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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Jacob Zuma’s corruption and fraud trial
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The fallout from 11 days of fighting between Israel and Hamas
Why Everyone’s Talking About Ceasefire agreed amid international pressure after violence claims more than 200 lives
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Bill Gates quit Microsoft after ‘inappropriate’ sexual relationship claim
Under the Radar Company’s board launched investigation into alleged affair between the billionaire and an employee
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Quiz of The Week: 8 - 14 May
Puzzles and Quizzes Have you been paying attention to The Week’s news?
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The government’s plan for stemming spread of the India coronavirus variant
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Mysterious brain injuries at embassies in China and Cuba trigger CIA probe
feature Scores of US spies, diplomats and soldiers have reported unexplained health problems over past five years
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Concern over clusters of India ‘double mutant’ Covid variant in the UK
feature Leaked emails reveal PHE considers risk from highly infectious strain to be ‘high’
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Michel Barnier blasts Britain’s ‘childish’ Brexit team in tell-all diary
Speed Read EU chief negotiator publishes blow-by-blow account of painstaking negotiations
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Emmanuel Macron pact against far-right triggers conservative ‘meltdown’
feature Alliance in Marseille aimed at preventing victory by Marine Le Pen’s National Rally
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Quiz of The Week: 24 - 30 April
Puzzles and Quizzes Have you been paying attention to The Week’s news?
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German intelligence turns spotlight on Covid conspiracy theorists
In Depth Security services target ‘Querdenker’ movement behind violent anti-lockdown protests
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Record Pakistan infections prompt fears it is next coronavirus ‘timebomb’
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How is Emmanuel Macron linked to death of Chad’s ‘ruthless’ president?
feature Analysts say ‘French foreign policy blunder’ paved way for killing of Idriss Deby by rebel group
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Indian government accused of hiding true death toll of Covid ‘storm’
In Depth Witnesses claim many coronavirus fatalities are not being recorded as double mutation triggers healthcare crisis
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How Malta’s cash-for-passport scheme gives the super-wealthy an EU backdoor
In Depth Applicants leave homes empty while claiming ‘genuine link’ for EU passport
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EU ‘preparing to sue’ AstraZeneca over missing Covid doses
feature Ireland’s health minister confirms that Brussels is considering a possible lawsuit over delivery shortfall
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Inside the plans for the Chinese Communist Party’s 100th anniversary
Under the Radar Centennial show of strength to include ‘patriotic films’ and ‘mass weddings’
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French government ‘enabled foreseeable’ Rwandan genocide, report claims
feature Investigation finds that Paris ‘did nothing to stop’ slaughter of 800,000 people in 1994 mass killings
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Is Germany on the verge of electing its first Green chancellor?
In Depth Polls put the left-wing party just behind Angela Merkel’s CDU
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How hiking health workers made Bhutan a vaccine world leader
In Depth Army of volunteers inoculate more than half of population in just seven days
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The four biggest problems on Vladimir Putin’s desk
Under the Radar Russia facing EU sanctions as 450,000 Alexei Navalny supporters prepare to hit nation’s streets
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Quiz of The Week: 10 - 16 April
Puzzles and Quizzes Have you been paying attention to The Week’s news?
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Why Denmark is stripping Syrians of residency and sending them home
In Depth Copenhagen orders refugees back to Damascus claiming security has ‘improved significantly’
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US allies fear ‘retaliatory attacks’ after Joe Biden sets Afghanistan withdrawal date
feature Troops to leave on 11 September, prompting Taliban to declare victory
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