Heavy equipment makers like Caterpillar started the year optimistic that business would pick up in China. But as Tara Joseph reports, industry experts think there's more pain to come before a real recovery takes hold.
A man has died after setting himself on fire outside the New York court as jury selection for former president Donald Trump's hush money trial was finalised.
Western Sydney could miss out on an A-League Men finals appearance after suffering a disappointing 2-1 home loss to Melbourne City.
After missing out on Olympic selection three years ago, triathlete Luke Willian is determined to join Matt Hauser on the start line at the Paris 2024 Games.
Hundreds of mourners have gathered at a memorial in Brisbane to farewell flight attendant Luke Davies, who was killed along with his partner in Sydney.
The Margaret River Pro was put on hold through Saturday because of the surf, with half the men's quarter-finals still to be decided.
Penrith are back in the winners' circle after holding out Wests Tigers 22-6 in front of a sell-out crowd in their NRL clash in Bathurst.
Brittany Higgins has spoken for the first time following Bruce Lehrmann's defamation case, thanking the judge for his "trauma-informed approach".
World No.1 Iga Swiatek has brought an end to Emma Raducanu's fine run of form at the Stuttgart Open, but two favourites fell in the quarter-finals.
Collingwood have recovered superbly from a slow start to maul Port Adelaide by 42 points on Saturday at the MCG.
Local hero Andre Heimgartner has broken through for his first win since 2021, surviving a wet and wild race at Taupo in New Zealand.
Max Verstappen has extended his F1 championship lead by winning the sprint race at the Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai, then claiming pole position for Sunday.
North Melbourne coach Alastair Clarkson is chasing both his first win of the AFL season and first against former side Hawthorn in a high-stakes round-six clash.
A backlog of cases at a Queensland DNA lab has increased as the state opposition calls on the government to release a full strategy to address its issues.
Before this week, Cronulla hadn't entered a round of football atop the NRL ladder since 2016, but Craig Fitzgibbon isn't popping the champagne just yet.
Elon Musk's social media platform says it will fight an Australian regulator over an order to take down posts after a church bishop was stabbed in Sydney.
Miami have set up an NBA playoffs eastern conference first-round clash with Boston after eliminating Chicago 112-91 in their play-in match.
As a major coronial inquiry gets underway into the Bondi stabbings, a wounded security guard has taken heart from Australia's support.
Thailand's Atthaya Thitikul and South Korea's Jin Hee Im have a one-shot lead in the Chevron Championship while Aussie Steph Kyriacou is also in the hunt.
Experienced international players Marcus Stoinis, Ashton Agar, Jason Behrendorff and Andrew Tye have not been offered state contracts by Western Australia.
Ongoing eruptions from a volcano in Indonesia have forced more than 2100 people to be evacuated from the area around Mount Ruang.
