Новости за 13.08.2018

NSW rural firefighters are angry they’ve missed out on a trial of night-time waterbombing ahead of the upcoming bushfire season.

The head of a reef foundation handed $444 million in taxpayer funds says she wasn't aware the federal government was conducting due diligence on the charity.

IT’S the classic tale — the Holden, the unlicensed driver and the wardrobe that doesn’t quite fit.

MARRIED at First Sight star Tracey Jewel has claimed she “overdosed” during a recent overseas holiday and is now seeking help in a mental health clinic.

ONE of Australia’s top transport planners has said he can see a future where traffic jams are nothing but a quaint memory.

An elderly woman has burns to her feet after a unit fire north of Brisbane.

SA-BEST MPs have joined with Labor in calling on the South Australian government to extend the Royal Commission into the Murray-Darling Basin.

Turkey has drafted an economic action plan and will start to implement it from Monday in a bid to ease investor concerns after the lira plunged to new record lows in early Asia Pacific trade.

WHEN it came to buying her first home, Amy O’Keefe wasn’t fussy — it just had to satisfy one requirement.

LIONEL Messi won his 33rd title with Barcelona on Sunday to become the most successful player in the Catalan club’s history. Barcelona beat Sevilla 2-1 in the Spanish Super Cup as Messi overtook Andres Iniesta, who had 32 titles when he left this summer for the Japanese league. Ousmane Dembele scored a late winning goal with a blistering strike from outside the area. The 21-year-old France winger stunned Sevilla’s defense with a right- footed shot that hit the underside of the crossbar in the 78th minute.

THE sunken wreck is real: the century-old Imperial Russian Navy cruiser Dmitri Donskoi is sitting on the bottom off the coast of South Korea. But its gold-bullion cargo is not.

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

REFEREEING, leadership, the international game and rule changes are the issues dominating the rugby league landscape in 2018 but it’s time for you to have your say.

A YOUNG couple twice trumped by Geelong football players has finally tasted auction success with the purchase of a renovated house on the city fringe.

Supplied video obtained Monday, August 13, 2018 of NASA's Parker Solar Probe, launching from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. The mission aims to study and gather data from Earth's closest star, the Sun. (AAP VIDEO/Supplied/NASA)

The euro is under pressure in Asia as fears about the exposure of European banks to crisis-hit Turkey sends investors scurrying to safe havens including the US dollar, Swiss franc and yen.

Two New Zealand tourists are unhurt after their caravan was damaged by what police fear was gunfire in central Queensland.

TOP End firefighters are bracing for the worst conditions so far this fire season today with high winds expected to push the official danger rating to “extreme”.

Protesters in downtown Charlottesville, Virginia, refused to let a man pass by them on August 12, after he belittled them by saying “you’ve got a lot to learn” and “you’re children.” Demonstrators marched through Charlottesville for the one-year anniversary of the Unite the Right rally in which Heather Heyer was killed, as well as to protest the “Unite the Right 2” rally taking place in Washington, DC, on that day. Police initially blocked off 4th Street at the intersection with Water Street to stop... Читать дальше...

ALYSSA Milano is the latest Charmed star to have a crack at The CW network over their upcoming reboot of the show.

JAMES Anderson and Stuart Broad shared eight wickets before Chris Woakes completed a brilliant return to international duty with the final blow as England thrashed India by an innings and 159 runs in the second Test at Lord’s on Sunday.

Australian women who suffered severe complications from the birth control implant Essure are signing up to join a class action against the maker of the device.

CRISTIANO Ronaldo’s Juventus debut was abandoned with 20 minutes remaining as fans invaded the pitch and mobbed the star and his team-mates.

TIGER Woods has created a “rock concert” at the PGA Championship, roaring into contention on the final day at Bellerive Country Club.

THE installation of temporary screens to protect motorists from rock-throwing attacks along the Southern Expressway has been completed — with the design and installation of the permanent screens to be finalised later this year.