import unicodedata


def remove_accents(input_str: str) -> str:
    """Remove accents from unicode string, return unicode string.

    [https://stackoverflow.com/questions/517923/what-is-the-best-way-to-remove-accents-normalize-in-a-python-unicode-string]
    """
    nfkd = unicodedata.normalize("NFKD", input_str)
    return "".join([c for c in nfkd if not unicodedata.combining(c)])