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Mar 11, 2026 - World

Layoffs to affect 10% of workforce amid Australian company’s restructuring plan to push into artificial intelligence and enterprise salesSoftware giant Atlassian has announced it is laying off about 10% of its workforce, or roughly 1,600 positions, and replacing its chief technology officer as it restructures to invest further in artificial intelligence.Shares of the company rose more than 4% in extended trading on the Nasdaq. Continue reading...

Mar 11, 2026 - World

Energy secretary says move is part of broader release as oil prices soar due to supply shocks from US-Israel war on IranThe United States will release 172m barrels of oil from its strategic petroleum reserve in a bid to reduce oil prices that have soared due to supply shocks from the US-Israeli war with Iran, US energy secretary Chris Wright said on Wednesday.Wright said the release is part of a broader release of 400m barrels of oil agreed to by the 32-country International Energy Agency earlier in the day. Continue reading...

Mar 11, 2026 - World

Iranian officials warn of ‘war of attrition’ and global economic chaos as energy supplies are throttledMiddle East crisis – live updatesIran dramatically escalated its strategy of striking civilian infrastructure and transport networks across the Gulf on Wednesday, attacking commercial ships and targeting Dubai’s international airport as US and Israeli warplanes launched new waves of strikes on the Islamic Republic.Senior Iranian officials struck a defiant tone, warning of a long “war of attrition” that would threaten global economic chaos as energy supplies from the region were throttled. Continue reading...

Mar 11, 2026 - World

A fortnight after its opening hearing, Dennis Richardson resigns, telling the ABC he felt ‘surplus to requirements’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe former spy chief Dennis Richardson says he resigned from the antisemitism royal commission because he felt “surplus to requirements”, claiming changes to the inquiry into the Bondi terror attack were different to the job he signed up for, and that he was being “way overpaid”.Richardson said the royal commission, led by the judge and lawyer Virginia Bell, would still be valuable and praised Bell strongly. But in his first comments since Wednesday’s surprise announcement that he had abruptly departed the inquiry, Richardson appeared to hint he had been left without much work to do – despite being tasked to deliver an interim report by the end of next month. Continue reading...

Mar 11, 2026 - World

The United States is responsible for the strike on the elementary school in Iran's Minab that killed over 175 people, mostly children, according to a report by the New York Times.