Новости за 17.04.2017

You expect us to take the word of a scientist about how to drink tea? I think not.

State and federal governments are promising action to make property more affordable for first-home buyers. But what would be the best policies?

What's the latest frontier to be conquered by low-cost exchange-traded funds? Emerging-market debt.

Canberra teachers cut hours to deal with workload stress and an ACT cop praised for managing her own crash scene.

A woman who advertised a room for rent in her apartment in Sydney's inner west was allegedly sexually assaulted and choked by a man who turned up to inspect the property, police say.

Islamic State is talking to al Qaeda about a possible alliance as Iraqi troops close in on IS fighters in Mosul, Iraqi VP said.

Local, state and federal law enforcement officers are frantically searching for a suspect accused of shooting and killing a 74-year-old man.

Crude oil prices slipped 1 per cent overnight in subdued trading, on news of rising US shale production and profit-taking

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Erdogan says concentrating power in the hands of the president is vital to prevent instability. But the narrowness of his victory could have the opposite effect:

President Trump warned North Korea on Monday to "behave".

North Korea will continue to regularly test missiles and any military action against it by the United States would prompt "all out war", a senior North Korean official told the BBC on Monday.

The deaths of two people in a three-car crash on Queensland's Bruce Highway has taken the Easter road toll to 11.

Opioid painkillers were found in pop star Prince's home after his sudden death a year ago, and investigators were told that the musician had a history of withdrawals "believed to be the result of abuse of prescription medication," according to court documents unsealed on Monday.

Department of Finance figures show the federal public service travel bill cost $427 million.

Sick of all the honours going to white men getting rewarded for the jobs they're already paid to do?

The death toll in Friday's catastrophic collapse of a garbage dump in the Sri Lankan capital mounted to 28 on Monday, and it was expected to increase as rescuers dug for a fourth day through debris that buried part of a residential neighborhood.

Donald Trump didn't create this problem. But the world now depends on him as its best chance of solving it. God help us all.

The 17-year-old is believed to have been unconscious when she was pulled from the water - after the attack occurred at Kelp Beds, approximately three kilometres east of Wylie Bay, Esperance.

State and federal governments are promising action to make property more affordable for first-home buyers.

So it seems the real problem with housing affordability is that the Millennials' parents are selfish and vote for the wrong side of politics ("Locked out: Nation in grips of housing affordability crisis" April 17). Codswallop!

Another person has been infected with measles during an outbreak in western Sydney.

A learner driver has been caught by police travelling at 138 kilometres per hour in an 80km/h zone.

Behind Woolworths' revamped Rewards scheme is a data machines that's collecting and analysing buying patterns to deliver unique, digital catalogues to shoppers.

When Tom Jones famously asked "What's new, pussycat?" over 50 years ago, he wasn't singing to your average domestic calico.