Новости за 28.12.2015

At least 32 people have been killed and 90 wounded in two bomb explosions in the Syrian city of Homs, while some 900 people were evacuated from two other towns.

Vladimir Putin's saltiest one-liners have been published in a book that is being touted as an ideal gift for patriotic Russian officials.

The Australian market looks set to open lower, dragged down by falls on Wall Street, and weakness in gold and oil prices.

Hollywood has broken two very different records this holiday season.

Fans the world over would love to hear some good news, or indeed any news at all, on former Formula One world champion Michael Schumacher and his recovery from a life-threatening skiing accident.

"We are moving from a period of known extremes into a period of unknown extremes," said one of the UK's most senior environment officers.

Britain's chief medical officer has reportedly written to doctors and pharmacies in Britain sounding the alarm on antibiotic-resistant gonorrhea.

The victory is the first major triumph for Iraq's army since it collapsed in the face of an IS assault 18 months ago.

The Sydney Thunder, for so long the Big Bash League's whipping boys, bared their teeth, flexed their muscles and humbled the highly-ranked Adelaide Strikers with a comprehensive victory in front of a full house at Spotless Stadium.

American supermaxi Comanche has taken line honours in the Sydney to Hobart yacht race.

A pop-punk boy band who have boasted of wild orgies while touring have had one of their dads' come to the rescue after backlash from fans about the "disgusting" and "sexist" comments.

The politicians talked a big game at Paris but carbon remains the cheapest source of energy to reduce poverty.

South Korea and Japan reached a landmark agreement on Monday to resolve the issue of "comfort women", as those who were forced to work in Japan's wartime brothels were euphemistically known.

Well, at least we now know the Australian vice-captaincy won't tone down the feistiness in David Warner.

If Carlos Brathwaite turns out as good as international cricketer as he is a salesman then the West Indies might just have unearthed one heck of a player.

If ever holding a lead of 459 with two days remaining was not a cause for celebration it was on Monday, after the West Indies enjoyed their least-worst day of the series.

In Monday's play at the MCG the West Indies scaled new heights for them by forcing Australia to change their plans.

Some Shenzhen residents have blamed a lack of government oversight for the waste pile's collapse.

Blame the US, blame the Arabs, but Europe contributed to the Syrian refugee crisis and it can't hide from the consequences.

Darryl Hodgkinson can now say - no doubt with regret - that he has experienced the agony of the Sydney to Hobart to go with the ecstasy that came when he won the race on handicap in 2013.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens has become the fastest film to hit the magic $1 billion mark at box offices worldwide, collecting $1.09 billion in just 12 days. But its not as remarkable an achievement as one might think.

Fire crews have a vast amount of work to do to control the Otways fire, much of it hard manual labour building a control line and blacking out burnt areas with hand tools and water.

The impending knighthood of Australian political strategist Lynton Crosby in the UK New Year honours list has met a mixed reaction, mostly on predictable party lines.

The Turnbull government will not fund the final two years of the Gonski school funding deals and will not compete with Labor in an election-year battle to shower more money on schools, Education Minister Simon Birmingham says.

It is the peak of summer but there is no one at the beach.