Новости за 27.07.2019

A man whose brothel has been repeatedly investigated for trafficking Asian women was a Crown Casino high roller agent.

Hong Kong police have fired tear gas and swung batons at protesters who defied authorities' warnings not to march in a neighbourhood where a mob brutally attacked people in a train station.

The convicted serial killer is being cared for by young female nursing staff while in prison hospital.

Russian police arrested more than 600 people on Saturday, including prominent activists, around a political protest in Moscow to demand that members of the opposition be allowed to run in a local election later this year.

Egan Bernal was poised to become the first Colombian to win the Tour de France when he retained the overall lead after Saturday's 20th stage, a 59km ride from Albertville.

American writer Helen Hoang felt the tug of appeal of romance fiction at an early age, but had to wait 25 years to write her own.

Philip Salom was transformed by his encounter with Patrick White's The Vivisector.

We want to be the hopeful, resilient and respectful people needed for a peaceful world.

Outspoken American breaststroker Lilly King said Shayna Jack must now be considered a "drug cheater" in the same light as convicted dopers Sun Yang and Yulia Efimova.

So here's what I'd do.  I'd make myself redundant.

While it may shock readers to know we live in the only state where abortion is still part of the criminal statute, reform has never been a front-line issue for the state's major parties.

Shame the claim that cricket may still be a "gentleman's game" does not apply to its management.

Trivia and word buffs: test your knowledge with today's superquiz and Target.

With the new metro train line open, Sydney's north-west is set to see a pick up in apartment construction around the train stations.

A one-jab vaccine that protects you for from the flu for life. It’s the Holy Grail. Researchers around the world have been working towards it for decades. Hundreds of millions of dollars have been spent. Yet - we have nothing. Which raises the question: why do we continue to fail?

Port Phillip Bay is being swamped by plastic flowing in from the waterways but there is reason for hope with one category of litter declining.

Catholic leader Peter Comensoli has been embroiled in a censorship saga on the eve of his first anniversary as Melbourne Archbishop, after an outspoken nun was disendorsed from speaking at a national conference soon after he learnt about it.

"The idea that a couple of Australians were going to show Americans how to drink in the Italian manner - well, let’s just say it sounded like a long shot," one bar writer said.

Think less Amelia Earhart or Rosie the Riveter, more Rosie Huntington-Whiteley.

It's strange how tribalism can turn ugly behaviour into some sort of entertainment.

Played out on a social media app, the game of adolescence has changed. Or has it?

Ancient Greek articulates the many types of love we feel, says Maureen Matthews.

Free weekly horoscope for each star sign from renowned astrologer Kelli Fox. Forecasts for the week ahead in life, love and career.

Few of us get the recommended amount of sleep – and the health consequences can be profound.

Looking good is about feeling good for Liv D'Arcy.