
Peter Weber, The Week US
Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University. He graduated from Northwestern University with degrees in international studies and performance studies and served in the Peace Corps in Honduras.
Peter has lived in Italy and all major quadrants of the continental U.S. and currently resides in Austin, Texas, where he plays bass and rhythm cello in a garage band.
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Trump pushes new Ukraine peace plan
Speed Read It involves a 28-point plan to end the war
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Summers out at Harvard, OpenAI amid Epstein furor
Speed Read Summers was part of a group being investigated by Harvard for Epstein ties
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Trump says he will sell F-35 jets to Saudi Arabia
Speed Read The president plans to make several deals with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman this week
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UN Security Council backs Trump’s Gaza peace plan
Speed Read The United Nations voted 13-0 to endorse President Donald Trump’s 20-point plan to withdraw Israeli troops from Gaza
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Chile picks leftist, far-right candidates for runoff vote
Speed Read The presidential runoff election will be between Jeannette Jara, a progressive from President Gabriel Boric’s governing coalition, and far-right former congressman José Antonio Kast
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Ecuador rejects push to allow US military bases
Speed Read Voters rejected a repeal of a constitutional ban on US and other foreign military bases in the country
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Blue Origin launches Mars probes in NASA debut
Speed Read The New Glenn rocket is carrying small twin spacecraft toward Mars as part of NASA’s Escapade mission
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Venezuela mobilizes as top US warship nears
Speed Read The largest and most advanced US aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, has entered the Caribbean and put Venezuela on high alert
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UK, Colombia halt intel to US over boat attacks
Speed Read Both countries have suspended intelligence sharing with the US over the bombing of civilian boats suspected of drug smuggling
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France targets Shein over weapons, sex dolls
Speed Read Shein was given 48 hours to scrub the items from their website
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At least 7 dead in Kentucky UPS cargo plane explosion
Speed Read Another 11 people were hurt
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Democrats sweep top races in off-year election
Speed Read A trio of nationally watched races went to the party
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Israel arrests ex-IDF legal chief over abuse video leak
Speed Read Maj. Gen. Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi had resigned from her post last week
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Jamaicans reeling from Hurricane Melissa
Speed Read The Category 5 storm caused destruction across the country
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Nigeria confused by Trump invasion threat
Speed Read Trump has claimed the country is persecuting Christians
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Trump limits refugees mostly to white South Africans
Speed Read The administration is capping the number of refugees at 7,500
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Dutch center-left rises in election as far-right falls
Speed Read The country’s other parties have ruled against forming a coalition
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Trump ends Asia trip with Xi meeting, nuke threat
Speed Read Trump had spent the last six days in Asia
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Hurricane Melissa slams Jamaica as Category 5 storm
Speed Read The year’s most powerful storm is also expected to be the strongest ever recorded in Jamaica
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France makes first arrests in Louvre jewels heist
Speed Read Two suspects were arrested in connection with the daytime theft of royal jewels from the museum
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Argentina’s Milei buoyed by regional election wins
Speed Read Argentine President Javier Milei is an ally of President Trump, receiving billions of dollars in backing from his administration
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Dinosaurs were thriving before asteroid, study finds
Speed Read The dinosaurs would not have gone extinct if not for the asteroid
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The origins of marriage
In Depth The institution of marriage has become something of a political battlefield. How did marriage begin and why?
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Trump expands boat strikes to Pacific, killing 5 more
Speed Read The US military destroyed two more alleged drug smuggling boats in international waters
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Proposed Trump-Putin talks in Budapest on hold
Speed Read Trump apparently has no concrete plans to meet with Putin for Ukraine peace talks
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