Новости за 24.08.2015

The Standard & Poor's 500 Index roared back from the brink of its first correction in nearly four years even as the rout in all but the riskiest of global assets worsened.

Former Wimbledon quarter-finalist Nick Kyrgios will escape further penalties for his insults directed at French Open champion Stan Wawrinka provided he stay out of further trouble for six months.

A wave of selling gripped global markets as the rout in all but the safest assets deepened.

The death toll after a vintage fighter jet ploughed into a busy road in southern England while performing an acrobatics display could approach 20, police said on Monday, as Britain announced new safety restrictions on airshows.

The benchmark ASX 200 Index finished the day down an astonishing 4.1 per cent to 5001.3 points.

Stocks in the United States tumbled on Monday as another sell-off that started in China roiled markets around the world.

Dyson Heydon has postponed his decision on whether he will step down from the royal commission into trade unions for a perception of bias.

The CFMEU's national president and Labor factional boss Dave Hanna has quit the union as a major criminal investigation examines allegations that he took secret commissions.

Nat Fyfe's narrow escape from Brownlow Medal ineligibility has highlighted how much of an anachronism is the "fairest" tag attached to the game's highest individual honour.

Jamaica's Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce won an unprecedented third world championship 100 metres title in 10.76 seconds at the Bird's Nest stadium on Monday.

The publisher of Mark Latham's political memoir said it was "very distressing" to witness his abusive outbursts on a writing panel at the weekend, describing it as "really watching a man sort of fall apart before you".

Britain's top share index slumped to its lowest level in almost three years on Monday, with all individual stocks in the red and miners leading the slide.

You probably didn't watch the mens 3000m steeplechase, not that many people do. But you would watch Ezekial Kemboi. You missed not seeing Kemboi.

Australian banks shares have been among the hardest hit in a violent rout of risk assets, which has wiped out $43 billion of value of the majors in August alone.

VicRoads has published long-term plans for a six-lane highway through the heart of South Yarra in what would be a departure from strong hints Labor gave before last year's election.

Lauren Wells has fallen just short of making the women's 400m hurdles final for the third successive world titles.

The best restaurateurs, caterers and café operators in Western Australia were announced at the Savour Australia Restaurant & CateringHostplus Awards for Excellence this evening.

Here is the very simple reason why we are not facing a equity market Armageddon any time soon - the Australian stock market is pretty appropriately priced given the earnings produced by  the companies that make up the index. And as we are in the midst of the 2015 reporting season investors have a fairly up to date report card on how profits are faring.

Jarryd Hayne has a new nickname.

An analysis of Jarryd Hayne's punt returns for the San Francisco 49ers shows he is a quick study.

In a round where three premiership contenders lost star players, Melbourne Storm lost their nerve.

Hail and heavy rain pelted parts of Sydney on Monday night, with hailstones as large as 20 cent coins reported in some suburbs.

Jared Rivers will not get up for a farewell game after conceding that chronic knee problems will end his career at Geelong.

Darren Lehmann says he and his fellow selectors will wait until after the limited-overs series against England to decide which Ashes squad members will join the retirees in exiting Australia's Test squad.

Spanish officials say a woman who had never flown a plane brought a micro-light aircraft in for a crash landing after her pilot husband lost consciousness during the flight.