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ARM: UK-based chip designer sold to Nvidia

The Cambridge-based company's technology helps power most smartphones among many other gadgets.


Coronavirus: WHO reports record daily rise in new infections

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Image caption India has the second largest number of confirmed cases in the world

The World Health Organization (WHO) has recorded a record one-day rise in the number of new coronavirus infections, with 307,930 reported over 24 hours.

The agency said that deaths rose by more than 5,500, bringing the global total to 917,417.

The biggest increases in infections were reported in India, the US and Brazil.

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Nigeria's slave descendants prevented from marrying who they want

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How her own illness led one woman to set up a global firm

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Image caption Jules Miller started to research dietary supplements with her grandfather

The BBC's weekly The Boss series profiles different business leaders from around the world. This week we speak to Jules Miller, founder of dietary supplements firm The Nue Co.

Jules Miller says she became so ill that she had internal bleeding.

"I was exhausted, bloated, I wasn't living a normal life anymore. That's when I started to think about food, wellness and supplements."

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Coronavirus: Israel to impose three-week national lockdown

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