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By Marie Mannes, Alessandro Parodi and Stine Jacobsen STOCKHOLM/GDANSK (Reuters) - Northvolt's financial collapse deals a blow to Europe's plan to set up its own battery industry to power electric cars, stirring a debate about whether it needs to do more to attract investment as startups struggle to catch up with Chinese rivals. Europe's biggest hope for an electric vehicle battery champion filed for U.S. Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Thursday after talks with investors and creditors including Volkswagen and Goldman Sachs for funding failed. The Swedish company, whose motto is "make oil history", has received more than $10 billion in equity, debt and public financing since its 2016 start-up. Volkswagen and Goldman Sachs each own about one fifth of its shares. Northvolt said on Friday it needed $1.0-$1.2 billion in new funds under the restructuring process, which it hopes will end by the end of March. In recent months, it has shrunk the business and cut jobs in a bid to shore up its finances. But it has struggled to produce sufficient volumes of high-quality batteries, and lost a 2 billion euro ($2.1 billion) contract from BMW in June. That has left Europe's ambitions to build its own battery industry looking a distant dream. In recent years, Northvolt led a wave of European startups investing tens of billions of dollars to serve the continent's automakers as they switch from internal combustion engines to electric vehicles. But growth in EV demand is moving at a slower pace than many in the industry projected, and China has taken a huge lead in powering EVs, controlling 85% of global battery cell production, International Energy Agency data shows. Making batteries and cells, the units that store and convert chemical energy into electricity, is a delicate process and doing so at scale is a challenge for any battery maker. Northvolt has missed some in-house targets and curtailed production at its battery cells plant in northern Sweden, underscoring the difficulties, Reuters reported on Monday. "The biggest issue is that batteries are not easy to make and Northvolt haven’t satisfied the supply demands of their customers - that is a management issue," said Andy Palmer, founder of consultancy Palmer Automotive said. “The Chinese are technologically 10 years ahead of the West in batteries. That’s a fact," he said. At least eight companies have postponed or abandoned EV battery projects in Europe this year, including China's Svolt and joint venture ACC, led by Stellantis and Mercedes-Benz. In 2024, Europe's battery pipeline capacity out to 2030 has fallen by 176 gigawatt-hours, according to data firm Benchmark Minerals. That's equivalent to almost all the current installed capacity in Europe, according to Reuters calculations. RETHINK Some executives say Europe should do more to attract and support home-grown projects so they can compete with Chinese rivals such as CATL and BYD. "Europe needs to rethink how it supports a nascent sector before China eats up the entire value chain, which is due to smart planning," said James Frith, European head of Volta Energy Technologies, which specialises in battery and energy storage technology. Among its $5.8 billion in debts, Northvolt owes the European Investment Bank (EIB) some $313 million. EIB vice president Thomas Östros said it had been a constructive partner to Northvolt, but it needed to safeguard the EIB and EU's interests. "It remains the case that Europe has a strategic interest in a European battery industry for electric cars and we will follow developments very closely. But it is much to early to say what the outcome will be," he said. The Swedish government has repeatedly said it does not plan to take a stake in Northvolt. On Friday, Northvolt's outgoing CEO and co-founder Peter Carlsson said he was a "little worried" Europe is giving up on its dream of competing with China. He said Europe would regret it in 20 years time if it retreated. "It's not a straight journey and right now, we're all in a bit of a down in that journey where there's more hesitations, there's more questions on the speed of the transition from the carmakers, from policymakers, from the investor community," he told reporters in a call. (Reporting by Marie Mannes in Stockholm, Stine Jacobsen in Copenhagen and Alessandro Parodi in Gdansk. Additional reporting by Simon Johnson in Stockholm. Writing by Josephine Mason. Editing by Mark Potter)
