SYDNEY, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Google agreed on Monday to pay a A$55 million ($35.8 million) fine in Australia after the consumer watchdog found it had hurt competition by paying the country's two largest telcos to pre-install its search application on Android phones, excluding rival search engines. The fine extends a bumpy period for the Alphabet-owned internet giant in Australia,...

FRANKFURT, July 8 (Reuters) - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is set to make his first visit to China towards the end of this year with a delegation of top business executives, a person with direct knowledge of the matter said. The visit from the head of Europe's biggest economy and one of China's largest trading partners would be symbolically important...

12:31 PM EDT, 07/08/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Thesis Gold ( THSGF ) Tuesday said it closed a bought-deal private placement of flow-through shares that raised $27.5 million, including the full exercise of the over-allotment option. The company placed 5.77-million British Columbia flow-through shares priced at $1.56, raising $9 million; 11.11-million national flow-through shares priced at $1.445 for proceeds of $16.05...

KINSHASA, July 8 (Reuters) - Ivanhoe Mines' ( IVPAF ) production from its flagship Kamoa-Kakula mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo jumped 11% year-on-year to 112,009 metric tons of copper in the second quarter, the company said in a statement on Tuesday. Output rose despite seismic challenges that disrupted operations earlier this year. The Canadian miner resumed operations in...