Members of rehab groups like Alcoholics Anonymous say moving meetings online was helpful due to the convenience of virtual sessions, which feel more intimate (Matt Richtel/New York Times)

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Brushing: When Amazon packages arrive that you didn't order Zoe Kleinman looks at the sneaky way some sellers are trying to boost their products on Amazon. December 01, 2020 at 11:20AM

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Currys PC World apologises after gift cards wiped The company is still assessing how many customers may have been affected. November 30, 2020 at 10:21PM

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Zoom boosts sales forecast as pandemic drags on The pandemic has transformed the fortunes of the video conferencing firm, once a niche tech name. December 01, 2020 at 04:59AM

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China-US trade war: Beijing escalates tit-for-tat with Washington Beijing has introduced tough new laws which restrict the export of "controlled items". December 01, 2020 at 08:21AM

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How AI is helping rural African farmers An AI-backed mobile app is helping farmers in rural areas gain critical information for their crops. December 01, 2020 at 01:45AM

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Using tech to prevent car theft in Cameroon A Cameroon startup is using mobile and satellite communications to track down stolen cars. December 01, 2020 at 01:52AM

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Amazon launches EC2 Mac instances bringing the Intel-based Mac mini to its cloud for $1.083 per hour billed by the second (Frederic Lardinois/TechCrunch)

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Facebook and Google 'complicit' in Vietnam censorship Rights group Amnesty has accused Facebook and Google of increasingly blocking criticism and dissent. December 01, 2020 at 10:18AM

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Totum Labs, which is developing low earth orbit nanosatellites for global IoT connectivity, raises $13M Series A led by Heroic Ventures and Space Capital (Nickie Louise/TechStartups.com)

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Mursion, which offers VR training to practice human skills, such as emotional intelligence, in the workplace, announces $20M Series B led by Leeds Illuminate (Lee Clifford/Fortune)

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S&P Global has agreed to acquire IHS Markit for about $44B in an all-stock deal, which would merge two of the largest providers of financial data and analysis (Wall Street Journal)

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Sources: Gitlab is letting employees sell equity in a secondary share sale that values the company over $6B, up from a valuation of $2.7B in September 2019 (Ari Levy/CNBC)

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Facebook to launch Facebook News in the UK in Jan. 2021, says it will pay publishers for news not already on its platform; most big UK publishers have signed up (Jim Waterson/The Guardian)

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Facebook News will pay UK outlets for content in 2021 Starting in January, Facebook will pay UK publishers for some - but not all - of their content. December 01, 2020 at 05:34AM

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Why shops are going over to the 'dark' side Some retailers are converting stores into mini-distribution hubs in response to Covid-19. December 01, 2020 at 05:37AM

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A look at several clinically effective apps that treat mental illness directly with CBT and other therapy courses, as the FDA expedites the app approval process (Bill Bostock/Business Insider)

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Q&A with CEO of Ocado Solutions on selling its grocery delivery tech to retailers like Kroger, the pandemic's impact on Ocado, plans for robotic pickers, more (Shakeel Hashim/Protocol)

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Disparities in academic productivity observed during Covid-19 pandemic: Study

Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Medicine (STEMM) discovered that the academic productivity of individuals with children younger than six years decreased after the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Ladakh rolls out first tourism incentive policy

Ladakh has rolled out its first tourism incentive policy with focus on ensuring equitable and sustainable development of all regions in the Union Territory.

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Happy Gurupurab 2020: Wishes, images to share with your loved ones for Prakash ...

Guru Nanak Jayanti 2020: One of the most important festivals celebrated by the Sikh community, Guru Nanak Jayanti or Gurupurab commemorates the birth of the first Sikh Guru, Guru Nanak Dev.

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Coronavirus | Goa's domestic air passenger traffic returning to normal amid unlock...

Goa Airport’s Director Gagan Malik said the number of domestic flights are also increasing amid the unlock process, even as scheduled and chartered international travel continues to remain suspended.

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AR Rahman becomes BAFTA Breakthrough India ambassador

Academy Award-winning music composer AR Rahman on Monday was announced as the ambassador for the British Academy of Film and Television Arts’, ‘Breakthrough Initiative’.

