Новости за 19.02.2017

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A leaky water bottle in your bag is enough to throw your day into chaos if you don't have a backup plan for your tech.

Harry Kane's hat-trick turned Tottenham Hotspur's potentially tricky FA Cup fifth-round tie at Fulham into a Sunday stroll by the River Thames as they won 3-0 at Craven Cottage.

The Centrelink debt demands are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to how data is used in your financial life.

Vitamins are useful for treating specific deficiencies but most Australians who use multivitamins just have very expensive urine, Australian Medical Association President Michael Gannon says.

Graham called on Trump to make a clear statement that Russia must pay a price for interfering with the election.

Like so many members of the Test squad that embarked on Australia's ill-fated 'homeworkgate' tour of India in 2013, David Warner returns with a point to prove.

Defence boss talks tough on public servant numbers, and fire hits Bungendore home.

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A Secret Service spokeswoman said one vehicle was struck as the motorcade made its way from the airport to Mar-a-Lago.

Hundreds of protesters have gathered weekly to demonstrate against bullfighting in Bogota.

Former prime minister Kevin Rudd says the "time has come" for Australia to recognise Palestine, saying his deepest fear is the "drifting towards the disintegration and death of an independent Palestinian state."

China's move to ban coal imports from North Korea, effectively slicing the country's exports by about half, came with a message for the U.S. and its allies: It's time to do a deal.

Hundreds of police reinforcements have been deployed to Thailand's largest temple where worshippers and monks are vowing to prevent the arrest of a prominent monk wanted on embezzlement charges.

A blast from a suicide car bomb ripped through a market in Somali capital Mogadishu on Sunday, killing 39 people and injuring around 50.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket has blasted off from a historic NASA launch pad at the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida that has sat idle since the end of the space shuttle program nearly six years ago.

Research suggest moderately overweight people with type-2 diabetes can benefit from the surgery.

When Ann Maree Mulders woke up still feeling unwell, she didn't know 11 centimetres was about to change her life.

Dog of a day at Defence as boss reveals consultants and contractors now outnumber public servants

The Tax Office is chasing controversial former Auburn deputy mayor Salim Mehajer for a slice of a $4 million profit after council approved planning changes boosting the value of one of his properties.

For the second time in Victoria this weekend, Australia's understudy Twenty20 team has lost a match to Sri Lanka at the death.

Melbourne has recorded the coldest February day since 2005.

Queensland needs to reduce bottle-shop hours and accept an increase in alcohol tax to reduce alcohol-fuelled harm, a public health policy expert says.

Hoges might have been far more interesting had it not been so determined to ensure we liked its subject.

A brace from Besart Berisha and a superb solo goal from James Troisi saw Melbourne Victory seal a comfortable win over Central Coast Mariners and keep their faint premiership hopes alive.