Новости за 29.03.2017

Melbourne said goodbye to its muggy nights on Wednesday and woke on Thursday to the coldest morning of the month.

Emma Thompson has branded the pressure put on actresses to be thin as "evil" and says the problem is getting worse.

A 46-year-old Orange man died when his sedan collided with a truck, north of Yass.

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Ivanka Trump is becoming an official government employee, joining her husband in serving as an unpaid adviser to her father in the White House.

Not quite the full splendour of their peak years, but after more than a decade away a Dixie Chicks show still feels real, and fun.

Mexico's Finance Ministry got a $22 billion windfall from the central bank after Donald Trump triggered a plunge in the peso.

It's been a stifling and seemingly never-ending summer but for the Gold and Sunshine Coast property markets, it just means the period of record sales stretches out well in to autumn...

​"I am not running for public office." Sounds pretty definitive, right? Coming from Chelsea Clinton, it's not.

Aluminium hit its highest level in nearly two years, supported by optimism that China would carry out plans to cut supply.

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Oil prices rose nearly 2 per cent as US crude inventories rose less than expected last week.

British government bonds rallied to their highest in almost a month after Prime Minister Theresa May formally started Brexit.

Tony Abbott's review into his former friend was cut short after Bronwyn Bishop stopped participating.

As the Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus are launched in New York to much anticipation and fanfare on Wednesday (Thursday in Australia), Peter Wells gets his hands on the devices for Fairfax.

A US stock rally fuelled by optimism President Donald Trump will boost the economy may be near its peak, according to a poll.

Japan's aluminium premium for shipments during the April to June quarter has been set at $US128 per tonne.

A convicted murderer who attempted to sue the NSW prisons boss over his incarceration in Goulburn's Supermax prison has been shot in Sydney's west.

Former prime minister Paul Keating has launched a surprise critique of the liberal economic philosophy he once championed.

As the giant Hazelwood coal plant turns off the last of its units, the national electricity grid manager has sought to reassure the public it is taking steps to ensure the lights stay on when demand soars next summer.

A bystander who touched off a social media furor after she saw United Airlines stop two teenage girls dressed in leggings from boarding a flight admitted on Monday that she did not fully grasp the situation when she started tweeting her indignation.

An elderly man has died after stopping to assist a woman whose car had broken down on a road in Western Sydney, according to NSW Police.

Plans by a waste magnate to build the world's largest waste incinerator in Western Sydney have been dealt a blow by the Environment Protection Authority, which has declared its opposition over concerns about air quality and human health impacts.

Theresa May has pulled the trigger on one of the country's most significant social experiments in its modern history - leaving the European Union

A convicted killer who's been on the lam since skipping a Melbourne court date seven years ago has reportedly been seen in NSW.