World News
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Quiz of The Week: 26 October - 1 November
Have you been paying attention to The Week's news?
By The Week Staff Published
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Canada accuses top Modi ally of directing Sikh attacks
Speed Read Indian Home Minister Amit Shah was allegedly behind a campaign of violence and intimidation targeting Sikh separatists
By Peter Weber, The Week US Published
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Has the Taliban banned women from speaking?
Today's Big Question 'Rambling' message about 'bizarre' restriction joins series of recent decrees that amount to silencing of Afghanistan's women
By Harriet Marsden, The Week UK Published
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Are we heading towards World War Three?
In Depth Threat of major conflict between nation states 'looms in the Middle East', Indo-Pacific and Europe
By The Week UK Last updated
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US election: where things stand with one week to go
The Explainer Harris' lead in the polls has been narrowing in Trump's favour, but her campaign remains 'cautiously optimistic'
By Harriet Marsden, The Week UK Published
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The dark side of the contraceptive coil
Under the Radar Study linking hormonal IUD to increased breast cancer risk adds to growing concerns about whether the benefits of the coil outweigh the risks
By Harriet Marsden, The Week UK Published
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A brief history of third parties in the US
In Depth Though none of America's third parties have won a presidential election, they have nonetheless had a large impact on the country's politics
By Joel Mathis, The Week US Last updated
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'Art is inherently difficult to put a value on'
Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
By Justin Klawans, The Week US Published
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Quiz of The Week: 19 - 25 October
Have you been paying attention to The Week's news?
By The Week Staff Published
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Cuba's energy crisis
The Explainer Already beset by a host of issues, the island nation is struggling with nationwide blackouts
By Rebekah Evans, The Week UK Published
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Vladimir Putin and the rise of the 'short kings'
Talking Point Critics suggest Russian president has 'Napoleon complex' but several other top world leaders share his stature
By Hollie Clemence, The Week UK Last updated
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Is Putin's anti-Western alliance winning?
Today's Big Question Brics summit touted by Russia as triumph against US-led world order, but key faultlines in alliance are growing
By Harriet Marsden, The Week UK Published
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Why do Russian oil bosses keep dying?
Under the Radar There have been 'at least 50' mysterious deaths of energy company executives since Putin ordered Ukraine invasion
By Harriet Marsden, The Week UK Published
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Did the Covid virus leak from a lab?
The Explainer Once dismissed as a conspiracy theory, the idea that Covid-19 originated in a virology lab in Wuhan now has many adherents
By The Week UK Published
The Explainer