The discovery is the latest in a series of such findings that has caused a furore over Mr Biden’s mishandling of government files.

 

The presidential mislaying of classified documents is infectious

Another president, another special counsel

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Turkey’s objections are holding up the accession to NATO of both Sweden and Finland.

 

The charismatic Ms Ardern resigned as prime minister last Thursday, complaining that she has nothing “left in the tank.”

 

The Iranian rial dropped to a record low against the dollar, as inflation continued to spiral. A year ago the dollar was worth well under 300,000 rials on unofficial markets; now it will fetch more than 440,000.

 

The make-up style from China, which involves trying to look alluring and innocent all at once, is now trending in Japan. Read the full story.

 

Japanese youngsters want to look like Chinese starlets

Fashions used to flow the other way

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France and Germany’s fractious friendship

 

They will then hold a joint cabinet meeting, and finish with dinner à deux.

 

Seven justices backed Roe in 1973; last June, five voted to ditch it as “egregiously wrong from the start”.

 

This weekend the remaining eight teams in contention for the NFL championship on February 12th will be whittled down to four. 

 

Their last meeting ended without a winner: the game was cancelled when Damar Hamlin collapsed with a stopped heart after taking a helmet to the chest.

 

It has now been adapted into a film, which premieres this weekend at the Sundance Film Festival.

 

“Cat Person” describes a brief, discomfiting liaison. Margot (Emilia Jones), a 20-year-old student, meets Robert (Nicholas Braun, of “Succession” fame), a 34-year-old man.

 

That evening, despite Margot’s increasing revulsion, they have sex.

 

Weekend profile: Matteo Messina Denaro, captured mafioso

 

Nicknamed U Siccu (the skinny one) and more sinisterly as Diabolik, Mr Messina Denaro was among the Sicilian Mafia bosses who felt themselves so powerful in the early 1990s that they could take on the state.

 

He was a leading ally of the Corleonesi clan, which originated in the market town of Corleone and which wrested control of Cosa Nostra with a campaign of unparalleled savagery.

 

His fellow patient noted that, even in the torrid heat of a Sicilian summer, “Andrea” always arrived at the hospital in a formal, long-sleeved shirt.

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