Kevin Warsh warned that the Federal Reserve will have “work to do” if America’s inflation rate remains high above its 2% target. Investors took this as a hint of a possible interest-rate rise in September.

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — It took a World Cup to transform a remote cluster of islands that’s home to more sheep than people into a cultural juggernaut. A decision by Argentina’s players to unfurl a banner about the disputed Falkland Islands after defeating England in the World Cup semifinals carried a historical cause onto the T-shirts,

New research using samples taken from ancient and living coral shows that El Niño events have become more intense in the last 40 years.