Новости за 26.08.2015

"I cannot tell you how much they were loved, Alison and Adam.

Two television journalists were shot and killed in Virginia on Wednesday morning while conducting a live television interview, their station, WDBJ7 said.

US stocks advanced, amid their steepest losing streak in four years, as investors made another go at finding a floor.

Some 50 migrants have been found dead in the hold of a boat off the coast of Libya during a rescue operation which saved 430 other people, the Italian coast guard said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi calls for calm after six are killed in protests in his home state.

A former Treasury head has told a historic coalition of business, unions and welfare lobbyists that the equivalent of a recession is looming in the next decade unless Australia boosts productivity.

Man Haron Monis was so desperate to be accepted into any group that the Lindt Cafe siege might never have occurred if his efforts to join the Rebels bikie gang had succeeded, a terrorism expert says.

Alana Boyd jumped higher than any Australian had ever pole vaulted at a major championships but it was not enough to keep her in contention at the highest quality World Championships ever seen.

Malcolm Turnbull, Julie Bishop and Scott Morrison - the three Liberal ministers seen as leadership candidates in February's failed spill motion - are all set to campaign in the Canning by-election over the next 10 days.

A plasterer has pleaded guilty to murdering a couple in their Moonee Ponds home over a dispute involving an alleged unpaid debt.

The NSW Education Minister Adrian Piccoli has banned a Sydney school from screening a film about children with gay parents during school hours.

The Australian Republican Movement has outlined its comeback strategy but says it will only work if Tony Abbott is no longer prime minister.

When a refurbished Paddington pub said tradies in high-vis wouldn't be welcome, Facebook lit up.

Australia would consult with Iran over possible plans to expand RAAF air strikes to Syria, underscoring Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop's push for more co-ordination with the Shiite regional power in the fight against the so-called Islamic State.

Tony Abbott has given Indigenous people some prospect of more control over how the money is spent in their communities after receiving a heartfelt plea from a regional leader from the tip of Cape York.

A 15-year-old girl is among the big winners at the Australian Museum's Eureka Prizes.

The Redfern Aboriginal tent embassy has claimed moral victory amid legal defeat at the Block under a $70 million deal that will see 62 homes built for Indigenous families on the historic site.

WorleyParsons chief executive Andrew Wood claims the engineering group is now one of the most 'agile' companies in its sector.

'What are you going to do? Stand up and hit me?' asked Australia Post deputy chairman Brendan Fleiter.

Flat as a tack for weeks, the ocean finally rose out of the depths on Wednesday and sent freight train tubes spinning down rocks lining Botany Bay's southern entrance.

The Paris prosecutor on Tuesday dismissed a claim by the gunman disarmed by passengers on a train between Amsterdam and Paris that he had been planning a robbery, and opened an investigation into "attempted murder with terrorist intent".

Just weeks after accusing Eddie McGuire of making her life hell, Jessica Rowe has revealed the harrowing moment a drunken news director assaulted her at work.

After a dull dismissal of Bec, and a by-the-book date with Sarah, the Bachelor has brought in intruders to bring things back to life.

The Petrobras corruption scandal in Brazil is circling President Dilma Rousseff's entourage.

The Guatemalan Supreme Court has approved a request by the country's attorney general to impeach President Otto Perez over his suspected involvement in a racket to siphon customs revenue from the government.