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Venezuela ‘turning over’ oil to US, Trump says
Speed Read This comes less than a week after Trump captured the country’s president
By Peter Weber, The Week US Published
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Trump’s Greenland threats overshadow Ukraine talks
Speed Read The Danish prime minister said Trump’s threats should be taken seriously
By Peter Weber, The Week US Published
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Delcy Rodríguez: Maduro’s second in command now running Venezuela
In the Spotlight Rodríguez has held positions of power throughout the country
By Justin Klawans, The Week US Published
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Maduro pleads not guilty in first US court hearing
Speed Read Deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores pleaded not guilty to cocaine trafficking and narco-terrorism conspiracy
By Rafi Schwartz, The Week US Published
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Iran’s government rocked by protests
Speed Read The death toll from protests sparked by the collapse of Iran’s currency has reached at least 19
By Peter Weber, The Week US Published
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Why is Iran facing its biggest protests in years?
TODAY’S BIG QUESTION Iranians are taking to the streets as a growing movement of civic unrest threatens a fragile stability
By Rafi Schwartz, The Week US Published
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Will the mystery of MH370 be solved?
Today’s Big Question New search with underwater drones could finally locate wreckage of doomed airliner
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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People of the year 2025
In the Spotlight The men and women who made the headlines throughout the past year
By The Week Last updated
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What will happen in 2026? Predictions and events
In Depth The new year could bring peace in Ukraine or war in Venezuela, as Donald Trump prepares to host a highly politicised World Cup and Nasa returns to the Moon
By The Week UK Published
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Why recognizing Somaliland is so risky for Israel
THE EXPLAINER By wading into one of North Africa’s most fraught political schisms, the Netanyahu government risks further international isolation
By Rafi Schwartz, The Week US Published
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Shots fired in the US-EU war over digital censorship
IN THE SPOTLIGHT The Trump administration risks opening a dangerous new front in the battle of real-world consequences for online action
By Rafi Schwartz, The Week US Published
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Biggest political break-ups and make-ups of 2025
The Explainer From Trump and Musk to the UK and the EU, Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without a round-up of the year’s relationship drama
By Harriet Marsden, The Week UK Published
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Donald Trump’s squeeze on Venezuela
In Depth The US president is relying on a ‘drip-drip pressure campaign’ to oust Maduro, tightening measures on oil, drugs and migration
By The Week UK Published
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All roads to Ukraine-Russia peace run through Donetsk
IN THE SPOTLIGHT Volodymyr Zelenskyy is floating a major concession on one of the thorniest issues in the complex negotiations between Ukraine and Russia
By Rafi Schwartz, The Week US Published
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