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CBA shares surge by 7% after bumper $5.45bn result while data shows owner-occupiers’ share of lending has decreased in tight property marketFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Commonwealth Bank has delivered a record $5.45bn half-year cash profit, as investors pile into the housing market and take market share from owner-occupiers.Australia’s biggest lender said on Wednesday it was […]

Wildfires that left 23 people dead were made about three times more likely by global heating, researchers sayThe climate crisis inflamed deadly wildfires that left 23 people dead in Chile and devastated forests in Argentina that host some of the world’s oldest trees, scientists have found.The hot, dry and windy conditions that enabled the fires to blaze across huge areas in January were made about three times more likely by […]

Shock, heartbreak after mass shooting at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School in remote town near Rocky Mountains.Source: www.aljazeera.comRead full article

British Columbia Premier David Eby describes the attack at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School as an 'unimaginable tragedy'.Source: www.aljazeera.comRead full article

Top batter has been in hospital with an upset stomach and is likely to miss India's next T20 World Cup game.Source: www.aljazeera.comRead full article