Новости за 03.02.2019

Norway has built a reputation as one of the calmest and most predictable corners of the global oil industry, but lately it's been full of surprises.

Manchester City have kept the pressure on leaders Liverpool, while cross-town rivals United also closed in on the top four.

What happened overnight and what's ahead for the ASX.

A 19-year-old man has been charged, with reports four people were involved in a fight.

A fire has raced up at least six floors of an apartment building in Melbourne's CBD, across from busy Southern Cross Station, before firefighters were able to bring it under control on Monday morning.

Only a third of Italians say the country's populist ruling coalition is doing enough to foster economic growth, but the PM enjoys their support.

Almost 15 months after rounding up dozens of Saudi Arabia's richest and most powerful people and imprisoning them in a Ritz-Carlton, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has declared the raid a lucrative success.

The US is boosting pressure on socialist leader Nicolas Maduro to step down, but Venezuela's ally Russia is warning against "destructive meddling".

Plus e-scooters for Canberra - and an environmentalist's plan to "cut" government costs.

A tribunal has found the solicitor, who has more than 30 years' experience, caused his client financial hardship through the misconduct.

A man has died after being hit by a bus in Carlingford on Sunday night.

Nissan has scrapped plans to build its new X-Trail SUV in Britain, warning that uncertainty over Brexit was making it hard to plan for the future.

South Africa has accused Western powers of breaching diplomatic protocol after the US and other governments wrote to the President urging him to tackle corruption.

Big Bash strugglers Perth have pulled off an upset, beating the Melbourne Stars by 27 runs at Optus Stadium.

A grand plan to build an artist-designed monument to Australia's immigrants has resulted in nothing more than missing money and unanswered questions.

A new immersive training simulator has been unveiled at the Royal Flying Doctor Service Brisbane base.

More than $100,000 in fines have been levied at people smoking in public places across Queensland in the last financial year.

Political parties should seek further response from business and economists before vowing to implement every single recommendation, especially one with a remit as sweeping as reforming the financial sector. Some meaningful reforms are already anticipated.

'With one short sentence Scott Morrison has hammered the last nail into his political coffin'.

The star Liberal candidate has pledged to divest all his business interests to ensure he does not fall foul of the Constitution.

Where there’s a decent patch of grass, a few paths, and some trees, all things thrive.

One of the nation's largest employer groups has demanded a crackdown on businesses that rip off workers.

There will be revelations, explanations, contradictions, complications, implications and reputations tarnished fairly and unfairly, before this story is done. But it’s not going to be the final straw.

The last election provided all of us with the ultimate world-class example of saying anything in order to win. Forget the truth, just go for the jugular.

Literally thousands of years of experience is leaving our education system and we are doing nothing about it.