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Access to premium content | No advertisement mailers Work Instagram Parental Controls Are Set Arrive in March Adam Mosseri, the head of the company, is expected to face questions from lawmakers this week about whether social media harms children. Work Could Roads Recharge Electric Cars? The Technology May Be Close. But challenges await, including technical issues, regulatory barriers and many miles of highway. Work The explosion of Covid PTSD cases is a mental health crisis in the making | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett | The Guardian Early intervention is crucial but in the UK, it isnt happening, says Guardian columnist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett Work U.K. study finds mixing COVID-19 shots with Moderna's jab gives better immune response | Seeking Alpha A British study has found that people had a better immune response when they received a first dose of AstraZeneca (AZN) or Pfizer (PFE) - BioNTech (BNTX) COVID-19 shots followed by... 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Work Toyota embracing small flaws as supply chain pressures bite | Reuters Toyota Motor Corp on Tuesday said it is happy to use scratched or blemished parts from suppliers as the world's biggest car producer tries to trim costs amid a production-curbing global chip shortage and rising material costs. Work UAE announces move to Saturday-Sunday weekend, state news agency | Reuters The United Arab Emirates said on Tuesday it would shift to a four and half-day working week with a Saturday-Sunday weekend from next year to better align its economy with global markets. Work Is seaweed the future of flying? Aircraft currently leave a major footprint on the world's climate, so can the aviation industry hope to reach net zero by the middle of the century? Work I took a DNA test and found a new family: the drama and joy of meeting long-lost relatives | Family | The Guardian After years of searching, DNA tests, social media and old-fashioned tenacity have played crucial roles in reuniting fractured families. Here, six people tell their stories Work 13 Best-Led Company CEOs Reveal Their Pro Tips for Leadership Success | Inc.com Great companies are run by great leaders--so who better to solicit for leadership advice than the leaders of those teams? Behold their top tips, tricks, and strategies to make you a stronger mentor, visionary, and boss. Work How Josephine Baker was given the rarest of French honors Josephine Baker next week will become the first Black woman and first American to be honored with enshrinement in Paris' Pantheon. Work Viagra could be used to treat Alzheimer's disease, study finds | Alzheimer's | The Guardian US scientists say users of sildenafil the generic name for Viagra are 69% less likely to develop the form of dementia than non-users Work People in counties that voted Trump more likely to die from Covid study | US news | The Guardian Areas that voted for Trump by at least 60% in November 2020 had 2.7 times the death rate than counties that voted heavily for Biden Work Thailand seeks good tourists for beach from DiCaprio film amid natures fragile recovery | South China Morning Post Thailands government has said it wants to move on from its history of hedonistic mass tourism, after years of uncontrolled visitor numbers pre-pandemic forced idyllic archipelagos to the brink of ecological collapse. Work We wont know how bad omicron is for another month Gene sequencing gave an early alert about the latest covid variant. But we'll only know if omicron is a problem by watching it spread. Work CometChat Raises $10 Mn To Provide Enterprise CPaaS Integration CometChat is a communication platform for enterprises that provides them with text, chat, video and voice communications integration. Work Israel Tightens Rules on Cyber Exports After String of Scandals | Time The decision follows scandals involving foreign governments allegedly abusing technology developed by Israeli firms to spy on civilians Work These Are the Most Disappointing Cities in the World, According to the Internet The food was great, the music was great but the city was awful, it smelled of piss and vomit everywhere we went. Work 10 Breakthrough Technologies 2021 This list marks 20 years since we began compiling an annual selection of the years most important technologies. Work Malaria deaths rise by 69,000 in 2020 due to COVID-19 disruptions, says WHO | Reuters Healthcare disruptions linked to the coronavirus pandemic helped malaria kill 69,000 more people in 2020 than the previous year, but a worst-case scenario was averted, the World Health Organization said on Monday. Work Don't penalise athletes for politics Four-time Olympian Angela Ruggiero greeted the announcement of the