Новости за 18.04.2017

It's a short week for most and in keeping with the theme we have today's news in brief.

Ivanka Trump and her allies have dismissed concerns that the first daughter's White House role raises ethical red flags.

Citigroup joined Goldman Sachs in backing commodities, saying it's the season to have faith in raw materials and oil.

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Global economic growth is expected to pick up this year and in 2018, despite the political uncertainties created by Brexit and the election of maverick US President Donald Trump. And the International Monetary Fund has issued a better growth forecast for the Australian economy, compared to the Treasury's most recent predictions issued in December.

The suspect in the Facebook video murder case has killed himself after a car chase in Pennsylvania, police said.

An anti-Islam extremist accused of plotting bomb attacks in Victoria is expected to front a Melbourne court.

Goldman Sachs fell short of earnings expectations due to a drop in quarterly trading revenue, in contrast with its rivals.

No one can be complacent about the potential threat posed by the missiles being developed by North Korea, British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said on Tuesday.

Sydney's booming hospitality sector is heavily dependent on 457 visa holders, with a leading restaurateur questioning how the industry will cope.

The independent schools lobby has played down concerns the plan would segregate Indigenous students.

Two Frenchmen arrested in Marseille on Tuesday planned to carry out an "imminent and violent attack" ahead of the first round of the presidential election on Sunday, France's interior minister said.

Theresa May might be yet another British Prime Minister who should have been careful what they wished for.

More than 20,100 people were hospitalised due to assault in Australia in 2013-14, a new report has revealed.

Big barriers remain to a settlement of marathon industrial stoush at science organisation.

More than half of all women and girls who end up in hospital being treated after an assault have been attacked by their partners.

The new temporary visa program will carry over the worst aspect of the old 457 visa program.

Four years after the Rana Plaza disaster, nine brands refuse to say a word about what they're doing.

Public servants told just what to say to friends and family about controversial agency move.

Struggling households across Australia face further cost of living pressures as tumbling vacancy rates allow landlords to raise rents.

Long before a man-sized lego man burst through the brick wall it was clear this event was no normal property world ribbon cut.

Turnbull, Dutton or Trump? Or maybe Hanson or Bernardi? Who can really claim responsibility?

The United States and the European Union need to figure out how to deal with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan in a way that keeps faith with the 49.6 per cent of Turks who rejected his grab for power.

You've read all the books. Talked to your mum. Your friends from mothers' group give you their tips. Then the baby arrives. And you have no freaking idea.

A former federal Labor MP has told a Sydney court her son, who sexually assaulted another man despite him saying "no, no", has never been normal.