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Venezuela election: first vote in a decade offers hope to poverty-stricken nation
The Explainer Nicolás Maduro agreed to 'free and fair' vote but poor polling and threat of prosecution pushes disputed leader to desperate methods
By Harriet Marsden, The Week UK Published
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How could J.D. Vance impact the special relationship?
Today's Big Question Trump's hawkish pick for VP said UK is the first 'truly Islamist country' with a nuclear weapon
By Harriet Marsden, The Week UK Published
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The Tamils stranded on 'secretive' British island in Indian Ocean
Under the Radar Migrants 'unlawfully detained' since 2021 shipwreck on UK-controlled Diego Garcia, site of important US military base
By Harriet Marsden, The Week UK Published
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How close is a Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal?
Today's Big Question US claims 'framework' for deal is agreed but militant group accuses Israel of 'stalling' over negotiations as Gaza bombing increases
By Harriet Marsden, The Week UK Last updated
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Quiz of The Week: 6 - 12 July
Puzzles and Quizzes Have you been paying attention to The Week's news?
By The Week Staff Published
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Iwao Hakamada: Japan's record-breaking death row prisoner
Under the Radar Former boxer spent 46 years condemned to execution but his retrial could clear his name
By Harriet Marsden, The Week UK Published
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The campaign of destruction against 'sea gypsies'
Under the Radar Malaysia targets traditional seafaring Bajau Laut tribe in crackdown on undocumented migrants
By Harriet Marsden, The Week UK Published
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Quiz of The Week: 29 June - 5 July
Puzzles and Quizzes Have you been paying attention to The Week's news?
By The Week Staff Published
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Haredim: Israel's ultra-Orthodox Jews now facing conscription
The Explainer Religious community pays few taxes, receives vast subsidies and has avoided military service, provoking ire of wider society
By Harriet Marsden, The Week UK Published
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China tightens grip on rare-earth materials
Under the Radar Arms race intensifies for vital green energy resources in the face of skyrocketing demand and trade tensions with the West
By Harriet Marsden, The Week UK Published
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New Panama president vows to halt migration
Speed Read José Raúl Mulino will stop migration through the Darien Gap
By Peter Weber, The Week US Published
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Quiz of The Week: 22 - 28 June
Puzzles and Quizzes Have you been paying attention to The Week's news?
By The Week Staff Published
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Bolivia general arrested after coup attempt
Speed Read Gen. Juan José Zúñiga led what appeared to be a bid to unseat President Luis Arce
By Peter Weber, The Week US Published
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How strawberries are funding crime in Sweden
Under the Radar Police say illegal fruit sales turn over 'billions' of kronor a year for gangsters
By Sorcha Bradley, The Week UK Published
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