Practical gifts top Christmas list at 2 Cape Breton youth centres Rather than plastic toys and pricy electronics, children at two centres are asking for pillows, bedding and toothbrushes. This comes after their top wish last year was food in their stocking. Erin Pottie has the story.Arizona Cardinals Go routes have accounted for 26.8 percent of Marvin Harrison Jr.’s targets The NFL average is 14.4 percent for all wide receivers. Marv is good at these routes, so you’d expect him to earn more looks on them. But the Cardinals are also giving him a disproportionate amount of clearout routes. He has run a go route on 26.4 percent of his passing plays compared to 17.4 percent for all wide receivers. Atlanta Falcons Kyle Pitts has run a route on 70 percent of the Falcons’ dropbacks since Week 8 That would put Pitts at 19th among tight ends on the season. It’s not a terrible rank, but one of the biggest selling points with Pitts early in the year was that he ran every route, covering up his poor target rate of .16 on the season. Despite running fewer routes, his target rate has fallen to .13 since Week 8, tanking his target share to 11 percent. Buffalo Bills Josh Allen has topped 283 passing yards once The Bills have a negative pass rate over expected this year and rank 26th in pace. Allen has only attempted 40 passes in a game on time as well. He did so six times last year and five times in 2022. Carolina Panthers Bryce Young is Pro Football Focus’s No. 3 graded quarterback over the past three weeks Young is also eighth in EPA per play and 12th in CPOE over that stretch. He is taking fewer sacks and doesn’t have a single turnover since the Panthers’ bye (which was Week 11 so “past three weeks” is only two games but it sounds more impressive and we’re trying to give the guy his flowers here). Young did this against a solid Kansas City defense and a putrid Tampa Bay squad. He gets a tough test with a surging Philly defense this week. Chicago Bears Caleb Williams is 11th in EPA per play since Thomas Brown took over as interim offensive coordinator Williams was the QB27 before Brown took over. The rookie has put two of his best games on tape over the past two weeks with 596 yards, five touchdowns, and zero picks. PFF has charted him with a 74.1 passing grade since Brown donned the headset. That was at 61.5 before Brown. Cincinnati Bengals Chase Brown has seen all but one running back carry for the Bengals since Zack Moss was placed on injured reserve He also has the only running back target as well. Brown is a locked-in RB1 with Moss out of the lineup. Brown is 24 years old with two years left on his rookie deal and Moss is a cut candidate in the offseason. He has a strong case to be ranked as an RB1 in dynasty. Cleveland Browns Jameis Winston is averaging 336 yards per game That would be good for 5,712 yards over a 17-game season, 235 yards more than any other campaign in NFL history. His attempts pace would also be good for the NFL record over a full season. This fueled the trio of Cedric Tillman, Jerry Jeudy, and Elijah Moore to weekly WR3 rankings for a few weeks. With Tillman out, both Jeudy and Moore can be treated as WR2s. Dallas Cowboys Rico Dowdle has seen 70 percent of the Cowboys’ carries over the past two weeks Dowdle isn’t getting the full complement of routes but still has a healthy 10 percent target share in those games. He has 41 carries for 198 yards and a touchdown in his previous two games with an extra 23 yards on six receptions. Week 13 RB Fantasy Usage 1. Bijan Robinson (25.1 exp HPPR) 2. Jonathan Taylor (23.3) 3. Bucky Irving (22.4) 4. Josh Jacobs (21.6) 5. Alvin Kamara (19.5) 6. David Montgomery (18.7) 7. De'Von Achane (17.6) 8. Joe Mixon (17.5) 9. Rico Dowdle (17.2) This is RB1 stuff, folks. Detroit Lions Jahmyr Gibbs ran a season-low nine times Gibbs’ 27 percent carry share was also a season-low. His second-worst mark came two weeks ago. Both contests presented favorable game scripts for the Lions’ ground game, but that has been more beneficial for David Montgomery as of late. Montgomery had 36 carries for 163 yards and two scores in the pair of low-volume games for Gibbs. Green Bay Packers The Packers haven’t had a 20-point fantasy game from a receiver since Week 4 Green Bay has only had three such games this year and two came in Week 4. Jayden Reed and Dontayvion Wicks both broke out in a frantic comeback effort versus the Vikings. The Packers’ pass volume has remained low over the past two months and the targets are spread out nearly every week. Romeo Doubs is the only wideout with a target share north of 25 percent in even one game since Week 4. Doub is comfortably behind Reed and Christian Watson in yards per route run, so his high-volume games don’t always translate to spike weeks. Jacksonville Jaguars Mac Jones has still not completed a deep throw Jones is 0-of-11 on throws 20+ yards downfield this year. He is the only quarterback with more than eight such throws but no completions. Jones is also third-to-last in YPA on intermediate passes. He is, however, top-10 in YPA on attempts between one and nine yards downfield. Brian Thomas Jr. got home for fantasy managers