Новости за 18.12.2017

The bottom quarter of NSW high schools get just 2 per cent of the HSC high scores. But some schools are bucking the trend.

Princess Charlotte, the daughter of Britain's Prince William and wife Kate, is to start at a nursery school near the family home in west London early next year, her father's office said on Monday.

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A 30-year-old man was shot dead at a house in Melbourne's southeast on Monday night.

Two men have been arrested and one remains on the run, after a man was allegedly attacked with a chainsaw in Sydney's inner west.

For decades, Americans were told that Area 51 didn't really exist and that the US government had no official interest in aliens or UFOs.

In a shocking announcement that will reverberate across the sports media landscape, John Skipper, president of ESPN, announced his resignation Monday. Skipper, who has been president of the company since 2012, recently signed a contract extension through 2021.

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Police in Toronto were conducting a homicide investigation Monday into the deaths of a Canadian billionaire and his wife.

An Amtrak train derailed on a bridge over a highway in Washington, sparking a major emergency response.

Canadians consumed $6.3 billion of marijuana in 2015, almost as much as they spent on wine.

An Amtrak train derailed on a bridge over a highway in Washington, sparking a major emergency response.

British police arrested a man who tried to force his way into a US air force base in central England.

There is a depreciation cost limit for motor vehicles.

Trivia and word buffs: try today's superquiz interactive graphic and Target.

The free Australian Music Vault at Arts Centre Melbourne is now open to the public.

Almost a million Australians are abusing and misusing pharmaceutical drugs.

Australian TV and radio stations are trying to secure a slew of controversial exemptions to the Turnbull government's new betting ad ban.

Allegations of widespread wage fraud have sunk troubled franchising giant Retail Food Group to the bottom of the S&P ASX 200.

Despite thinking they're financially savvy, almost 40 per cent of Aussie borrowers couldn't tell you the interest rate on their own mortgage.

He brought it up on our first date, waving the red flag right in my face. I should have known better.

Every year families manage to return to celebrations that are regularly cloaked in conflict. How do they do it?

The Australian captain is digesting the greatest moment of his two years at the helm.

England's hierarchy are backing under-performing senior pair Alastair Cook and Stuart Broad to bounce back from their Ashes failures after the visitors surrendered the urn on Monday.

Lebanese security forces have arrested a Lebanese taxi driver suspected of killing Rebecca Dykes, a British woman who worked at the British embassy in Beirut and was found dead on Saturday, a security source said.