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A ‘golden age’ of nuclear power
The Explainer The government is promising to ‘fire up nuclear power’. Why, and how?
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Massacre in Darfur: the world looked the other way
Talking Point Atrocities in El Fasher follow decades of repression of Sudan’s black African population
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Trump’s trade war: has China won?
Talking Point US president wanted to punish Beijing, but the Asian superpower now holds the whip hand
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Halloumi with black seed honey recipe
The Week Recommends Dress up hot slabs of tangy halloumi with a sweet, spicy honey sauce
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Why Trump pardoned crypto criminal Changpeng Zhao
In the Spotlight Binance founder’s tactical pardon shows recklessness is rewarded by the Trump White House
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Properties of the week: fairy-tale dwellings
The Week Recommends Featuring homes in Devon, Cumbria and Aberdeenshire
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Bugonia: ‘deranged, extreme and explosively enjoyable’
Talking Point Yorgos Lanthimos’ film stars Emma Stone as a CEO who is kidnapped and accused of being an alien
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The Revolutionists: a ‘superb and monumental’ book
The Week Recommends Jason Burke ‘epic’ account of the plane hijackings and kidnappings carried out by extremists in the 1970s
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Film reviews: ‘Bugonia,’ ‘The Mastermind,’ and ‘Nouvelle Vague’
feature A kidnapped CEO might only appear to be human, an amateurish art heist goes sideways, and Jean-Luc Godard’s ‘Breathless’ gets a lively homage
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Book reviews: ‘Against the Machine: On the Unmaking of Humanity’ and ‘Nobody’s Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice’
feature An examination of humanity in the face of “the Machine” and a posthumous memoir from one of Jeffrey Epstein’s victims, who recently died by suicide
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Best new biographies and memoirs to read in 2025
The Week Recommends Dive into these compelling life stories – from Oscar Wilde to Cher
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The best podcasts of 2025
The Week Recommends From celebrity gossip to history deep dives, these are the most binge-worthy series
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The dazzling coral gardens of Raja Ampat
The Week Recommends Region of Indonesia is home to perhaps the planet’s most photogenic archipelago
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‘Never more precarious’: the UN turns 80
The Explainer It’s an unhappy birthday for the United Nations, which enters its ninth decade in crisis
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