ACT cop injures back when thrown on to car bonnet during driver's arrest
A Canberra man pleaded guilty to culpable driving after a police officer was thrown from the bonnet of his car, fracturing his spine, as the offender sped away to avoid arrest.
A Canberra man pleaded guilty to culpable driving after a police officer was thrown from the bonnet of his car, fracturing his spine, as the offender sped away to avoid arrest.
After more than five years of fighting, President Bashar Assad's military is making significant advances against rebels in Aleppo and is subduing the restive suburbs of Damascus.
Russian hackers will test messenger apps for further use by Russian officials, while an antivirus program will be integrated into the most resistant applications, media reported on Wednesday, citing sources in the Russia-based Institute of Internet Development (IID).
In an interview with Sputnik Serbia, Montenegrin politician Marko Milacic shared his impressions of the 10th European Russian Forum held in Brussels to discuss the situation in Ukraine, Syria and the current conflict between the West and Russia.
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Seventeen women who do research at Microsoft share their ideas about some of the technological developments they expect to see in their different fields next year and ten years from now.
Rescue vessels picked up 64 migrants including 11 women and two children on Tuesday on two boats adrift for a day between Morocco and Spain, the latest such operation, officials said.
BRISBANE, Dec 7 AAP - The high seas is not the only place you can be charged with mutiny, as three Queensland prisoners have found after allegedly staging a rooftop riot.
Amy Schumer is currently in talks to play the role of Barbie in Mattel’s upcoming film, but not everyone is supportive of her possible casting.
David Brown's family told an inquest that they believed he felt 'scammed'
As Victoria plans to make swimming part of the curriculum, ACT students are getting less time in the pool
Turkish aviation destroyed nine Daesh targets in Northern Syrian Al-Bab city, Turkey's General Staff said in a statement Wednesday.
It happened before last night's Celtic v Manchester City tie.
The fairytale of the Western Bulldogs' on-field success has translated into an off-field windfall for the club, with the Dogs wiping more than $6 million from their debt in a year.
De historische binnenstad van Aleppo is nu volledig in handen van het Syrische leger. Dat stelt het Syrisch Observatorium voor de Mensenrechten, dat de oorlog via een netwerk van waarnemers volgt. Voor de rebellen is het verlies van de zogenoemde Oude Stad een nieuwe tegenslag. Ze worden ook in andere delen van Aleppo steeds verder teruggedrongen.
The death toll from an explosion of coal gas in a mine in the central Chinese province of Hubei rose to seven, media reported on Wednesday, citing rescuers.
Advocates for the ACT's disability community have backed three new parliamentary inquiries set up to investigate the National Disability Insurance Scheme roll-out and accessibility of public spaces.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — On the theory that a driver who knows when a red light will turn green is more relaxed and aware, vehicle manufacturer Audi is unveiling this week in Las Vegas a technology that enables vehicles to "read" traffic signals ahead and tell the motorist how long the wait will be. Malhotra said Audi hopes to expand the system soon to other big U.S. cities, including places like Los Angeles, which have patchwork traffic management systems run by varying jurisdictions in a sprawling urban landscape. Читать дальше...
LAS VEGAS (AP) — On the theory that a driver who knows when a red light will turn green is more relaxed and aware, vehicle manufacturer Audi is unveiling this week in Las Vegas a technology that enables vehicles to "read" traffic signals ahead and tell the motorist how long the wait will be. Malhotra said Audi hopes to expand the system soon to other big U.S. cities, including places like Los Angeles, which have patchwork traffic management systems run by varying jurisdictions in a sprawling urban landscape. Читать дальше...
AMSTERDAM (ANP) - PostNL zakte woensdagmorgen flink in waarde op de beurs in Amsterdam. Het postbedrijf wees voorbeurs het finale overnamebod van zijn Belgische branchegenoot Bpost af en was daardoor met afstand de grootste verliezer bij de middelgrote fondsen op Beursplein 5.
STOCKHOLM (ANP) - IKEA legt 1 miljard euro extra opzij voor investeringen in duurzaamheid. Daarmee komt de totale voorziening voor zaken als wind- en zonne-energie van de meubelgigant uit op ruim 3 miljard euro. Dat kondigde IKEA woensdag aan in zijn jaarverslag.
A Fremantle charter boat company and its owner are on trial over charges stemming from a boozy corporate cruise on which a man allegedly fell overboard and drowned.
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