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What is Marburg virus disease?
feature Two people have died in Ghana after contracting the highly infectious illness
By The Week Staff Published
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The countries where men and women can be stoned to death
feature Sentencing to death by stoning of Sudanese 20-year-old sparks fresh outrage
By Kate Samuelson Published
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The Mediterranean cities preparing for a tsunami
feature Cannes, Marseille and Istanbul are among the places that should be bracing for a tidal wave, says Unesco
By The Week Staff Published
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How the government-backed interest-free loans work
feature Expanding scheme offers up to £2,000 for those in financial need
By The Week Staff Published
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Polio alert: why a national incident has been declared
feature Samples from an east London sewage plant have tested positive for the virus
By The Week Staff Published
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Why is China cracking down on Uighur Muslims?
feature Police leak provides new insight into Beijing’s mass incarceration system
By The Week Staff Last updated
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What are the phosphorus bombs ‘pummelling’ Ukraine?
feature Footage shows ‘brightly burning munitions’ launched by Russian forces hitting Mariupol’s Azovstal steelworks
By The Week Staff Last updated
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The countries most reliant on Russian gas
feature EU energy ministers hold crisis talks after Moscow starts cutting supplies
By The Week Staff Published
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Explained: the anti-abortion challenge to Roe v Wade
feature Supreme Court may overturn landmark reproductive rights ruling, leak suggests
By The Week Staff Last updated
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How dangerous is Vladimir Putin’s new nuclear weapon?
feature Russian state TV claims ‘Satan II’ atomic missile could wipe UK off map
By The Week Staff Last updated
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What is the gender housing gap?
feature Time it takes to get on to the property ladder differs depending on whether you’re male or female
By Kate Samuelson Published
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Are North Korea’s nuclear weapons a real threat to the West?
feature Kim Jong Un warns secretive state is accelerating its atomic missile program
By The Week Staff Published
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What counts as a war crime?
feature Atrocities in Borodyanka ‘more horrific’ than Bucha, says President Zelenskyy
By The Week Staff Last updated
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Boris Johnson’s energy strategy explained
feature Nuclear energy at the heart of plan dismissed by critics as a ‘missed opportunity’
By The Week Staff Published
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