Новости за 29.07.2015

Taliban's reclusive founder and spiritual leader died in a Pakistani hospital in 2013, intelligence service announces.

The internet is in an uproar this week over the recent killing of a well-known lion in Zimbabwe. Walter Palmer, a Minnesota dentist, allegedly baited Cecile the lion out of a national park by dragging a dead animal behind a car at night.

Mark Ronson's CV reads like a who's who of music legends, but it's evident here that his talents lie in the studio, not on a stage.

Honda has apologised to Casey Stoner after discovering a malfunctioning throttle was behind his crash in Sunday's Suzuka 8-Hour endurance race.

A prominent Melbourne vet is allegedly at the centre of the doping scandal gripping the Australian racing industry, and is suspected of providing banned substances to several figures including underworld identities.

Sarah Palin plus Donald Trump? That's a story everyone can get excited about - even when the Donald just offers generic praise of the self-proclaimed maverick on an obscure radio show, and Palin isn't even there.

The Opals played game two of their series against Japan at Frankston on Wednesday night winning 85-64.

Victorian fast bowler takes remodelled action to India.

Bronwyn Bishop's position is becoming "increasingly untenable" amid speculation she may not survive as Speaker to see the return of Parliament.

Adam Goodes is not only being racially vilified through spectator jeering, the dual Brownlow medallist presents as a quintessential victim of bullying. A workplace relations legal expert with extensive experience in sport has urged the AFL and the AFL Players Association to deepen their condemnation of the scenario by adding the term "bullying" to their statements.

And Cory Bernardi is the nation's heterosexual marriage warrior. Your news of the day, reduced to a snarky rant.

New DNA evidence and statements from new witnesses are among crucial pieces of evidence that led to the breakthrough arrest of the accused family court bomber.

Sydney is one step closer towards building its own MONA, with the City of Sydney council set to approve a $32 million gallery and performance space in Chippendale.

Most managers who've just seen their club pocket $1.5 million out of nowhere would be begging their chairman to loosen the purse strings - but Central Coast Mariners' boss Tony Walmsley won't be asking for a cent.

Raiders forward Sia Soliola says public scrutiny of the Cowboys will only bring the team closer together.

The booing of Adam Goodes reflects the nation's racist attitudes to Indigenous Australians, says two leading academics.

The mother of the teenager who racially vilified Adam Goodes has called for fans not to boo the Sydney champion but claimed he is to blame for the negative reaction he is receiving from opposition supporters.

Manus Island residents may have taken the law into their own hands if local police had not pressed for the return of three Australian detention centre workers accused of sexual assault, island MP Ron Knight says.

AFL players are poised to take up a social media campaign and potentially other actions supporting Adam Goodes following a meeting of elite players from every club.

Cost cuts, falling prices, job losses - it's very hard times in oil.

Moves by Myer and David Jones to spring clean their stable of brands is a breath of fresh air - and one that is long overdue if the full service department store format is to undergo any sort of renaissance.

A Florida resident has been charged in an alleged backpack bomb plot he planned to carry out in the United States, the Department of Justice said on Tuesday.

Lawyers for a filmmaker in New York said they had discovered "smoking-gun" evidence that the song Happy Birthday to You should no longer be subject to copyright restrictions.

Football games are a form of theatre and heckling is an old theatrical tradition.

Premier Daniel Andrews has backed his deputy James Merlino in the face of criticism from scorned Labor MP Adem Somyurek.