last week with four catches for 76 yards and a score, all of which came from Jones, giving fantasy managers some hope that he will survive the Mac Jones era to close out the 2024 season. Kansas City Chiefs Isiah Pacheco saw 47 percent of the Chiefs’ carries in his first game in 10 weeks Pacheco returned from his leg and ankle injuries to run seven times for 44 yards. Kareem Hunt saw just as many carries but only ran for 15 yards. With Hunt offering no surplus value outside of a few yards and a cloud of dust, I fully expect Pacheco to take over the backfield by the end of the season. Las Vegas Raiders Brock Bowers’ 30.2 PPR points were the most for a rookie tight end since... Brock Bowers in Week 11 Bowers’ Week 11 total of 31.3 points is the most for a rookie tight end since 1995 while his Week 13 mark is a high dating back to 2006. He is one of seven tight ends to catch 10+ passes three times in one season and is on pace to set the record for receptions by a tight end. Los Angeles Chargers Ladd McConkey is 10th in total EPA among wide receivers For reference, McConkey is just ahead of Drake London, A.J. Brown, Zay Flowers, Garrett Wilson, and CeeDee Lamb on the list. As impressive as this is for Ladd, it’s also wildly concerning for Justin Herbert and the Chargers, who may be without the rookie this week. McConkey suffered a knee injury on Sunday and was listed as questionable to return late in the game. Los Angeles Rams Puka Nacua is third among wide receivers in yards per route run (3.1) and PFF receiving grade (90.4) Ncaua easily leads the league in targets per route run at .34. His knee injury robbed us of an incredible sophomore season, but all of the nerdy metrics say Nacua is a superstar. Miami Dolphins Tua Tagovailoa has the lowest time to throw (min. 300 dropbacks) for a quarterback under 38 years old in the past 14 years Tua’s 2.31 time to throw is a fraction of a second quicker than his 2023 mark. It’s faster than every quarterback with 300 dropbacks over the past nearly 15 years except for: 2020s Ben Roethlisberger Broncos Peyton Manning Bucs Tom Brady His 6.2 aDOT trails only Alex Smith’s mark of 5.9, set in 2015 with the Chiefs. That should give you an idea of what type of offense Miami is running. Minnesota Vikings Justin Jefferson has a 25 percent target share since T.J. Hockenson returned in Week 9 Jefferson’s air yards share is down to 30 percent. His splits pre and post-Hockenson are hard to look at. There are loads of other factors at play here. Jordan Addison missed time in the pre-Hockenson split, further juicing the numbers. Sam Darnold’s play has taken a hit lately. And Jefferson isn’t running as hot on touchdowns in recent weeks. Still, the volume metrics show a meaningful hit to Jefferson’s workload with the increase in target competition. New Orleans Saints Alvin Kamara is the only running back with over 200 expected fantasy points this year With 234 expected fantasy points to his name, Kamara is miles ahead of the No. 2 back. He is the only back with more than 100 expected points through the air and is on pace for a top-20 season over the past quarter-century in receiving expected points. That is all before the Saints lost Taysom Hill. New York Giants Malik Nabers is the WR6 in expected fantasy points since Week 7 As anyone who has rostered Nabers during that stretch knows, he is not the WR6 in actual fantasy points. In that category, he ranks 28th among wide receivers. With a banged-up line and terrible quarterback play, it’s hard to see how he turns things around this late in the season. Still the volume metrics...speak volumes about just how dominant Nabers could be in a different offense. I’m drafting Nabers at the 1/2 turn next year and there’s nothing you can do to stop me. New York Jets Breece Hall was held without a catch for the first time since Week 2 of the 2023 season Week 13 was just the third time in his career that Hall didn’t catch a pass. The first was when he suffered a torn ACL in 2022 and the second was in his second game back from said ACL tear. This time may also have been injury-related as Hall entered the weekend listed as questionable with a knee issue. The Jets dropped his route rate to 52 percent—his second-lowest mark of the year—and split the remaining routes between Braelon Allen and third-stringer Isaiah Davis. Davis caught his second, third, and fourth passes of the season, one of which was a touchdown. Philadelphia Eagles Grant Calcaterra had a 17 percent target share in three games without Dallas Goedert earlier this year He ran a route on 87 percent of Jalen Hurts’ dropbacks during that stretch and hit eight PPR points twice. His target share also rose in each subsequent start. Goedert is now expected to miss some time with a knee injury. There’s not much of a ceiling with Calcaterra, but there