Новости за 13.08.2018

St Thomas School teacher Emma Reardon made this time lapse video of a caterpillar making a cocoon in class

CONSTRUCTION on one of Sydney’s largest urban renewal projects has begun in Erskineville with the launch of Park Sydney.

Strong sales of wireless headphones, portable speakers, drones and televisions has helped JB Hi-Fi deliver a 35 per cent jump in full-year net profit, despite stiff competition.

Turkey's lira has recouped some of its earlier losses after the country's central bank took steps to stem the currency's freefall.

A proposal by the proponents of the Arm End development to bring recycled water from Blackmans Bay treatment plant to South Arm for the golf course and other local users.

SUNS midfielder Brayden Fiorini wants a crack at blue chip QClash performer Dayne Beams.

FRESH ideas. New businesses. Not all will survive, but at Business SA, we’re doing our bit to offer advice, business planning and mentorships to young entrepreneurs looking for a leg up in their efforts to succeed.

A new haboob rolled into Phoenix, Arizona, on Sunday, August 12, the latest dust storm to form in this year’s monsoon season. This video shows the dramatic impact of the storm on the Phoenix suburb of Gilbert. Credit: Kristie Rodricks via Storyful

SUNSHINE Coast coach Noeline Taurua knows that reigning champions in the world’s best netball league rarely get a shot at back-to-back titles.

Video obtained Monday, August 13, 2018, of National Australia Bank consumer and wealth boss Andrew Hagger at the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry in Melbourne. Mr Hagger is pressed by Commissioner Kenneth Hayne QC on whether NAB was open and transparent about telling ASIC the full extent of likely compensation - “so you were saying to ASIC, ask us what you like but we won’t tell you what to ask”. (AAP Video/Supplied/Royal Commission) NO ARCHIVING... Читать дальше...

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AFTER a long battle with cancer, Yolanta Green, the mother of star rugby sevens player Ellia, died at the weekend.

HE’s still got it. In a single amazing play, former Manchester United and Everton star Wayne Rooney changed a desperate situation into a winning one for his MLS team D.C. United in their match against Orlando City on Monday.

The ex-husband of a woman whose body was found stuffed in a suitcase in Perth's Swan River claims his daughter did the killing and he only helped dump the body, but she alleges she was the accessory to murder.

A group of women riding a rainbow unicorn – an inflatable one that is – got stuck in a weedy lake in Minnesota, prompting a giggle-filled rescue from Chisago County Sheriff deputies on Saturday, August 11. The two deputies were driving by Fish Lake, near Stark, Minnesota, when they spotted the women and their inflatable unicorn stranded offshore. “With a handful of laughs and some mad rescue roping skills they were pulled back to the dock!” said the Chisago County Sheriff’s Office in a tweet that showed the video clip of the amusing rescue... Читать дальше...

A MANIFOLD Heights couple has recognised the potential of a run-down house in their own backyard.

A FILLY with form against Group company provides the highlight of Tuesday’s Geelong Synthetic meeting.

Helicopters and boats were used to rescue 27 people who became stranded by floodwater that surged down the Nueces River into Chalk Bluff Park near Uvalde, Texas, on Sunday, August 12, reports said The Houston Chronicle reported that 8 to 9 inches of rain that fell earlier on Sunday turned the Nueces River into a raging torrent. This video from the Uvalde-based realtor Foster Farms shows flood water flowing into the dried bed of the Nueces River. Credit: Foster Farms via Storyful

August 13, 2018. Crows assistant coach Matthew Clark, in Adelaide, has ruled out resting players and blooding youngsters despite the club's chances of making the AFL finals being over. Clark says the Crows will finish the season as strongly as they possibly can and “first and foremost, we’ll just pick the team to win the game”. (AAP Video/Steve Larkin)

Comedian Celeste Barber recreates the cruise ship experience - on land. Video: Royal Caribbean

A boy, who was a sole survivor of a plane crash in Indonesia’s Papua province that killed eight people, was evacuated from Menuk Mountain on Sunday, August 12. “The survivor is a 12-year-old child named Jumaidi,” police spokesman Ahmad Mustofa Kamal told BBC News Indonesia, adding that the boy was first taken to the Oksibil General Hospital but was later transferred to Bhayangkara Hospital in Jayapura, the provincial capital. Seven passengers and two pilots were on board the Dimonim Air charter flight... Читать дальше...

Video obtained Monday, August 13, 2018, of National Australia Bank consumer and wealth boss Andrew Hagger at the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry in Melbourne. NAB has been accused in the banking royal commisison of delaying revealing the full extent of the compensation in a fees-for-no-service issue in 2016. Mr Hagger says he did not want to preempt the decision of the board of trustee NULIS, which still had to approve full remediation. Читать дальше...

WHEN news broke in back May champion pacer Lazarus had been sold and run his last race in Australia, a wave of shock, disappointment and even frustrating swept through the Australasian harness racing industry.

A dad has posted online about his predicament.

Video obtained Monday, August 13, 2018, of National Australia Bank consumer and wealth boss Andrew Hagger at the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry in Melbourne. NAB has been accused in the banking royal commision of delaying revealing the full extent of the compensation to avoid not being in the “middle of the pack” for charging fees for no service in 2016. Mr Hagger denies he refused to tell ASIC the amount owed to SWIFT and Encompass clients... Читать дальше...