Новости за 23.05.2016

"One of the dirtiest players" in the NRL set to lead Brisbane.

The police found 27-year-old Tomohiro Iwazaki near the Tokyo concert venue with a bloody, 3-inch-long folding knife close by.

Australian shares are set to open slightly higher on Tuesday, as investors look to data both locally and in the US for guidance on whether a Federal Reserve rate hike is imminent.

A cornerstone of the Obama administration's foreign policy, the United States' strategic 'pivot' to Asia has long been seen by Beijing as a cynical ploy to counter its rise.

Surgery to remove pancreatic cancer tumours is highly complex.

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It is deceptively simple: why should people vote for Labor and not the Greens?

World Anti-Doping Agency president Craig Reedie has disclosed that most of the Russian sportsmen and women who have failed drug tests in the last six months did so because meldonium was detected in their system.

The slimmest of margins averts the prospect of the first right-wing populist head of state in post-Nazi Europe taking office in a democratic election.

Two news developments raise the question of whether the tide of battle has turned finally against the forces of Islamist extremism.

There is a contradiction in the government's attitude towards asylum seekers, as expressed by Peter Dutton, and its propensity to load the job market with 457-visa holders.

The internet promised freedom. Instead, it fosters tribalism.

The future of Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal remains in doubt with the Premier League club making no official announcement after it was widely reported in British media that the Dutchman had been sacked.

Appointed to support thousands of Timbercorp victims, this advocate has walked away.

Draft report makes bold claims that have alarmed some of the people it has been circulated to.

"Mate," Laurie Daley told Mitchell Pearce, "I don't think you are ready. I think you need to keep playing for the Chooks and see what happens from there."

Alan Tongue expects Blake Austin and Josh Reynolds to play with a point to prove when they clash on Sunday.

NSW forward David Klemmer has reignited his war of words with Queensland veteran Corey Parker, declaring he wasn't afforded the same respect his counterpart demanded during a heated exchange in last year's Origin series.

The new faces in the NSW Origin side say they would never have reached the game's pinnacle without the support and sacrifices of their parents.

NSW coach Laurie Daley has responded to public criticism of Dylan Walker's selection, declaring "he's my pick" not Bob Fulton's.

The Corey Norman incident was no excuse for the Parramatta Eels' loss, says coach Brad Arthur

They arrive at your door, usually in pairs, dressed in colourful T-shirts, to get you to sign up.

A man riding a motorised bicycle has been killed in an apparent traffic accident on Monday evening.

Attack a squid and it squirts out ink. That could be why we are suddenly awash with reports on negative gearing.

The bodies lie as they fell, atop Everest.