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      Dolly Parton celebrated by DUP MP Jim Shannon in Parliament

      Jim Shannon submits an motion in the House of Commons to honour the popular American country star.

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      Afghan unlawful killings inquiry ‘critical to restoring reputation of armed forces’

      The inquiry is critical to restoring the reputation of the military and the country, says its chair.

    • Entertainment
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      Bafta TV Awards 2023: This is Going to Hurt and The Responder lead nominations

      Ben Whishaw's This Is Going To Hurt and Martin Freeman's The Responder have six TV nominations each.

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      Egyptian referee Farouk suspended for using spectator's mobile phone to disallow goal

      Egyptian referee Mohamed Farouk is suspended for using a spectator's mobile phone to disallow a goal

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      Presidential waiting game: GOP hopefuls hold off campaigns

      NEW YORK (AP) — They are meeting with campaign donors and giving frequent interviews on cable news. They’re delivering speeches in early voting states like Iowa and New Hampshire and hobnobbing with local Republican groups. Some are even quietly discussing campaign jobs with political operatives. But don't call them presidential candidates — at least, not yet. From Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to former Vice President Mike Pence and South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, there appears to be little rush to

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      Braintree fly-tipping suspects caught on camera dumping rubbish

      A former police officer who took the photos warned 'we will get absolutely annihilated with rubbish' due to trade waste disposal regulations

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      Uganda Anti-Homosexuality bill: Life in prison for saying you're gay

      The legislation makes it an offence to simply identify as gay, and obliges relatives to alert police.

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      Quick spring refreshes: Making the old place feel like new

      Maybe you had hoped to be in a new home this year but were deterred by high housing prices. Maybe it's just the arrival of spring that's got you looking around your rooms and wanting something fresh. To make the old place feel like a new place, or just an updated place, designers and home editors say there's lots you can do without spending a lot of money. Those include switching out a few furnishings or decorative items, rearranging others, and perhaps changing the purpose of a room. A DIFFEREN

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      Sen. Scott poised to give 2024 'political update' to donors

      COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Republican Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina is inching ever closer to a presidential bid in 2024, scheduling his latest swing through early-voting states before returning home afterward to give donors a “political update." According to an invitation obtained by The Associated Press, Scott will meet with donors to hold what's being advertised as a “Faith in America Summit” next month in Charleston. The schedule notes a reception and dinner on April 14, as well as “breakfast,

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      Transgender youth: 'Forced outing' bills make schools unsafe

      TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Al Stone-Gebhardt worked hard in school to make sure he graduates in May, and he spent hundreds of dollars on commencement regalia, but he is fully prepared not to participate in the ceremony. The 17-year-old, who is transgender, said he fears his high school, Tulsa Union, might use his deadname — the name he was given at birth but no longer uses — on his diploma and during the ceremony instead of his legally changed name. He has had teachers call him by his birth name, somet

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      Afcon 2023: 'Nothing is impossible' - Gernot Rohr targets World Cup after taking charge of Benin

      After taking charge of a fifth African nation, Gernot Rohr sees "great potential" in his new team before Afcon qualifiers.

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      The Canadian Press

      Macron wants French pension plan implemented by end of year

      PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron said Wednesday that the pension bill he pushed through without a vote in parliament needs to be implemented by the "end of the year,” sticking to his decision to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 despite mass protests. Macron, who made the comments in an interview broadcast on national television, said the bill will “continue its democratic path.” The Constitutional Council needs to review the bill in the coming weeks, and it can only be turned

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      BBC

      Culture Club to pay 'expelled' ex-drummer Jon Moss £1.75m

      Jon Moss had been due to take his ex-bandmates to court in a dispute over the group's earnings.

    • News
      The Canadian Press

      World Bank approves $7 billion loan to support Egypt reforms

      CAIRO (AP) — The World Bank said Wednesday it approved a $7 billion loan to support Egypt’s push to empower the private sector and enhance its efforts to combat the impacts of climate change. The loan, approved Tuesday by the World Bank’s board of executive directors, is separate from a bailout loan from the International Monetary Fund, which Egypt secured in December. In a statement, the World Bank said funds will be delivered over the next five years and would help Egypt generate “more and bet

    • Science
      The Canadian Press

      Behind massive seaweed belt headed for some Atlantic beaches

      WASHINGTON (AP) — A 5,000-mile seaweed belt lurking in the Atlantic Ocean is expected in the next few months to wash onto beaches in the Caribbean Sea, South Florida, and the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico. The Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt — as the biomass stretching from West Africa to the Gulf of Mexico is called — contains scattered patches of seaweed on the open sea, rather than one continuous blob of sargassum. It's not a new occurrence, but satellite images captured in February showed an ear

