Новости за 03.01.2017

Jet-lagged yet feeling the love, Rafael Nadal believes his best hopes of enjoying a triumphant Brisbane International debut is to sleep like a baby.

US stocks will surge 12 per cent this year as the economy accelerates, according to a list of predictions from Byron Wien.

Oil fell as the $US strengthened while doubts persisted about the ability of OPEC and its partners to balance the market.

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Melbourne Victory assistant coach Jean-Paul de Marigny has been handed a three-week touchline ban after his expletive-ridden tirade directed towards the Newcastle Jets bench during Monday night's A-League clash.

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A "human trafficking syndicate" has been hiring Filipino women to travel to Cambodia to carry surrogacy babies for foreigners, including Australians.

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A 21-year-old man has been taken to Gold Coast University hospital with serious head injuries after being assaulted at Surfers Paradise.

Lawyers for Park Geun-hye said she was unlikely to attend any of the proceedings at the Constitutional Court.

A glance from a police officer investigating a suspected car theft has seen police seize more than $60,000 worth of heroin, knives, casino chips and cash outside a hotel in Melbourne's south-east.

It'll be 25 in the city today, 26 in Parramatta and with a high chance of light rain in the morning and at night.

Megyn Kelly, one of the star anchors at Rupert Murdoch's Fox News, will leave for rival NBC News, making the leap to a mainstream broadcast network from the conservative-leaning cable giant.

European government bonds declined amid signs inflationary pressures are building in the region, clouding the outlook for monetary policy in 2017.

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A man believed to be in his 40's has been hit by a truck and died in an incident at Warwick in southern Queensland.

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Dallas Mavericks All-Star Dirk Nowitzki has praised Australian team-mate Andrew Bogut for selflessly offering to give up his role as starting centre on the struggling NBA team.

House Republicans dropped their bid to weaken a key ethics office after Trump blasted the move as counter to his call to "drain the swamp" of corruption in Washington.

Australian actor Margot Robbie has landed on Forbes' list of the most influential people under 30.

Lawrence Summers said investors are being far too sanguine about the risks associated with the pending Trump administration.

Hollywood stars Nicole Kidman and Tom Hanks were among the winners at the Palm Springs International Film Festival as the 2017 awards season began.

German inflation jumped to within a whisker of the ECB target last month, hitting the highest level in more than three years.

After surging in 2016 in a rally that caught out many investors, the commodity faces a challenge on renewed supply concerns.

Sales of Adolf Hitler's Nazi blueprint Mein Kampf have soared since a special edition of the political treatise went on sale in Germany a year ago.