The Canberra Times news quiz for September 4
How closely have you been paying attention to the news this week?
How closely have you been paying attention to the news this week?
On the occasion of Teachers' Day on Friday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is interacting with school students.
The shenanigans over next year’s budget suggest that the action at City Hall for at least the next two years is going to have a distinctly partisan tone.
BERLIN (Reuters) - German police said on Friday five people were injured when a fire broke out at a refugee shelter in the town of Heppenheim in the West German state of Hesse. There was no immediate indication of how the blaze began. Germany, which expects the influx of refugees and migrants to quadruple to about 800,000 this year, has witnessed more than 100 arson attacks on asylum shelters in recent months. "One resident who tried to rescue himself by jumping out of a window from the second floor... Читать дальше...
IT seems a bit self-indulgent to ask the same friends who watched you get married to celebrate your split, says Wendy Tuohy.
Darryl Blackshaw describes himself as "a dairy farmer with a hobby that is helping out a mate" as he prepares Mourinho for the Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes at Moonee Valley on Saturday.
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The local currency plunged again on Friday, ending a week of wobbles so significant that analysts are slashing their forecasts to record lows.
A stand-off between a man and police in Footscray has en
I remember when the federal government shut down in 2013. It was a scary time for me. I was still in the active duty military and was worried about getting paid. Now, two years later, I'm out …
“The (property tax) process is sometimes used to paralyze, and I refuse to be paralyzed.” With those words, city Councilman Roy Christensen arrogantly placed himself above the council, the May…
I am a Vietnam veteran who has doctored at the Lincoln VA clinic since I got back from Vietnam in 1969. I consider the VA facility at 70th and O streets a place owned by all the war veterans w…
It's a move that might have earned Jarryd Hayne a suspension in the NRL, but the NFL hopeful's offensive shoulder charge in Thursday night's trial against San Diego has now gone viral.
Raging wildfires have turned the shores of the world's largest freshwater lake in Siberia into an inferno, threatening the health and livelihood of locals and raising questions about Russia's ability to protect its natural heritage.
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — A battle of reserves to end the preseason was fittingly decided by a backup kicker.
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — A battle of reserves to end the preseason was fittingly decided by a backup kicker.
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — A battle of reserves to end the preseason was fittingly decided by a backup kicker.
According to a report in the Times of India, Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Thursday ordered a probe, to be conducted by Central Bureau of Investigation, into the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association's (JKCA) Rs 113 crore-scam.
On Thursday night, “The Mountain Goats All Roads Lead to Lincoln Solo Mini Tour 2015" will reach its destination.
A week into the school year, Legacy High School students have memorized their way to class, but there’s still an entire wing of the new building off-limits to them.
Part of a machine gunner squad in the bush, Dick Johnsen never slept more than three hours a night while in Vietnam. He moved up the ranks quickly after arriving in 1967 in Pleiku, a city in t…
It pretty much hurt my heart when I read comments this week about Tuggeranong being in decline and a place losing its soul.