    • News
      The Canadian Press

      Tear gas, clashes as Lebanon protesters try to storm govt HQ

      BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese security forces Wednesday fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of protesters, mainly retired soldiers, who tried to break through the fence leading to the government headquarters in downtown Beirut. The violence came amid widespread anger over the harsh economic conditions in the country, where mismanagement by the ruling class has been rampant for years, preceding the economic meltdown that started in late 2019. The retired soldiers and policemen demanding better pay clash

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      The Canadian Press

      UK opens inquiry into unlawful killing claims in Afghanistan

      LONDON (AP) — A senior judge launched an independent inquiry Wednesday to investigate whether U.K. military police covered up or did not properly probe allegations of unlawful killings by British armed forces in Afghanistan from 2010 to 2013. Britain's government ordered the inquiry after lawyers brought legal challenges on behalf of the families of eight Afghans who were allegedly killed by British special forces during nighttime raids in in 2011 and 2012. Senior judge Charles Haddon-Cave said

    • Entertainment
      The Canadian Press

      Once a TV show, 'Smash' to make its Broadway bow in 2024

      NEW YORK (AP) — The glitzy, fictional Broadway musical about the life of Marilyn Monroe that formed the heart of the TV show “Smash” will make the leap to an actual Broadway stage next season. Producers said Wednesday that “Smash” is slated for Broadway in the 2024-25 season, welcome news to many of the show's fans and the Broadway community who embraced its look at the inner workings of their industry. “'Smash' is near and dear to my heart, and it was always my hope that a musical inspired by t

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      The Canadian Press

      Ukrainian civilians killed by Russian missiles and drones

      KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s president posted video Wednesday showing what he said was a Russian missile slamming into an apartment building in the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia, killing at least one person, after Moscow's forces launched exploding drones before dawn that killed another seven at a student dormitory near Kyiv. The video posted by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to Telegram appeared to be from CCTV cameras that captured the moment a missile hit the nine-story residential block

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      BBC

      Police surround NY Courthouse and DC Capitol in case of Trump arrest

      Police in New York, Washington DC and Los Angeles are prepared to mobilise if Trump is arrested.

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      Report: 119K people hurt by riot-control weapons since 2015

      SALEM, Ore. (AP) — More than 119,000 people have been injured by tear gas and other chemical irritants around the world since 2015 and some 2,000 suffered injuries from “less lethal” impact projectiles, according to a report released Wednesday. The study by Physicians for Human Rights and the International Network of Civil Liberties Organizations, in collaboration with the Omega Research Foundation, took 2 1/2 years to research. It provides a rare partial count of casualties, compiled from medic

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      The Canadian Press

      Japan's Kishida pledges aid for Ukraine-backing Poland

      WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Japan's prime minister pledged Wednesday to provide Poland with development support to help the European country assist neighboring Ukraine as it defends itself from Russia's invasion. Polish Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki hosted Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Warsaw a day after Kishida made a surprise visit to Kyiv and met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. “Bearing in mind the increasing burden on Poland due to the prolonged invasion of Ukra

    • Science
      The Canadian Press

      EXPLAINER: Behind big seaweed belt lurking for some beaches

      WASHINGTON (AP) — A 5,000-mile seaweed belt lurking in the Atlantic Ocean is expected in the next few months to wash onto beaches in the Caribbean Sea, South Florida, and the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico. The Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt — as the biomass stretching from West Africa to the Gulf of Mexico is called — contains scattered patches of seaweed on the open sea, rather than one continuous blob of sargassum. It's not a new occurrence, but satellite images captured in February showed an ear

    • Lifestyle
      BBC

      Marine reptile fossil found by dog 16 years ago goes on show

      A plesiosaur skeleton is displayed after being unearthed from a rock bed and painstakingly restored.

    • News
      The Canadian Press

      Sotheby's hopes for record sale of ancient Hebrew Bible

      JERUSALEM (AP) — One of the oldest surviving biblical manuscripts, a nearly complete 1,100-year-old Hebrew Bible, could soon be yours — for a cool $30 million. The Codex Sassoon, a leather-bound, handwritten parchment tome containing almost the entirety of the Hebrew Bible, is set to go on the block at Sotheby’s in New York in May. Its anticipated sale speaks to the still bullish market for art, antiquities and ancient manuscripts even in a worldwide bear economy. Sotheby’s is drumming up intere

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