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  1. "It's not America first, it's steel first": former WTO chief on Trump's tariff plan.

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  2. Celebrities wearing black and powerful speeches - what to expect on Sunday night at the 90th Academy Awards. 📻

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  3. 9 hours ago

    All aboard London's Victorian railway for the dead. Find out more about the Necropolis 📻

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  4. Millions of genealogists all over the world have crowdsourced the largest family tree ever. 📻

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  5. "We have to take a hard look again at the assault weapons ban" says 📻

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  6. China’s Communist Party has recommended that the constitution be amended to allow President Xi Jinping to serve for longer than two terms. Here's what makes of it. 📻

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  7. 13 hours ago

    Many people love singing even if they can't hold a tune. 🎶

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  8. Our Global News Podcast brings you the most important news stories from across the BBC World Service. Listen/download: 📻

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  9. How Razan Alsous went from war in Syria to cheese-making in Yorkshire. 📻

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  10. 16 hours ago

    This prison is in Norway. Is it a "luxury prison" or the best way to prepare offenders for life outside? More here:

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  11. "We were never allowed to be in a bad mood... we weren't allowed girlfriends." In the late 1990s/ early 00s, was a global heart-throb.

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  12. "A series of S-shaped figures on her shoulder... often associated with ceremonial activities." Archaeologist Daniel Antoine describes the earliest evidence of body art in the world.

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  13. When Nite Yun opened her restaurant in California. She found that the process helped her parents open up about their past. 📻

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  14. 20 hours ago

    Artist wants to show the world Ethiopia's brighter side through her photography.

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  15. 21 hours ago

    George Corones has smashed the 50m freestyle swimming world record for the 100-104 age category. He clocked 56.12 seconds – shaving 35 seconds off the previous record. His son Harry was there to cheer him on. 🏊

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  16. Raghad Haddad decided not to return to Syria, while performing in a musical tour of Europe. However, a chance at a new life initially meant leaving her husband and child behind. 📻

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  17. Mar 1

    How should the world react to President Putin's announcement of a new array of "invincible" nuclear weapons? Here's the view of

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  18. What was it like to be one of China's 'barefoot doctors' in the 1970s? Fresh out of high school, Gordon Liu learned basic medicine and cared for 500 villagers 📻

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  19. Do you know your ‘cwtch’ from your ‘hwl’? To mark Saint David’s Day (the national day of Wales) here are some essential Welsh words 📻

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  20. China's Beijing Guoan FC has reportedly bought for around $90 million. 📻

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