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Israel's suspected mobile device offensive pushes region closer to chaos
In the Spotlight After the mass explosion of pagers and walkie-talkies assigned to Hezbollah operatives across Lebanon, is all-out regional war next, or will Israel and its neighbors step back from the brink?
By Rafi Schwartz, The Week US Published
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Quiz of The Week: 14 - 20 September
Puzzles and Quizzes Have you been paying attention to The Week's news?
By The Week Staff Published
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Mossad's history with explosive technology
The Explainer Infamous Israeli spy agency has not claimed responsibility for Hezbollah's exploding pagers but has 'decades-long' list of remote assassinations
By Harriet Marsden, The Week UK Published
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Drugs and death threats: Venezuelan gangs in Colorado
In the Spotlight 'Troubling signs' that Latin American gangs are penetrating into the American heartland
By The Week UK Published
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Quiz of The Week: 7 - 13 September
Puzzles and Quizzes Have you been paying attention to The Week's news?
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Quiz of The Week: 31 August – 6 September
Puzzles and Quizzes Have you been paying attention to The Week's news?
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Quiz of The Week: 24 – 30 August
Puzzles and Quizzes Have you been paying attention to The Week's news?
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Quiz of The Week: 17 – 23 August
Puzzles and Quizzes Have you been paying attention to The Week's news?
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Pakistan 'gaslighting' citizens over sudden internet slowdown
Under the Radar Government accused of 'throttling the internet' and spooking businesses with China-style firewall, but minister blames widespread use of VPNs
By Harriet Marsden, The Week UK Published
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North Korea to begin admitting foreign tourists (again)
Under the Radar For the first time in five years, the isolated dictatorship is inviting large groups to visit the city of Samjiyon — and possibly beyond
By Rafi Schwartz, The Week US Published
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OpenAI, Condé Nast and the future of the media
In the Spotlight Eye-catching deal for use of content to train chatbots, but other publishers are worried they're signing away their souls
By Harriet Marsden, The Week UK Published
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The world's largest tropical wetland is on fire, and under threat from waterway
Under the Radar Proposed shipping route through Pantanal in Brazil could dry out biome and worsen devastating wildfires
By Harriet Marsden, The Week UK Published
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Iran and Israel: is all-out war inevitable?
Talking Points Tehran has vowed revenge for assassinations of Hamas and Hezbollah leaders, but Gaza ceasefire could offer way out
By The Week UK Published
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Quiz of The Week: 10 – 16 August
Puzzles and Quizzes Have you been paying attention to The Week's news?
By The Week Staff Published
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