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Britain’s ex-Prince Andrew arrested over Epstein ties
Speed Read The younger brother of King Charles III has not yet been charged
By Rafi Schwartz, The Week US Published
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Ex-South Korean leader gets life sentence for insurrection
Speed Read South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was sentenced to life in prison over his declaration of martial law in 2024
By Rafi Schwartz, The Week US Published
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Kim Ju-ae: Kim Jong-un’s teen daughter and North Korea’s next leader
In the Spotlight The girl is believed to be about 13 or 14 years old
By Justin Klawans, The Week US Last updated
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The 65 countries where homosexuality is still illegal
In Depth In a dozen countries around the world, same-sex sexual activity is still punishable by death
By The Week UK Last updated
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The EU’s war on fast fashion
In the Spotlight Bloc launches investigation into Shein over sale of weapons and ‘childlike’ sex dolls, alongside efforts to tax e-commerce giants and combat textile waste
By Harriet Marsden, The Week UK Published
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Will increasing tensions with Iran boil over into war?
Today’s Big Question President Donald Trump has recently been threatening the country
By Justin Klawans, The Week US Published
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Corruption: The spy sheikh and the president
Feature Trump is at the center of another scandal
By The Week US Published
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Putin’s shadow war
Feature The Kremlin is waging a campaign of sabotage and subversion against Ukraine’s allies in the West
By The Week US Published
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Rubio boosts Orbán ahead of Hungary election
Speed Read Far-right nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is facing a tough re-election fight after many years in power
By Peter Weber, The Week US Published
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Alexei Navalny and Russia’s history of poisonings
The Explainer ‘Precise’ and ‘deniable’, the Kremlin’s use of poison to silence critics has become a ’geopolitical signature flourish’
By The Week UK Published
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Switzerland could vote to cap its population
Under the Radar Swiss People’s Party proposes referendum on radical anti-immigration measure to limit residents to 10 million
By Harriet Marsden, The Week UK Published
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Key Bangladesh election returns old guard to power
Speed Read The Bangladesh Nationalist Party claimed a decisive victory
By Peter Weber, The Week US Published
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Greenland’s capital becomes ground zero for the country’s diplomatic straits
IN THE SPOTLIGHT A flurry of new consular activity in Nuuk shows how important Greenland has become to Europeans’ anxiety about American imperialism
By Rafi Schwartz, The Week US Published
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Trump’s fuel blockade puts Cuba in crisis mode
IN THE SPOTLIGHT Plummeting tourism, scrambling airlines and rolling blackouts are pushing Cuban society to the brink
By Rafi Schwartz, The Week US Published
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