Новости за 25.10.2015

Eleven of the nearly four dozen people injured when a car careened into a crowd watching a Oklahoma State University homecoming parade on Saturday were children, say police said.

Manchester City returned to the top of the Premier League by drawing 0-0 away to Manchester United in a disappointing local derby on Sunday that only flickered into life in the dying stages.

Saudi Arabia's Supreme Court has rejected an appeal against the death sentence passed on pro-democracy campaigner Shi'ite Muslim cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr.

Milos Ninkovic has already won the hearts and minds of every Sky Blues supporter after his 88th minute goal in the Sydney derby but is adamant he'll only get better.

A leading Australian head hunter is alleged to be behind an anonymous blog which accuses one of the largest executive search organisations in the world of lying, lacking ethics and dishonesty.

When a Donald Trump look-alike and a faux Caitlyn Jenner ring the doorbell on Halloween night, they may solicit a piece of candy but the treat they really seek is recognition.

Despite a severely biased circuit, which was a hard-luck excuse for Criterion, the star quality of Winx cannot be questioned.

So much of the build-up to this year's Australian Masters will be about the destination, the event's return to its spiritual home.

Holden star James Courtney has made a triumphant return from serious injury with victory in Sunday's V8 Supercars race on the Gold Coast as Mark Winterbottom's lead in the championship dwindles.

Victory coach Dave Edmondson was left wondering what might have been after a contentious goal-line decision, which he thought was incorrectly adjudicated by the assistant referee, proved to be vital.

Melbourne City coach John van 't Schip was full of praise for his Uruguayan striker Bruno Fornaroli after the South American's brace had helped his club to its first win of the season.

David Hayes believes Criterion should be challenging the likes of Fame Game, Trip To Paris and Caulfield Cup winner Mongolian Khan for Melbourne Cup favouritism after his game second in the Cox Plate on Saturday.

Adam Durrant has used Google - on more than one occasion - and still is none the wiser about the meaning of Kia Ora Koutou's name. He is a lot more confident in the ability of the horse bearing that name.

A Melbourne bar owner has apologised for displaying a sign that said "no poofter drinks" amid an online furore over the offensive slur.

Women who are cared for by the same midwife throughout their pregnancy are less likely to need intervention such a caesarian sections during labour and are less likely to report a traumatic birth, research has found.

Police are trying to sort out who's been naughty or nice after a pair dressed as Santa and Spiderman allegedly robbed a service station in the Lockyer Valley, west of Brisbane.

Abortion laws are lagging behind modern medical practices, seeing many women travel interstate in what is being termed abortion 'tourism'.

Australians know all about the three ‘‘R’’s, but there needs to be a fourth on the curriculum: rhetoric.

Assad told Russian lawmakers in Damascus on Sunday that he was ready to take part in presidential elections if the Syrian people support the idea,

Israel said on Sunday that an Arab citizen had used a paraglider to fly illegally into neighbouring Syria, where he planned to join Islamic State insurgents in the four-year-old rebellion against President Bashar al-Assad.

Despite rumours Karl Stefanovic is contemplating his television future, the Nine network has confirmed The Verdict, his prime-time panel show, is to be extended .

City ran out 3-1 winners in an end-to-end affair that produced numerous chances for both teams.

This senator thinks Australian gun owners are too often treated like "terrorists" and "rednecks". Now she's on a mission to make you think otherwise.

He styled his exit from politics as dignified but the search for Joe Hockey's replacement has been anything but, amid claims of a political fix.

In 1993 I wrote: "The Melbourne Cup will never be the same following the success of Vintage Crop, more of an Irish hurdler than a classic horse. Trainer Dermot Weld quotes Banjo Paterson like a bushie with an Irish twang and made winning our famous race look easy. Vintage Crop arrived in Australia, as one wit observed, like he had a long stopover at Biafra. But he walked onto the parade ring before the Cup like a top-line stayer."