Joe Evans
Joe Evans is the world news editor at TheWeek.co.uk. He joined the team in 2019 and held roles including deputy news editor and acting news editor before moving into his current position in early 2021. He is a regular panellist on The Week Unwrapped podcast, discussing politics and foreign affairs.
Before joining The Week, he worked as a freelance journalist covering the UK and Ireland for German newspapers and magazines. A series of features on Brexit and the Irish border got him nominated for the Hostwriter Prize in 2019. Prior to settling down in London, he lived and worked in Cambodia, where he ran communications for a non-governmental organisation and worked as a journalist covering Southeast Asia. He has a master’s degree in journalism from City, University of London, and before that studied English Literature at the University of Manchester.
Latest articles by Joe Evans
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Package holidays explained in 60 seconds
In Depth Pre-paid breaks sent Brits abroad in droves and sent the Chinese packing
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Heliocentrism explained in 60 seconds: ideas that changed the world
In Depth The discovery that Earth revolves around the Sun laid the foundations for modern physics
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International sport explained in 60 seconds
In Depth From the Olympic Games to the World Cup, sport brings the world closer together
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Ready meals explained in 60 seconds: ideas that changed the world
In Depth The rise of so-called TV dinners has revolutionised our culinary habits
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Divorce in 60 seconds: ideas that changed the world
In Depth From Henry VIII to the modern day, divorce has reshaped our notion of marriage
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India’s true Covid deaths ‘in the millions rather than hundreds of thousands’
In Depth New study findings fuel claims that government is deliberately under-reporting pandemic fatalities
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Is Ethiopia’s civil war at ‘turning point’ as Tigray rebels retake key cities?
feature New offensive launched after federal government declares unilateral ceasefire
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Taliban seizes cities as Afghan military collapses
feature More than 1,000 soldiers flee across border as others hand over weapons to insurgents
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Taliban seizes cities as Afghan military collapses
feature More than 1,000 soldiers flee across border as others hand over weapons to insurgents
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‘Call for freedom’: what has sparked Cuba’s anti-government protests?
In Depth High prices and food shortages trigger biggest demonstrations in decades
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Lebanon on brink of breakdown as financial crisis escalates
In Depth Hyperinflation has triggered ‘disastrous’ shortages of medicines and fuel
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Why Myanmar may be heading for a full-scale civil war
feature Civilian death toll rises as military battles anti-coup resistance groups
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Why the EU is facing a far-right fightback
feature Parties from 15 member states combine to challenge Brussels ‘superstate’
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Discovery of unmarked First Nation graves turns spotlight on Canada’s colonial legacy
In Depth Human remains unearthed at former residential school in British Columbia adds to growing tally found across the country
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How Viktor Orban’s anti-LGBTQ+ laws made the EU more hawkish on Hungary
In Depth European leaders vow to bring the nation ‘to its knees’ over civil rights crackdown
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‘Delta plus’: what we know so far about India’s new Covid ‘variant of concern’
feature Strain feared to be more infectious than original Delta variant has reached UK
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Will pardoning Catalan leaders calm Spanish tensions?
In Depth Spanish PM hoping to create ‘spirit of dialogue’ as separatist leaders vow to fight on
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Could Israeli air strikes on Gaza trigger another round of violence?
feature Surge of violence poses early test for Israel’s fragile new coalition government
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Naftali Bennett: who is Israel’s new prime minister?
Why Everyone’s Talking About Benjamin Netanyahu’s former protege has succeeded the long-term leader as head of coalition government
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G7 split over Joe Biden’s call for probe into origins of Covid-19
feature European leaders at odds at Cornwall summit as US president’s push for investigation widens rift over China
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Operation Trojan Shield: 800 criminals arrested in global FBI messaging app sting
feature Three-year operation culminates in police raids in 19 countries
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Why Namibian chiefs have rejected Germany’s €1bn ‘apology’ for colonial genocide
In Depth Ethnic leaders are demanding €440bn in reparations for killing of up to 75,000 people
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Thousands of British expats may miss EU residency rights deadline
feature Britons living abroad have just 30 days to secure post-Brexit right to remain
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Belarus dictator threatens to ‘flood EU with drugs and migrants’
feature European foreign ministers mulling economic action after Ryanair plane ‘hijacking’
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