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Trump pauses 50% Canadian tariffs for 3 daysSpeed Read “Canada and the U.S.A., subject to the finalization of documents, have a DEAL!” Trump said on social media
By Peter Weber, The Week US Published
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Moroccans are wary of France’s new anti-telemarketing lawUnder the Radar Some are concerned the law could affect Morocco’s job market
By Justin Klawans, The Week US Published
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Brazil election: left and right battle it out for nation’s futureThe Explainer Incumbent Lula faces son of jailed former president Jair Bolsonaro, with Trump administration ‘turning up the heat’
By Harriet Marsden, The Week UK Published
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Kushner meets Hamas chief to revive Gaza planSpeed Read Officials from Egypt, Turkey and Qatar also attended the meeting
By Peter Weber, The Week US Published
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Trump curtails joint South Korea military drillsSpeed Read The president called the longtime drills “totally inappropriate and hostile”
By Peter Weber, The Week US Published
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Why is Donald Trump punishing South Korea?Today's Big Question Is president’s move ‘public exhibition of narcissistic rage’?
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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‘Breakthrough’ in ‘brutal’ case of Mexican students who disappearedUnder the Radar Former state governor charged with destruction of evidence in case of 43 students presumed to have been killed: atrocity that ‘rocked the nation’
By Harriet Marsden, The Week UK Published
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Putin’s Russia: a land that has ‘run out of workers’In the Spotlight Russia is undergoing its worst labour crisis in decades, placing the country on the verge of economic collapse
By The Week UK Published
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US to swap out aircraft carrier strained by Iran warSpeed Read There have been widespread reports of poor conditions on the USS Abraham Lincoln
By Rafi Schwartz, The Week US Published
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What is life like in Iran during the war?In the Spotlight In the face of economic and social crises, views on the regime remain split, with building resentment against both US and Iranian governments
By Will Barker, The Week UK Published
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Trump and Brazil have a plenipotentiary problem bigger than a single diplomatIN THE SPOTLIGHT The president’s push for statesmanship supremacy has put Brasilia and Washington on a public collision course
By Rafi Schwartz, The Week US Published
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The rise of anti-LGBTQ+ laws across AfricaThe Explainer Experts say harsher legislation is driven by political scapegoating and anti-Western backlash, and fuelled by US conservative groups
By Harriet Marsden, The Week UK Published
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Malta’s moment in the cinema spotlightUnder the Radar Generous tax rebate lures international productions, but critics say boom aggravates locals and neglects domestic filmmakers
By Harriet Marsden, The Week UK Published
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Syria sentences Assad to death in absentiaSpeed Read The former Syrian dictator was found guilty of murder, torture and crimes against humanity
By Rafi Schwartz, The Week US Published
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