Новости за 26.08.2015

In a worrying sign for the Republican establishment, Donald Trump booted Univision anchor Jorge Ramos out of his news conference.

Pressure is rising on the Liberal Party over its funds scandal, with Labor calling for a cover-up over a $48,000 debt in Tasmania to be investigated by the Australian Electoral Commission.

The Abbott government has passed fewer bills than any government of the past 50 years. But does that mean anything?

The number of club memberships in the AFL has grown by more than 30,000 on 2014's figures, to 836,136 around Australia, a figure which will surely please the league.

The Melbourne Fertility Clinic has failed in its bid to have protesters kept from harassing patients and staff.

Newcastle, home to the world's biggest coal export port, has voted to curb its links to banks backing the fossil fuel industry in a move described by a dissenting councillor as taking the city "back to the Stone Age".

Veteran director Peter Bogdanovich's new film is suffused in nostalgia for the 1930s comedies of Ernst Lubitsch.

Elizabeth Cameron Dalman and Marilyn Jones will be inducted into the hall of fame at the 2015 Australian Dance Awards.

"The odds are not good" - Michael Riley Jr is fighting for his life against a brain-eating ameoba which swam up his nose during a lake swim with his team mates.

Michael Villalon believed his stepfather had buried a woman under their Mascot house, and could hear cries of "help help" at night. Then one day, Villalon picked up a knife.

Italy's first "social street" has been such a success that it has caught on beyond Bologna and the narrow confines of Via Fondazza.

Australian shares are struggling to shake off another wild night of trading, with a steep fall on Wall Street setting the tone for the day.

StalkHer sets itself up as a black comedy, and presents its characters in over-the-top fashion, as a heightened, extreme example of a male-female relationship.

Online shopping is threatening the bricks-and-mortar boutique. Can both survive?

As a screen presence, Zac Efron is full of intriguing contradictions: the clean-cut beefcake look, the capacity to seem sly, vulnerable and inscrutable all at once. But it's anyone's guess what he thinks he's doing with his career.

Beware of treasurers promising to protect you from the ravages of bracket creep. They're like Mafia bosses promising to protect you from robbers and thieves.

A conman has exposed Perth residents to asbestos while posing as a licensed expert in the removal of the deadly material.

It's every guilty driver's nemesis and it's pulling in $450 an hour for the state government.

Victoria is considering ramping up borrowing to pay for future infrastructure, with Treasurer Tim Pallas promising to throw out the "populist" political rule book decrying debt.

Thousands of Victorian households are missing out on cheaper bills because they are not using their already installed reverse cycle air conditioners to heat their homes as an alternative to gas systems.

Boy, 3, went missing on banks of river in Innisfail.

Open homes aren't all roses and scented candles. When things go wrong, they can do so in the most unexpected ways.

The latest hotel by Doma Group in the Realm precinct is little in name, but it certainly doesn't skimp on the luxuries.

BHP Billiton chief executive Andrew Mackenzie says he expects some level of consensus to emerge when world leaders gather in Paris in November for the United Nations climate change conference.

China just gave investors one more reason to shun the most popular trading strategy in the $7.4 trillion-a-day currency market.