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Uptick in Covid-19 cases due to Thanksgiving travel likely in US, says Dr Fauci

Dr Anthony Fauci said that there will almost certainly be an uptick in Covid-19 cases after Americans travelled for the Thanksgiving holiday despite warnings by public health officials.

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Goa leader calls international cultural community for help to save UNESCO Heritage...

Goa Forward Party chief Vijai Sardesai called for help from the international cultural community like UNESCO and ICOMOS to save the “future of Old Goa from the destructive policies of present the state government led by Chief Minister Pramod Sawant”.

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Could Cornwall see a Lithium-ion battery revolution? British Lithium is prospecting in the county to find economically viable seams of the element. November 30, 2020 at 11:43AM

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Zappos ex-boss and Las Vegas entrepreneur Tony Hsieh, 46, dies after house fire Tony Hsieh led online retailer Zappos, acquired by Amazon, and helped transform central Las Vegas. November 28, 2020 at 09:55PM

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Utah monolith: Has the mysterious metal object disappeared? Utah officials and images on social media suggest the shiny desert structure has been taken down. November 29, 2020 at 04:54PM

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A look at crowdsourced public safety apps growing amid rising violence in Brazil; Fogo Cruzado, which warns of shootings in Río and Recife, has 250K+ downloads (Raphael Tsavkko Garcia/MIT Technology ...)

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Coronavirus: Canada extends travel restrictions for those entering the country

Canada will extend its restrictions for all travelers entering the country, except from the United States, until Jan. 21, the government said on Sunday, in a move to limit the spread of COVID-19.

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Pet lover in Coimbatore designs wheelchair for disabled dog

Veera, a four-year-old dog in Coimbatore, which used to hobble along due to injuries in its legs, has now got a wheelchair, custom made for it by an animal lover who has adopted him.

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JD Digits, JD.com's big data unit, unveils its plans to build an AI-powered smart city "operating system" for China's smart city project in Xiongan, China (Masha Borak/South China Morning Post)

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Serotonin promotes patience in parts of brain. Here's how

Serotonin, the hormone which determines the level of patience, has been found by a study done on mice to also dictate whether one will crave instant gratification or will calmly anticipate the reward.

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Interview with former director of US CISA Chris Krebs on being fired by Trump via tweet, why paper ballots are key to ensuring election security, and more (Scott Pelley/CBS News)

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UK-based Primer, an ex-PayPal staff fintech that aims to help merchants future proof and consolidate their payment stack, raises a £14M Series A led by Accel (Steve O'Hear/TechCrunch)

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Huawei ban from UK 5G network brought forward The cut-off date of September for the installation of new equipment is earlier than expected. November 30, 2020 at 05:32AM

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The tech allowing thousands of students to sit exams at home Machine learning is helping firms across many industries more quickly solve difficult challenges. November 30, 2020 at 05:35AM

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The UK will ban the installation of new Huawei 5G network equipment starting September 2021 and pledges $333M to diversify its 5G supply chain (Thomas Seal/Bloomberg)

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How students in a remote part of Pakistan mobilized during the pandemic to demand better internet from the military-run unit controlling it (Alizeh Kohari/Rest of World)

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A look at Cartel TikTok, viral videos showcasing drug cartel culture, that experts say is a propaganda tool designed to mask the violence and attract recruits (Oscar Lopez/New York Times)

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Google, Temasek, and Bain & Company report: investments in Indonesia's tech sector in the first half of 2020 totaled $2.8B, up 55% from the same period in 2019 (Mercedes Ruehl/Financial Times)

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Report: China accounted for 23% of cross-border data flows in 2019, nearly twice the share of the US, which ranked second with 12%, followed by the UK and India (Nikkei Asia)

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Medicaid expansion not enough for diabetes patients: Study

A study led by researchers from the Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) claims that Medicaid expansion is not enough to improve the health care for patients with diabetes.

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Pandemic has deepened the digital education divide in India, where ~38% of households with students had no smartphone in the house, according to a recent survey (Wall Street Journal)

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Startup develops software for displaying garment images in 3D

A startup incubated by IIT Madras and NASSCOM has developed a software to convert flat images of traditional Indian garments into photo-realistic 3D images on e-commerce websites.

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Covid-19 impact on women-led micro business widens socio-economic gap: Survey

The adverse effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on women-led micro businesses in India has exacerbated the vast socio-economic gap, finds a survey.

