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Climate misinformation overshadows record floods worldwide
Climate skeptics are scapegoating a weather modification technique known as cloud seeding to deny the role of global warming in historic floods that have recently devastated countries from Brazil to Kenya. Still, the technique has become a recurring target for climate skeptics.
Oldest privately owned book sells for £3mn at UK sale
The world's oldest book in a private collection, and one of the earliest books in existence, sold at auction in London on Tuesday for more than £3 million. The Crosby-Schoyen Codex was previously owned by the Norwegian businessman and rare book collector Martin Schoyen, and contains the earliest complete copies of two texts from the Bible -- the book of Jonah and Peter's first epistle.
World Bank upgrades global growth outlook on resilient US economy
The World Bank raised its global growth outlook on Tuesday on the back of resilient consumer spending in the United States, but warned that growth remains weak by historical standards. The World Bank upgraded its 2024 growth forecast for the world's advanced economies to 1.5 percent -- up 0.3 percentage points -- due almost entirely to a sharp rise in its projected outlook for the United States.
Iceland grants whaling license for 2024 season
Iceland's government said Tuesday that it had granted a license to hunt 128 fin whales for the country's sole whaling company amid widespread criticism of the practice.
UK PM woos voters with tax cuts and home ownership
UK leader Rishi Sunak on Tuesday sought to get his lacklustre general election campaign back on track by promising voters tax cuts and lower immigration as he launched his Conservative party's manifesto.
French bosses fear far right's vague economic plans
French business leaders have been pitched into fresh uncertainty by snap elections called by President Emmanuel Macron that risk strengthening the far right. The CPME small-business group called for supply-side policy, greenhouse emissions reduction and welfare state reforms to continue.
Production starts at Senegal's first offshore oil field
Senegal joined the club of oil-producing countries on Tuesday as Australian group Woodside Energy announced that production had started in the west African country's first offshore project. - Climate change - Senegal also has a liquefied natural gas project at its border with Mauritania and production there could begin in the third quarter.
French tech group Atos picks Onepoint's rescue bid
Struggling French tech group Atos, an Olympics partner and key French defence contractor, said Tuesday it had chosen a takeover offer by a consortium led by its top shareholder Onepoint.
Asian markets mixed ahead of key Fed announcement
Asian markets were mixed Tuesday as traders shifted nervously while awaiting the Federal Reserve's policy decision and the release of US inflation data, while the euro struggled to recover from a sell-off fuelled by political uncertainty in Europe. Oil dipped after Monday's rally that came as traders await the release of an OPEC report that will outline its forecasts for demand.
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