Новости за 07.12.2017

In an email to registered Uber drivers sent on Friday morning, Uber's Queensland manager said they were increasing fares in response to feedback from drivers.

A woman has posted a photo of herself in her underwear in a change room to show just how terrible the lighting is.

Ride-sharing company Uber is increasing its fares in Melbourne as it tries to address driver dissatisfaction over conditions and pay.

Rowling defended the decision to cast Johnny Depp after a backlash from fans unhappy about the circumstances of the actor's recent divorce.

Improving global growth and synchronised interest rate hikes could drive the Australian dollar as high as 90 US cents next year, an economist says.

Pizza purists in Italy were celebrating a victory on Thursday over the kind of culinary piracy that has seen their national dish tarnished with prawns and pineapple and stuffed crusts.

In the unit where he has lived since 1961, Neville Wills is in high spirits. The cheeky 98-year-old has a wedding to plan.

Moscow: President Vladimir Putin announced on Wednesday that he would seek a fourth term as president of Russia in a March election that he is expected to win handily.

WikiLeaks and its founder, Julian Assange, are facing multiple investigations by US authorities, including three congressional probes and a federal criminal inquiry, sources familiar with the investigations said.

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​Three people were killed when gunfire erupted early on Thursday at a New Mexico high school, according to media reports.

Nearly all of the Senate's Democratic women - and most Democratic men, including the Senate's top two Democrats - called for Franken to resign after a sixth woman came forward to charge that he had made an improper advance on her.

Officials warned that the wildfire threat could increase through the end of the week, saying that the threat level had exceeded the maximum 'red' threat level and was at 'purple' for the first time ever.

The US envoy to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, said that it was an "open question" whether US athletes would be able to attend the Olympics in South Korea in February given the tensions on the Korean Peninsula.

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Seventeen people have been wounded by Israeli army gunfire, as Palestinian protests erupt in the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip following the United States recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital.

Endometriosis affects around one in 10 women and diagnosis takes on average about eight to nine years.

Queensland cities are as diverse as their residents a national performance ranking has found.

Instead of exercising her credit card in recent sales, Gabrielle Martinovich decided to test her willpower to live with less.

This government prioritises unnecessary sporting stadiums over the very real need to address homelessness and housing affordability.

The interminable citizenship fiasco captures just how debased our politics has become.

The fashion designer and model announced the arrival on Instagram on Thursday night.

Western Sydney Wanderers have added more fuel to Saturday's Sydney A-League Derby by submitting a transfer request to Sydney FC in hope of signing three of their starting players.

A far-right activist who staged a mock beheading in protest at plans to build a mosque is being has had a court order taken out against him by a freight company who accuse him of trying to damage their brand.

Sydney residents cop the worst traffic, Canberrans are the most inventive and Albury-Wodonga babies born today will live the shortest lives, according to an Australian-first comparison of the nation's cities.