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The overriding impression on a day which six months ago would have been simply a celebration of one of Britain's greatest and best-loved sportsmen was of unease at how to celebrate his career, given the controversies of the past few months

A fire that tore through two businesses in Moorooka late on Wednesday night has been deemed suspicious by police.

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Crude oil prices edged up for a fourth consecutive session, close to their highest levels since mid-2015.

US corn, wheat and soybean futures fell as investors squared positions toward the end of the year and the US dollar firmed.

APOLOGY The article "It's 'personal': TURC cops sued over CFMEU arrest" (December 22) referred to civil proceedings brought by CFMEU official Johnny Lomax against three AFP officers attached to the Trade Union Royal Commission. The Sydney Morning Herald did not intend to suggest that John Nikolic of the Master Builders Association colluded with the police officers in bringing charges against Mr Lomax. If any reader interpreted the article in that way, the Sydney Morning Herald withdraws that meaning... Читать дальше...

Former world No.1 Ana Ivanovic has announced her retirement from tennis at the age of 29.

A homemade bomb has exploded during celebrations in a town in the Philippines, wounding at least 23 people, a military spokeswoman says.

Police say they have smashed a major drug smuggling syndicate smuggling cocaine via Sydney's iconic fish markets.

Five people have been killed in China's far-western Xinjiang region after attackers drove a vehicle into a government compound and set off a makeshift explosive device, in an incident the country's official state media have described as a" terrorist attack".

Worries in Europe about rescue plans for shaky Italian banks is driving a widening gap between US and German 10-year bonds.

The free aircon of the shopping mall is your friend in the city and suburbs today.

Copper prices rose as falling stocks and expectations of stronger demand in China persuaded buyers to return to the market.

A Brisbane man who allegedly raped a 20-year-old woman more than five years ago is due to appear before court after a renewed appeal for public help from police contributed to a breakthrough in the case.

Syria's main rebel groups were discussing with Turkey a ceasefire proposal being negotiated with Russia but had rejected Moscow's demand to exclude a rebel stronghold near the capital from any deal, a senior rebel official said on Wednesday.

The Russian embassy in the Syrian capital of Damascus was shelled twice on Wednesday afternoon, Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement, calling it a provocation aimed at derailing peace settlement in the country.

German authorities have detained a Tunisian man who may have been involved in last week's attack on a Berlin Christmas market in which 12 people died, prosecutors say.

The pilot of a Russian military plane that crashed, killing all 92 on board, was heard yelling about a problem with the flaps as the plane plummeted.

Russian officials for the first time have admitted to mass doping in the country's sports system but dismissed suggestions that the "institutional conspiracy" was state-sponsored, the New York Times reported.

Police in south west France have arrested a man suspected of having planned an attack on New Year's Eve, a police source said on Wednesday.

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.3 hit eastern Japan on Wednesday, but no tsunami warning was issued, public broadcaster NHK said.

The Victorian road toll has climbed to 288, after a fatal crash in which a car veered off the Murray Valley Highway and hit a tree at Natya, in the state's north-west on Wednesday afternoon.

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We Australians love to reflect on our good fortune, on the things that make our country special and precious and among the best places in the world to live. For example, that we get to breathe some of the cleanest air in the world. How good is that?

Police say they have smashed a major drug smuggling syndicate smuggling cocaine via Sydney's iconic fish markets.