Новости за 15.04.2017

More than a hundred pigs are to be buried in Australia's largest cemetery as part of a controversial, world first scientific trial that aims to create more grave space.

At long last, April the giraffe gave birth on Saturday to a long-overdue calf as more than a million people around the world watched live.

The highly anticipated appearance by English band Radiohead at Coachella was interrupted twice by audio outages.

A bomb blast hit a bus convoy waiting to enter Aleppo on Saturday, killing and wounding dozens of people after an evacuation deal between Syria's warring sides halted and stranded thousands at two transit points on the city outskirts.

A 68-year-old man is in a critical condition after he was struck by a car in Sydney's Brighton Le Sands.

The NSW Easter road toll has climbed to three after a single-vehicle motorcycle accident in the state's central west.

An Islamic State militant linked to the deadly 2015 attack on French weekly Charlie Hebdo could still be alive, the Iraqi military said on Saturday.

Berlin: The Tunisian who killed 12 people by driving a truck into a Christmas market in Berlin received his orders directly from Islamic State, a German magazine reported on Saturday.

A search operation for a missing swimmer at Pebbly Beach on the NSW North Coast was suspended on Saturday evening after fading light made it unsafe for the operation to continue safely.

Two Sydney Trains workers have been repeatedly punched, including in the face, during an early morning train check.

The popular staff at the Bungendore Road Caltex are traumatised and questioning the safety of Queanbeyan.

Gold Coast face prospect of having to play the hottest forward line in the AFL next week without their three best tall defenders.

Melbourne were left to lament the heavy cost of a poor quarter of football for the second week in a row, with coach Simon Goodwin admitting "we're shattered as a footy club" as the Demons went down to Fremantle by two points in an MCG heartbreaker.

George Smith capped his 150th Super Rugby appearance with a try in the Queensland Reds' 47-34 victory over the Kings on Saturday.

Western Sydney have fought back from two goals down to claim a 2-2 draw with Adelaide and share the spoils.

A horror tackle threatened to sour Sydney FC's celebrations after amassing the most points by any A-League team ever.

NRL and players association moving towards an expanded-roster system.

Paul Stringer has become the latest staffer to part company with Wests Tigers, but believes the remaining members of the club's "big four" should not follow suit after being afforded "red carpet" treatment to stay.

Eddie Betts reminded us what this AFL game is really about with a stunning bag of goals to help the Adelaide Crows floor Essendon by 65 points at Adelaide Oval tonight.

The more things change, the more they stay the same. For a half of football on Saturday night at Etihad Stadium, a Gold Coast captain was clearly best afield in a sea of kids and toilers.

Food delivery riders appear to be flouting the road rules as questions are asked about the safety practices of companies such as Deliveroo and Foodora.

A Sydney councillor has been told to take out an advertisement in the Sun-Herald apologising to a Liberal colleague or face a lawsuit.

All the talking points from the upset of the Super Rugby season.

The Rebels and the Brumbies faced off in Melbourne on Saturday night with the Rebels winning 19-17.

The under pressure Melbourne Rebels came back from the death to beat the ACT Brumbies on Saturday night.