Новости за 09.08.2015

An United Express flight from Charlotte to Chicago made an emergency landing in Indianapolis on Sunday after a problem with cabin pressure that caused the pilot to descend to 3,000 metres

Australia have claimed silver in the men's 4x100m medley relay final at the world swimming championships in Russia.

Insurgents have regained control of several villages in north-west Syria from government forces and have edged closer to a coastal stronghold of President Bashar al-Assad.

For decades, Donald Trump has made flippant misogyny as much a part of his trademark as his ostentatious lifestyle.

Fireworks lit up Singapore's sky on Sunday night as crowds celebrated the city state's 50th anniversary

After weeks of protests and growing public anger, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has announced sweeping anti-corruption reforms.

West Ham United capitalised on two mistakes from Arsenal's new goalkeeper Petr Cech to claim a surprise 2-0 victory at the Emirates and bring the Gunners' early Premier League optimism down to earth with a bump on Sunday.

About two in three Australians say the Abbott government should take climate change more seriously and even more believe coal-fired power will eventually be supplanted.

Cheaper apartments with vastly improved designs may seem impossible in Melbourne's skyrocketing property market, but scrapping developers from the process could change that.

Thirty-two medal winners at the world's six top city marathons were among the hundreds of long distance runners with suspicious blood test results revealed in a leak, a newspaper reported on Sunday.

Former chairman John Dahlsen believes Woolworths needs a circuit-breaker after taking its eye off the retail ball.

Two prominent Liberal MPs billed taxpayers thousands in expenses on a day they clinked glasses in the name of ending wasteful government spending at an activist group function.

A Badgerys Creek airport cannot be seen simply as a piece of aviation infrastructure. A coherent and detailed plan is needed to plot the manner in which the new airport can be knitted into an expanded Sydney transport network.

Caravan maker Gerry Ryan is hitting record production levels, bucking a gloomy outlook for Australian manufacturing fuelled by the departure of car giants General Motors, Ford and Toyota.

Aussie midfield Tomas Rogic immediately repaid his manager's faith in handing him his first start of the season as he netted a superb volley in the first half of Celtic's match against Partick Thistle.

Most people believe that the time they spend with "friends" on social media is as valuable as the time spent in person, according to a report by Deloitte.

Environment Minister Simon Corbell says second wind auction will power up to 106,000 Canberra homes.

It is sad to see Michael Clarke leaving in such disappointing circumstances ("Michael Clarke to retire from Test cricket", August 9). Unfortunately, the crucible of the Ashes is not the place to try and recover from injury or poor form.

In the Trent Bridge pavilion, the image was verily Victorian, England on the top balcony, Australia the bottom, upstairs and downstairs, rulers and ruled. But if you studied both perches for a while, you might have discerned one egalitarian sentiment in common: both were a little dumbfounded by what had just happened.

Monaro MP says Unity Mining has every right to modify its approval, but there's a risk.

Australian diamonds coach Lisa Alexander has blamed the uncharacteristic and "unacceptable" errors her side displayed in their shock World Cup loss to the Silver Ferns on the early stages of the tournament.

Ageing Australia's collapse and capitulation in the Ashes series and Michael Clarke's summary pulling up of stumps leaves the Test team on a precipitous threshold. By the Australian summer, more than half the team that set out at Cardiff five weeks ago may be gone, most never to return. Patently, Australia did not see this cliff coming.

Four tries in 26 minutes against the NRL's best defensive unit was not enough to secure a famous victory, but it might have provided the morale boost Newcastle need to avoid the wooden spoon.

England will give Jimmy Anderson every chance of playing in the fifth Ashes Test, having named him in a 14-man squad for the dead rubber.

Convicted revenge porn website operator Kevin Bollaert has spoken out from behind bars, claiming he ran the website in defence of free speech.