Новости за 23.08.2015

A 45-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder after a woman was attacked at a home on the Sunshine Coast.

Train gunman Ayoub El-Khazzani has denied links to terrorism and said he was simply planning to rob passengers.

The death toll from the crash of a jet aircraft onto a busy road near an airshow in southern England on Saturday is believed to have risen to 11, the BBC reported on Sunday.

Australia eventually overcame their two opponents, England's batsmen and England's weather, to send retiring duo Michael Clarke and Chris Rogers off with a morale-boosting victory to end their failed Ashes campaign.

Pedro scored a debut goal as champions Chelsea got their stuttering Premier League campaign off the ground with an entertaining 3-2 victory against West Bromwich Albion at the Hawthorns on Sunday.

F1 world champion Lewis Hamilton won the Belgian Grand Prix from pole position on Sunday to increase his lead over Nico Rosberg to 28 points.

It wasn't the prettiest match we've ever seen – but it was certainly gripping stuff. With so much riding on the result and the closeness of the scores you couldn't look away despite the poor standard of football.

Seven West Media has signalled it could be interested in buying future NRL games to add to its AFL haul if the rights holder Nine Entertainment Co is willing to sell.

It is a good thing that James Packer stood down as Crown Resorts' chairman to focus a bit more on the roulette wheels of the business, because it looks like Echo Entertainment is not the only local rival getting a jump on the casino operator.

As Tony Abbott's cabinet was sworn in he was in a pensive mood.

Jamaican crosses the line in 9.79 seconds to reassert his status as the fastest man on the planet.

The Abbott government has had fewer bills finalised in its first 700 days in office than any other federal government over the same time period since the late 1960s.

Two small planes crashed at an air show in Dittingen, Switzerland, on Sunday, killing at least one person, police said.

Meet the human guinea pigs willing to do anything in the name of science.

The Italian navy rescues more than 4000 migrants in the Mediterranean after receiving requests for help from 22 vessels.

There was no fairytale farewell but Kumar Sangakkara left behind a slew of batting records and a rich legacy after playing his final test knock at the P Sara Oval on Sunday.

Melbourne's taxi ranks are about to become more colourful, with more than 400 bright green taxis set to hit the city's roads.

CHAMPION jockey Damien Oliver won a record eighth Scobie Breasley Medal and Peter Moody trained Dissident was named Victorian Racehorse Of The Year at Sunday's nights thoroughbred racing awards presentations at Crown.

The Reserve Bank has predicted a decline in the number of automated teller machines, as digital payments allow consumers to make fewer cash withdrawals and avoid pesky fees.

The sky may not be the limit when it comes to Brisbane highrise construction but that is not stopping property developers reaching as far into it as they can.

Celebrity chef Pete Evans' paleo diet crusade has been compared to Hollywood actor Tom Cruise spruiking Scientology.

An aching foot that threatened to break at any moment and imperil his plans for the Rio Olympics next year left Jeff Riseley with no choice but to withdraw from his semi-final at the World Athletics Championships.

NRL clubs want a greater influence in the appointment of the eight independent directors on the ARL Commission.

The share prices of each of Australia's major banks are more than 20 per cent down from their 2015 highs, with investors wiping more than $85 billion off their combined market value this year.

Union official John Lomax received a lengthy ovation from delegates at ACT Labor's annual conference.