Новости за 03.11.2015

Comedian Robin Williams had been planning to undergo neurological testing the week before he committed suicide last year, and likely only had three years to live, his widow said on Tuesday.

It was written off as an event lacking star appeal, but the 2015 Melbourne Cup still managed to corral an eclectic mix of celebrities from both home and abroad.

It powers Bitcoin could this tech innovation soon power our banks?

Prosecutors argued on Tuesday that South Africa's "blade runner" Oscar Pistorius should be convicted of murder and sent back to jail for shooting his girlfriend, challenging a court's decision to sentence him for a lesser offence.

A cyclone with hurricane-force winds made landfall on Yemen's Arabian Sea coast on Tuesday, flooding the country's fifth-largest city Mukalla and sending thousands of people fleeing for shelter.

Darren Weir, trainer of Melbourne Cup winner Prince Of Penzance, dreamed when he started out of winning a Stawell Cup, a Ballarat Cup, a Swan Hill Cup – because that was the nearest neighbourhood track, just down the road from his Mallee home of Berriwillock.

Dan Poskitt felt an insuppressible wave of rage as he sat across from the man who had murdered his sister. Then he forgave him.

The Coalition's biggest backer of same-sex marriage has welcomed Julie Bishop's show of support for the reform but said it's unlikely it will change other Liberal MPs' views.

The ATO has been targeted more than 11,000 times by identity fraudsters attempting to steal tax refunds in 2014-15.

It is the exam so secret that not even teachers know what it contained until a day after students put their pens down.

We look at how long-term use of daily, low-dose aspirin can benefit health.

Positivity can breed gullibility, so is getting grumpy the secret to not being scammed?

Not since 1975 - 40 years ago - has a Governor-General performed so poorly at the Melbourne Cup.

Darren Weir, Michelle Payne and Prince Of Penzance combined to produce a stunning upset in the Melbourne Cup.

The Churches of Christ is offloading an office building in Alphington in the emerging population hotspot dominated by the Amcor development site.

Some well-heeled guests were forced onto the pavement with the Birdcage nonentities. And who was responsible?

Dentists, flight attendants, podiatrists and immigration inspectors have been awarded the dubious honour of professions that carry to highest health risks.

It was one of the most memorable and successful pieces of branding of the day: "It's the fish John West rejects, that makes John West the best".

A game-style website about extremism designed by the FBI to help teachers and students spot and prevent radicalisation of youth has hit trouble before it is even launched.

A new study of how people manage stress while waiting for high-stakes results is a validation for those who embrace their anxiety.

When Nauruan officials tried to implement a truancy policy to ensure kids attended school, a problem emerged: teachers frequently didn't show up either, leaving few around to enforce it.

Secret Santa makes public service's Christmas time danger list.

Thomas Toivi Blatt was certain he would die on the evening of October 14, 1943.

The female hoop's amazing win is an inspiration for others.

The last race has been run and the punters have gone home. Now it's time for the cleaners to come through and pick up all the rubbish they've left behind.