U.S. diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Games with relief on Monday, delighted that there was no suggestion athletes should also stay away. Work China unveils package to boost economy amid IMF growth warning | China | The Guardian Beijing to increase business lending and build more affordable housing, but reports say property giant has missed a key bond repayment Work Are You an Older American Weathering the Pandemic? Share Your Story. We want to hear from you. Work Easy Riders? Congestion Eases As COVID-19 Keeps Commuters Off The Roads Still, the average U.S. commuter lost 36 hours last year sitting in traffic. Work Vacheron Constantin Pops With 'Nicknames' Exhibit And Pop Art Celebrations With Artist Jojo Anavim When Vacheron Constantin officially opened its flagship store in New York recently, it announced plans for museum-like exhibits. The newst Pop-Art exhibit, in collaboration with Jojo Anavim, opened this morning and is bound to attract the New York City art lover. Work Travelers to U.S. Now Must Test Negative for Covid a Day Before Flying Inbound travelers must now show a negative result from a test taken no more than a day before departure, a requirement some say may be hard to satisfy. Work Opinion | He Is Black. The Victims Were White. 'It's an Allegation as Old as America.' The halting of executions and the guilty verdicts in the Ahmaud Arbery case have given us the slightest bit of hope for change. Work Ahead of Biden's Democracy Summit, China Says: We're Also a Democracy Beijing argues that its system represents a distinctive form of democracy, one that has dealt better than the West with challenges like the pandemic. Work Hong Kong fintech unicorn WeLab raises $240M to buy Indonesian bank A virtual bank is soon coming to Indonesia. WeLab, a Hong Kong-based fintech unicorn, announced Tuesday its acquisition of Bank Jasa Jakarta (BJJ), an Indonesian commercial bank. With the deal, WeLab is planning to launch a digital bank to capture the countrys enormous unbanked population in Work New York's workers must all have vaccine by 27 December The city's mayor is introducing a vaccine mandate for all private sector employees from 27 December. Work China attacks US diplomatic boycott of Winter Games as 'travesty' of Olympic spirit | China | The Guardian Beijing dismisses no-show and says American officials had not been invited in the first place, as other countries consider their positions Work Antiquities for auction could be illicitly sourced, archaeologist claims | Archaeology | The Guardian Etruscan bronze attachments in Sothebys sale and and Bonhams Sardinian lamp said to match items in convicted dealers archives Work As many as 6 million eligible Britons may not have had a Covid jab. 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Work Raven Software developers walk off the job to protest QA layoffs | Ars Technica Strikers demand 12 laid-off colleagues "must be offered full time positions." Work How a carbon tax can fight inequality and climate change | Ars Technica Carbon taxes dont need to come at the expense of lower-income people. Work Biden Focuses on How Spending Bill Would Lower Drug Costs President Biden emphasized how the bill would lower prescription drug costs, an issue his administration hopes will build support for the broader package. Work Hyun Sook Han, Korean Social Worker and Adoption Pioneer, Dies at 83 Over three decades, she placed thousands of Korean orphans with families in the Midwest and made sure the children never forgot their heritage. Work 2021 Mercedes-AMG GT43: Entry Level AMG Fun The GT43 sits in the shadow of its two bigger brothers. The fully chested V8 powered GT63 and the superb inline six powered GT53. 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India Multibagger penny stock turns 1 lakh to 1 crore in 16 months Multibagger stock: If an investor had invested 1 lakh in this penny stock one year ago and had remained invested in it throughout this period, its 1 lakh would have turned to 68 lakh today India PNB plans to raise up to Rs 2,000 cr through additional AT1 bonds | Business Standard News Bond dealers said the base size of the offering is for Rs 500 crore with a green shoe option of Rs 1,500 crore India Why is Jeff Bezos investing in this Indian's Indonesian Startup Companies News: SINGAPORE: "Frictionless payment and offering credit to retailers so that they can more efficiently manage their cashflow are critical components of m. India Charge+Zone raises a cumulative $10 mn from Venture Catalysts, others | VCCircle Charge+Zone, an electric vehicle (EV) charging startup, has raised $10 million (around Rs 75 crore) in a bridge funding round India Rakesh Jhunjhunwala-backed Metro Brands to launch IPO this week. 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