Mining giant BHP's half-year earnings are hurt by operational issues including the forced derailment of a runaway iron ore train.

The corporate watchdog is contemplating more than 40 court cases — including criminal prosecutions — in the wake of the banking royal commission as it adopts a litigate-first strategy.

It has been a case of the good, the bad and the ugly on one of the busiest days in the ASX's February reporting season

A company proposing to drill for oil in the Great Australian Bight releases its environment plan, but Greenpeace says it is downplaying the risk of a major spill.

Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei tells British media there is "no way the US can crush" his company, which he says is simply more advanced than its competitors.

Chinese state media claims Chinese tourists are abandoning New Zealand because of its Huawei ban, but analysts say China is not giving up on the country just yet.

A Queensland truck driver has faced Grafton Local Court after a police chase along the Pacific Highway on the New South Wales north coast over the weekend.

The popular collectables campaign boosted sales over the half but the effect seemed to wane in the second quarter as Coles delivers its first result since spinning off from Wesfarmers, while wealth management firm IOOF shrugs off a humiliating royal commission run to deliver a surge in profit.

The range of fish being eaten is reducing and the demand for popular species is growing. It means consumers are missing out on cheaper local seafood, while also putting pressure on the sustainability of fish populations.

The Australian share market looks set for a fairly muted start to trade, as investors await local earnings results from mining giant BHP, supermarket Coles and vitamin maker Blackmores.

Wall Street and European markets trade lower, as the world's second largest economy shows further signs of weakening as a consequence of billions of dollars in US tariffs.

Northern Territory emergency services are again urging members of the public not to put themselves at risk from the conditions after they had to rescue an experienced local bushwalker

Fiji's tourism industry, the backbone of the country's economy, is under threat as coral reefs are killed off. But a US-born marine biologist known as "the coral gardener" says he may have a solution to the problem.

British Prime Minister Theresa May offers both a promise on workers' rights and a reassuring letter from European Union leaders as she implores British politicians to support her floundering Brexit deal.

Canadian air traffic controllers buy hundreds of pizzas for their American counterparts at airports throughout the United States in what has become an industry-wide show of support during the US Government's partial shutdown.