Новости за 10.07.2015

The Egyptian-born movie actor who made off-screen conquests as a bridge champion and consummate playboy, has died at a hospital in Cairo.

Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen said she still expects to raise interest rates this year and repeated that the subsequent pace of increases will be gradual.

Briton Mark Cavendish sprinted to victory in the seventh stage of the Tour de France on Friday for his 26th career win in cycling's greatest race.

Australian hearts sank in their beds and on their sofas on Friday evening, and here at SWALEC Stadium on an otherwise fine morning, as our batting decomposed like it was 2013 all over again.

Shane Watson shapes as a key Australian batsman on day three in Cardiff after the visitors finished the second day trailing by 166 runs with five wickets in hand.

While a little mean-spirited, human beings do sometimes derive pleasure from the misfortune of others, especially if said misfortune happens to an international pop star during a live performance.

Harry Messel died this week, but he inspired generations of science lovers and practitioners.

The royal commission into trade unions has polarised opinions about so called side-deals between employers and unions.

South Carolina removed the Confederate battle flag from the state capitol grounds on Friday to chants of "USA, USA!," after three weeks of emotional debate over the banner, a symbol of slavery and racism to many, but of Southern heritage and pride to others.

Nigel Milsom's arresting portrait of barrister Charles Waterstreet may be the favourite to win the Archibald Prize, but the artist is grateful to be a finalist.

Australia can learn plenty from the world's best - and Real Madrid's first piece of advice for this country was priceless.

An EU official speaking on condition of anonymity suggests an agreement could, in theory, be reached on Saturday.

His son might be getting all the headlines, but the late Kerry Packer's ghost looms large over the autobiography penned by British media proprietor Richard Desmond.

It is Australia's richest farmland and even Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce thinks the "world has gone mad" when a giant open-cut coal mine gets the go-ahead to open in the middle of it.

Someday, resources will not be Australia's biggest export. That day might come sooner than you think.

There are many theories on why the markets swung so wildly, what it means at street level and where we might be headed. What is not disputed is the amount of money tossed onto fear-fuelled bonfires.

More people are having electrical implants put into their spines to try to control debilitating pain as "bioelectrics" start to rival drugs for many afflictions.

The US Justice Department has won permission to seize $US300 million ($402 million) claimed to be the proceeds of an international bribery scheme involving two Russian phone companies and a relative of Uzbekistan's president.

Reigning champion Novak Djokovic is through to the Wimbledon final after breezing past Frenchman Richard Gasquet in straight sets in the semi final on Friday.

Tax avoidance tactics of multinational companies have angered the public and placed pressure on the Abbott government to prevent profits being exported offshore.

China's government has been attempting a delicate balancing act since the middle of last year. This month, it fell off the wire.

Redfern's Aboriginal tent embassy has secured a five-week reprieve, but the stoush over development on the site is escalating.

Richmond and Carlton have played great games of football. This was not one of them.

Every year since the global financial crisis, the rental market in Sydney's most expensive suburbs was flooded with big houses as wealthy homeowners gave up trying to sell.

He was threatened with beheading by the Taliban after immigration officials leaked his private details online, and now asylum seeker Nadir Sadiqi fears he will be sent to certain death in Afghanistan.