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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Denmark to limit ‘non-Westerner’ residents in poor areas
Speed Read Government set to move migrants out of 58 neighbourhoods to cut risk of ‘religious and cultural parallel societies’
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Quiz of The Week: 13 - 19 March
Puzzles and Quizzes Have you been paying attention to The Week’s news?
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Joe Biden’s strategy for taking on ‘killer’ Putin
In the Spotlight Moscow erupts after US president says Russia will ‘pay’ for election meddling
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‘Moby click’: whales taught each other to avoid harpoons
Speed Read Experts say sperm whales shared behaviours to outmanoeuvre 19th-century hunters
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Priti Patel ‘in talks with several countries’ over migrant deportation plan
feature Denmark and Turkey among countries that may be paid to take in cross-Channel asylum seekers
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Why the UK is facing a vaccine shortage
feature NHS bosses urged to stop booking jab appointments for under-40s
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China boosting leverage over countries with targeted vaccine diplomacy
Speed Read Brazilian U-turn on Huawei hints at political cost of coronavirus jabs
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The Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine
feature Jewel in the crown of the UK jab campaign has faced harsh scrutiny in Europe
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Tory MP uses parliamentary privilege to reveal whistle-blower claims about Salmond inquiry
feature Nicola Sturgeon’s government accused of withholding information from Holyrood probe
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Can Labour hang on to Hartlepool in by-election battle?
Today's Big Question Tories ‘gagging for a fight’ following resignation of northern constituency’s scandal-hit Labour MP
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Priti Patel ‘to help refugees fleeing war zones get into UK’
Under the Radar Insiders say home secretary plans to offer safe passage as part of push to stem illegal Channel crossings
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FBI accused of ‘fake’ background check on Donald Trump Supreme Court nominee
Speed Read Democratic senator calls for ‘proper oversight’ over Brett Kavanaugh investigation into sexual assault claims
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Is China the ‘biggest state-based threat’ to the UK?
feature Defence review says the nuclear superpower represents ‘systemic challenge’ to British prosperity and values
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UK vaccine campaign entering ‘overdrive’ to deliver five million Covid jabs a week
feature All over-50s to be offered first dose over coming days
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Five revelations from inside the UK’s Covid response
Under the Radar Boris Johnson reportedly told advisers that ‘best thing would be to ignore’ initial outbreaks in China
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Election results spell trouble for Angela Merkel’s heir
In the Spotlight Voters punish chancellor’s party amid slow Covid vaccine rollout and face mask scandal
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Central European leaders blast EU over vaccine distribution
feature Commission points out that system for sharing doses has been ‘well known for months’
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Meghan Markle challenges Royal Family to offer evidence of bullying
Under the Radar Duchess requesting ‘documents, emails or text messages’ that prove allegations against her
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UK prepares for influx of Hongkongers fleeing fresh China crackdown
feature Australia also expecting flood of arrivals from the city state after Beijing tightens election rules
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Why EU countries are suspending Oxford vaccine rollouts - again
Today's Big Question Nine European nations pausing jab campaigns amid unproven blood clot fears
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Quiz of The Week: 6 - 12 March
Puzzles and Quizzes Have you been paying attention to The Week’s news
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Has coronavirus made May’s local elections impossible to call?
Today's Big Question Keir Starmer’s first electoral test comes amid possible ‘vaccine boost’ for Boris Johnson
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Russia and China joining forces to build first Moon base
Speed Read Lunar pact represents ‘all kinds of security threats’ to UK and US, expert warns
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Taxpayers must be told ‘who’s running royal show so badly’, says biographer
Under the Radar Expert Robert Lacey points finger at Queen’s closest advisor for failing Sussexes
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