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Topic 1 Market Grows for Products Made With Recycled CarbonDiamonds, sunglasses and sports clothing can be made using carbon dioxide, or CO2, one of the major gases causing the Earth’s atmosphere to warm.
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Topic 2 Robots Speed up Greece’s Mail ServiceA group of small robots are helping speed up mail delivery service in Greece’s capital city of Athens.
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Topic 3 Dubai’s Food Delivery Services Are More Dangerous for Their WorkersActivists are worried about a growing number of deaths and injuries among food delivery riders in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.
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Topic 4 Paying Real Money for Virtual ClothingAn avatar is an electronic image that represents a certain person in a video game. So people who play video games want their avatars to look good.
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Topic 5 Unvaccinated French Health Care Workers Face SuspensionHealth care workers in France now face suspension from their jobs if they have not been vaccinated against COVID-19, say new rules that went into effect Wednesday, September 15.
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Topic 6 In Nigeria, New Money in Used TiresNigeria depends heavily on money from its oil exports. But businesswoman Ifedolapo Runsewe has identified another local resource that brings in money: used car tires.
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Topic 7 Independent Bookstores Survive the Pandemic, So FarAmerica’s independent booksellers have, so far, avoided the disaster that many feared would come during the first year of the pandemic.
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Topic 8 Drought Could Hurt Meat Production in North America for YearsFarmers who raise cattle are losing money in areas from western Canada to the states of northern Mexico.
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Topic 9 Half Of US Cosmetics Contain Toxic ChemicalsMore than half of the cosmetics sold in the United States and Canada have dangerous chemicals connected with serious health conditions.
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Topic 10 Bay Area Finds Remote Work Is Easier to Begin Than EndTechnology companies that led the change into remote work when the pandemic started are facing a new difficulty: how, when, or if they should bring employees back into the office.
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Topic 11 In Asia, Supply, Power Shortages Hurt GrowthMany Asian countries that depend on exports are facing supply shortages, power cuts and other problems.
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Topic 12 China’s Technology Workers Get UnionsTwo major Chinese technology companies, Didi Global and Jd.com, set up labor groups for their employees this week.
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Topic 13 American Companies Rent Robots to Small FactoriesBetter technology and rising wages are leading an increase in sales of robots to big companies all across America.
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Topic 14 Japanese Scientists Create Lab-grown Wagyu BeefJapan’s famous Wagyu beef can cost more than $400 for a kilogram. Now, however, it may become less costly as scientists plan to introduce a lab-grown copy.
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Topic 15 Temporary Work Apps Gain Popularity During the PandemicComputer apps that permit people to work for short periods at jobs that require little or no training are becoming popular.
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Topic 16 Europe's Governments Set to Spend Billions as Energy Crisis DeepensEurope is being hit with very unusual, recovery-related energy increases.
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Topic 17 US Businesses Give in to Worker Demands to Keep EmployeesAs many American businesses struggle to fill jobs, some have started negotiating demands that used to be non-negotiable for most hourly employees.
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Topic 18 Facebook to Hire 10,000 in EU to Help Build the ‘Metaverse’Facebook says it plans to hire 10,000 workers in the European Union over the next five years to help build the “metaverse.”
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Topic 19 Costs of Goods, Services Increase around the WorldWith coronavirus restrictions easing in some places, companies around the world are struggling to find workers, ships, parts and fuel.
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Topic 20 Indian Barbers Turn Haircuts into ArtTwo brothers who cut hair in northern India are offering more than just the usual haircut. They are making art.
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