add keyword arguments support to str/unicode encode and decode #6300
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 0ce1168..66ee553 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
 Core and Builtins
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+- Issue #6300: unicode.encode, unicode.docode, str.decode, and str.encode now
+  take keyword arguments.
+
 - Issue #6922: Fix an infinite loop when trying to decode an invalid
   UTF-32 stream with a non-raising error handler like "replace" or "ignore".