Новости за 20.01.2016

A smiling US reporter named Jason Rezaian has some catching up to do after being freed by Iran.

US stocks tumbled, following a renewed selloff across stocks worldwide as scepticism about the strength of the global economy intensified.

The Paris pact to limit global temperature increases to less than 2 degrees will still result in some parts of the planet warming by as much as six degrees because regional variations, researchers in Switzerland and Australia said.

Sydney can expect another scorcher on Thursday, with temperatures again climbing just shy of the 40-degree mark in western suburbs.

Vietnam has accused China of towing a US$1 billion oil rig into disputed waters of the South China Sea in a potential re-run of a stand-off that sparked violent anti-Chinese riots in Vietnam in 2014.

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A 10-year-old Muslim boy has been questioned by British police in the north of England after mistakenly writing in an English lesson that he lived in a "terrorist house", the BBC reports.

One of Aaron Finch's devastating drives was too hot for the umpire at the bowler's end at Manuka.

A grieving British man has appealed to the UK government to intervene after "outright discrimination" by Australian authorities, which deemed his same-sex marriage null and void.

World No.1 Novak Djokovic has hit out at fresh Italian media reports alleging he deliberately threw a match as a 19-year-old in 2007.

In his own words, Nick Kyrgios' blistering straight sets win over Uruguay's Pablo Cuevas was an 'absolute circus'.

Daria Gavrilova continues to fly the flag for her newly adopted nation at the Australian Open, stunning sixth-seed Petra Kvitova to march on to the third round.

Barclays chief Jes Staley has started a fresh round of cuts at the investment bank, affecting staff in New York, London and across Asia.

Coffee output in Brazil, the world's top producer and exporter, may rise by as much as 20 per cent to a record in 2016 as rain boosted crops and expanded plantings.

Oil extended its decline from the lowest close in more than 12 years ahead of weekly US government data that is forecast to show an expansion in crude stockpiles.

The British preacher is considered so dangerous he has been kicked out of every mosque in Britain. Now, he is targeting Australia.

BHP Billiton has slumped overnight in London, suffering the investor angst that's beset rivals such as Glencore and Anglo American.

After decades of controversy, experts had finally agreed on testing for prostate cancer. Then Wayne Swan chimed in.

A music festival in the Byron hinterland has put some of the furrier locals at an increased risk of disease, a new report has found

Fish will be left more prone to their predators as carbon dioxide rises in the world's oceans.

A host of leading men's seeds join the Swiss ace on march into third round.

Voices in the crowd are creating an at times testy atmosphere at the Australian Open, particularly when foreign players line up against well loved locals.

Islamist terror has added a fearsome dimension to the taking of citizens for ransom.

The Socceroos' vital World Cup qualifier against Jordan will be played in Sydney.

A Swedish rights activist detained in China under suspicion of endangering state security was the second Swedish citizen to be paraded on state television this week making an apology and apparent confession.