Lawmakers considered the goldfinch. Kids liked the scarlet tanager best. The whole thing took more than three decades.

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US President Donald Trump has once again flouted the possibility of forcibly relocating Palestinians from the Gaza Strip – this time to Morocco, the unrecognised ...

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