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Harris is already unusually ‘unpopular’ for a veep, with a recent YouGov poll showing her approval rating at 41%

Tensions high as two leaders meet today for first time since US president took office

European leaders at odds at Cornwall summit as US president’s push for investigation widens rift over China

Two leaders hail ‘special relationship ’after papering over Northern Ireland row at pre-summit meeting

Why won’t the Pentagon fly the flag for gay pride? What led Denmark to deport Syrian refugees? And how do birds see through magicians’ tricks?

The US president’s other half is also a community college teacher, cancer research campaigner and grandmother

President suggests ‘inflaming’ tensions in Brexit customs row could threaten UK-US trade deal

Experts say hijackings of computer systems are closing schools and delaying life-saving medical treatments in countries worldwide

Disclosures about affairs and non-disclosure agreements could become public during Gates’ divorce proceedings, sources claim

Spooks seek new ways to maintain counterterrorism operations in the region as allies prepare to quit war-torn country

Former president urges supporters to back his allies at next year’s mid-terms ahead of potential 2024 re-election bid

Joe Biden marks 100th anniversary of Tulsa Massacre with pledge to ‘fill the silence’ on historic racial violence

Outbreak of violence in Gaza prompts vocal support from racial inequality movement

A look back at previous royal rendezvous as Joe Biden gears up to visit Her Majesty next month

Pundits suggest investigators are moving closer to seeking criminal charges against former president

Police killing of the unarmed African American prompted moment of reckoning for US race relations

Congress to be briefed next month on military sightings of unidentified flying objects

Cheney is a distinguished conservative who has consistently backed her party’s agenda. But she has one unforgivable flaw

Former Democrat president delivered X-rated takedowns of his successor behind closed doors, says new book

Joe Biden dragged into major new legal battle over landmark reproductive rights ruling

Progressives demand that US president takes stronger stance against Israeli human rights abuses

And other stories from the stranger side of life

Company’s board launched investigation into alleged affair between the billionaire and an employee

Scores of US spies, diplomats and soldiers have reported unexplained health problems over past five years

Area of rainforest equivalent in size to Isle of Man destroyed in April alone

President angers Republicans by ditching Trump-era migrant cap

Democrat marks major landmark with ‘call for transformation’ in speech to Congress

And other stories from the stranger side of life

The Wall Street swindler orchestrated the largest financial fraud yet seen. Were lessons learned?

Troops to leave on 11 September, prompting Taliban to declare victory

Family members say they ‘can’t accept’ that shooting was an accident

Super-wealthy eye up Florida as some Big Apple residents ‘bid them good riddance’

US joins EU Vienna talks as president seeks to deliver on key campaign pledge

Are the Democrats falling into a hypocrisy trap? How did Cuba develop such a strong biotech industry? And will anything reverse religious decline?