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By CNN staff Sydney has recorded its wettest year since records began in 1858 as further downpours are forecast in coming days that could cause more flooding in Australia’s eastern states. Thursday morning showers in central Sydney took the city’s rainfall so far this year beyond the previous record set in 1950 of 2,194 millimeters

By Peter Wilkinson and Chris Liakos, CNN Protesters from the environmental group Greenpeace were ejected from the Conservative Party conference on Wednesday after disrupting British Prime Minister Liz Truss‘s first speech as leader. Two female activists held up a flag that read “Who voted for this?” before they were escorted out of the conference center

By Hilary Whiteman, CNN A highly anticipated sexual assault trial began in Australia Tuesday in a case that has raised questions about the culture in the nation’s Parliament and the actions of ministers when the claims emerged. Former Liberal Party staffer Bruce Lehrmann has pleaded not guilty to sexual intercourse without consent relating to the

By Pete Muntean, CNN Federal aviation officials announced on Tuesday that flight attendants will soon get more mandated rest time between flights. Current FAA rules say that in most cases, an airline must provide a flight attendant a nine-hour rest period after being on duty 14 hours or less. The new rule increases the rest

By Max Foster and Chris Liakos, CNN King Charles III will miss the upcoming COP27 climate change summit in Egypt, CNN understands, after British media reported that Prime Minister Liz Truss advised him to drop his plans to attend. CNN understands that the King‘s attendance at COP27 had not been confirmed and following consultations with

By Mia Alberti and Kara Fox, CNN British Prime Minister Liz Truss admitted mistakes had been made with her government’s controversial “mini-budget” announced last week — which sent the pound to historic lows and sparked market chaos — but stood by her policies. Speaking to the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg on Sunday morning Truss said: “I

By Camilo Rocha, Kara Fox, Rodrigo Pedroso, and Caitlin Hu, CNN Brazil’s polarizing presidential race will go to a second round run-off after no candidate achieved a majority of more than 50% of the ballot in an election that saw long lines at polling booths as millions turned out to vote. With more than 99%

By Anna Bahney, CNN Business Interest rates are climbing this year on all kinds of consumer debt, and that’s bad news for those who carry a credit card balance. The Federal Reserve has been pushing interest rates higher in an ongoing campaign to battle inflation, announcing an unprecedented three consecutive 75-basis-point jumps. That has pushed

By Camilo Rocha Brazil’s hotly contested presidential election is less than 24 hours away, and for many Brazilians, the stakes couldn’t be higher. Two household names — former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and current leader Jair Bolsonaro — are battling to become the country’s next president. Depending on who ultimately wins, Latin America’s