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,...

04:10 AM EDT, 07/16/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Caledonia Mining ( CMCL ) said Wednesday its Blanket Mine in Zimbabwe produced 21,070 ounces of gold in Q2, up from 20,773 ounces a year earlier. H1 gold production was 39,741 ounces, up from 37,823 ounces a year earlier, the company said. Caledonia also said it was increasing the guidance for Blanket's 2025...

SYDNEY (Reuters) -An Australian AI startup developing software for crewless boats said it has been granted one of the first AUKUS exemption licences by the Australian government, allowing it to share information with defence contractors in the U.S. and Britain. Defence officials have said Australia will rely more on autonomous systems to protect its vast coastline and up to 1.2...

04:30 AM EDT, 07/16/2025 (MT Newswires) -- (Corrects the headline and first paragraph to clarify that this is Tesla's first federal jury trial tied to the autopilot system.) Tesla (TSLA) is heading to its first federal jury trial involving its autopilot system, the New York Times reported Monday. The case stems from an April 2019 fatal crash in South Florida...