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,...

* Fund not allowed to invest in makers of nuclear arms * Opposition looking to change ethical guidelines * Appears not to have enough support to overturn minority government By Gwladys Fouche OSLO, May 7 (Reuters) - Opposition efforts to allow Norway's $1.8 trillion wealth fund, the world's largest, to invest in large defence companies appear to be faltering, according...

LONDON, May 6 (Reuters) - Away from the headlines around the minerals deal with Ukraine, the United States has pursued a potentially even more significant critical metals deal in the Great Lakes region of Africa. The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo reached out to the Donald Trump administration with a Ukrainian-style proposal in February in response to the...

* Ukraine attacks Moscow * Russian airports close * Xi due in Moscow * Russia prepares for Victory Day parade MOSCOW, May 7 (Reuters) - Ukraine attacked Moscow with drones for a third day on Wednesday forcing most of the Russian capital's airports to close just as Chinese President Xi Jinping was due to arrive to mark the victory over...