Australia is forecast to experience widespread storms, heavy rain and flash flooding as unusually wet conditions challenge the typical dry pattern linked to strong El Niño events.

Australia has urged citizens to cancel or postpone travel to Saudi Arabia and leave while commercial options remain, following deadly Houthi-claimed attacks and worsening regional security conditions.

The OECD says higher energy prices are fuelling renewed cost-of-living pressures, weakening purchasing power and threatening global growth despite resilient employment and low unemployment.

A Johns Hopkins study found frequent or unintentional daytime napping was associated with higher dementia risk in older adults, though researchers stressed the link is not proven causal.

Bank of America expects Meta's third-quarter revenue to exceed forecasts as AI improves advertising performance, but a one-time $10 billion legal charge is set to hit earnings.

McDonald's will mark the Boo Buckets' 40th anniversary with five Disney villain designs, including Ursula, Scar and Maleficent, available with Happy Meals from 20 October.

Meta shares fell more than 2% as investors assessed rising artificial intelligence spending, broader technology market pressure and the outlook for the company's upcoming quarterly results.

Microsoft shares fell nearly 2% as concerns over inflation, AI infrastructure spending and the company's premium valuation outweighed recent analyst optimism about Azure and enterprise AI demand.

Hyatt shares have risen about 8% in two sessions as investors assess resilient luxury travel demand, positive analyst views and the hotel group's upcoming earnings report.

GitLab said it resolved CI/CD failures and slower interface performance affecting a limited number of GitLab.com customers after several days of intermittent platform disruptions.

FIFA has ordered a review of its Peace Prize after council members challenged its political character and the decision to award the inaugural prize to U.S. President Donald Trump.

OpenAI's upgraded ChatGPT Chrome extension can read open tabs and control websites for tasks including form filling, ...