Rebekah Kebede

Indonesia summons Australian ambassador over U.S.-led spying claims

August 24, 2021 at 9:59 p.m.

JAKARTA/PERTH (Reuters) - Indonesia summonsed Australia's ambassador on Friday to explain media reports his embassy in Jakarta was used to spy on Southeast Asia's biggest country as part of a...

Japan on gas, coal power building spree to fill nuclear void

August 24, 2021 at 9:23 p.m.

TOKYO/PERTH (Reuters) - Japan plans to start up 14 new gas and coal-fired power plants by the end of 2014, allowing a switch away from pricey oil, as Tokyo struggles...

Travel Postcard: 48 hours in Perth, Australia’s coastal boomtown

May 14, 2019 at 2:43 a.m.

PERTH (Reuters) - The hometown of Australia's richest citizen, mining magnate Gina Rinehart, Perth is the centre of the country's iron ore and oil and gas boom, with some of...

Australia’s largest solar farm opens amid renewable target debate

August 23, 2021 at 8:32 p.m.

WALKAWAY, Australia (Reuters) - Australia switched on its first utility-scale solar farm on Wednesday, bringing the country a small step closer to achieving ambitious renewable energy use targets that traditional...

Australia’s largest solar farm opens amid renewable target debate

May 14, 2019 at 1:56 a.m.

World’s fastest radio telescope starts up in Australian outback

August 23, 2021 at 8:18 p.m.

MURCHISON, Australia (Reuters) - In the remote Australian outback, scientists have launched the world's fastest radio telescope which will exponentially increase astronomers' ability to survey the universe, mapping black holes...

World’s fastest radio telescope starts up in Australian outback

August 22, 2019 at 11:09 a.m.

South Africa mines minister reassures foreign investors

August 22, 2019 at 10:30 a.m.

PERTH (Reuters) - South Africa's institutions provide protection for foreign investors in the resources sector, its mining minister said on Wednesday, seeking to reassure about the stability of the sector...

$Australia’s Victoria state bans coal seam gas ‘fracking’$

Australia’s Victoria state bans coal seam gas ‘fracking’

August 22, 2019 at 10:23 a.m.

PERTH (Reuters) - Australia's southeastern state of Victoria on Friday put a hold on hydraulic fracturing, a technique used to produce hard-to-reach gas deposits, and a halt on new coal...

Insight: Australia’s coal bed LNG export expansion plans falter

August 23, 2021 at 1:41 p.m.

PERTH (Reuters) - Confidence in Australia's coal seam gas industry, one of the nation's brightest economic prospects, has begun to flicker. For the first time since energy firms kicked off...

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