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Harvard removes human skin binding from book after more than 90 years

Prestigious Harvard University has removed human skin from the binding of a book held for over 90 years at one of its libraries.
Gates of Harvard University in America

Beyoncé releases her long-awaited country album Cowboy Carter

Beyoncé has been a showbiz fixture for nearly three decades, but for all the caps she's worn, the Houston-bred megastar's cowboy hat has stayed within reach.
Image of Beyonce sitting on a white horse, wearing a red, white and blue outfit, a cowboy hat and holding an American flag

Former Fiji leader Frank Bainimarama avoids jail time despite guilty verdict

The court cited the 69-year-old's poor health in granting him a reprieve.
head shot of Fiji's former Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama wearing Fiji Rugby Union shirt taken at the 2019 FRU

A simple question asked just seconds before disaster: 'Is there a crew at work on the bridge right now?'

A night shift in freezing temperatures, repairing potholes on a bridge used by tens of thousands — with two recovering, two dead and four more still missing, families wait for answers. 
People stand under trees looking at the wreckage of a cargo ship

Video shows the moment a shopper in China is swallowed up as the floor collapses

The woman was shopping on the second level of a mall in the city of Zhenjiang in Jiangsu province when a security camera captured the incident.
Collapsed floor in China mall. 

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