20 September 2026
Artificial intelligence may be moving fast but it is the teams running traditional deals who are keeping the lights on.
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20 September 2026
Follow the day’s news live. Good morning and welcome to Guardian Australia’s live news coverage for Monday. Jim Chalmers will release the latest intergenerational report, while overseas Anthony Albanese has appointed a former Murdoch executive to a top diplomatic post.
20 September 2026
This small hybrid could be the SUV to regain the ground Nissan has lost against budget-priced cars from China.
20 September 2026
It was a weekend of high-stakes tactical chess on Lake Geneva and Spain came out on top for a second win in four grands prix.
20 September 2026
Jovenel Moïse, 53, was shot dead in July 2021 in a killing which sparked chaos in Haiti Eighteen people have been arrested in association with the 2021 assassination of the Haitian president Jovenel Moïse, according to US officials. Moïse, 53, was shot dead on 7 July 2021, at his private residence by a hired group of about 20 military-trained Colombian mercenaries. His security detail did not intervene to protect him.
20 September 2026
Italian product tanker owner Augusta Due has signed for three 40,800 dwt oil and chemical tankers in China as the Mednav Group company pushes ahead with a wider fleet renewal programme. The Rome-based owner has signed the contract with Anhui Port & Shipping Sealand Equipment, part of Tongling Port and Shipping Group. Neither pricing nor …
20 September 2026
Paratus Energy and Vantris Energy joint venture Seagems has moved closer to adding another pipelay support vessel to its Brazilian operation after Petrobras accepted its bid for an unidentified third-party vessel. Paratus said that Petrobras had published partial results from its latest PLSV tender, confirming acceptance of the Seagems bid. The result is still subject …
20 September 2026
Taiwanese offshore vessel owner Dong Fang Offshore (DFO) has approved another newbuild at Norway’s Vard, setting aside up to $86m for a service operations vessel aimed at the international offshore energy market. A stock exchange disclosure shows DFO’s board approved construction of one operations and maintenance support vessel with Vard Group or one of its …
