Locals step in to help tourists after Rhodes fires
Families on the island have offered up their spare bedrooms and sofas to stranded holidaymakers.
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How 'Roots' made television history and changed American culture
"Roots": How the mini-series changed television and American culture
1970-01-01 08:00
Rhodes fires: Scots tourists sleep on street as blazes spread
One couple from Kilmarnock had to sleep on a mattress in the street after hotels on the Greek island were evacuated.
1970-01-01 08:00
British tourists in limbo after fleeing Rhodes wildfires
Families report sleeping on mattresses on the floor and struggling to find accommodation.
1970-01-01 08:00
Greece fires: Thousands flee homes and hotels on Rhodes as fires spread
Greece's deputy fire chief says the fires are the most difficult his service is currently facing.
1970-01-01 08:00
Florida's new black history curriculum 'sanitized', say critics
The revised standards for black history lessons suggest some received "personal benefit" from slavery.
1970-01-01 08:00
Crash kills pilot of helicopter fighting Canada wildfires
The helicopter crash comes just days after two wildfire fighters were killed combating blazes.
1970-01-01 08:00
South Africa's central bank holds rates as economy improves
By Kopano Gumbi, Nellie Peyton and Tannur Anders PRETORIA South Africa's central bank on Thursday kept its main
1970-01-01 08:00
The Australian climate protesters cast as extremists
Activists say they're being labelled as threats to public safety to justify heavy-handed policing.
1970-01-01 08:00
Biden administration unveils draft changes to US merger review guidelines
The Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday released a set of long-anticipated draft updates to the nation's merger guidelines, introducing potentially comprehensive changes to the way the US government reviews mergers and acquisitions for the first time in more than a decade.
1970-01-01 08:00
US heatwave sees hospitals use body-bag ice treatment
Hospitals raise the alarm as heat stays above 37C (110F) for 19 days straight in Phoenix, Arizona.
1970-01-01 08:00
Target workers can now wear shorts
Target has changed its dress code to allow more of its approximately 440,000 US-based workers to wear shorts as extreme heat makes retail and other jobs harder.
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