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DARMSTADT, GERMANY - MARCH 19: A student sits the English school leaving examination (Abitur) at the Berthold Brecht School on March 19, 2020 in Darmstadt, Germany. It is the first day of the university-entrance diploma exams in Hesse. Due to the coronavirus outbreak, all schools in Germany are closed, however, it has been decided that the Abitur should take place with the necessary safety precautions in place. Everyday life in Germany has become fundamentally altered as authorities tighten measures to stem the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19). (Photo by Thomas Lohnes/Getty Images)

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A customer walks down a skincare aisle at an Ulta Beauty Inc. store in New York, U.S., on Thursday, May 31, 2018. Ulta reported late Thursday??that its comparable sales rose 8.1 percent in the first quarter from??a year earlier. The increase was driven by all the right things: A booming 48 percent increase in digital sales,??as well as 5.1 percent growth in transactions and a 3 percent increase in average ticket. Photographer: Gabby Jones/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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Plastic chemicals linked to hundreds of thousands of deaths worldwide

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