Новости за 31.07.2015

One Direction has just dropped its first song without original band member Zayn Malik, the day after he announced that he had signed a contract with RCA, and four months after he quit the group.

HSBC's head of Asia Pacific equity strategy says there's plenty of opportunity in the "Asian paradox". While markets are weak, there are growth stocks unfazed by the surrounding fireworks.

Thursday night was the city's biggest and most costly promotional event to launch a residential property.

As a shell-shocked government looks to rebuild its credibility from the damage sustained by the Bronwyn Bishop "choppergate" scandal, attention appropriately swings to who should take over and why.

Amino acids derived from fish mucus could be the next UV-blocker for summer.

US wildlife authorities announced an investigation Thursday into the killing of Cecil, a prized lion in Zimbabwe, and also revealed that they have been unable to contact Dr Walter Palmer, the Minnesota big-game hunter and dentist who participated in the fatal hunt.

When National Australia Bank chief Andrew Thorburn meets investors overseas, he knows exactly what they are going to ask. And housing is at the top of the agenda.

Hundreds of suspected child abuse cases in Queensland schools have gone unnoticed to police, a computer system breakdown has revealed.

Nothing stirs the senses, drives debate and divides palates among winos like pinot noir.

Oil headed for its biggest monthly drop this year amid speculation a global supply glut that drove prices into a bear market will persist.

"Yes, we're a robust people and I guess politicians typically get booed at the footy but Adam Goodes is a good bloke and he's a great player and I hope he'll get treated with respect and civility."

War medals among thousands of dollars worth of jewellry and electronics stolen by a serial thief.

Film can be an act of resistance, liberating cinema from Hollywood's dominance says filmmaker Lav Diaz.

​Stick together and look after each other.

Seven's new show Restaurant Revolution looks destined to become a ratings dud, with the prime time show pulling only 10,000 more viewers than a daytime screening of The Bold and The Beautiful.

The Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has been denied a normal six-month business visa by the British government, which said he had lied on his application by neglecting to declare that he had been convicted of a crime.

The American economy is settling into a trot rather than a gallop.

Heritage experts have decried as "madness" a state government push to retrench a team of stonemasons responsible for maintaining hundreds of iconic sandstone buildings across Sydney, including the Art Gallery of NSW, Government House and the State Library.

The man who shot Cecil the lion wanted to bag a giant elephant after killing the protected big cat - but was unable to find one large enough for his liking, his guide has disclosed.

One in three Queanbeyan drivers and almost one in seven Goulburn drivers tested positive for driving under the influence of drugs in July.

Is Sydney's new integrated public transport card already obsolete?

Spring is just around the corner – yes, really – so let some its natural beauty into your home to lift your spirits.

He is the doctor who literally feels your pain. Joel Salinas, a neurologist at Harvard Medical School, has a rare condition in which he feels what people around him feel.

Leaders from both sides of Australia's political divide are expected to attend Federal Canning MP Don Randall's funeral on Friday. Mr Randall, 62, was found dead in his car in Boddington, south of Perth on July 21. It's understood he may have suffered a heart attack.

On the eve of his 200th game - coincidentally his first appearance against his former club - Jarrad Waite believes he "really needed" to move away from Carlton and join North Melbourne.