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Jun 26, 2026 - World

Study also finds high humidity means people in hundreds of cities are enduring their worst ever heat stressThe heatwave scorching western Europe is the most severe and widespread ever and is only possible due to the climate crisis driven by fossil fuel burning, scientists have said.Almost half of Europe’s 850 largest cities are also enduring their worst ever heat stress, a combination of temperature and humidity, they found. Muggier conditions mean sweating is less effective at cooling the body, making heatwaves even more dangerous. Continue reading...

Jun 26, 2026 - World

City plans to triple system of underground pipes that distribute chilled river water, reducing need for individual cooling unitsAs heatwaves intensify across Europe, most cities are reaching for a familiar fix of more air conditioning. But in 1990s Paris, planning began for a different kind of solution: one of the world’s largest district cooling networks.The system has 120kms (75-miles) of underground pipes distributing chilled water to museums, offices, hospitals, schools and other public buildings including the Louvre, the Grand Palais, and some luxury hotels and office districts. Instead of thousands of individual air-conditioning units, cooling is produced centrally and shared across the city like a utility. Continue reading...

Jun 26, 2026 - World

Follow today’s news liveLIVE: Australia vs Paraguay – Socceroos World Cup gameGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAlbanese says Stefanovic saga ‘unfortunate’, but ‘words do matter’The prime minister was asked by the ABC about Karl Stefanovic’s departure from Nine. He had this to say:It’s a matter, of course, for Channel 9, but words do matter, and what people who are very prominent in our public discourse do, and how they conduct themselves, matters as well.And it’s unfortunate, the way that what has been a very big career has ended in this way.It will be an important day.It will be a great couple of hours. I’m sure the whole of Australia will cheer on the Socceroos. …I know that Australian workers will be, of course, very passionate about the Socceroos, and I know that Australian employers will be generous in their approach to these things. Continue reading...

Jun 26, 2026 - World

Police allege the Rooty Hill care home resident was administered an unknown substance by her daughterFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAn 84-year-old woman who was found dead in an aged care home was allegedly administered an unknown substance by her daughter.Emergency services were called to Our Lady of Consolation aged care home in Rooty Hill in Sydney’s outer west around 11.35pm on Thursday. Continue reading...

Jun 26, 2026 - World

‘There was no ambiguity. I did not do what was alleged,’ Guy says of fellow state Liberal MP’s accusationFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastVictorian Liberal MP Matthew Guy is demanding an apology from his colleague Moira Deeming after police closed their investigation into an allegation he assaulted her, finding there was “no offence detected”.A visibly emotional Guy addressed reporters outside state parliament on Friday morning, calling on Deeming, as well as the premier, Jacinta Allan, and the attorney general, Sonya Kilkenny, to apologise. Continue reading...