
EARTH’S average temperature remained at a record high on Wednesday, after two days in which the planet reached unofficial records, the latest marker in a series of climate-change-driven extremes.
The average global temperature was 17.18°C, according to the University of Maine's climate reanalyser, a tool that uses satellite data and computer simulations to measure the world’s condition.
That matched a record set on Tuesday of 17.18°C, and came after a previous record of 17.01°C was set on Monday.

Money makers already exploit cleaning and catering contracts while the military-industrial complex diverts billions from health to warfare — but Bevan’s vision will endure as long as people fight for it, writes ROGER MCKENZIE

ROGER McKENZIE looks at the gradual demise of US’s nefarious influence around the world and the complexity of impending freedom