Appropriators strike deal on funding totals to avoid December shutdown

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Joe Biden announces John Kerry as pick to be first ever US climate envoy – video

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Biden urges Senate to take up confirmation process for Cabinet picks

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Police investigate I’m a Celebrity over fears non-native bugs may be escaping

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The Guardian view on a global farm grab: from the many to the few | Editorial

In a collection of agrarian essays entitled The Art of the Commonplace, the American farmer, essayist…

Rubio calls Biden’s national security team ‘polite & orderly caretakers of America’s decline’

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Eurotunnel dog travel clampdown sparks concerns from rescue charities

Dog rescue organisations are appealing for Eurotunnel to clarify new rules clamping down on the rising…

Animals Farmed: Falling antibiotic use, mink cull and and a factory farm ruling

News from around the world There have been growing concerns over coronavirus outbreaks at mink farms…