Cult Queensland beauty store Clean Beauty Market expanding to Sydney’s Bondi Junction

Cult Queensland beauty store Clean Beauty Market expanding to Sydney’s Bondi Junction

A cult Queensland beauty retailer is expanding into NSW, announcing it will open a store at Sydney’s Bondi Junction. Clean Beauty Market is Australia’s largest clean beauty retailer and features more than 80 leading global brands, both in-store and online. Professional makeup artist Erin Norden opened the first store on the Gold Coast in 2017. … Read more

Asian currencies could be on ‘back foot’ despite U.S. rate cuts: JPMorgan

Asian currencies could be on ‘back foot’ despite U.S. rate cuts: JPMorgan

The U.S. dollar is expected to remain resilient despite possible Fed rate cuts this year. Jackal Pan | Moment | Getty Images Asian currencies could be on the “back foot” this year despite signals that the U.S. Federal Reserve could cut interest rates soon, according to Julia Wang, executive director and global market strategist at … Read more

Adidas warns of falling sales in North America as it continues to sell off Yeezy inventory

Adidas warns of falling sales in North America as it continues to sell off Yeezy inventory

Adidas shoes are displayed at a DSW store on January 31, 2024 in Novato, California.  Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Adidas on Wednesday warned of a sales decline in its overstocked North American market in 2024, as the German sportswear brand continues to sell off its remaining Yeezy inventory. Currency-neutral sales in North America are … Read more

Man charged after crash that killed one and injured on Lawrence Hargrave in northern Wollongong, Thirroul

Man charged after crash that killed one and injured on Lawrence Hargrave in northern Wollongong, Thirroul

A man has been charged after one person was killed and three others were left fighting for life in a horror crash on an overpass in northern Wollongong, NSW. A removalist truck and a BMW collided on Lawrence Hargrave Dr at Thirroul just before 2pm on Friday, February 16. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Man killed … Read more

BOJ may exit negative rates next week. Here’s what you need to know.

BOJ may exit negative rates next week. Here’s what you need to know.

Japan bar chart graph with ups and downs, increasing values, concept of economic recovery and business improving, businesses reopen, politics concept with flag Elif Bayraktar | Istock | Getty Images Speculation is swirling that the Bank of Japan may move to exit the world’s last negative rate policy as early as next week, when policymakers … Read more

UK economic growth, January 2024

UK economic growth, January 2024

People walk along Waterloo Bridge past the City of London skyline, the capital’s financial district, on a sunny and mild day. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images LONDON — U.K. gross domestic product grew 0.2% in January, the Office for National Statistics said Wednesday, as construction output jumped unexpectedly. The headline figure was in … Read more

NSW police chief sacks top media advisor amid criticism over response to double-murder investigation

NSW police chief sacks top media advisor amid criticism over response to double-murder investigation

NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb has sacked her top media minder amid criticism of her public handling of a serving officer’s alleged double murder. Liz Deegan has been told her services are no longer required, bringing her tenure as executive director of public affairs to a close after less than a year in the role. … Read more

RFK Jr. considering Jesse Ventura, Aaron Rodgers for VP

RFK Jr. considering Jesse Ventura, Aaron Rodgers for VP

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is reportedly considering New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers and former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura as his potential vice-presidential picks, the Kennedy campaign confirmed to The Hill on Tuesday.  The independent candidate is considering both men as potential running mates for his 2024 ticket. He has been in … Read more

As Haiti rocked by chaos, what you need to know about the last 48 hours

As Haiti rocked by chaos, what you need to know about the last 48 hours

Canada is renewing its call for stability in Haiti after Prime Minister Ariel Henry said he will resign as gang violence continues to grip the country. The unelected Henry, who took the helm after the 2021 assassination of then-president Jovenel Moïse, announced his plan to step down as the leader of the Caribbean nation on … Read more