The Acropolis is closing for five hours due to heat wave temperatures in Greece that also shut many schools. The ancient site in Athens that drew nearly 4 million visitors last year is closed Wednesday from midday till 5 p.m. Temperatures hit 39 degrees Celsius (102 degrees Fahrenheit). The heat wave also halted garbage collection in Athens, while drones with thermal cameras are used to coordinate the public health response. A fire at a cookware and food container factory north of Athens sent clouds of thick black smoke into the sky and cellphone alerts urged residents in the area to remain indoors. Cooler weather is expected late Friday.

Across the U.S., thieves have been targeting electric-vehicle charging stations, intent on stealing the cables, which contain copper wiring. The price of copper is near a record high on global markets, which means criminals stand to collect rising sums of cash from selling the material. The stolen cables often disable entire charging stations. Broken-down chargers have emerged as the latest obstacle for U.S. automakers in their effort to convert more Americans to EVs despite public anxiety about a scarcity of charging stations. If even finding a charging station doesn’t necessarily mean finding functioning cables, it becomes another reason for buyers to stick with gasoline-fueled or hybrid vehicles, at least for now.

Amazon is adding $1.4 billion to a fund it established three years ago for preserving or building more affordable housing in the regions where the company has major corporate offices. The Seattle-based company said the new sum would go on top of the $2.2 billion it had already invested to help create or preserve 21,000 affordable housing units in the three areas. They include the Puget Sound region in Washington state; Arlington, Virginia; and Nashville, Tennessee. The additional money in Amazon's Housing Equity Fund will go to the same regions. Amazon launched the fund following years of complaints in cities like Seattle and San Francisco about well-paid tech workers driving up housing costs.

Apple announced a slew of new features for iOS 18 at Monday’s developers conference event, many of which are designed to enhance the Siri assistant and bring artificial intelligence tools to iPhone users. The AI-packed updates coming in the fall are meant to enable the billions of people who use the company’s devices to get more done in less time, while also giving them access to creative tools that could liven things up. The full suite of upcoming AI features will only work on the recent iPhone 15 line because the functions require advanced processors. But there are still plenty of upgrades for all iPhone owners.

Apple Inc. plans to add several new features to Apple Pay and Apple Wallet later this year that will more deeply integrate financing, rewards, and buy now, pay later options into the iPhone when consumers shop on their phones. The biggest change for consumers will be ability for banks to offer multiple forms of financing to their customers within Apple Pay, as well as the ability pay with rewards points or programs through an iPhone or other Apple device. Apple customers currently add their credit or debit cards to Apple Pay which allows the user to use debit or credit to pay for merchandise.

South Korea's military says South Korean soldiers fired warning shots after North Korean troops violated the two countries' land border earlier this week. Some North Korean soldiers who were engaged in unspecified work on the northern side of the border briefly crossed the military demarcation line on Sunday, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said. Those North Korean soldiers immediately returned to their territory after South Korea’s military fired warning shots and issued warning broadcasts, the Joint Chiefs of Staff said. The incident came amid rising tensions over North Korea’s recent launches of trash-carrying balloons.

The main shipping channel into Baltimore’s port has fully reopened to its original depth and width following the March 26 collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge. The channel was blocked to most maritime traffic for several weeks while crews worked to remove an estimated 50,000 tons of steel and concrete from the Patapsco River. On May 20, the wayward cargo ship Dali was refloated and guided back to port. The ship lost power and crashed into the bridge shortly after leaving Baltimore for Sri Lanka. Six members of a roadwork crew were killed in the collapse.