The Reserve Bank has held interest rates at 3.85 per cent, in a shock decision.

The RBA was split on whether to keep interest rates on hold, with six board members voting in favour and three against. 

The RBA will be closely watching quarterly inflation data before it meets again on August 12.

Australians aged in their 30s and 40s are experiencing unprecedented rates of 10 different types of cancer.

Between 2000 and 2024 — in 30–39-year-olds — early onset prostate cancer increased by 500 per cent, among other increases in separate cancers.

Screening at younger ages and more assertive preventive strategies are some ways to change the steep cancer trajectories.

The flash flooding in Texas is now one of the deadliest flood disasters in recent US history.

The Guadalupe River rose to near-historic levels in a matter of minutes, catching local officials off guard.

The death toll continues to rise as rescuers race against time to find dozens of people who are still missing.

The jury has found Erin Patterson guilty of three counts of murder and one count of attempted murder.

Patterson pleaded not guilty, telling the court the poisonous mushrooms were accidentally included in the meals she served to four relatives in 2023.

As the verdict was handed down, Patterson did not express any obvious outward emotion.