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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Quiz of The Week: 30 January - 5 February
Puzzles and Quizzes Have you been paying attention to The Week’s news?
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Can ‘mixing and matching’ Covid vaccines boost protection?
Speed Read UK launches study into pairing Oxford and Pfizer jabs to improve efficacy
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What we can learn about vaccine efficacy from global rollout
feature Jabs race leader Israel is beginning to see fall in Covid infections
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Is the UK just two weeks from Covid recovery amid vaccine rollout success?
Today's Big Question Britain ‘past the peak’ of infections wave as protection starts kicking in for millions of jab recipients
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Can ‘super’ Mario Draghi rebuild Italy’s government?
feature Former European Central Bank chief accepts mandate to form new coalition
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Will Keir Starmer’s leaked plan to win back the ‘red wall’ work?
Under the Radar Labour hoping to ‘change the party’s body language’ with patriotic rebrand
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Can Aung San Suu Kyi reclaim hero status following Myanmar coup?
Today's Big Question The detained civil leader fell from grace over Rohingya crisis but remains face of nation’s pro-democracy movement
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Is Boris Johnson’s divergence from Sage hampering the Covid response?
Under the Radar Experts say stricter border controls will be needed to keep out new Covid variants
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What next for Myanmar after military coup?
feature Aung San Suu Kyi and other elected leaders detained as military seizes control
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Have the UK and EU avoided a Covid vaccine war?
Today's Big Question European Commission reverses threat to impose border checks in Ireland - but is still short of doses
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Poll suggests Emmanuel Macron could lose presidency to far-right
feature Marine Le Pen’s National Rally party is rising in popularity ahead of next year’s election
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Janssen’s single-shot Covid-19 vaccine 85% effective
feature Cheap and transportable jab provides good protection against serious symptoms
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Quiz of The Week: 23 - 29 January
Puzzles and Quizzes Have you been paying attention to The Week’s news?
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Was EU solidarity to blame for bloc’s poor vaccination campaign?
Today's Big Question European leaders signed a series of vaccine deals but are lagging behind with rollouts
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How German media wound up misrepresenting the AstraZeneca jab
Under the Radar Political briefings - not facts and figures - may explain ‘incorrect’ claims
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Will the EU’s vaccine shortage trigger UK supply crisis?
Today's Big Question Bloc to tighten exports of Pfizer jab following AstraZeneca deliveries warning
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Meet the ‘vaccine king of India’ on front line of Covid battle
feature Adar Poonawalla bet big on Oxford vaccine - but plans to keep prices low for the world’s poorest countries
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Coronavirus: the plans on Boris Johnson’s desk for Britain’s borders
feature Cabinet split as PM weighs up options ahead of announcement tomorrow
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Why the UK is refusing to give EU ambassadors full diplomatic status
feature Foreign Office ignoring calls to grant the usual privileges and immunities to the bloc’s representative
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Quiz of The Week: 16 - 22 January
Puzzles and Quizzes Have you been paying attention to The Week’s news?
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No. 10 launches charm offensive as Joe Biden enters White House
Under the Radar Boris Johnson is wooing new president with plans that set UK apart from EU
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How should Joe Biden handle Donald Trump’s legacy?
Today's Big Question Outgoing president retains a solid core of support even as impeachment lingers over him
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Incest accusation inspires second French #MeToo movement
feature Waves of testimonies flood social media as member of Paris establishment faces abuse allegations
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How the UK is combatting Covid vaccination ‘blackspots’
Today's Big Question Jabs to be diverted to over-80s in areas struggling to keep up in national rollout
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