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Robot does yard work and security, plus other tech news Jen Copestake looks at some of the week’s best technology news stories. November 27, 2020 at 04:23PM

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How green and profitable are e-scooters? Wayne Ting, chief executive of e-scooter firm Lime, says there's room for improvement. November 29, 2020 at 06:05AM

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African-American cancer survivors tend to survive more with social needs: Study

A study from the American Cancer Society claims about the relationship between lower health-related quality of life with social needs factors of African-American cancer survivors.

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Poland's Warsaw hit by protests against abortion ban

Poland’s feminist organization Strajk Kobiet has organized a protest in downtown Warsaw on Saturday to draw public attention to the decision of Poland’s Constitutional Court to outlaw abortions.

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Covid-19: Curbs on cinema halls, pools, events relaxed in Goa

Cinema halls, swimming pools, gathering for religious, social, cultural, educational, sports and entertainment events were allowed to resume in Goa on Saturday, officials said.

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Artists say Cuba government agrees to dialogue, tolerance

A group of Cuban artists and intellectuals say they won an unusual government vow of greater tolerance for independent art on Saturday after a demonstration in front of the Culture Ministry.

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Child weight gain linked to ability to produce leptin: Study

Children having African ancestry are more prone to developing obesity if they possess a genetic variant that reduces their ability to produce the hormone leptin.

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Eye exam could lead to early Parkinson's disease diagnosis: Study

Scientists have determined a simple eye exam combined with powerful artificial intelligence (AI) machine learning technology that could provide early detection of Parkinson’s disease.

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Tram to become art gallery in Kolkata

An art gallery on a tram will be launched in Kolkata in the first week of December to celebrate the city’s artistic spirit.

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A report on student grades from Virginia reveals that online learning has led to a sharp drop in students' academic performance (Hannah Natanson/Washington Post)

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As Facebook and Google continue to ban political ads, Republican super PACs are spending millions on other platforms that offer no advertiser transparency (Issie Lapowsky/Protocol)

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How Reach Vet, an AI-based system used in clinical practice by the US Department of Veterans Affairs, helps identify veterans at high risk of suicide (Benedict Carey/New York Times)

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HMBradley, a Santa Monica-based banking startup which offers up to 3% interest on savings accounts, raises $18.25M Series A led by Acrew Capital (Christine Hall/Crunchbase News)

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Interviews with tech leaders on Tony Hsieh's legacy, his student life at Harvard, his unconventional business approach, and the culture he built at Zappos (Alex Konrad/Forbes)

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Big Tech threatens democracy and one solution may be to take away their role as gatekeepers of content and let users choose the information presented to them (Foreign Affairs)

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Bakhtawar Bhutto gets engaged to Mahmood Choudhry in intimate ceremony in Karachi....

Bakhtawar Bhutto, daughter of the late (former) prime minister of Pakistan Benazir Bhutto and Asif Ali Zardari got engaged to Dubai-based businessman Mahmood Chaudhary in a small ceremony at Bilawal House in Karachi, Pakistan.

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So many incredible memories: Priyanka Chopra Jonas looks radiant in sunshine yellow...

Priyanka Chopra Jonas took to her Twitter and Instagram accounts to reminisce about the time she was conferred with the Padma Shri award, India’s fourth highest civilian award.

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'Fully atmanirbhar' says Alia Bhatt about her new conscious clothing line for children,...

Alia Bhatt is busy wrapping up dubbing for Brahmastra alongside co-star and boyfriend Ranbir Kapoor, but is apparently keeping busier with her new business venture Ed-a-Mamma, a conscious clothing line for children.

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Australian startup Morse Micro, which is developing ultra low-power, long-range Wi-Fi HaLow chips for IoT environments, extends its Series A by $13M to $30M (David Manners/Electronics Weekly)

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'Women lawyers are hampered by systemic discrimination and gender barriers' Justice...

While the number of women graduating from the leading law schools and working at junior levels in the legal profession is equal to their male counterparts, this does not translate to equal representation at workplace or later at higher positions.

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Europe's ski resorts have mountain to climb to save season amid pandemic

Europe’s ski resorts are desperately trying to salvage the new season amid the pandemic, but travel restrictions, the need for social distancing and disagreement among governments about whether to open at all mean they have a mountain to climb.

