Новости за 14.05.2017

Rafael Nadal consolidated his flying start to the clay-court season by taking a record-extending fifth Madrid Open title on Sunday.

Global miner BHP Billiton is taking its first steps to preparing to drop "Billiton" from its name, with the launch of a global rebranding which will also mark the move away from styling the group as "the big Australian".

US politicians are calling on President Donald Trump to turn over any tapes of conversations with fired FBI chief James Comey.

​New York State has opened an investigation into the real-estate dealings of President Donald Trump's former campaign manager.

For Geoff Wilson, the veteran fund manager and chairman of Wilson's Asset Management, everything comes in cycles.

Aldi is ramping up its marketing efforts with a new brand campaign.

Former intelligence chief James Clapper says President Donald Trump is undermining US institutions.

Adam Yates was brought down by a stationary police motorbike at the side of the road during stage 9.

Amnesty says expert analysis contradicts Australian government claims after Good Friday shooting.

Liverpool have kept their top-four hopes alive with a 4-0 Premier League drubbing against West Ham.

Lewis Hamilton won the Spanish GP to cut Sebastian Vettel's championship lead to six points.

The Fairfax Ipsos post-budget poll shows a boost for the Prime Minister, but it is also hardly a disaster for Bill Shorten and Labor.

Hacking, social media, impersonation, fake trader, and dating and romance scams were among the varied scams reported in 2016, with the latter netting nearly $42 million.

Scott Morrison is not one of Australia's more popular politicians and only 2 or 3 per cent of voters generally prefer him as Liberal leader.

Jailed Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti's supporters call on the international community to address the plight of Palestinians imprisoned by military courts.

The Turnbull government's big-spending second budget has aided their political fortunes.

West Tuggeranong has room for well under half the population originally proposed.

Heads down - here come the flying foxes.

The jury is still out on the Turnbull government's landmark No Jab No Pay policy, with immunisation experts warning targeting vaccine refusers alone may have unintended consequences.

Labor-lite the budget strategy may be, but the PM's calculus is that most voters live in the middle ground.

Voters have given a big tick of approval to four key measures unveiled in Malcolm Turnbull second budget.

Despite predictable outrage, the proposed $1.5 billion a year tax on banks is clever policy.

Managers of Bayswater power station in the Hunter Valley provided staff with precise instructions on how to blend coal to avoid triggering pollution alerts, documents stretching across almost two decades show.

Former Bligh and Newman ministers have found work after politics sitting on boards, working as CEOs and getting gigs as consultants.

Many of former premier Campbell Newman's ministers are still in the Queensland Parliament, despite their leader being booted out in 2015.