Hurricane Lee increased in size late Monday in the Atlantic and still is expected to grow significantly this week, forecasters say -- growth that will help determine the extent of its impact on the US Northeast, Bermuda and Canada.

Hurricane Idalia is lashing the Southeast with heavy rain and maintaining winds of 85 mph

Tesla has filed a lawsuit against the Swedish state via Sweden’s Transport Agency after striking postal workers in the Scandinavian country stopped delivering license plates for new vehicles manufactured by the Texas-based automaker

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said her department estimates it will run out of funding by June 5 if

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Renowned rapper Offset faced his fear of snakes in the 'What's in the Box Challenge' on Kai Cenat's livestream, attracting millions of fans

By Noele Illien and John Revill BERN A Swiss parliamentary investigation into the role played by state institutions

Watch live as Hakim Jeffries, minority leader of the House of Representatives, and other Democrats hold a news conference ahead of a vote on the US debt ceiling on Wednesday evening (31 May). The House is due to vote on a bill to lift the government’s $31.4 trillion debt ceiling, a critical step to avoid a destabilising default that could come early next week without congressional action. Republicans control the House by a narrow 222-213 majority, meaning the bipartisan deal - agreed days ago - will need support from both Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s Republicans and Joe Biden’s Democrats to pass. Mr McCarthy has predicted that the vote will succeed. “It’s going to become law,” he told reporters. Meanwhile, Mr Biden took to Twitter to outline what failure to pass the bill could mean for America. “Our bipartisan budget agreement prevents the worst possible crisis: a default for the first time in our nation’s history – an economic recession, retirement accounts devastated, and millions of jobs lost,” he wrote. Read More Biden and McCarthy’s debt ceiling deal expected to go to full House vote today – live Australian Parliament takes step toward holding a referendum on Indigenous Voice this year Why Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's impeachment fight isn't finished yet

British police have paid damages to two protesters who were arrested while attending a vigil for a woman murdered by a serving police officer

Lebanon’s embattled central bank governor has ended his 30-year tenure

The European Central Bank is set to raise interest rates again Thursday

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