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How the biggest election year in history might play out
The Explainer Votes in world's biggest democracies, as well as its most 'despotic' and 'stressed' countries, face threats of violence and suppression
By Harriet Marsden, The Week UK Published
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Quiz of The Week: 30 December - 5 Jan
Puzzles and Quizzes Have you been paying attention to The Week's news?
By Sorcha Bradley, The Week UK Published
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How Islamic State bombings in Iran could escalate regional war
The Explainer Terrorist group claims responsibility for deadly blasts on 'irredeemable foe' but Tehran likely to ramp up anti-US rhetoric
By Harriet Marsden, The Week UK Published
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Will democracy survive in 2024?
Today's Big Question Elections in America and around the world will tell us 'whether democracy lives or dies'
By Joel Mathis, The Week US Published
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What will Taiwan's election mean for its relationship with China?
Today's Big Question The outcome of the vote to choose new Taiwanese president will have major implications for domestic and global politics
By Richard Windsor, The Week UK Published
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Will Putin agree to a Ukraine ceasefire in 2024?
Today's Big Question Russian leader 'ready to make a deal' amid growing opposition to war but 'no evidence' that Kyiv would cede territory
By Harriet Marsden, The Week UK Published
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Israel's high court rejects Netanyahu's judicial coup, but is the fight really over?
Today's Big Question The prime minister and his right-wing allies are content to let a sense of wartime unity reign...for now
By Rafi Schwartz, The Week US Published
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The Week’s big New Year’s Day quiz 2024
Puzzles and Quizzes Have you been paying attention to The Week's news this year?
By Harriet Marsden, The Week UK Published
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The Year Unwrapped: Venezuela, the price of gold and pandemic art
Podcast Is Venezuela the battleground of 2023's big conflicts? Why is the price of gold rising? And are we ready to paint the pandemic?
By The Week Staff Published
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Unsung heroes of the year 2023
Under the radar The Week salutes those whose remarkable achievements deserve greater recognition
By Sorcha Bradley, The Week UK Published
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Good news stories from 2023
In Depth Huge strides have been made in medicine and science, and records broken in women's sports and conservation
By Harriet Marsden, The Week UK Published
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'One Bethlehem church nativity scene has infant Jesus lying among the rubble'
Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
By The Week UK Published
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How the Ukraine war started and how it could end
Today's Big Question Putin reaffirms his objectives with Russian forces once again on the front foot as Western war fatigue sets in
By Arion McNicoll, The Week UK Last updated
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Prague shooting: student kills 14 people at university
Speed reads Police believe suspect, who killed himself, may have shot his father before carrying out mass murder
By Arion McNicoll, The Week UK Published
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