Новости за 10.03.2017

A potential Exxon Mobil bid for BP has been dismissed by analysts as not particularly compelling.

People's Bank of China governor Zhou Xiaochuan said the yuan's rate should be relatively stable this year.

Unlike his audience, the Canadian superstar was expressionless through much of his sold-out performance at Etihad. 

US stocks were off session highs after a solid jobs report virtually sealed the deal for the Fed to lift rates next week.

Drillers added eight oil rigs in the latest week, bringing the total count up to 617, or 60 per cent more than a year ago.

Iron ore's rally is showing signs of cracking: the commodity posted the biggest weekly slump in almost four months.

Europe's central bank policymakers discussed whether interest rates can rise before their asset-buying program ends.

Two men are expected to face a Queensland court on Saturday, accused of torturing and assaulting a man who was left tied to a tree in the Gold Coast hinterland.

A man who allegedly attempted a carjacking in central Sydney was trapped and arrested after his intended victim jumped out of his ute and locked the doors.

Afghans who worked for the US military and government are being told that they cannot apply for special visas to the United States, even though Afghanistan is not among the countries listed in President Donald Trump's new travel ban, according to advocates for Afghan refugees.taf

A helicopter carrying an executive of the Turkish Eczabicasi group and four Russians, including the firm's Russian operations chief, crashed in Istanbul on Friday, killing all seven people on board, the city's mayor was quoted as saying.

Police are hunting two gunmen who opened fire in a cafe in the Swiss city of Basel, leaving two people dead and a third critically wounded.

Is it acceptable for someone to blast music at a beach?

Gai Waterhouse reckons Global Glamour will glide across the Rosehill wet in Saturday's Coolmore, Australia's best race for fillies and mares.

Hugh Bowman might be riding arguably the world's best horse, but in his first column for Fairfax Media he explains why a trip back to his fire-ravaged home has put it all in perspective before his return to riding this weekend.

The Giants' women are chasing a second-straight AFLW triumph and a first ever footy win for the club over Collingwood.

US employers added jobs at an above-average pace for a second month on outsized gains in construction and manufacturing.

As flames crash towards the Canberra zoo as loud and fast as a steam train, Richard Tindale knew the sight all too well.

Melbourne Storm embraced the wet conditions in Auckland for a comfortable win.

Few will give South Sydney any chance of challenging for a premiership without Greg Inglis but the Rabbitohs are using the example of Melbourne last year as inspiration.

Canterbury may turn to exciting youngster Marcelo Montoya after Will Hopoate was taken to hospital and Kerrod Holland suffered a shoulder injury in Thursday's loss to the Sydney Roosters.

The former partner of a man accused of raping and torturing a succession of women he lived with over more than two decades says he pummelled her with a piece of wood when she was pregnant.

Electrical contractor Peter Georgiou will replace his brother-in-law Rod Culleton as a West Australian senator.

Coalition MPs want the ban extended to all unions, think tanks, lobby groups and "political actors".

Fremantle goalsneak Hayden Ballantyne appears set to miss the start of the AFL season after injuring his hamstring in Friday night's 21-point win over Carlton at Domain Stadium.