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Marvin Gaye: Never-before heard music resurfaces in Belgium
31 Mar 2024Lawyer says there are 66 demos of new songs on a cache of cassette tapes that have lain hidden in Belgium for more than 40 years.
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Australian reportedly among UN peacekeepers hit by shelling in Lebanon
Lebanese state media reported that an Israeli drone strike was behind the explosion, but the Israeli military denied it was responsible.
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Look again: How to bring the sparkle back to life
31 Mar 2024The secret to appreciating your circumstances can be as simple as taking a break, a top neuroscientist says. Audio
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US Powerball jackpot grows to NZ$1.6 billion ahead of drawing
31 Mar 2024The prize, the fifth-largest in the history of the game, has been growing steadily since the last jackpot was hit on New Year's Day.
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Man arrested as hostage situation in Dutch nightclub ends
31 Mar 2024Residents in about 150 homes around the area were evacuated and the town centre was closed down.
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Death of 8-year-old girl sparks mob violence in Mexico
31 Mar 2024A woman that locals believed was responsible for the death was fatally beaten in broad daylight.
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Japanese factory searched over deaths possibly linked to dietary supplements
30 Mar 2024Japanese health officials have searched a pharmaceutical factory in Osaka after the drugmaker reported five deaths possibly linked to dietary supplements, an official said.
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Malaysian mini-marts attacked after religious outcry over socks
30 Mar 2024A Molotov cocktail was thrown into a Malaysian convenience store, police said, after heads of the chain were charged with offences for selling socks with the word "Allah" printed on them.
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The ancient Roman alternative to daylight savings time
30 Mar 2024In ancient Rome, an hour was not a consistent unit of time - it stretched or shrank depending on the season.
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Mirror suits and serenades: The allure of Chris Isaak
30 Mar 2024Even a famous singer like Chris Isaak suffers from imposter syndrome - 'I write music and then I go: 'Who wants to hear this?' But I can't help myself,' he tells RNZ's Music 101. Audio
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Ewe won't baah-lieve it - Inside the secret lives of sheep
As animals go, the sheep might be considered by some as the perfect embodiment of docility, but they're not mundane mindless mammals - not in the slightest. Video
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War a real threat and Europe not ready, warns Poland's PM
30 Mar 2024If Ukraine is defeated by Russia, nobody in Europe will be able to feel safe, the Polish prime minister says.
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Pope skips Good Friday procession 'to preserve his health'
30 Mar 2024The increasingly frail Pope uses a cane or wheelchair to move around and suffers from repeated bouts of bronchitis and influenza.
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'Major logistics exercise' to deliver humanitarian aid from NZ to Gaza
30 Mar 2024Muslim leaders in New Zealand admit it has been an uphill task to get food aid into Gaza amid the humanitarian crisis there.
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Trump asks appeals court to overturn ruling on Georgia prosecutor
30 Mar 2024The former US president wants the district attorney prosecuting him for trying to overturn his 2020 election defeat disqualified over a romantic relationship.
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Northern Irish political leader quits over sex offence charges
30 Mar 2024The leader of the Democratic Unionist Party has been charged with "allegations of an historical nature".
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Baltimore bridge: Massive US crane to haul wreckage after deadly collapse
30 Mar 2024The largest crane on the eastern US seaboard is heading to Baltimore to launch a massive clean-up effort after the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse.
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Indian gangster-politician dies after cardiac arrest
30 Mar 2024Mukhtar Ansari had been in jail since 2005 and had more than 60 criminal cases against him, 15 of which included murder charges.
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Louis Gossett Jr: First black man to win supporting actor Oscar dies
30 Mar 2024The actor won the Academy Award for An Officer and a Gentleman and also appeared in Roots and the 2023 remake ofThe Color Purple.
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Stay! Germany denies reports of sausage dog ban
29 Mar 2024"Sausage Dogs to be banned in Germany," screamed headlines in the UK this week.
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Climate change could affect how we keep time, study says
29 Mar 2024Melting ice caps are slowing the Earth's rotation. Here's what that means for us.
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Harvard University removes human skin binding from book
29 Mar 2024The binding no longer belongs in the university's collections "due to the ethically fraught nature of the book's origins".
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Protesters interrupt Biden, Obama, Clinton fundraiser
29 Mar 2024When a protester interrupted Barack Obama, the former president snapped back: "You can't just talk and not listen...That's what the other side does."
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'Not even safe in our own homes' - AFL legend's family targeted in racist attack
29 Mar 2024The Aussie Rules champion says Aboriginal kids "deserve to be able to play safely, free from racism and abuse over the fence".
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