The S&P/ASX 200 has recorded its worst weekly drop since Donald Trump’s so-called Liberation Day tariffs shocked global markets in April last year. That’s as investors weigh the prospect of a drawn-out war in the Middle East, with the rising oil price prompting further inflation concerns. Meanwhile, the US Pentagon has formally labelled AI company Anthropic a supply chain risk, escalating its dispute over AI safeguards. For more, Stephanie Youssef spoke with capital.com senior market analyst Kyle Rodda.
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Folge vom 06.03.2026ASX’s worst day since Liberation Day; oil price shock
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Folge vom 06.03.2026Counting underway in Nepal's general electionsCounting is underway in Nepal's general elections which were held six months after deadly anti-corruption protests toppled the government in the Himalayan nation. Nearly 19 million voters were eligible to choose who replaces the interim government in place since the September 2025 uprising. A winner is not expected to be announced until after a week.
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Folge vom 06.03.2026So, Ukraine does have a card: Trump looks to Zelenskyy for help combating Iranian dronesAs the US-Israeli war on Iran rages on, the United States has asked Ukraine for help to fend off Iranian drone attacks in the region. Despite Donald Trump's scaled back support for Ukraine and Israel's refusal to impose sanctions on Russia, Ukraine has offered allies in the region a swap of key defence systems.
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Folge vom 06.03.2026INTERVIEW: Indigenous Australians Minister on the parliamentary inquiry into racismA federal parliamentary inquiry has opened into racism in Australia, with advocates calling for the probe to be not 'another exercise in diagnosis'. The Australian Human Rights Commission says the government already knows what needs to change, and the inquiry must turn that knowledge into action, with timelines and accountability. Meanwhile the federal Minister for Indigenous Australians Malandirri McCarthy is encouraging big social media platforms to make submissions to the inquiry. She's told NITV some Indigenous people are feeling scared after a string of reports of racist attacks in public. She's talking here to NITV's John Paul Janke