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,...

June 15 (Reuters) - The Washington Post is investigating a cyberattack on email accounts of some of its journalists, according to a source familiar with the matter and an internal memo reviewed by Reuters. The memo sent to Post employees by Executive Editor Matt Murray said the intrusion was discovered on Thursday and the newspaper immediately initiated an investigation. All...

SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea launched on Monday a task force on negotiations with the United States on tariff and non-tariff matters across industry and the energy sector that will also coordinate with the private sector, the Industry Ministry said in a statement. Minister for Trade Yeo Han-koo, who was appointed last week by the new liberal President Lee Jae-myung, said...

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Abu Dhabi's National Oil Company (ADNOC), looking to grow a global gas business, is leading a proposed $18.7 billion takeover of Australia's second-largest independent gas producer, Santos, which has backed the planned bid. Below are key details on Santos' production and reserves in million barrels of oil equivalent (mmboe), its domestic and international oil and gas assets,...