Новости за 31.08.2015

Australia will look for a consolation victory in the limited overs games after losing the Ashes to England.

The governor of Borno in northeast Nigeria says Islamic extremist group Boko Haram has killed 68 villagers in a remote area of his state.

Thailand's police chief praised officers investigating the country's deadliest bombing and promised on Monday to hand out $US83,000 ($116,840) among them as a reward for catching a suspect they have yet to tie directly to the attack.

A crackdown on serious sex offenders has been announced in Victoria after revelations the man who murdered schoolgirl Masa Vukotic was on a supervision order.

When Denis Napthine - Victoria's accidental 47th premier - was handed the Liberal Leadership on his birthday on March 6, 2013, he embraced it as a political gift.

Q&A went on the road tonight – well, the four kilometres of road between the Ultimo studios to the Opera House, at least – in a tie-in episode with the annual Festival of Dangerous Ideas.

A village council allegedly threatened the sisters with rape because their brother eloped with a woman from a higher caste.

Australia's biggest miners are using drones to monitor, measure and maintain their sprawling operations.

India stand seven wickets away from a series-clinching victory after setting Sri Lanka a formidable 386-run target.

Its day one of the aftermath of the earnings and governance carnage announced by Australia's biggest retailer Woolworths.  But this week also marks the start of Woolworths move to recover its mojo.

Flowers with a scribbled note on a betting ticket at the gates of Princes Farm. Perhaps the perfect tribute for the man boasting a racing intellect without peer and a fondness for the simple things in life.

The creation of the Australian Border Force is a transformative event for this country. It represents a new era for the way Australia conceives its border.

The Australian Government is set to expand participation in military operations against Islamic State but it is unlikely to help the Iraqi and Syrian peoples to free themselves from the bloody and tragic conflicts.

For the second time this month the winner of an Ashes series has come a cropper at the end.

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An Auckland man who stabbed his partner to death told the dead woman's niece "you are too late, she is no more", a court has heard

Wales coach Warren Gatland named prop Samson Lee on Monday in his 31-man squad for this year's Rugby World Cup but left out injured flyhalf Gareth Anscombe.

The owners of the Windsor Hotel are appealing the government's decision not to extend the permit for its planned tower redevelopment. The Halim Group say they are seeking a compromise, where they would commit to begin demolition works within a year.

Finally, an official denial of the nonsense at the heart of the government's wage bargaining policy.

A young Argentinian woman's working holiday in Australia became a nightmare when she was assaulted after being driven into bushland by a man she had just met, a court has heard.

Miley Cyrus was once Discount Universe's biggest fan, so why did she have someone else rip off their looks?

Canberra Raiders five-eighth Blake Austin has extended his contract until the end of 2018.

In Australia, the slightest whiff of the political about a judicial decision is apt to set off a frenzy of indignation.

A NSW police constable will be paid $1.225 million after he suffered mental illness from a horror high-speed smash on Canberra Avenue. But the court battle over who pays continues.

Coach Eddie Jones on Monday named former Australian rugby league star utility back Craig Wing among a 31-strong Japan World Cup squad packed with imported talent for the tournament beginning next month.