Australia’s central bank has left its benchmark interest rate on hold at 4.1% for a second consecutive month raising expectations that rates might have reached their peak or are close to plateauing in the current cycle

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Firefighters battled a blaze in Rhodes as a new heatwave loomed over Greece, threatening to stoke tinderbox conditions across the country. Greek meteorological service had warned of a heightened risk of fires from Thursday, as the country recovered from the first major heatwave of the summer. A second heatwave was forecast to start on Thursday, with temperatures exceeding 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) in some areas, and rising further on Friday to a maximum of 44C. Thousands have also been evacuated in the Canary Islands and Switzerland in recent days, as southern Europe is gripped by ongoing wildfires and extreme heat caused by the fossil-fuel-driven climate crisis. Fires are common in Greece, but hotter, drier and windy summers have turned the Mediterranean into a wildfire hotspot in recent years. Temperature records were shattered in Rome and Catalonia on Wednesday as most of Italy’s big cities were placed under a red alert. Read More Why is there no UK heatwave as Europe swelters during Charon? Expert warns of heart attack risk as heatwaves intensify due to climate change Families unable to cancel summer holidays despite extreme heat warnings and wildfires

Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives have opened an impeachment inquiry into Democratic President Joe Biden after

By Brendan O'Brien Eleven of the sharpest young spellers in the U.S. will compete on Thursday in the

Canadian actor and 'Heels' star Stephen Amell took to social media to seek assistance in finding his missing friend David Andrew McLean

Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to be the guest of honor at a dinner with top US

European privacy officials have widened a ban on Meta's “behavioral advertising” practices to most of Europe

The tentative contract agreement between General Motors and the United Auto Workers union appears to be headed for defeat

The phenomenon not only has an impact on weather conditions, but studies also show it can cause ripple effects throughout the global economy, impacting everything from food prices to tourism to the number of winter jackets sold in a given year.

The Biden administration is preparing for visits from Taiwan’s top presidential candidates in the coming weeks, as the

Vibrant reefs filled with colorful fish and seaweed just two years ago have been turned into a wasteland of crushed corals in the South China Sea and the Philippines says it has identified a culprit -- China's shadowy maritime militia.