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Does Spain’s popular Eurovision song ‘Zorra’ insult women or defend them?

MADRID (AP) — Spain’s Eurovision song “Zorra,” whose title can be translated as an anti-female slur, is causing a storm among conservatives and feminists while Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez says he likes it. The song by the duo Nebulossa was chosen Saturday as Spain’s offering for the Eurovision song contest in May. The music platform Spotify had it as …

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Canucks visit the Bruins after Lindholm’s 2-goal game

Vancouver Canucks (34-11-5, first in the Pacific Division) vs. Boston Bruins (31-10-9, first in the Atlantic Division) Boston; Thursday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: The Vancouver Canucks visit the Boston Bruins after Elias Lindholm scored two goals in the Canucks’ 3-2 win over the Carolina Hurricanes. Boston is 31-10-9 overall and 16-5-3 in home games. The Bruins have gone 30-3-5 …

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UN aid chief says warring Sudan generals agreed to talk on humanitarian issues. He’s still waiting

GENEVA (AP) — A top U.N. official said Wednesday that the two generals in Sudan whose forces have been at war for the last 10 months assured him recently that they would attend a meeting in Switzerland to discuss humanitarian issues and Sudan’s beleaguered civilians. “I’m still waiting to see when that happens,” Martin Griffiths, the U.N. undersecretary for humanitarian …

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