Joe Evans
Joe Evans is the world news editor at TheWeek.co.uk. He joined the team in 2019 and held roles including deputy news editor and acting news editor before moving into his current position in early 2021. He is a regular panellist on The Week Unwrapped podcast, discussing politics and foreign affairs.
Before joining The Week, he worked as a freelance journalist covering the UK and Ireland for German newspapers and magazines. A series of features on Brexit and the Irish border got him nominated for the Hostwriter Prize in 2019. Prior to settling down in London, he lived and worked in Cambodia, where he ran communications for a non-governmental organisation and worked as a journalist covering Southeast Asia. He has a master’s degree in journalism from City, University of London, and before that studied English Literature at the University of Manchester.
Latest articles by Joe Evans
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Emmanuel Macron pact against far-right triggers conservative ‘meltdown’
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The key races in the local elections
feature Votes in the Midlands and Hartlepool will set tone in Keir Starmer’s first major test as Labour leader
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Quiz of The Week: 24 - 30 April
Puzzles and Quizzes Have you been paying attention to The Week’s news?
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German intelligence turns spotlight on Covid conspiracy theorists
In Depth Security services target ‘Querdenker’ movement behind violent anti-lockdown protests
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100 days of Joe Biden: has the president lived up to his ‘quiet radical’ reputation?
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Record Pakistan infections prompt fears it is next coronavirus ‘timebomb’
feature Hospitals overflowing with patients as concern rises that Indian ’double mutation’ is spreading freely
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How is Emmanuel Macron linked to death of Chad’s ‘ruthless’ president?
feature Analysts say ‘French foreign policy blunder’ paved way for killing of Idriss Deby by rebel group
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Indian government accused of hiding true death toll of Covid ‘storm’
In Depth Witnesses claim many coronavirus fatalities are not being recorded as double mutation triggers healthcare crisis
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How Malta’s cash-for-passport scheme gives the super-wealthy an EU backdoor
In Depth Applicants leave homes empty while claiming ‘genuine link’ for EU passport
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EU ‘preparing to sue’ AstraZeneca over missing Covid doses
feature Ireland’s health minister confirms that Brussels is considering a possible lawsuit over delivery shortfall
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Inside the plans for the Chinese Communist Party’s 100th anniversary
Under the Radar Centennial show of strength to include ‘patriotic films’ and ‘mass weddings’
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French government ‘enabled foreseeable’ Rwandan genocide, report claims
feature Investigation finds that Paris ‘did nothing to stop’ slaughter of 800,000 people in 1994 mass killings
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Is Germany on the verge of electing its first Green chancellor?
In Depth Polls put the left-wing party just behind Angela Merkel’s CDU
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How hiking health workers made Bhutan a vaccine world leader
In Depth Army of volunteers inoculate more than half of population in just seven days
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The four biggest problems on Vladimir Putin’s desk
Under the Radar Russia facing EU sanctions as 450,000 Alexei Navalny supporters prepare to hit nation’s streets
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Quiz of The Week: 10 - 16 April
Puzzles and Quizzes Have you been paying attention to The Week’s news?
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Why Denmark is stripping Syrians of residency and sending them home
In Depth Copenhagen orders refugees back to Damascus claiming security has ‘improved significantly’
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US allies fear ‘retaliatory attacks’ after Joe Biden sets Afghanistan withdrawal date
feature Troops to leave on 11 September, prompting Taliban to declare victory
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How Sweden went from coronavirus outlier to Europe’s most infected country
In Depth Region declares ‘personal lockdown’ as patients in ICU hits new high
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Daunte Wright: police chief resigns amid third night of protests in Minneapolis
Why Everyone’s Talking About Family members say they ‘can’t accept’ that shooting was an accident
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Iranian-Israeli tensions mount after Mossad strike on Natanz nuclear site
In Depth Tehran vows revenge as attack sets back nuclear programme ‘by at least nine months’
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How the world reported the UK’s ‘joyful’ lockdown easing
feature Drinkers brave icy weather to celebrate amid hope that vaccine success means ‘no going back’ to Covid restrictions
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Millionaires plot New York exodus to avoid Covid tax hike
Speed Read Super-wealthy eye up Florida as some Big Apple residents ‘bid them good riddance’
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Saudi crown prince ‘lobbied France to authenticate fake da Vinci’
feature Upcoming documentary claims Louvre was urged to lie about world’s most expensive painting
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