WASHINGTON -- Three U.S. Marines, who were found dead on Sunday in a car parked in North Carolina, died from carbon monoxide poisoning, the Pender County Sheriff's Office said in a press release on Wednesday.

Autopsies were performed on the bodies of the three Marines on Wednesday by the North Carolina Office of Medical Examiner. All three deaths are consistent due to carbon monoxide poisoning, said the Pender County Sheriff's Office. (US-Marines-Deaths)

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ATHENS -- Three people have died in wildfires that continued to rage across Greece on Wednesday.

A woman was found dead in a trailer near Volos where a major wildfire broke out on Wednesday, Greek national broadcaster ERT reported. Her husband was seriously injured. (Greece-Wildfire-Death)

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SANAA -- Four soldiers were killed and several others injured in explosions of two explosive devices on a main road in Yemen's southwestern province of Taiz, state-run Yemen TV reported Wednesday.

The ambush occurred on Tuesday in the southern district of Al Maqatirah when the soldiers traveled in a military convoy returning from a frontline near the southern province of Lahj, said the report. (Yemen-Houthis-Conflicts)

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NEW YORK -- The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday raised its benchmark interest rates by 25 basis points to the range of 5.25-5.5 percent, the highest level in over two decades, as it continues to ramp up its fight against inflation. (US-Interest Rates) Enditem

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