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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.
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.
Ghanaian singer Mzbel's lullaby for her baby girl has attracted some comments from critics. The funny lyrics sang in the Ga-dialect is making rounds online.
Vast gaps in the forest canopy are visible from above Romania's Carpathian mountains, while stumps studding the ground are reminders of the trees chopped into logs and piled beside dirt roads. Slovakia's share of the Carpathians -- second in size to Romania's -- has also come in for environmental concern.
Michael Jeffery, a resilient man from the United States of America, graduated as valedictorian from the Goodwill Excel Center after overcoming tribulations.
Cries of pain ring out from the dark hallways and cramped cells, punctuated by the sound of electric shocks. And not everything is virtual: the cries of pain, in between the electric shocks, are real, recorded by a prisoner who secretly had a cellphone.
Asian markets followed Wall Street lower Wednesday as the wind came out of the latest rally, with traders jolted by the downgrade of US sovereign debt, soft economic data and concerns about elevated valuations. Earlier, all three main Wall Street indexes dropped after news that US factory activity shrunk in July for the ninth consecutive month, hinting at softness in the economy.
Afia Schwar went riding in a car with her new lover in the United States. She released a video on social media as they 'chopped' love during their journey.
Fitch downgraded the United States' top-tier credit rating by a step on Tuesday, citing a growing federal debt burden and an "erosion of governance" that has manifested in debt limit standoffs.
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