Новости за 28.10.2015

The police force in the Northern California town of about 10,000 people plans to equip its 20 officers with nunchukkas, the weapon favoured by Bruce Lee.

Around Australian film this week.

The contenders for the fifth Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards include some big names.

There's a reason why the ever-so-humble Kiwis will be victorious against the Wallabies at Twickenham on Sunday.

The pink ball being used in day-night first-class matches makes for "boring" cricket according to Victorian fast bowler John Hastings.

Beijing will push and rattle sabres but it won't risk a catastrophic conflict against the United States.

Melbourne Victory coach Kevin Muscat heaped praise on Hume City boss Lou Acevski and his team for making the A-League champions work right to the end to ensure that they, and not the NPL Victoria team, came through the FFA Cup semi-final at AAMI Stadium on Wednesday night.

Health insurance policies that exclude certain procedures have been labelled 'junk' by Health Minister Sussan Ley who has launched a review into the $19 billion sector.

The banks have been copping a hiding for raising home loan rates this month, and NAB has announced a $6.7 billion underlying cash profit. Laid out in ten dollar bills, it would circle the world more than two times.

The best indication of the strength of Aidan O'Brien's challenge for this year's Melbourne Cup is the Irish trainer is preparing to fly 32 hours to be trackside to watch Bondi Beach and Kingfisher.

Melbourne Victory will host the FFA Cup final against Perth Glory on the first Saturday in November.

Europe's compassion towards refugees is leading it into "catastrophic error", Tony Abbott warned a gathering of British conservatives in London on Tuesday night.

Former world number one Rory McIlroy is confident that he has left his injury problems behind and is keen to close out the season in style by winning a third Race to Dubai title.

Fear of refugees committing crimes or violence have led Austrians to go on a spending spree for firearms, according to an Austrian news report.

A man and woman have been charged with importing border-controlled drugs in Victoria's north west.

Even as Aidan O'Brien attempts to win his first Melbourne Cup with Bondi Beach and Kingfisher on Tuesday,the Irish master is planning his next raid on Australia at The Championships in Sydney next year.

Medical marijuana can relieve muscle spasms so severe it breaks bones, Multiple Sclerosis Queensland's specialist education officer Tim O'Maley has told Fairfax Media.

Muhammad Hassan Abdullah al-Jibouri had little hope that he would ever make it out of the Islamic State's jail alive, and he had not even seen the sun in more than a month. Then, early last Thursday morning, he heard the helicopters overhead.

Australian captain Steve Smith says he had trouble viewing the seam of the experimental pink ball after facing it for the first time in a match.

A man is in police custody over the death of single mother Karlie Pearce-Stevenson.

Fremantle Dockers veteran Matthew Pavlich will play on in the 2016 season in search of an elusive premiership, according to Channel Seven News.

LONDON: Israel Folau must start at fullback in the World Cup final despite being in "pretty ordinary" form throughout the tournament, former Wallabies coach Eddie Jones says.

It took just over one session of the Sheffield Shield season for national selectors to be delivered sobering reminder how much Australia's short-term future rests on the shoulders of Steve Smith and David Warner.

Get up really early to witness Venus, Jupiter and Mars almost on top of one another - or so it will seem.

Queensland could be in for its third day in a row of storms, with the Bureau of Meteorology predicting more inclement weather on Thursday.