Новости за 30.08.2015

Singer Chrissie Hynde has caused outrage after suggesting women are to blame if they are raped.

A three-year-old boy has been killed in a unit fire south of Brisbane that's left two adults fighting for their lives and injured two other children.

The Kremlin has released pictures of Russian President Vladimir Putin working out at the gym with Prime Minister Dmitrty Medvedev, images apparently aimed at shoring up Putin's rugged, masculine image as his popularity dips.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, facing her country's biggest refugee crisis since World War II, called on European Union counterparts to take on a greater share of the influx of asylum seekers.

A man has been found dead with stab wounds in the bedroom of a home in Sydney's west on Sunday night.

NSW teenager Ellie Drennan walks away with a record deal, $100,000 and a car after beating three other finalists.

If you believed Bart Cummings, his success came from a simple set of rules.

One night in July, 2005, then state Liberal leader John Brogden went for a drink at the Hilton Hotel. He was feeling good, "euphoric", in his words, and understandably so.

Ten years ago today I sat in a bed at Royal North Shore Hospital sedated, bandaged, scheduled under the mental health act and under suicide watch.

Internal documents shows the financial plight of hundreds of 7-Eleven stores around Australia

A new report from the University of New England and SANE Australia calls for a national campaign to improve understand of suicide and ways to help the recovery process for those who attempt to take their own lives.

It's difficult to get a man to understand something when his after-tax salary depends on him not understanding it, to misquote Upton Sinclair.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott is being urged to consider dumping Joe Hockey as Treasurer if the Canning byelection goes badly for the Liberal Party, in a move designed to shore up his own leadership.

US-style privately-owned public schools should be rolled out in Australia in order to boost academic standards, a new report by libertarian think-tank, the Centre for Independent Studies argues.

Chilean conglomerate Sigdo Koppers and its consortium partner CHAMP haven't been able to cement a merger deal with mining services company Bradken during a 60-day exclusivity period which expired on Sunday night.

There would be no highlight reel plays this time around, but Jarryd Hayne learned some valuable lessons as his NFL development continued in Denver on Saturday night.

Union officials are demanding BlueScope Steel consider a "plan C" to save the Port Kembla steelworks after BlueScope said it needs to cut 500 jobs or it will close the facility.

The slam tackle will again be placed on the match review panel's Monday morning agenda, with Essendon defender Courtenay Dempsey the latest player to come under scrutiny.

Billionaire Solomon Lew has skated off with a $2 million-plus payday in the short term from his stake in skateboard and streetwear company Globe International.

Geelong will decide in the next few days how to best manage the public exit of some of their much-loved veteran players.

A below-strength Fremantle team will meet Port Adelaide in their round 23 clash at Adelaide Oval next Sunday.

More than ever, Scott Camporeale is keen to take on Adelaide's coaching job full-time.

China has won the first round of its contest for control in the South China Sea by completing construction of an archipelago of artificial islands which will enable it to further project its military power.

Spotless chief executive, Bruce Dixon, may be set to retire in coming months, but he still hopes to be of some service.

Jamaica stun the United States in the last women's track race of the Athletics World Championships.