Новости за 12.08.2018

NASA's Parker Solar Probe has blasted off on its mission to 'touch the sun'. The $1.5 billion spacecraft successfully left Earth after an initial technical difficulty left it grounded on Saturday. The probe will spend its time in outer space trying to uncover the mysteries of solar storms.

About 20 demonstrators headed to a white nationalist rally had to walk through the heart of Washington cordoned by rows of police officers and outnumbered by hundreds of counter-protesters who taunted them.

AUSTRALIAN actress Ruby Rose has deleted her Twitter account following backlash over the announcement that she’ll play the first lesbian superhero to headline a TV show in Batwoman.

Australian tourist Madison Lyden’s grief-stricken family have broken their silence after their “loyal and loving” daughter was killed while cycling in New York. CREDIT: 7 News Adelaide

PREMIER League title favourites Manchester City and Liverpool both registered emphatic victories to open their seasons overnight.

HAD a busy weekend? No stress, we’ve got you covered with a quick wrap-up of some of the weekend’s most interesting stories.

TWO people are trapped after a crash on the Augusta Highway this morning.

A CYCLIST is in a serious condition after he was hit by a car at an intersection north of Brisbane.

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Victoria Police have released an image of a man they wish to speak to after a cyclist was killed after a hit and run in Melbourne. The woman, believed to be in her 20s, died after a stolen Mercedes cut into the Chapel Street bike lane in South Yarra yesterday morning. The male driver has been described as aged in this late 20s to early 30s, who was wearing a black jacket and Adidas branded tracksuit pants. It’s believed the car involved was stolen during an aggravated burglary in Elsternwick last week.

Twelve people, including a 12-year-old child, were injured when what is believed to be a shotgun was fired in a large crowd of people at a street party in Manchester, police say.

Former presidential adviser Omarosa Manigault Newman says she secretly recorded conversations she had in the White House, including her firing by chief of staff John Kelly in the high-security Situation Room.

Washington is bracing for a white nationalist rally organised to coincide with the anniversary of last year's racially charged violence in Charlottesville, Virginia.

GLASS artist by day, DJ by night. There is nothing mainstream about Joy Levins – and her home is the same. Filled with 1960s artwork, disco balls and her beautiful glass sculptures lining the shelves, the cosy Adelaide Hills home is about as creative and cheerful as it gets.

Malcolm Turnbull’s popularity as preferred Prime Minister has plunged as Labor retains its slim lead 51-49 over the Coalition on two-party preferred terms in the latest Newspoll. Satisfaction with Malcolm Turnbull has dropped 19 points; however, he still is still considered the better Prime Minister leading Bill Shorten 44-32 per cent. Image: Lyndon Mechielsen / News Corp Australia

Heather Heyer’s mother, Susan Bro, spoke tearfully about her daughter and the need to “fix things” on August 12 at the spot of her daughter’s death on 4th Street in Charlottesville, Virginia, saying “I don’t want other mothers to go through this.” Heather Heyer was killed when a man drove a vehicle through a crowd of white nationalists and counter-protesters during the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, on August 12 of 2017. Bro brought flowers for Heyer as well as the two Virginia... Читать дальше...

MALCOLM Turnbull’s popularity as preferred prime minister has slipped significantly as Labor retains a narrow 51-49 lead over the federal government on a two-party preferred basis in the latest Newspoll.

A CHINESE tourist died after he was attacked by a hippo when he was taking pictures on the shore of Lake Naivasha in the Rift Valley, just hours after a hippo killed a local fisherman in the same area, Kenya’s wildlife authority said Sunday.

AN EXPLOSION in northern Syria killed at least 36 people on Sunday and wounded many others, but the cause of the blast wasn’t immediately known, opposition activists said.

MEGHAN Markle’s mum Doria Ragland is said to be following in her daughter’s footsteps and moving to the UK.

Demonstrators marched through Charlottesville, Virginia, on August 12 for the one-year anniversary of the Unite the Right rally in which Heather Heyer was killed, as well as the “Unite the Right II” rally taking place in Washington on that day. Police blocked off 4th Street at the intersection with Water Street to stop people from going to the exact spot the ramming attack occurred. Credit: UVa Students United via Storyful

Former US presidential adviser Omarosa Manigault Newman says she secretly taped her firing by White House chief of staff John Kelly in the Situation Room.

Former British foreign minister Boris Johnson has returned from his summer holiday to face both criticism and support over his remarks about burqas, amid deepening divisions in Britain's ruling Conservative Party on Sunday.

BRITISH actor Idris Elba is stoking speculation he may take over the role of James Bond when Daniel Craig steps aside, offering an enigmatic Twitter post that fuelled the buzz about him becoming the first black Bond.

WHEN Linda Ketchum asked her husband for an AncestryDNA kit for Christmas, it was just a lark. She had no family secrets she was trying to uncover, no genealogy mysteries that needed answers. She was just curious.