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+# Copyright (c) 2022 Cisco and/or its affiliates.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at:
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+"""Instantiate the News Dash application.
+"""
+import dash
+
+from ..utils.constants import Constants as C
+from .layout import Layout
+
+
+def init_news(server):
+    """Create a Plotly Dash dashboard.
+
+    :param server: Flask server.
+    :type server: Flask
+    :returns: Dash app server.
+    :rtype: Dash
+    """
+
+    dash_app = dash.Dash(
+        server=server,
+        routes_pathname_prefix=C.NEWS_ROUTES_PATHNAME_PREFIX,
+        external_stylesheets=C.EXTERNAL_STYLESHEETS,
+        title=C.NEWS_TITLE
+    )
+
+    layout = Layout(
+        app=dash_app,
+        html_layout_file=C.HTML_LAYOUT_FILE,
+        data_spec_file=C.DATA_SPEC_FILE,
+        tooltip_file=C.TOOLTIP_FILE,
+    )
+    dash_app.index_string = layout.html_layout
+    dash_app.layout = layout.add_content()
+
+    return dash_app.server