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How Latin America became the battleground in Cold War 2.0
feature Iran, China and Russia are strengthening ties in anti-US Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua
By Harriet Marsden, The Week UK Published
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‘We should be scared’: the poisoning of schoolgirls in Afghanistan
feature Children hospitalised in allegedly deliberate mass attacks is latest in series of incidents going back decades
By Harriet Marsden, The Week UK Published
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Taking Pride: the virtue signals of corporate America
feature Pride Month has become a fixture of the US marketing calendar but is it all for show?
By The Week Staff Published
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Pentagon whistleblower claims government hiding alien technology
feature A former intelligence worker claims the government is secretly holding vehicles of ‘non-human origin’
By Richard Windsor, The Week UK Published
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Colombia’s growing ‘cocaine hippo’ problem
feature Descendants of animals once owned by druglord Pablo Escobar pose serious threat to humans and wildlife
By The Week Staff Published
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Vladimir Kara-Murza, ‘Spymania’ and Putin’s crackdown on dissent
feature Kremlin has been steadily broadening and intensifying its hunt for internal enemies
By Arion McNicoll, The Week UK Published
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Greece’s ‘earthquake’ of an election: a right-wing triumph
feature PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis led his New Democracy party to victory on 21 May
By The Week Published
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The politics of drought: new crisis facing the EU
feature Spain’s PM says severe water shortages will become ‘one of the central political and territorial debates’ of our time
By Arion McNicoll Published
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Daniel Penny: subway killing of Jordan Neely opens new front in culture war
feature 24-year-old former marine has been charged with second-degree manslaughter prompting a furious outcry from conservatives
By The Week Staff Published
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Dashed dreams: the plight of China’s disillusioned youth
feature Mismatch between Generation Z’s dreams and the opportunities available is causing real unease in Beijing
By The Week Staff Published
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Mickey Mouse vs. GOP: fallout continues from battle between Disney and DeSantis
feature With Republican challenger set to launch 2024 presidential bid, picking a fight with Mickey Mouse appears to have backfired
By Arion McNicoll, The Week UK Published
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Imran Khan arrest: Pakistan enters ‘uncharted territory’
feature Incident escalates constitutional crisis that has dragged on since former PM was removed from power
By The Week Staff Published
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The return of Donald Trump to prime-time television
feature CNN executives have been condemned over the former president’s televised town hall
By The Week Staff Published
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Inside Venezuela’s oil corruption scandal
feature Private planes and luxury cars seized as £17bn allegedly goes missing from state-run company
By Harriet Marsden, The Week UK Published
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