is a TE2 floor. Pittsburgh Steelers Russell Wilson’s 414 yards versus the Bengals are the second-most of his career Wilson is the QB15 in points per game dating back to his first start in Week 7. He ranks 11th in EPA per play and fourth in CPOE since taking over the starting gig. He gets a Browns defense that has fallen from grace this year and ranks 20th in EPA per dropback allowed. San Francisco 49ers Jauan Jennings hasn’t had a target share below 27 percent since Week 6 Jennings went down with an injury in Week 6 and didn’t return until Week 10, so the streak is “only” at four games. Still, that’s wildly impressive for a supposed third receiver playing alongside Deebo Samuel, George Kittle, and Christian McCaffrey. With CMC out of the picture and Deebo looking nothing like he did in previous years, Jennings is the 49ers’ clear No. 1 receiver to close the season. Seattle Seahawks Jaxon Smith-Njigba’s 15.3 aDOT was his highest of the year in games with DK Metcalf active JSN only saw four targets, but two of them were 20+ yards downfield. He had an underwhelming 14 percent target share but 30 percent of the air yards. Seattle has generally used Smith-Njigba as the underneath option and DK Metcalf as the deep threat when both are healthy. That was not the case in Week 13. Tampa Bay Buccaneers Cade Otton has a 16 percent target share and an eight percent air yards share since Mike Evans returned to the lineup Those numbers were at 30 percent and 26 percent with Evans out of the lineup. Evans and Chris Godwin were both sidelined after Week 7, thrusting Otton into the No. 1 receiver role for three weeks. Though Godwin won’t return, Evans alone is enough to relegate Otton to the TE2 ranks. Tennessee Titans Nick Westbrook-Ikhine has scored on 21 percent of his targets That is the highest rate for a wide receiver with at least 30 targets in the past 24 years, tying Chiefs wideout Marc Boerigter’s exact stat line (of targets and touchdowns) in 2002. NWI will lose the record on 30+ targets the next time he doesn’t catch a touchdown but is still chasing history for higher target thresholds.Alake pitches access to Nigeria’s mineral data to global investors
In a bid to boost the national economy, Prime Minister Hun Manet revised the roles and responsibilities of the deputy prime ministers of the Royal Government. The decree on the ‘Adjustment of the Arrangements and Distribution of Duties of RGC Leaders’ was signed by Prime Minister Hun Manet on November 27, and a statement was released by the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) on Tuesday. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of MLMUPC, Say Samal, has been assigned several key roles including the Chairman of the National Social Land Concession, the Chairman of the National Cadastral Commission, the Chairman of National Committee for the Management and Development of Cambodian Coastal Zone and the Co-Chair of the National Committee for Land Management and Urban Planning. Samal remains responsible for assisting the Prime Minister in the land management, urban planning, and construction sectors while continuing to serve as Chairman of the National Authority for Land Dispute Resolution. He is also tasked with carrying out other duties or special missions assigned by the Prime Minister, the statement noted. Similarly, Sok Chenda Sophea, Deputy Prime Minister and formerly Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MFAIC) has been tasked with supporting the Prime Minister in promoting economic and trade diversification, along with handling other special missions. Likewise, Prak Sokhonn, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of MFAIC will serve as the Acting Prime Minister in the absence of Mr Hun Manet and Neth Savoeun, Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the National Authority for Combating Drugs. Sokhonn will also assist the Premier in the field of foreign affairs and international cooperation, advising on the foreign policy framework, and overseeing adoption requests and citizenship applications. Additionally, he has been appointed Chairman of the National Committee for the Francophonie Summit, which Cambodia will host in 2026, while also handling other special missions assigned by the Prime Minister. Aun Pornmoniroth, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance (MEF), will act as the Prime Minister in the absence of Mr Hun Manet, Savoeun and Sokhonn accordingly. Pornmoniroth will remain the close assistant of the Premier in the economic and financial sectors, the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Policy Committee, the Chairman of the National Council for Social Protection and the Chairman of the Supreme National Economic Council. It may be informed that Sun Chanthol, Deputy Prime Minister and First Vice-Chairman of CDC, continues to oversee efforts to attract private investment and serves as Co-Chairman of the Cambodia-China Intergovernmental Coordination Committee, tasked with advancing the comprehensive strategic partnership. He also plays a pivotal role in the development of air transport and logistics for land and water, while holding the position of Chairman of the National Logistics Council.
