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The Commonwealth bank has posted a record cash profit, sparking renewed calls for Australia’s biggest bank to repay more than 2 million low-income customers $270m in…

The price of gold futures have soared to a record high after it emerged that the US would put tariffs on imports of 1kg bars in…

A 515-mile (829km) lightning flash has set a new record as the longest ever identified.The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) confirmed the new world record for the…

Attacks on prison officers and the number of inmate deaths in England and Wales have soared to record levels, according to official figures.Ministry of Justice statistics…

A reappraisal of satellite data from 2017 revealed that a thunderstorm over the Great Plains produced a 515-mile lightning flash, the longest ever recorded. As science…

515-Mile-Long Lightning Megaflash Sets New World RecordA lighting flash that spanned from East Texas to an area near Kansas City in 2017 is officially the longest…

Tampa Breaks 100 Degrees F for First Time on Record as Heat Wave Bakes Eastern U.S.Records are starting to fall to the continuing heat dome that…

Glacial ice offers a detailed record of the atmosphere, preserved in discrete layers, providing researchers with a valuable tool for studying human history. A sample taken…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.India is on track for a record year…

It’s almost 50 years since one of the strangest records ever made was launched – not into the pop charts but into the farthest reaches of…