Новости за 02.09.2015

China's stocks slumped on their last trading day this week amid concern that government steps to prop up equities will fail as the economic slowdown deepens.

Senator Barbara Mikulski of Maryland on Wednesday came out in support of President Barack Obama's Iran nuclear accord, the 34th Democrat in favour. Her announcement gives Obama the votes to assure the deal will survive a Congressional challenge.

The Rupert Murdoch protegee, cleared of overseeing widespread phone-hacking, will again run News Corp's British newspaper arm.

Rod Duke appears to have walked away from his $324 million bid for Kathmandu, after Briscoe Group said it would not be increasing the price of its scrip and cash offer for the adventure retailer.

The least wealthy sections of the Australian community will remain entirely dependent on the age pension after retirement, according to the Actuaries Institute.

Police have seized drugs with an estimated street value of $200,000 and arrested six men who they allege were involved in a drug syndicate following a series of raids around Sydney.

A surprise 41.5 per cent jump in government spending on defence equipment helped Australia's economy grow by 0.2 per cent for the three months to June.

To corrupt police, foreigners are "fantastic, low risk targets".

Police have raided a series of houses connected to failed financial guru Anthony Ghalloub.

A sharp fall in national income has all but obliterated economic growth, pushing down income per head by the most since the GFC.

In scenes reminiscent of Cold War East Berlin, refugees have taken to smuggling themselves into Europe even in car engines, in the latest episode of the continent's growing immigration crisis.

Guatemala's congress votes unanimously to include president in customs fraud probe.

Lego takes its space line quite literally as Denmark's first man in space takes toys with him.

The Reserve Bank stuck to its routine by holding its rate-setting meeting the day before Wednesday's data dump on the strength of the Australian economy, but it got the big picture right.

Standing in front of a glacier in Alaska, the US President had a message for Americans and the world.

"Barbaric" Syrian dictator may benefit if Australia expands its anti-IS air campaign but so too will moderate rebels, says the architect of the surge in Iraq.

In a heartbreaking end to what was a gallant display, Thanasi Kokkinakis has bowed out of the US Open in "absolute torture" after a leg injury reduced him to serving underarm against Richard Gasquet.

A cruise operator says government plans to allow foreign-crewed, foreign vessels to operate on the Australian coastline could threaten the Coalition's border security policy.

The fast bowlers will stay at home in a calculated decision aimed at freshening them up for the summer but one that could potentially backfire on them against a nation that last month drew against top-ranked South Africa.

If relations between Robbie Farah and Wests Tigers continue down their poisonous path, club officials may elect to pay him out, rather than retain what they clearly perceive to be a divisive force.

They are graduating from NSW law schools in numbers greater than their male counterparts, but women still make up just over 20 per cent of barristers, spend fewer hours in court and get paid hundreds of thousands of dollars less in fees.

The final round of the NRL is upon us, so it's time to look at the key numbers before this week's matches.

Few would have thought a year ago the Australian dollar, which was barely 5 cents from parity with the greenback, would be trading at US70¢ but on Wednesday it plunged lower to reach a six-year low.

Call them Melbourne's pinch points, or the hot spots of hurt. On Friday, when the train strike occurs, commuters on these six routes face the hardest and most painful trip into the city.

Lyneham school hits back at opponents of its oval redevelopment