SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia's internet watchdog and YouTube exchanged barbs on Tuesday after the regulator urged the government to reverse a planned exemption for the Alphabet-owned video-sharing platform from its world-first teen social media ban. The quarrel adds an element of uncertainty to the December rollout of a law being watched by governments and tech leaders around the world as Australia...

LONDON, June 24 (Reuters) - Britain's competition regulator on Tuesday said it was proposing to designate Google with strategic market status to give it greater control over how the U.S. tech giant operates search services. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said steps it could take included making it easier for users to access different search providers and ensuring fair...

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,...

SINGAPORE/LONDON (Reuters) -Shipping costs for liquefied natural gas cargoes have rallied to their highest in about eight months with vessel availability tightened by a shift in more ships heading to Asia at the same time as conflict has escalated in the Middle East. The Atlantic freight rate for vessels with two-stroke engines capable of carrying 174,000 cubic meters of LNG,...