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  • EntertainmentBBC

    Beyoncé: Singer praised for 'impressive' country album Cowboy Carter

    Critics and fans have welcomed the singer's new album Cowboy Carter, which was released on Friday.

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  • NewsReuters

    After veto, Russia says big powers need to stop 'strangling' North Korea

    Russia said on Friday that major powers needed a new approach to North Korea, accusing the United States and its allies of ratchetting up military tensions in Asia and seeking to "strangle" the reclusive state. Russia vetoed the annual renewal of a panel of experts monitoring enforcement of longstanding United Nations sanctions against North Korea over its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programmes. Moscow's move, which strikes a blow at the enforcement of a myriad of UN sanctions impose

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  • US PoliticsThe Canadian Press

    AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Arkansas' state house primary runoffs

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters in three Arkansas state House districts will return to the polls Tuesday to complete some unfinished business from the March 5 primaries, including one race in which Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders and her father, former Gov. Mike Huckabee, are supporting different candidates. The top two finishers from races in which no candidate received a majority of the vote in the primary will compete in runoff elections for a spot on the November ballot. In southwestern Arka

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  • US PoliticsThe Canadian Press

    AP Decision Notes: What to expect in the April 2 presidential and state primaries

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters in the pivotal swing state of Wisconsin and three Northeastern states will have a chance to indicate their support or opposition to their parties’ presumptive nominees in presidential primaries Tuesday. Wisconsin voters will also decide the fate of two Republican-backed statewide ballot measures that will shape how elections in the state are run and funded. Farther south, Arkansas and Mississippi voters will return to the polls to decide a handful of legislative seats th

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  • US PoliticsBBC

    Biden hosts star-studded NYC fundraiser with Obama and Clinton

    The star-studded event was projected to raise $26m, as the Democrat extends his fundraising lead over Donald Trump.

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  • NewsBBC

    Jacob Zuma crash: Car of South Africa's ex-president hit by drunk driver

    He was unhurt after a drunk driver collided with his armoured vehicle, police say.

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  • SportsBBC

    Women's Six Nations 2024: Wales wing Jasmine Joyce is ruled by injury for England game

    Star Wales wing Jasmine Joyce is out of their Women's Six Nations game against England in Bristol on Saturday.

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