Новости за 08.07.2015

​China's securities regulator banned major shareholders, corporate executives and directors from selling stakes in listed companies for six months, its latest effort to stop the nation's $3.5 trillion stock-market rout.

The NYSE Group, which includes the New York Stock Exchange, has suspended trading in all securities due to technical difficulties.

Alexis Tsipras strode in to a Greek hero's welcome in the European Parliament on Wednesday, from allies on the left but also from far-right nationalists who hope Greece is about to start breaking up the euro, and the EU.

​Microsoft plans to cut as many as 7800 jobs and write down about $US7.6 billion on its Nokia phone-handset unit, wiping out nearly all of the value of a business it acquired just 14 months ago.

The Fifa official in charge of assessing the 2018 and 2022 World Cup bids requested "personal favours" from Qatar days after embarking on an inspection of the country, documents reveal.

The AFL may allow clubs to use future draft picks in trade deals as soon as this year.

Three people have been killed in a shooting near a US university campus in Baltimore, police say.

Scott Thompson believes his grieving teammates are as best prepared to play as they can be in extraordinary circumstances.

There is very little that needs to be said after such a flogging. No words to describe the quality of the Queensland team. No words that can bring comfort to the defeated.

Two years after he stunned cricket fans in hitting 98 in his Ashes debut as a tailender, Ashton Agar is delighted with his career progress

It is bizarre to contemplate, but what is happening in China is very real, and it affects everyone.

Grand slam heavyweights Roger Federer and Andy Murray have overcome two rain delays to set up a blockbuster Wimbledon semi-final on Friday.

There is a joke among Sydney's development coaches that when they promote a player from the reserves they never want to see them back again.

Sydney Roosters centre Blake Ferguson learned one thing from his only professional boxing bout  and that was he wouldn't be able to make a career out of the fight game.

An Australian has been gored twice by a fighting bull as thousands of thrill-seekers dashed alongside the beasts in the second bull-run of Pamplona's San Fermin festival.

An Iraqi court sentenced 24 people to death on Wednesday over the killing of hundreds of soldiers at a former US military base near Tikrit during an offensive by Islamic State militants

For the second time this week, an American man has died when a firework exploded on his body, this time on the chest.

The number of people languishing on ambulance trolleys in emergency departments while paramedics queue to hand them over to hospital staff has stayed much the same over the past six months under the Andrews government, and the problem appears to be getting worse.

Almost half of Australian women drink during their pregnancy, and health authorities need to craft new policies to reduce alcohol use in expectant women, a new study shows.

A 55 year old man is fighting for his life in hospital after falling from his bike during Wednesday's peak hour.

In its own brash, shameless way, the tale of male stripper Mike and his buddies is a considered, wry account of the dream of success.

Breaches of family violence orders have increased threefold in five years with support groups saying the vast majority of victims experience a violation of the orders put in place to protect them.

A former Bachelor, a married couple and a breakfast television host have all been confirmed as part of the next season of Seven's Dancing With The Stars 2015.

Queensland captain Cameron Smith refused to speak to Channel Nine commentator Darren Lockyer at halftime in State of Origin III.

Justin Hodges has dismissed any chance of a State of Origin comeback in 2016, claiming a "fairytale ending" to his Queensland career.