The world stands at the dawn of a “third nuclear age” in which Britain is threatened by multiple dilemmas, the head of the armed forces has warned. But alongside his stark warning of the threats facing Britain and its allies, Admiral Sir Tony Radakin said there would be only a “remote chance” Russia would directly attack or invade the UK if the two countries were at war. The Chief of the Defence Staff laid out the landscape of British defence in a wide-ranging speech, after a minister warned the Army would be wiped out in as little as six months if forced to fight a war on the scale of the Ukraine conflict. The admiral cast doubt on the possibility as he gave a speech at the Royal United Services Institute (Rusi) defence think tank in London. He told the audience Britain needed to be “clear-eyed in our assessment” of the threats it faces, adding: “That includes recognising that there is only a remote chance of a significant direct attack or invasion by Russia on the United Kingdom, and that’s the same for the whole of Nato.” Moscow “knows the response will be overwhelming”, he added, but warned the nuclear deterrent needed to be “kept strong and strengthened”. Sir Tony added: “We are at the dawn of a third nuclear age, which is altogether more complex. It is defined by multiple and concurrent dilemmas, proliferating nuclear and disruptive technologies and the almost total absence of the security architectures that went before.” The first nuclear age was the Cold War, while the second was “governed by disarmament efforts and counter proliferation”, the armed forces chief said. He listed the “wild threats of tactical nuclear use” by Russia, China building up its weapon stocks, Iran’s failure to co-operate with a nuclear deal, and North Korea’s “erratic behaviour” among the threats faced by the West. But Sir Tony said the UK’s nuclear arsenal is “the one part of our inventory of which Russia is most aware and has more impact on (President Vladimir) Putin than anything else”. Successive British governments had invested “substantial sums of money” in renewing nuclear submarines and warheads because of this, he added. The admiral described the deployment of thousands of North Korean soldiers on Ukraine’s border alongside Russian forces as the year’s “most extraordinary development”. He also signalled further deployments were possible, speaking of “tens of thousands more to follow as part of a new security pact with Russia”. Defence minister Alistair Carns earlier said a rate of casualties similar to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine would lead to the army being “expended” within six to 12 months. He said it illustrated the need to “generate depth and mass rapidly in the event of a crisis”. In comments reported by Sky News, Mr Carns, a former Royal Marines colonel, said Russia was suffering losses of around 1,500 soldiers killed or injured a day. “In a war of scale – not a limited intervention, but one similar to Ukraine – our Army for example, on the current casualty rates, would be expended – as part of a broader multinational coalition – in six months to a year,” Mr Carns said in a speech at Rusi. He added: “That doesn’t mean we need a bigger Army, but it does mean you need to generate depth and mass rapidly in the event of a crisis.” Official figures show the Army had 109,245 personnel on October 1, including 25,814 volunteer reservists. Mr Carns, the minister for veterans and people, said the UK needed to “catch up with Nato allies” to place greater emphasis on the reserves. The Prime Minister’s official spokesman said Defence Secretary John Healey had previously spoken about “the state of the armed forces that were inherited from the previous government”. The spokesman said: “It’s why the Budget invested billions of pounds into defence, it’s why we’re undertaking a strategic defence review to ensure that we have the capabilities and the investment needed to defend this country.”
