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[Link] Protests break out at Covid-hit iPhone factory in China

Read: 23/11/2022 www.theguardian.com

Large-scale protests broke out at Foxconn’s vast iPhone factory in Zhengzhou, central China, images circulating on Weibo and Twitter appeared to show.

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[Link] Unique potatoes, dedicated farmers behind one of Australia's longest running chip snacks

Read: 8/8/2021 www.abc.net.au

It takes 120 days from planting to harvesting to create a product that can be consumed within minutes, but the journey of these spuds stretches back even further.

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