Новости за 09.07.2015

In a stunning reversal involving impassioned 11th-hour pleas from teammates, a Twitter war of emojis and a midnight home stakeout, DeAndre Jordan decided he wanted to remain with the only NBA team he has known, the Los Angeles Clippers.

US stocks were higher in early afternoon on Thursday as Beijing's efforts to halt a rout in Chinese stocks lifted markets around the world.

This is the new celebrity era where basically everything is recorded, everything is sold to a gossip site, everything goes viral, and everyone has to apologise.

Collingwood's Dane Swan was reportedly "swarmed" by South Australian police on Wednesday night in a case of mistaken identity.

European stocks rose as investors shrugged off concern about Greece's debt crisis and Chinese shares rebounded.

"If I meet the judge, I would ask him, 'Do you know the pain I suffered as a child and was raped, and raising this child?'"

Iron ore snapped a 10-day slump that culminated in the biggest one-day drop in at least six years as a selloff in Chinese equities paused and most industrial metals prices climbed, easing selling pressure.

Miami Heat star Luol Deng is in Melbourne this weekend to mix with South Sudanese Australians.

North Melbourne coach Brad Scott is back with a vengeance, returning from a month-long injury layoff by making four changes including dropping goal-sneak Lindsay Thomas for the Kangaroos' crucial Saturday night clash against Geelong at Etihad Stadium.

Follow full live coverage of the second day of the first Ashes Test, live from Cardiff.

Over 13 excruciating hours, the entire country watched as the ghosts of the Civil War seemed to stir once more. And for a moment, it seemed as if the Confederate flag just might keep flying after all. But then Jenny Horne decided that she had had enough.

Jenny attended the Kyneton Court on the date advised by the police officer but her experience was a time-consuming and upsetting one.

Israel has admitted that two of its citizens have been missing in Gaza for months amid signs it was attempting to negotiate with Hamas for their release.

England had no complaints about a low and slow pitch in after Mitchell Johnson was rendered a mere mortal in the first Ashes Test but the wicket has come back to bite their captain Alastair Cook painfully.

James Packer's Crown Resorts has signed off on its $2 billion-plus bid for Queen's Wharf in Brisbane, as Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk confirmed the winning bidder would be announced after the state budget on July 14.

Average Australians cannot afford to wait to see if the government's half-hearted responses work. People deserve peace of mind and action now.

Myanmar migrant workers on trial for murders retracted their confessions, saying they made them while being tortured.

The ball was bounced, and the ruckmen jumped. The midfielders ran, the defenders tried to stop the forwards from kicking goals. There was a game to play.

Days after Jeremy Cameron was named All Australian in just his second year, Wayne Carey likened the youngster to Lance Franklin and predicted he would one day be the best player in the competition; Dermott Brereton labelled him as "extraordinary".

The Abbott government is facing the possibility of a multi-billion dollar hit to budget revenues after the global iron ore price collapsed overnight.

The fairness of Q&A host Tony Jones will be scrutinised as part of the ABC's far-reaching independent editorial review of the program, which is currently being boycotted by Abbott government ministers.

Taylor Adams has created some Monday morning work for the match review panel, after appearing to drop his knee into Port Adelaide player Justin Westhoff.

Opposition Leader Bill Shorten has faced a slew of conflict of interest allegations over informal deals struck with employers which delivered millions of dollars to the Australian Workers Union while he was secretary, during a gruelling second day before the trade union royal commission.

With a heavy heart in a storm, Port Adelaide mustered all of its will-to-win to upset Collingwood in a three-point thriller at Adelaide Oval on Thursday night.

The royal commission throws up a key question: did he go for the leadership too soon?