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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How Peru ended up with three different presidents in a week
Speed Read Impeachment of popular reformer triggered public protests over his successor
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France vs. Germany rift revealed as row over Brexit deal concessions intensifies
Speed Read Conflict between EU power brokers triggered during Michel Barnier’s Covid isolation
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Playing Cupid during Covid: Tinder reveals Britain’s top chat-up lines of the year
Speed Read Prince Harry, Meghan Markle and Dominic Cummings among most talked-about celebs on the dating app
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Brexit countdown: the key events to follow in deal or no-deal week
Speed Read Crunch talks to continue ahead of key EU meeting on Thursday
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Is last-minute ‘curveball’ from the EU about to trigger a no-deal Brexit?
Speed Read UK officials claim the bloc’s negotiators are upping demands about state aid
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Is Emmanuel Macron set to sink Brexit deal with French veto?
Speed Read Diplomats warn EU negotiators not to give too many concessions to win agreement
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Coronavirus: four things we learned from the leaked Wuhan Covid-19 files
Speed Read Documents reveal Chinese officials lied about new infections and deaths as outbreak spread
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Total ban on imports of rubbish to China piles pressure on Asian neighbours
Speed Read Veto on accepting overseas junk marks culmination of three-year reduction policy
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Michel Barnier facing EU scrutiny over Brexit deal compromises
Speed Read Emmanuel Macron leading chorus of ‘nervous’ European leaders
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WHO tasks team of top scientists with tracing origins of Covid-19
Speed Read Ten experts including England’s former deputy chief medical officer will travel to Wuhan ‘as soon as possible’
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How did mystery monolith land up in Utah desert wilderness?
Speed Read Unexplained slab spotted by state officials counting sheep
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Brexit negotiations take turn for the wurst as Britain threatens EU with sausage ban
Speed Read Ban on bangers looms unless stalemate on food import standards is resolved
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Is The Crown causing the Royal Family more harm than good?
Speed Read Palace insiders and journalists including Andrew Marr claim the Netflix series is ‘sadistic’ and ‘grossly unfair’
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Brexit deal on track to be over the line by ‘end of week’, says Irish PM
Speed Read Optimistic prediction comes despite ongoing failure to resolve ‘fundamental differences’ in negotiations
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Coronavirus: why the WHO is warning of a third Covid-19 wave in Europe next year
Speed Read UN health agency’s pandemic envoy cautions against lifting lockdown restrictions too early
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Explained: Emmanuel Macron’s dispute with Pakistan over school IDs for Muslim children
Speed Read France demands apology for ‘blatant lies’ following Pakistani minister’s ‘Nazi’ allegations
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Brits sending one less email a day would cut carbon emissions by 16,000 tonnes
Speed Read UK research suggests unnecessary online chatter increases climate change
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EU leaders demand bloc publishes no-deal planning as Brexit talks enter ‘final push’
Speed Read Senior diplomats warn EU27 may launch emergency plans if negotiations fail
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China uses microwave weapons to blast Indian troops in disputed border region
Speed Read The radiation technology left soldiers vomiting and incapacitated without breaking no-live-shots rule
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Scientist behind breakthrough Covid vaccine predicts return to normal life ‘by next winter’
Speed Read BioNTech co-founder says company aiming to deliver more than 300 million jabs before April
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Most Brits would agree to get Covid vaccine - if Boris Johnson goes first
Speed Read Survey finds that almost half of total 74% who are willing to get the jab want politicians to act as guinea pigs
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Brits keeping 21 million ‘money secrets’ from friends and family, survey reveals
Speed Read Four in ten people admit staying quiet or telling fibs about debts or savings
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Coronavirus: does test-and-trace work to keep Covid-19 cases down?
In Depth Experts say UK’s £12bn system is having ‘marginal impact’ infections rates - but are other countries faring any better?
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Coronavirus: how has Isis dealt with the outbreak of Covid-19?
In Depth Terror group finds new opportunities amid the global pandemic
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