The president’s keynote address in Largo, Maryland marks the start of a push to sell his economic policies to voters.
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Recent opinion polls show American are very gloomy on both the economy and Biden.
Beer o'clock.
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Will you be happy to pay different prices at different times?
Say goodbye to Mediterranean beach breaks.
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The future of the traditional holiday getaway looks bleak.
A handout photograph shows Sevastopol governor Mikhail Razvozhaev speaking on a mobile phone from the scene of the missile attack.
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Two successful operations in and around Crimea demonstrate that, while Ukraine’s ground counteroffensive is moving slowly, Kyiv is expanding the scope of its ambition.
The Asian hornet is a species of hornet indigenous to south-east Asia.
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Invasive Asian hornets are a top predator of bees in the UK – and sightings are starting to soar.
Reading prison was closed in 2013.
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Germany has refused to extradite a man to the UK due to the state of its prisons.
The families of people killed during the Troubles are vehemently opposed to the bill.
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The Troubles ‘legacy and reconciliation’ bill will do little to promote reconciliation in Northern Ireland.
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The deal will bring relief to UK scientists after Brexit led to uncertainty over funding and collaborative projects.
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One village recorded 1.5 year’s rain in 18 hours.
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Loving portrait of an unrequited love and a cultural divide.
Taissa Farmiga as Sister Irene.
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The Nun II brings a refreshingly feminist gloss to well-worn tropes within exorcism fiction, shattering assumptions about who should be the victim and who should be the rescuer.
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The 82-year-old Japanese director brings over half a century’s worth of animated masterpieces together in this coming-of-age story
Billy McFarland, the promoter of the failed Fyre Festival.
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Billy McFarland went to prison for fraud offences connected to the first Fyre Festival in 2017.
Zadie Smith has dipped her toe into the world of historical fiction with The Fraud.
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This well-researched book brings to life the odd case of Sir Roger Tichborne and those around him.
New homes under construction in Rochester, Kent.
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Developers will no longer have to offset nutrient pollution from new housing projects – the UK government say this won’t degrade water quality.
The good old days: Wagner Group leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin, rose to prominence after being a Kremlin catering boss.
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A selection of the best of our coverage of the conflict from the past fortnight.
Ukraine has reportedly used cardboard drones built from flatpack kits to attack a Russian airfield.
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The drones are light, cheap, easy to transport and have proved to be highly effective as a weapon of war.
Antoinette Robertson as Lisa in The Blackening.
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The Blackening excels at subverting the very stereotypes it plays upon for its humour.
The new setting for Dawntrail.
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Some Latin American players expressed concern about the colonial role their player character will play in the story.
Xolo Maridueña as Blue Beetle.
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Blue Beetle’s emphasis on the power of family is being touted by its creators as the film’s standout feature.