Новости за 20.02.2017

The alleged abduction and rape of a well-known actress in the southern Indian state of Kerala sparked outrage among activists who say the case highlights the dangers faced by all women in India and a lack of justice for victims of sexual violence.

Adam Scott will revamp his 2017 major championship schedule in a bid to add to his historic 2013 Masters title.

The water quality of the lake has actually improved, but you wouldn't know it from the number of people in the water.

Right now, or should I say alt-right now, there are some new phrases that seem coined to troll liberals, journalists and others.

BELGRADE, Feb 20 Reuters - Rad Belgrade have been ordered not to play first division matches in their home stadium until Serbian soccer authorities rule over the racial insults directed there at opposition player Everton Luiz.

Britain's most revered TV naturalist David Attenborough, 90, is returning to present a sequel to The Blue Planet documentary series, 16 years after the original illuminated the depths of the world's oceans.

What works for gold in practice rarely works in theory.

Parramatta superstar Corey Norman has had to live with the regret of a night out that he knows cost him the honour of captaining the club he's grown to love. Michael Chammas reports.

In a surprising backflip, North Sydney mayor Jilly Gibson has backed her council's bid to keep fighting the state government's forced merger plans, despite declaring such efforts futile only days earlier.

The Coalition MP tasked with tackling Australia's housing affordability problems has said a "highly paid job" is the "first step" to owning a home during an interview on Monday night.

George Brandis has defended Australia's refugee deal with the United States, affirming it is still going ahead after Malcolm Turnbull's now-infamous phone call with Donald Trump.

The president tweeted on Monday that: "The FAKE NEWS media is trying to say that large scale immigration in Sweden is working out just beautifully. NOT!"

A retired police officer wracked with guilt over the murders of two of his own brothers has reversed himself and confessed to leading the Philippine death squad that killed them, saying that he was acting on the direct orders of Rodrigo Duterte before he became president.

There is no excuse for any employer to underpay or exploit their employees.

The Turnbull government would likely feel an electoral backlash in marginal seats if Sunday penalty rates are cut, polling suggests.

Vogue may be breaking down barriers, but at the same time it's reinforcing an ideal version of femininity that's unattainable to most.

The damaging impacts of coal mining activity on land and water are anything but clean.

The likes of Australia Border Force Commissioner Roman Quaedvlieg looms large as a short-term agent of culture change in the NSW force.

Human remains have been removed from bushland near Mount Macedon, north of Melbourne.

A famine has been declared in parts of violence-plagued South Sudan, where about 100,000 people are facing starvation, three UN agencies say.

North Korea's ambassador in Kuala Lumpur has denounced Malaysia's investigation into the assassination of Kim Jong-nam, the half-brother of North Korea's leader, and insisted the man poisoned at Kuala Lumpur airport last week was not him.

If you want to arrive at work feeling perky and happy, try catching a CityCat.

Queensland's OP results have been released, and they show the best performers in Brisbane are predominantly elite single sex schools.

On September 4, 2015 Oxley man Timothy Smith-Brown died when he crashed into an intersection in an attempt to evade police.

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has ruled out forming a coalition government with One Nation after the next state election.