Новости за 31.10.2015

It sounds like a government initiative to save money but is in fact what may be necessary to improve treatment outcomes even further, says Professor Danny Cass.

It was a tough night for Kane Douglas, who left the field early in the Rugby World Cup final.

All 224 passengers and crew members on board Russian flight 7K9268 were killed when it crashed in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, medical and security sources say.

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has dismissed suggestions he could be sacked after his team's sixth defeat in 11 Premier League games in a 3-1 home loss to Liverpool on Saturday.

The teenager whose punt downed a drone says he had no idea he had kicked himself to internet fame when he punted the football.

Senior Liberal party figures and donors, including the party's federal treasurer, have reaped multi-million windfalls from the former Baillieu government's signature urban renewal project  in inner Melbourne.

An animal welfare campaign urging people to "ditch dairy" contradicts official nutrition guidelines and has been slammed for advocating a fad diet which could be detrimental to children's health.

Eleven people were killed when rival political parties fired on each other on Saturday as Pakistanis voted in local elections seen as a referendum on the national government halfway through its term.

The Turnbull government says it has no plans to follow America's lead and put troops on the ground in Syria.

Eight months out from the due date of the government's PPL cut, some expectant parents are facing an uncertain time.

The socks and shorts were high, the skirts short and as always the beer flowed.

Agnieszka Radwanska rallied past an exhausted Garbine Muguruza to book a maiden appearance in the WTA Finals title match with a 6-7(5), 6-3, 7-5 victory over the Spaniard in a classic encounter on Saturday.

The market is becoming increasingly rattled by rising borrowing costs.

South Africa's winger Bryan Habana could extend his Springboks career for two more years but has ruled out another tilt at the elusive outright World Cup try record.

It was probably the easiest $150,000 Hilary Swank has ever made. As the rain pelted down over Flemington's Birdcage marquees for Derby Day, the two-time Oscar winner was feted as the biggest celebrity to be trackside for 2015's start of the Melbourne Cup Carnival on what turned out to be a steamy and sticky afternoon.

A return to Perth for former MVP Kevin Lisch and coach Rob Beveridge wasn't enough to stop the Perth Wildcats recording their fourth win of the NBL season, crushing the Illawarra Hawks 91-62 at Perth Arena.

New York's strapping, rookie righthander Noah Syndergaard, known by the nickname "Thor", hammered home a Mets message with the first pitch of World Series Game Three and made no apologies.

The Brisbane Roar hit the lead early and never let go, sealing a 3-0 win at Suncorp Stadium.

It just had to be Matt Simon, the Mariners' all-time top scorer, who decided the match for his new club.

David Vandyke is certain he won't see the best of Yankee Rose until the filly's three-year-old season, but it won't stop him from toying with the idea of pursuing a start in the Golden Slipper next March.

There are a variety of experiences to be had by a seasonal punter at Flemington but most of them amount, eventually, to a grab at a grand idea that never quite sticks.

Melbourne Cup favourite Fame Game has drawn ideally in barrier 12 for Tuesday's $6.1 million Melbourne Cup.

Some familiar old faces are smiling as Flemington's big week begins.

Japanese stayer Fame Game is set to start the shortest-priced Melbourne Cup favourite since Makybe Diva in 2004 after drawing in the centre of the field at the barrier draw on Saturday.

Phil Sly lay down in the morning and thought there would be no way he would make it to the track on Derby Day.