Chance of direct attack by Russia ‘remote’, says UK armed forces chiefPlayers must be assigned female at birth or have transitioned to female before going through male puberty to compete in LPGA tournaments or the eight USGA championships for females under new gender policies published Wednesday. The policies, which begin in 2025, follow more than a year of study involving medicine, science, sport physiology and gender policy law. The updated policies would rule out eligibility for Hailey Davidson, who missed qualifying for the U.S. Women's Open this year by one shot and came up short in LPGA Q-school. Davidson, who turned 32 on Tuesday, began hormone treatments when she was in her early 20s in 2015 and in 2021 underwent gender-affirming surgery, which was required under the LPGA's previous gender policy. She had won this year on a Florida mini-tour called NXXT Golf until the circuit announced in March that players had to be assigned female at birth. “Can't say I didn't see this coming,” Davidson wrote Wednesday on an Instagram story. “Banned from the Epson and the LPGA. All the silence and people wanting to stay ‘neutral’ thanks for absolutely nothing. This happened because of all your silence.” LPGA commissioner Mollie Marcoux Samaan, who is resigning in January, said the new gender policy "is reflective of an extensive, science-based and inclusive approach." By making it to the second stage of Q-school, Davidson would have had very limited status on the Epson Tour, the pathway to the LPGA. The LPGA and USGA say their policies were geared toward being inclusive of gender identities and expression while striving for equity in competition. The LPGA said its working group of experts advised that the effects of male puberty allowed for competitive advantages in golf compared with players who had not gone through puberty. “Our policy is reflective of an extensive, science-based and inclusive approach,” said LPGA Commissioner Mollie Marcoux Samaan, who announced Monday that she is resigning in January. "The policy represents our continued commitment to ensuring that all feel welcome within our organization, while preserving the fairness and competitive equity of our elite competitions.” Mike Whan, the former LPGA commissioner and now CEO of the USGA, said it developed the updated policy independently and later discovered it was similar to those used by swimming, track and field, and other sports. United States Golf Association CEO Mike Whan said the new policy will prevent anyone from having "a competitive advantage based on their gender." “It starts with competitive fairness as the North star,” Whan said in a telephone interview. “We tried not to get into politics, or state by state or any of that stuff. We just simply said, ‘Where would somebody — at least medically today — where do we believe somebody would have a competitive advantage in the field?’ And we needed to draw a line. “We needed to be able to walk into any women's event and say with confidence that nobody here has a competitive advantage based on their gender. And this policy delivers that.” The “Competitive Fairness Gender Policy” for the USGA takes effect for the 2025 championship season that starts with the U.S. Women's Amateur Four-Ball on May 10-14. Qualifying began late this year, though there were no transgender players who took part. “Will that change in the years to come as medicine changes? Probably,” Whan said. “But I think today this stacks up.” The LPGA “Gender Policy for Competition Eligibility” would apply to the LPGA Tour, Epson Tour, Ladies European Tour and qualifying for the tours. Players assigned male at birth must prove they have not experienced any part of puberty beyond the first stage or after age 12, whichever comes first, and then meet limitation standards for testosterone levels. The LPGA begins its 75th season on Jan. 30 with the Tournament of Champions in Orlando, Florida. Houston Rockets guard Jalen Green goes up for a dunk during the second half of an Emirates NBA cup basketball game against the Minnesota Timberwolves, Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr) South Carolina guard Maddy McDaniel (1) drives to the basket against UCLA forward Janiah Barker (0) and center Lauren Betts (51) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Sunday, Nov. 24, 2024, in Los Angeles. 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(AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson) Brazil's Amanda Gutierres, second right, is congratulated by teammate Yasmin, right, after scoring her team's first goal during a soccer international between Brazil and Australia in Brisbane, Australia, Thursday, Nov. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Pat Hoelscher) Las Vegas Raiders tight end Brock Bowers (89) tries to leap over Kansas City Chiefs cornerback Joshua Williams (2) during the first half of an NFL football game in Kansas City, Mo., Friday, Nov. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Ed Zurga) Luiz Henrique of Brazil's Botafogo, right. is fouled by goalkeeper Everson of Brazil's Atletico Mineiro inside the penalty area during a Copa Libertadores final soccer match at Monumental stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Saturday, Nov. 30, 2024. 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