Новости за 08.12.2015

As the Apple Watch enters the critical holiday sales season, its biggest boosters may be people already sporting it.

Sydney developers could run into trouble in 2016 as investors walk away from deposits, says a well-known estate agent.

A French scientist claims to have discovered a hidden portrait beneath Leonardo Da Vinci's most celebrated masterpiece, the Mona Lisa.

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Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump on Tuesday defended his call to ban Muslims from entering the United States, calling it a temporary measure in a time of war.

Morgan Stanley will take a severance charge of about $US150 million in the fourth quarter as it pares back its fixed-income trading business.

The outspoken author says comparing the two is 'horrible', because 'Voldemort was nowhere as bad'.

Crude oil rebounded by midday New York after sinking to a six-year low in a sharp slide to start the session.

Senior police will apologise and offer compensation to staff sexually harassed and assaulted by fellow officers after an independent investigation uncovered hundreds of cases where victims were too frightened to complain.

Fear runs through this damning expose of sexist harassment and discrimination at Victoria Police. And are we surprised?

The Review heard a senior constable at a metropolitan station was investigated for sex offences against multiple women, including community members and police members. Some years earlier the senior constable had transferred from another metropolitan station following complaints about his behaviour there. The new workplace was not advised of this history, nor was it recorded in any Victoria Police systems. The Review does not know if any formal intervention occurred at the former workplace prior to the senior constable's transfer.

Oil prices resumed their slide, with US crude falling below $US37 per barrel and Brent below $US40 for the first time since early 2009.

The damning review of sexual harassment and predators at Victoria Police holds powerful testimony from female employees.

He kept changing shifts to be rostered on with me. He would turn up to my house uninvited. He sent me photographs of himself.

Resource producers led a global rout in equities and the currencies of commodity-producing nations plunged, amid fresh signs of a slowdown in China.

Perth-based developer Cedar Woods will launch a 5000 square metre strata office development next year and is planning a 50-room hotel at its Williams Landing estate in Melbourne's west to cater for growing employment demand.

I didn't want to be rude or rock the boat. I am a big believer in your name is your reputation and it is all you have.

Who would have thought you needed earplugs at a Sam Smith concert?

Syria has become the pre-eminent global incubator for a new generation of militants after Islamist groups more than doubled the recruitment of foreign fighters to as much as 31,000 over the past 18 months, according to a former British spy chief.

Trying to change police culture is a little like invading Mother Russia. You can make positive inroads in the beginning before getting bogged up to the axles.

A former child actor who was the voice of Charlie Brown in three major Peanuts specials is headed to prison, reports the Associated Press, despite a last-ditch effort to withdraw his guilty plea to charges of making criminal threats.

The couple visited local shooting ranges to practice their aim a few days before the massacre that left 14 people dead, according to officials.

Policewomen had to catch public transport until the 70s because they couldn't drive police cars

Up to 50 large buildings in Melbourne's central city could have flammable cladding, putting them at a higher fire risk, the Metropolitan Fire Brigade says.

The billionaire tag is clearly a misnomer, but is Clive Palmer headed the same way as Nathan Tinkler?