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Study suggests electronic skin has strong future stretching ahead

A material that mimics human skin in strength, stretchability, and sensitivity could be used to collect biological data in real-time.

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FC Kohli, the founding CEO of IT services giant Tata Consultancy Services and who is referred to as the "father of India's IT industry", died at 96 on Thursday (Arijit Ghosh/Bloomberg)

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Tattoo business in India is bright and booming: KDz Tattoos

Right from beachside stalls at Goa to professional studios at malls, the Indian tattoo industry is bright and booming.

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Executives and engineers from the top US chip design toolmakers, Synopsys and Cadence Design Systems, are joining Chinese startups established in the last year (Nikkei Asia)

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Zappos co-founder Tony Hsieh, who stepped down as CEO earlier this year, has died at age 46 (Katie Abel/Footwear News)

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Los Angeles County to impose new Covid-19 restrictions on social gatherings

Nearly all social gatherings of individuals from more than a single household will be banned in Los Angeles County for at least three weeks starting Monday under new restrictions local health officials.

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Writing for kids needs simplification of concepts, language: Devdutt Pattanaik

Writing for children needs simplification of concepts and language, says illustrator-mythologist Devdutt Pattanaik, who finds the process involved in such works both challenging as well as exciting.

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International wrestlers Sangeeta Phogat and Bajrang Punia marry in small ceremony...

Sangeeta is the sister of Dangal fame (the movie that is based on their lives) wrestlers Babita and Geeta Phogat. The 22-year-old bride looked radiant for all ceremonies including Haldi, Mehendi and the main event. See pics here...

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Whiteley's 'Henri's Armchair' smashes Australian art auction record

A painting by famed Australian artist Brett Whiteley has sold at auction for A$6.25 million, setting a new record in the country and underscoring the appeal of art investments amid the uncertainties of the coronavirus pandemic.

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Low-income parents lonelier in pandemic, says British royal Kate

Parents living in deprived areas are at higher risk of feeling lonely due to Covid-19, British royal Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, said on Friday as she unveiled research that also highlighted the pandemic’s impact on women’s mental health.

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UK retail empire of billionaire Philip Green teeters on edge

The retail empire of tycoon Philip Green, which owns well-known British fashion chains like Topshop, appears to be on the brink of collapse following the economic shock of the coronavirus pandemic.

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Indian developers are using India's TikTok ban to experiment with new apps and potentially to take back control over India's digital economy from foreign rivals (Varsha Bansal/Rest of World)

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Ireland to lift Covid-19 curbs ahead of many European countries

Ireland will allow shops, restaurants, gyms and pubs serving food to reopen next week, and permit travel between counties from December 18, to facilitate a “different but special” Christmas.

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Horoscope Today: Astrological prediction for November 28, what's in store for Aries,...

Daily horoscope: Are the stars lined up in your favour? Find out the astrological prediction for Aries, Leo, Virgo, Libra and other zodiac signs for November 28.

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Survey: 55% of US adults are worried about government agencies tracking them and 77% believe the government should get a warrant to buy detailed location data (Byron Tau/Wall Street Journal)

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Researchers are using convolutional neural networks to search satellite images to map ancient burial sites in parts of Russia, Mongolia, and China (Zach Zorich/New York Times)

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As Spotify continues to test its stories feature, it has tapped popular musicians to contribute to select Spotify-created playlists (Kris Holt/Engadget)

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Is all your life on one device? You might have single-screen stress

Using multiple, task-specific devices to do different things has significant advantages. Digital diversification could help increase focus and productivity.

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Holiday trends to watch: Adult Play-Doh, gifts for pooches

The pandemic is turning this into a holiday shopping season like no other. Toy companies are targeting stuck-at-home grown-ups with latte-smelling Play-Doh and Legos that turn into Warhols.

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Cher in Pakistan to help Kaavan, 'world's loneliest elephant'

Iconic singer and actress Cher is in Pakistan to celebrate the departure of Kaavan, dubbed the “world’s loneliest elephant,” who will soon leave a Pakistani zoo for better conditions after years of lobbying by animal rights groups and activists.

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Sources: suspected North Korean hackers have targeted COVID-19 vaccine maker AstraZeneca in recent weeks, posing as recruiters on LinkedIn and WhatsApp (Jack Stubbs/Reuters)

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