Новости за 30.10.2015

Dozens of special forces troops will be sent as advisers to groups fighting against the jihadists in the war-torn region.

The foreign-exchange market grabbed the spotlight on the final day of what's been the best month for global equities in four years.

​Iron ore is rounded out another poor week, capping another bad month in what's shaping up to be another tough year.

A Polish court has said that it rejected a US request to extradite film-maker Roman Polanski over a 1977 child sex conviction.

Melbourne City surrender two-goal lead to lose to Newcastle Jets.

At least 40 people were killed and about 100 wounded after Syrian government forces fired missiles into a market place in a town near Damascus, a conflict monitor and a local rescue group said on Friday.

It's Derby Day with the spring racing carnival in full flight and the nation gearing up for Tuesday's running of the Melbourne Cup.

The family of 16-year-old Tyran Fennell, who has Autism Spectrum Disorder, say he was "uninvited" to his Year 10 formal by a teacher who wondered "what he would get out of it".

They can serve in the army, get a gun licence, drive a car, fly a plane and even leave home, but there's one thing no 16 or 17-year-old in Australia can do - yet - and that's vote in a federal election.

The worst outbreak ever of dengue fever in Taiwan - which is estimated to have killed 122 people since May - has not dampened Halloween celebrations in Tainan, the Taiwanese city with the highest number of cases.

The lengthy discussions selectors needed to finalise the Test squad has highlighted the uncertainty over the country's batting stocks entering the new era of Australian cricket.

Scott Sio's arm was hanging limp and his World Cup dreams dangled close to disaster after dislocating his elbow just two weeks ago.

Every Wallabies player has their own story to tell about making the final against the All Blacks.

At a barbecue at the home of Argentina great Felipe Contepomi in Buenos Aires two years ago, Michael Cheika laid his cards on the table.

The Victoria Racing Club considering slashing the prize money on offer for the Melbourne Cup, considerably reducing the appeal of the event to overseas racehorse owners and trainers, after the Andrews government knocked back a request for funding assistance to help build a new $120 million grandstand.

Sadly, not everyone in Australia is willing to love thy neighbour.

American Justin Thomas came close to joining golf's exclusive 59 club after a spectacular birdie blitz in Malaysia on Friday but instead had to make do with the halfway lead at the PGA Tour's CIMB Classic.

Journalists caught up in a disinformation war failed to question and even championed the case for the bloody conflict in Iraq.

The stranglehold of party cliques is rotting the foundation of our democracy.

Suddenly meat is murder. Barbecue snags, sausage sizzle, hot dogs and salami are deemed lethal substances.

Brenton Avdulla had "never touched a horse" before he signed up to the John Moloney school of finishing. Now he has the chance to return the favour in the Victoria Derby.

Robert Smerdon has had an eye to the sky all week with Politeness front and centre in his thinking as he seeks to tick the last remaining box on the mare's resume.

Stratum Star has group 1 weight-for-age placing and group 1 win this preparation, but the target for the four-year-old as always been the Mackinnon Stakes at Flemington on Derby day.

A couple of no-fuss West Australians are on a mission to take home the Victoria Derby.

The New Zealand Silver Ferns dominated Australia in the fourth and final Constellation Cup match at Perth Arena on Friday night, winning 58-47, but the Australian Diamonds managed to retain the trophy.