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US credit downgrade 'entirely unwarranted': Yellen
A US credit downgrade by Fitch was "entirely unwarranted," Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Wednesday, pushing back against the second-ever decrease by a major ratings agency following repeated debt limit standoffs in Washington.
Wizz Air orders 75 more Airbus A321neos
Hungarian low-cost airline Wizz Air has ordered another 75 A321neo aircraft, Airbus said Wednesday, in a deal worth $10 billion at list prices. The A321neos ordered by Wizz Air will have 240 seats in a single class.
Senegal suspends TikTok after unrest
Senegal on Wednesday suspended TikTok, saying the video-sharing platform had been used to fan violence sparked by the detention of opposition figure Ousmane Sonko. Three parked buses were also hit by petrol bombs in the city of Thies on Wednesday, though no casualties were reported.
Nigerian workers strike over cost of living crisis
Nigerian workers across numerous sectors went on strike Wednesday over the rising cost of living following the removal of a petrol subsidy. The strikes were called despite Tinubu announcing Monday a raft of packages to cushion against the higher cost of petrol.
US private hiring hotter than expected despite July easing
Hiring in the US private sector decelerated in July but was nearly twice as high as analysts expected according to payroll firm ADP on Wednesday, signaling strength in the jobs market. For now, Shepherdson said "we expect job growth to slow over the next few months," tracking a decline in a hiring intentions measure. bys/mlm
Russia strikes Kyiv and grain export route on Danube
Russian drones on Wednesday damaged infrastructure at a Ukrainian port on the Danube, as Moscow targeted strikes against facilities vital for grain shipments from Ukraine following the collapse of an export agreement. "The enemy attacked port facilities and industrial infrastructure of the Danube," the Ukrainian general prosecutor's office said in a statement.
In a warming world, is an air-conditioned future inevitable?
They are ubiquitous in the United States, controversial in Europe and coveted in South Asia. In the United States, where about 90 percent of households have AC, studies have highlighted the role of air conditioning in protecting the population -- and the potentially devastating effect of widespread power cuts during heatwaves.
Most oil removed from decaying tanker off Yemen: UN
Most of the oil on board a rusting super-tanker off war-torn Yemen has been moved to a replacement vessel in a bid to avert a catastrophic spill, the United Nations has said. "More than half the oil aboard the decaying FSO Safer has been transferred to the replacement vessel Yemen in the past seven days," the UN resident coordinator for Yemen, David Gressly, said on social media on Tuesday.
Less power, lower emissions: improving AC technology
With air conditioner demand surging, scientists are looking for ways to improve the energy efficiency of cooling systems and limit damaging emissions that accelerate global warming. Separate groups of scientists at the National University of Singapore (NUS) and the Wyss Institute at Harvard University, respectively have built air conditioners that use water to cool the air.
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