Australian buy-now-pay-later company Afterpay to be bought by US giant Square for A$39bn theguardian.com Australian shareholders will own about 18.5% of combined business under deal, which the two companies say will create an online payments powerhouse...

Great Barrier Reef has lost half of its corals since 1995 bbc.com Every type of coral has declined since 1995 because of climate change, an Australian study finds....

Australia partners with US to develop hypersonic missiles edition.cnn.com Australia will jointly develop hypersonic cruise missiles with the United States in a bid to counter China and Russia which are developing similar weapons, Defe...