Taylor Swift urges Americans to vote on Super Tuesday
Much speculation has swirled around megastar Taylor Swift's potential power in the US presidential election, and on Tuesday she toe-dipped in, urging her fans to vote.
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Japan's Riken Yamamoto wins Pritzker prize for architecture
Japanese architect Riken Yamamoto was awarded the Pritzker prize for architecture on Tuesday, the organizers said in a statement, praising his "reassuring style."
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Ireland face 'Catch-22' with India opener at T20 World Cup
Ireland coach Heinrich Malan said Tuesday that this summer's T20 World Cup would be special but it was a "Catch-22 situation" that his team would be playing India in their opening match.
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Budget crisis forces UK's Birmingham towards service cuts, tax hikes
Councillors in the UK's second-largest city Birmingham were poised Tuesday to approve tax hikes and deep cuts to public services that could include axed arts funding and reduced rubbish collection, as the city fights to avoid bankruptcy.
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Blinken calls on Hamas to accept 'immediate ceasefire' in Gaza
The US top diplomat called on Hamas on Tuesday to accept a plan for an "immediate ceasefire" with Israel as mediators met for a third day in Cairo in efforts to end almost five months of fighting.
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Dutch get first Holocaust museum, as anti-Semitism spikes
Eighty years after World War II, the Netherlands is poised to open its first Holocaust museum, hoping to raise awareness at a time when the Gaza war has driven up anti-Semitism.
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Simona Halep: 'Anti-diva' of tennis cleared for return from doping ban
When Simona Halep stunned Serena Williams to win the 2019 Wimbledon title, the gutsy Romanian was one of the All England Club's more popular champions, cementing her standing as tennis's "anti-diva".
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Halep free to return after four-year doping ban reduced by CAS
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Tuesday reduced the four-year doping ban imposed on Romania's former world number one Simona Halep to nine months, which have already been served.
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Helmets, drones steal show as McNulty, UAE shine at Paris-Nice
American Brandon McNulty took the overall lead of the Paris-Nice stage race on Tuesday when his UAE Team Emirates won the team time-trial as aerodynamic helmets and speeding drones also hit the headlines.
Read moreBritish actress says suffered 'smear campaign' after accusing Polanski
British actress Charlotte Lewis on Tuesday told a French court she had been the victim of a "smear campaign" after she accused Franco-Polish filmmaker Roman Polanski of sexually abusing her as a teenager.
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