Новости за 31.12.2015

Rejected former boss David Moyes says Manchester United must not become a club that are continuously sacking managers and should give his under-fire successor Louis van Gaal time to build a successful side.

Gold's image as a haven asset has taken a battering with the metal capping its longest slump in more than 30 years.

A woman with arm and leg injuries was taken to hospital after a hit-run involving a motorbike in Bulleen on New Year's Eve, police say.

Fire has broken out in a hotel near Dubai's tallest building, overshadowing the country's massive New Year's Eve fireworks display.

Bond returns will probably be ho-hum next year - just as they have been in 2015 - according to the biggest investors.

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The dollar outperformed all of its 16 major peers in 2015 as the Federal Reserve began its first interest-rate-raising cycle in almost a decade.

US stocks slipped in afternoon trading, with the S&P 500 struggling to keep its grip on a fourth consecutive annual gain.

President Barack Obama's episode of Jerry Seinfeld's Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee is about 19 minutes of, well, nothing.

Copper and zinc lost a quarter of their value in 2015 while nickel fell by more than 40 per cent as Chinese demand slowed.

Bill Cosby's lawyer has characterised the sexual assault case against the actor as a "political football" and said the entertainer will not consider any plea deals because he is not guilty of a crime.

OPEC crude output was steady last month as the 12-member group abandoned its usual production target.

With another day of declines, European stocks completed their worst December since 2002, trimming a fourth annual advance.

Europeans will ring in 2016 in subdued fashion, with soldiers on the streets of Paris, a heightened police presence in Berlin and silence across the vast cobbled emptiness of Moscow's Red Square.

A 24-year-old man slipped and fell to his death as he and a friend tried to scale the Four Seasons Hotel in Midtown Manhattan on Wednesday night, the police said.

Reforms to make it easier for people to get out of bankruptcy may not help victims of financial collapses.

Sydney's New Year's Eve celebrations have officially kicked off as a spectacular display of fireworks lit up the sky.

Once touted as an easy way for retail investors to beef up share returns, the popularity of margin loans has dived since the global financial crisis.

Revellers flocked to Melbourne's CBD to usher in the New Year and watch the city's biggest ever fireworks display as a cool change dropped the city's temperature more than 10 degrees.

The mother of a toddler who drowned in a backyard swimming pool says she can still feel her son touching her hand.

The New Year's Eve fireworks were ignited in Adelaide by local hero Travis Head who guided his team to an incredible five-wicket victory after being set 177 by the Sydney Sixers.

Hundreds of thousands of revellers flocked to Melbourne's CBD to usher in the New Year.

Britain's 'Crosby flap' has developed into a national cringe over its royal honours system, which is being denounced as "borderline corrupt" cronyism that rewards friends and donors to the Conservative party.

Indonesian police arrest three men with suspected links to Islamic State as part of an operation to capture the country's most-wanted man, state media reports.

The Adelaide Strikers recorded their second win in the women's Big Bash League, defeating the Perth Scorchers by 35 runs at Adelaide Oval on Thursday.