Новости за 08.11.2015

Investigators of the Russian plane crash in Egypt are "90 percent sure" the noise heard in the final second of a cockpit recording was an explosion caused by a bomb, a member of the investigation team told Reuters on Sunday.

A motorcyclist has died after a collision with a station wagon in Orange in NSW's Central West.

Donald Trump hosted Saturday Night Live amid protests outside the studio, and heckling from Larry David.

By Stephen Eisenhammer

Gunnar Hansen, who played the iconic villain Leatherface in the original Texas Chain Saw Massacre film, has died.

Emma is a self described "nerd journo", with passions for subjects such as waste management, town planning and chemicals regulation.

Ray became a journalist through an unusual route. He was a soldier, who joined the Army as an ordinary recruit (a very ordinary recruit, he recalls), but managed to avoid the more dangerous occupations, involving weapons or artillery shells, to qualify as a "pencil pusher".

James, like many in the media, says he could have played professional football - just a few things got in the way, talent being one of them.

Brendan became interested in a career in journalism after reading Hunter S. Thompson's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas in my early 20s.

After their 15-man team impressed at the Rugby World Cup, Japan's sevens players will hope to do the same at the Rio Olympics.

Canberra comes back from big deficit to complete series win over Sydney Blue Sox.

The Socceroos are looking to rebuild wounds of the past in Canberra this week.

The Palazczuk Government has brought itself some time to win over the cross bench's support for its plan to tackle alcohol-fuelled violence, with the laws not due to be enacted for another eight months.

World athletics president Sebastian Coe said he reacted with "shock, anger and sadness" to this week's allegations of bribery, extortion and doping cover-ups and said the sport faces a "long road to redemption".

Private health insurers would be allowed to cover GP visits under radical reforms being canvassed by the federal government.

Former world No.1 Venus Williams has returned to tennis' top ten for the first time in four years with her third title of the season.

An Iranian Kurdish detainee has died after escaping from the Christmas Island detention centre.

Uber is continuing to help top up the state's coffers, with another 171 drivers fined for operating with the service in Brisbane in the past six months.

A woman has died after a fire, apparently accidental, engulfed a house in Sydney's south west.

In the cash-soaked world of American politics it's known as "astroturfing" – or the use of artificial grassroots to create an impression of widespread support for a particular political agenda.

A naval test fire off the Southern California coast created a light that coursed across the sky shortly after dusk on Saturday, authorities said.

The federal government will ban expensive up-front commissions paid to life insurance advisers if performance in the troubled sector does not improve after a review of the industry in 2018.

If Hugh Marks steps up to the top job at Nine, it might just be the start of the dramas for him and his co-owner of Australia's top talent shop, Grant Blackley.

Nothing about Malcolm Turnbull's rhetoric suggests he's headed for a budget neutral package.

Police are investigating following a fatal collision at Pimpinio on Sunday.