Новости за 12.01.2017

Principals and teachers are unhappy after being asked to respond to dozens of hypothetical ethical dilemmas as part of a new, corruption-fighting test devised by the Education Department.

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Southern Queenslanders are bracing for another day of blistering conditions as a lengthy heatwave threatens to break a temperature record.

Here's a New Year's challenge for the mind: Make this the year that you quiet all those negative thoughts swirling around your brain.

My family is rather partial to a habit. My brother has eaten the same cereal for breakfast every day since he was about six (he's now nearly 40), while I tend to run the same route at the same pace every time.

The inspector general of the US Justice Department says he will investigate the actions of the department and FBI in the months leading up to the 2016 election, including whether department policies were followed by FBI director James Comey.

What do social media companies offer the media, especially in terms of all-important political reporting? Maybe nothing at all.

A 15-year-old boy is among three males who have been charged with drugging a woman at a pizza shop in Sydney's south before taking it in turns to rape her, police allege.

Australia's men's soccer team have improved three places on FIFA's latest rankings, which were released on Thursday, and are now up to 44th in the world.

Champions Leicester City have struggled to maintain focus in the English Premier League this season and have found it easier in the Champions League due to the tournament's shorter format, manager Claudio Ranieri said.

The NFL's return to Los Angeles came to full fruition on Friday. Dean Spanos, the chairman of the San Diego Chargers, announced publicly what he'd told NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and some fellow owners a day earlier: that he is moving his franchise to L.A. to join the Rams, who relocated there from St. Louis last year.

There comes a point in everyone's life when they notice their waist getting thicker - and wider. "The reasons are multiple," says celebrity personal trainer Matt Roberts, "but age, hormones, stress and a busy life are among the worst culprits."

Three men have been charged in relation to the robbery of reality television star Kim Kardashian in her Paris hotel room last year.

Letters announcing the ban were sent to market vendors this week, with businessmen given just 48 hours to get rid of their stock.

Rock star Elton John led the tributes to former England manager Graham Taylor on Friday, saying the man he saw as a brother had turned his beloved team Watford into a European contender.

Italy coach Conor O'Shea kept most of his November internationals squad intact when he named his 32 men for the Six Nations.

Centrelink's data-matching and debt recovery to cost at least $93 million

Everton have confirmed the signing of midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin from Manchester United for a fee that could rise to £24 million pounds ($38.9 million).

Taiwan objected on Thursday to an "unreasonable" Nigerian request to move its representative office out of the capital Abuja, a day after China announced plans to invest a further $40 billion in the African country.

The wedding can wait for newly-engaged tennis great Serena Williams, who has only one thing on her mind at the moment - another Australian Open title.

It is always risky to tick off your own supporters, but Jose Mourinho's pointed plea to Manchester United's faithful not to treat Liverpool's visit like a trip to the theatre indicates just how critical this weekend's Old Trafford clash feels to him.

A Belconnen hotel development gets the nod, the Queanbeyan road that's dividing the community and Fyshwick's role in an iconic advertisement.

The 66-year-old former officer faced virtually no challenges from members of the Senate Armed Services Committee.

Hundreds of workers at one of Australia's largest power plants will have their pay drastically slashed by up to 30 per cent.

George Soros lost nearly $US1 billion as a result of the stock-market rally spurred by Donald Trump's surprise presidential election, the Wall Street Journal reported.