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Could Trump run for a third term?
The Explainer Constitutional amendment limits US presidents to two terms, but Trump diehards claim there is a loophole
By The Week UK Published
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Femicide: Italy’s newest crime
The Explainer Landmark law to criminalise murder of a woman as an ‘act of hatred’ or ‘subjugation’ but critics say Italy is still deeply patriarchal
By Abby Wilson Published
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The controversial Free Birth Society
The Explainer Influencers are encouraging pregnant women to give birth without midwife care – at potentially tragic cost
By Irenie Forshaw, The Week UK Published
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Five key changes from Rachel Reeves’ make-or-break Budget
The Explainer The chancellor is relying on a ‘smorgasbord’ of targeted revenue raisers to keep MPs, markets and voters onside
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The age of criminal responsibility
The Explainer England and Wales ‘substantially out of kilter with the rest of the world’, says filmmaker whose drama tops Netflix charts
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Who could replace Keir Starmer as Labour leader?
The Explainer Rumours of a leadership challenge have swept through the Labour ranks
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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How will climate change affect the UK?
The Explainer Met Office projections show the UK getting substantially warmer and wetter – with more extreme weather events
By The Week UK Published
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Nitazene is elusively raising opioid deaths
The explainer The drug is usually consumed accidentally
By Devika Rao, The Week US Published
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Five things we learned from the Covid Inquiry report
The Explainer ’Grim reading’ for Boris Johnson and his former colleagues as government response found to be ‘chaotic’
By Will Barker, The Week UK Published
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Fast food is no longer affordable to low-income Americans
The explainer Cheap meals are getting farther out of reach
By Devika Rao, The Week US Published
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Defeating Russia’s shadow fleet
The Explainer A growing number of uninsured and falsely registered vessels are entering international waters, dodging EU sanctions on Moscow’s oil and gas
By Will Barker, The Week UK Published
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Who are China’s Westminster spies?
The Explainer MI5 warns of civilian ‘headhunters’ trying to ‘cultivate’ close contacts of MPs and peers
By The Week UK Published
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Americans traveling abroad face renewed criticism in the Trump era
The Explainer Some of Trump’s behavior has Americans being questioned
By Justin Klawans, The Week US Published
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What a rising gold price says about the global economy
The Explainer Institutions, central banks and speculators drive record surge amid ‘loss of trust’ in bond markets and US dollar
By The Week UK Published
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Sheikh Hasina: why ousted Bangladesh PM has been sentenced to death
The Explainer The country’s longest-serving leader spearheaded a ‘ruthless, state-led crackdown’ of protestors in 2024, and faces extradition from India
By Will Barker, The Week UK Published
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