Новости за 27.05.2016

Melbourne rugby union player and accused attempted sex trafficker Michael Quinn has dropped an attempt to apply for bail during an appearance in a Los Angeles court.

Wandering through Times Square, past the Naked Cowboy and the Elmos and the ticket touts, she could be any immigrant trying to live the American Dream.

'Everything looks like value coming from Melbourne,' says one expert of this regional city, long been the butt of many a Melburnian joke.

Nearly 71 years after an American bomber passed high above Hiroshima, US President Barack Obama called for an end to nuclear weapons

Health officials have stopped short of fully endorsing World Health Organisation guidelines to end the aggressive marketing of breast milk substitutes and baby foods for newborn and older infants.

Nine-times champion Rafael Nadal sent shockwaves around Roland Garros on Friday when he unexpectedly pulled out of the French Open because of an injury to his left wrist.

An injured and upset Nick Kyrgios has suffered a French Open flame-out at the hands of local hero Richard Gasquet, leaving Samantha Stosur as the only Australian in the fourth round.

Colombian rider Esteban Chaves of Australian team Orica-GreenEDGE has taken the overall lead in the Giro d'Italia after Steven Kruijswijk crashed into a snowbank.

European Union representatives will visit Ankara next week to work on removing the last obstacles to visa-free travel in Europe for Turkish citizens

The European Union has stepped up its sanctions on North Korea with near-blanket trade and travel bans after Pyongyang's latest nuclear test and rocket launch.

The lawyer for the Australian ex-soldier Channel Nine hired to carry out its botched child-operation says its "immoral" the media company's so-called "independent review" whitewashed the network's decision to abandon the crew who are still languishing in jail in Lebanon.

A 96-year-old man is in a critical condition after he was hit by a reversing car in Sydney's north on Friday morning.

The fallout from the charging of former ALP party boss Jamie Clements with misuse of the electoral roll is threatening to embroil the party in a deepening scandal with details emerging of widespread abuse of confidential electoral roll information by the party's head office.

Chefs once plied their trade in sweat-stained obscurity. Now they have agents and book deals.

At first glance, the manicured lawns and sparkling blue swimming pool adjacent to the Glenorie McMansion appear an idyllic location for a romantic reality television show, but anyone associated with filming the latest series of The Bachelor report the shoot has been more like a "warzone" over the past three months.

Now only one refugee remains in Cambodia under Australia's controversial $55 million agreement.

Safe Schools Coalition manager Roz Ward has resigned from her advisory role with the Victorian government after an "inappropriate Facebook post" made by the co-founder of the anti-bullying program was circulated amongst the media.

Rainer Maria Woelki used the boat to make a plea for compassion.

North Melbourne's reign as the last unbeaten side in the premiership has come to a bruising halt at the hands of the Swans in a spiteful heavyweight clash in front of 38,498 fans at the SCG.

May and autumn will come close to being a record warm ones for Sydney, the state and the rest of Australia as the giant El Nino added a hot overlay to temperatures that are rising in the background here and in most parts of the world.

KATHMANDU, May 27 Reuters - A rescue helicopter has brought the body of Australian climber Maria Strydom from Mount Everest to the Nepali capital of Kathmandu, a week after she died on the world's tallest mountain.

A Mitchell Moses field goal would be the decisive play as the Tigers prevailed over the grand finalists in Brisbane.

Australian turns the tables on her horror record against fellow French Open runner-up Lucie Safarova.

The husband of a Melbourne woman who died in his arms on Mount Everest has vowed to bring home the body of his beloved wife.

The Panama Papers, Swiss Leaks and Lux Leaks highlighted the fragmented and limited protection offered.