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The fight against the 'poverty premium' on insurance
Personal finance Lower-income households can be hardest hit when it comes to monthly premiums
By Marc Shoffman, The Week UK Published
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Donald Trump wants to cut taxes and pay for them with tariffs
The Explainer The GOP nominee plans to offset additional tax cuts with massive new levies on imported goods
By David Faris Published
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The rules for armed police in the UK
The Explainer What the law says about when police officers can open fire in Britain
By The Week Staff Published
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Inside Marseille's deadly drug wars
The Explainer Teenage hitmen recruited through social media are lured by money and gang 'brand'
By The Week UK Published
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Trump leans on tariffs to boost US economy
The Explainer 'Tariff' is 'the most beautiful word in the dictionary,' says the former president
By Joel Mathis, The Week US Published
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The North Korean troops readying for deployment in Ukraine
The Explainer Third country wading into conflict would be 'the first step to a world war' Volodymyr Zelenskyy has warned
By The Week UK Published
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Did the Covid virus leak from a lab?
The Explainer Once dismissed as a conspiracy theory, the idea that Covid-19 originated in a virology lab in Wuhan now has many adherents
By The Week UK Published
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Postpartum psychosis, a rare but deadly perinatal condition
The Explainer Sometimes the stressors of childbirth and a newborn can push a mom's mental health struggles to the extreme
By Theara Coleman, The Week US Published
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What is the 'Greater Israel' movement?
The Explainer Expansionist ideology favoured by Israel's political right has further strained regional tensions
By The Week UK Published
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Second Amendment enthusiast Donald Trump has little new to say on guns
The Explainer Trump opposes a ban on assault weapons and strengthening background checks, but supports teachers carrying weapons in school
By David Faris Published
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What is Kamala Harris' policy on climate change?
The Explainer How the vice president would tackle one of humanity's biggest challenges if elected
By David Faris Published
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What's happening at the North Korea border?
The Explainer Tensions rise as hermit kingdom blows up 'symbolic' roads after accusing Seoul of flying drones over Pyongyang
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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How would assisted dying work in the UK?
The Explainer Proposed law would apply to patients in England and Wales with less than six months to live – but medics may be able to opt out
By Harriet Marsden, The Week UK Published
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How new bank transfer scam protections could help you
The Explainer Banks must now refund up to £85,000 of losses from authorised push payment fraud
By Marc Shoffman, The Week UK Published
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Kamala Harris walks 'tightrope' on Israel, Gaza
The Explainer She's committed to Israel's defense, and ending Palestinian suffering. Are both possible?
By Joel Mathis, The Week US Published
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