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The Patriot missile supply shortageThe Explainer Ukraine has ‘run out’ of crucial defensive weapon, as Iran war depletes US and allied stockpiles and threatens global security
By Harriet Marsden, The Week UK Published
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Brazil election: left and right battle it out for nation’s futureThe Explainer Incumbent Lula faces son of jailed former president Jair Bolsonaro, with Trump administration ‘turning up the heat’
By Harriet Marsden, The Week UK Published
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NHS in the age of heatwavesThe Explainer Nurses are collapsing as they endure shifts on ‘dangerous’ wards in Victorian buildings ‘not equipped to cope’
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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China’s green revolution and what it means for the worldThe Explainer Beijing is embracing clean energy on a massive scale
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Notting Hill Carnival at 60: a uniquely British-Caribbean celebrationThe Explainer As the event enters another decade, organisers are determined to preserve its heritage
By Rebekah Evans, The Week UK Published
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The rise of anti-LGBTQ+ laws across AfricaThe Explainer Experts say harsher legislation is driven by political scapegoating and anti-Western backlash, and fuelled by US conservative groups
By Harriet Marsden, The Week UK Published
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Duane Davis and his disavowed memoir about Tupac Shakur’s murderThe Explainer Rapper’s murder trial begins with defendant who’s also the prosecution’s star witness
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Daniel Kinahan: the alleged crime boss behind bars in IrelandThe Explainer Kinahan is said to have fled to Spain and then Dubai after an attempt on his life at the Regency Hotel in Dublin ten years ago
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Gene-edited dogs may prevent pet allergiesThe Explainer A pair of extra hypoallergenic dogs was created using CRISPR
By Justin Klawans, The Week US Published
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UK solar eclipse: how to watch and what will happenThe Explainer Certified glasses and pinhole projectors best way to watch Moon’s partial transit of the Sun on Wednesday evening
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Life on ships stranded in the Persian GulfThe Explainer The Iran war has trapped thousands of seafarers on the wrong side of the Strait of Hormuz
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Race to be the UN’s next secretary generalThe Explainer Calls for a ‘madame secretary general’ have grown ‘louder’ as António Guterres prepares to leave office
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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New guidance on single-sex spaces in the UKThe Explainer Updated code on interpreting Equality Act, based on Supreme Court judgment last year, says people must use spaces according to biological sex
By Harriet Marsden, The Week UK Published
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The politics of archaeology: Israel digs in on control of ancient West Bank sitesThe Explainer The largest site, Sebastia, is about 500 acres and could play a major role
By Justin Klawans, The Week US Published
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Donald Trump’s multi-billion dollar yen playThe Explainer Framed as ‘good for the world economy’, joint intervention between US and Japan to boost the yen could mainly benefit America
By Will Barker, The Week UK Published
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