Новости за 06.02.2018

The ASX has wiped out about four months of gains in the last two sessions, with a 3.2 per cent - or $55 billion - plunge on Tuesday taking the index back to levels last seen in mid-October.

Australia needs to build on the recent regional success in counter-terrorism cooperation.

China's pension shortfall is emerging as the next big challenge for policy makers as they intensify their years-long campaign to keep rising debt from derailing the economy.

Thousands of IS foreign fighters and family members have escaped the US-led military campaign in eastern Syria, according to intelligence assessments.

Philadelphia Eagles fans awoke Monday to sunshine and cold, nursing foggy brains that might still be trying to piece together the new reality confronting them. Along Broad Street, city sanitation workers had done such a stellar job of clean-up overnight, it might make one wonder: Was Sunday night real? Did the Eagles really win the Super Bowl? Did the raucous celebration, the tangle of overjoyed humanity - and the inevitable pockets of debauchery - really happen?

Malcolm Turnbull remains focused on delivering big business tax cuts in 2018 but the Senate shows no signs of cracking and voters are hardly convinced either.

Residents in Canberra's south could be waiting until June 2019 to be connected.

These two works combine the human and technological and past and present in effective ways.

Any connected device that makes use of the popular standard can be controlled directly by Amazon's premium speaker, without the need for a separate hub.

Tim Minchin will open the 'spanking new' precinct and New Zealand singer-songwriter Neil Finn is bringing a 20-piece orchestra along.

The African National Congress decision-making executive will meet on Wednesday to discuss South African President Jacob Zuma's fate after years of scandal.

The new Liberal senator agrees Britain First is a reprehensible organisations but says he did not know who they were when he shared their videos.

Guy under fire over gun laws and lobster dinner

Wallabies lock Adam Coleman will reportedly lead the Melbourne Rebels in the 2018 Super Rugby season.

A man accused of raping a woman on the Gold Coast was removed from a plane before it took off for New Zealand.

Look through this week’s stock market carnage for perspective.

A plunge in US stocks on Monday cut the fortunes of the world's 500 richest people by $US114 billion ($144.7 billion).

A 78-year-old man will face court on Tuesday charged with historical child sexual abuse allegations.

Chris Waller will delay the return of Winx until next month's Chipping Norton Stakes at Randwick, so jockey Hugh Bowman can continue his association with the champion mare.

The Turnbull government has criticised Myanmar over reports the country has been receiving ballistic missile system technology and weapons from North Korea.

In the freezing carpark of Bunnings in Bicester (pronounced BIS-ta), Oxfordshire, customers are split over whether the Aussie invasion was a good idea.

More than 100 Brisbane high school students have been given a detention for wearing the wrong shoes.

A plunge in US stocks on Monday cut the fortunes of the world's 500 richest people by $US114 billion ($144.7 billion).

The ASX has wiped out about four months of gains in the last two sessions, with a near 3 per cent plunge on Tuesday taking the index back to levels last seen in mid-October.

The Brumbies will be hoping a 44-year-old can recapture his glory days at the Brisbane 10s.