Rubber vine began its Australian story as a garden ornamental brought from Madagascar, and it has since become one of the country’s most troublesome weeds. Left unchecked, this glossy, trumpet-flowered climber can scramble up to 30 metres into tree canopies, blanket creek lines, smother the native vegetation beneath it, and form dense thickets. It also…

Scott Bessent said that all Iranian airlines would be shut down from September 23. Iraq has ordered its civil aviation authority to suspend Iranian flights to Baghdad airport from Wednesday, Reuters reported citing sources. This comes after US threatened secondary sanctions against airports and service providers that continue to handle Iranian carriers.The suspension will begin…

Temperatures exceeded 100 degrees Fahrenheit across large parts of Spain and Italy in late June Around 16,000 more people than usual died across Europe during a week of extreme heat in late June, according to a report based on European mortality data. The sharp rise in deaths came as temperatures surged across much of the…