adesanya reclaimed his MMA career by knocking out Alex Pereira at UFC 287. Now, he faces Strickland, who has only two losses since returning to the middleweight division in 2020. Here's what you need to know about the fight between Adesanya and Strickland.

TPG Telecom’s investors will have to wait a little longer to learn the fate of Vocus Group’s $6.3 billion bid to carve out its non-mobile fibre assets, which was revealed by Street Talk on August 1.

Albemarle boss Kent Masters says the battery chemical giant is already eyeing the need for a new lithium hydroxide plant as part of its $6.6 billion takeover of Liontown Resources.

The boss of Australian airline Qantas says he will leave his job immediately — two months earlier than planned — following a series of embarrassing revelations about the company, including allegations it sold tickets for flights that had already been c...

Urals oil loaded from the state's ports in August, despite a record rise in prices for the grade, traders, LSEG data and Reuters calculations showed.Indian refineries said in August that the Urals discount to the dated Brent benchmark crude had narrowed too much, making them cut purchases of the grade in September. Discounts for Urals oil loading in August narrowed to $5 per barrel and below on a DES (delivered ex ship) basis in Indian ports — a record low since a European Union embargo on Russia's oil. Along with the EU embargo, the G7, the European Union and Australia imposed a $60 per barrel price cap last December on sea-borne exports of Russian crude in retaliation for Russia's war on Ukraine, which Moscow calls a special military operation. The increase in prices for the Russian grade was due to Russia's pledge to cut oil exports in August by 500,000 barrels per day (bpd) in cooperation with OPEC+ to balance oil markets.

Global payments processor Visa has rolled out support for USD Coin (USDC) payments settled on the Solana blockchain as its stablecoin offering begins to expand.

Stablecoin issuer Tether has become one of the top buyers of United States Treasury bills in the world, according to a post by Tether CTO Paolo Ardoino. 

By Renju Jose, Lewis Jackson and Emily Chow

Top rated Forex broker by TU version this year is RoboForex. The brokerage has outshined a field of 351 contenders after securing an impressive score of 9.78 out of 10. Notably, RoboForex boasts the highest affiliate payment rate, reaching up to 84% of the referral fee, all while maintaining an approachable minimum deposit of only $10.

Australian crypto exchange Swyftx has launched a ‘Learn and Earn’ education platform with an aim to better equip Aussies with “crypto knowledge until such time as the industry is fully regulated.”

Vanessa Hudson has vowed to focus on customers as she tries to repair the national carrier’s battered reputation after Alan Joyce abruptly quit as the chief executive of Qantas two months earlier than planned.

Private equity firms are under pressure to deploy idle capital and sell assets to realise returns, a force that should underwrite a recovery in deal flow in 2024 and 2025, snapping the capital markets drought.

Things are looking different at Sydney start-up Carted.

Australia Post is seeking a 25 per cent increase in the price of basic stamps to $1.50 but unions, the electoral council and former chief executive Christine Holgate suggest it is part of a calculated plot to kill off letters.

BHP says the Albanese government’s “same job same pay” agenda will capture more workers than it expected when it estimated the annual impost at $1.3 billion, as the government rubbished the company’s estimates.

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Bitcoin's current trading value is $25,720, which decreased by nearly 1% on Tuesday. The cryptocurrency is facing an uncertain September due to regulatory delays and macroeconomic worries. In the past, Bitcoin has struggled during this month, experiencing six years of lackluster performance.

₹56 lakh in the secondary market. While social media users have been making such claims for some time now, when we checked it ourselves, we found some of the tickets being sold on Viagogo for a whopping ₹57,62,676. There are many other tickets available in the range between ₹18 and ₹22 lakh.

Australian crypto exchange Swyftx is launching a new “Earn and Learn” crypto education platform, aimed at rewarding its users for completing courses covering an array of crypto scams. 

Tesla chairman Robyn Denholm has urged Treasurer Jim Chalmers to lure at least 30 battery-grade lithium processing facilities to Australia with tax breaks or risk the country losing out to North America and Europe.

New vehicle sales in August climbed by 15.4 per cent compared with a year ago to set a record for the month as buyers shrugged off cost-of-living pressures and supply logjams eased.